I don’t very much care for your sympathies. I don’t need it. I suggest you look at your own life…
Yeah, you love talking about lawsuits. But this fact remains until you are convicted, you are not guilty but of…
Oh, Sam. You don't know anything about local politics and elections or local governance. I do. I'll leave it at…
The cost to the registrar or the cost to run the campaigns? The cost to the registrar would not be…
Do you have any idea how much a campaign for the 360,000 district would be? The distinction from a 640,000…
Paying Janet Nguyen more is ludicrous.
If we want better and more transparent elected representatives we simply need to pay them more. Take a look at…
You might be surprised what sort of low-lives would crave a quarter mil job with no professional qualifications and no…
That would just spark even more corruption and only allow independently wealthy people to run and win.
anaheim police department Archive
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Homeless advocate Roussan Joshua Collins calls for Disney Boycott.
Posted on July 13, 2015 | 7 Comments. . . Roussan Joshua Collins, who spends all his time (along with our friend Lou Noble) advocating for Anaheim’s homeless, wrote this and asked us to print it: BOYCOTT […] -
Civil Asset Forfeiture: Policing for Profit.
Posted on January 28, 2015 | 5 Comments, , , Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP), a group of criminal justice professionals opposed to the war on drugs (of which I am a board member), has long held […] -
Chief Quezada’s photo op, Ximena’s Killers, and the “Cholo” Problem.
Posted on November 15, 2014 | 35 Comments. . . Among the many council candidates’ mailers, one with a picture of the fairly new Chief of Police caught my attention. My first reaction was that it was […] -
The Terrorist State: Are YOU on the Right Side of History?
Posted on August 3, 2014 | 30 CommentsI will be the first to admit when I use hyperbole or exaggeration to make a point in my writing. Unfortunately, I am using neither when I describe the City […] -
Checks and Balances within Local Government: Anaheim Case Study
Posted on July 31, 2014 | 25 CommentsEvery child in America is taught that our Founding Fathers wisely enshrined checks and balances in the U.S. Constitution. The term checks and balances is credited to the French […] -
Chief Quezada’s Comments on Hernandez Lawsuit Get a Grim Reception in Anaheim’s Barrios
Posted on April 6, 2014 | 30 CommentsHere are comments from Anaheim Police Chief Raul Quezada — someone whom I truly want to respect, because it’s hard to imagine Anaheim hiring anyone much better than him in […] -
9th Circuit deals Theresa Smith a Victory – Caesar Cruz killing will PROBABLY go to trial!
Posted on January 11, 2014 | 11 CommentsTalk about PERSERVERENCE paying off. Theresa Smith, the tireless mother of 2009 Anaheim police shooting victim Caesar Cruz, announced just this morning that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals will […] -
The Orange Juice’s Top Sorties of 2013 – and a few new items for our VICTORY list!
Posted on December 31, 2013 | 10 CommentsOh whoops, DAMN. Did I mis-type “stories” as “sorties?” Well, you know what, that’s okay! Because “sortie” is a military term meaning a “sudden issuing of troops against the enemy […] -
On Pins and Needles: Departing Welter predicted more “Civil Unrest” in Anaheim.
Posted on October 15, 2013 | 50 CommentsRetiring Anaheim Police Chief John Welter warned public officials back in May he was “very concerned” high tensions between cops and residents in Leatrice-Wakefield could spark “more civil unrest.” By DUANE ROBERTS Editor […] -
‘Tell Us What Qualifications you want in a Chief of Police!’ TOO LATE! – ???
Posted on September 19, 2013 | 5 Comments“The City of Anaheim has formally opened the recruitment process for a permanent Chief of Police. The first step is to hear from the community on the qualities they would […] -
“OVERWHELMING FORCE” – Sgt. Montanarella’s shot across Anaheim’s bow
Posted on August 14, 2013 | 30 CommentsSome time in the next couple of months, the Anaheim City Council will vote to pick a new permanent police chief. But it won’t exactly be the Council choosing between […] -
Theories of Anaheim, Part 2: Theories of Solutions
Posted on June 11, 2013 | 8 Comments. . . Preface First things first. Anaheim’s City Council meeting is today at 5:00. They’ll be considering political reform. (They’re actually starting at 1:00 to go into a closed session, […] -
Has the OC Human Relations’ Police Cultural Awareness Program been effective in Anaheim?
Posted on June 8, 2013 | 27 Comments. One of the positive functions of local blogs is to identify the urgency of certain issues in our immediate community, and try to promote a constructive debate on how […]
I can draw all the attention I want. It doesn’t bother me. I don’t know why people like to put…