A formal state audit will now examine waste, fraud, and abuse at the OCBE. I intend to discuss what this…
Content being a Pink Toad? I guess it depends on an amphibian's level of sef-awareness. The lower, the happier. In…
If we're talking about Dan C, he has never seemed "happy."
Yes, I know that's the impulse but you gotta know what the Guatemalan hill folk know: you get poisoned and…
If it touches me first, all bets are off.
You're absolutely right that California should adopt it statewide -- and should already have done so. And you're absolutely right…
If I were Fiona ma or Rob Bonta I’d be scared.
RCV should be adopted statewide so cities and counties don’t have to do it piecemeal. It saves money, discourages negative…
My advice to Mr. Moore, who seems like an eminently reasonable man is the same as I always give Vern.…
Caltrans Archive
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Just around the bend: The 405 Toll Lanes we fought so hard against.
Posted on August 8, 2023 | 2 CommentsFight is over. The good guys lost. Here is our future. -
![.. . . Anaheim homeless activist Roussan Joshua Collins, himself homeless by choice, documents yet another property seizure of a harmless homeless woman in that heartless town. These days the […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/roussan-patsy-diana-rachel-115x115.png "Weekend Open Thread: Takin’ the Stuff from the Homeless, Citizen Diana, and more!")
Weekend Open Thread: Takin’ the Stuff from the Homeless, Citizen Diana, and more!
Posted on April 1, 2016 | 7 Comments.. . . Anaheim homeless activist Roussan Joshua Collins, himself homeless by choice, documents yet another property seizure of a harmless homeless woman in that heartless town. These days the […] -
![. . . Q: What’s orange, white, black, and sleeps 6? A: A CalTrans work truck. Ha-ha-ha-ha, stick around, we got a million of ‘em. Try the meatloaf. State Senator […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/CalTrans-Roadwork-Zombies-115x115.jpg "Moorlach Goes After Audit’s Findings of Caltrans “Big Lie”")
Moorlach Goes After Audit’s Findings of Caltrans “Big Lie”
Posted on March 20, 2016 | 11 Comments. . . Q: What’s orange, white, black, and sleeps 6? A: A CalTrans work truck. Ha-ha-ha-ha, stick around, we got a million of ‘em. Try the meatloaf. State Senator […] -
![. . . Well. That I wasn’t expecting! New Assemblyman Matt Harper, who represents at least half of the area that would be affected by the threatened 405 toll […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/young-kim-toll-lane-presser-e1425448619517-115x115.jpg "Young Kim picks up the anti-Toll Lane torch for the OC. With exclusive video!")
Young Kim picks up the anti-Toll Lane torch for the OC. With exclusive video!
Posted on March 3, 2015 | 46 Comments. . . Well. That I wasn’t expecting! New Assemblyman Matt Harper, who represents at least half of the area that would be affected by the threatened 405 toll […] -
![. . . WHILE we are printing pieces that The Register and its subsidiaries refuse to, here is a response Eric Bever wrote to a typically whory pro-toll editorial (“Toll […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/bever-kicking-caltrans-115x115.png "405 Tolls: Eric Bever’s Modest Proposal for CalTrans")
405 Tolls: Eric Bever’s Modest Proposal for CalTrans
Posted on October 14, 2014 | 3 Comments. . . WHILE we are printing pieces that The Register and its subsidiaries refuse to, here is a response Eric Bever wrote to a typically whory pro-toll editorial (“Toll […] -
![. . . Lucy Dunn is the President, CEO, and ubiquitous spokeswoman of the Orange County Business Council (OCBC.) Masterminded by tireless and insatiable lobbyist Curt Pringle (former Speaker of […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dunn-allen-115x115.png "OCBC’s Fatuous Lucy Dunn celebrates imposition of 405 Toll Lanes; and is Travis Allen a Toll Troll?")
OCBC’s Fatuous Lucy Dunn celebrates imposition of 405 Toll Lanes; and is Travis Allen a Toll Troll?
Posted on August 20, 2014 | 15 Comments. . . Lucy Dunn is the President, CEO, and ubiquitous spokeswoman of the Orange County Business Council (OCBC.) Masterminded by tireless and insatiable lobbyist Curt Pringle (former Speaker of […] -
![. . . Well, what do you think? I mean, we’ve been fighting this here for a couple of years. And our friend Westminster Councilwoman Diana Lee Carey has been […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/braveheart-battle-bf863-115x115.jpg "It’s War. CalTrans moves to impose 405 Tolls. WE start the OC Drivers’ Union.")
It’s War. CalTrans moves to impose 405 Tolls. WE start the OC Drivers’ Union.
Posted on July 28, 2014 | 23 Comments. . . Well, what do you think? I mean, we’ve been fighting this here for a couple of years. And our friend Westminster Councilwoman Diana Lee Carey has been […] -
![Allan Mansoor’s promised AB 2036 to address the Toll Lanes controversy in our county – let’s say, to bring this important transportation question under democratic control in a county that’s […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/mansoor-405-sqs-daly-allen-correa-115x115.png "Mansoor’s new Toll Lanes bill deserves bipartisan support from the full OC delegation.")
Mansoor’s new Toll Lanes bill deserves bipartisan support from the full OC delegation.
Posted on April 14, 2014 | 13 CommentsAllan Mansoor’s promised AB 2036 to address the Toll Lanes controversy in our county – let’s say, to bring this important transportation question under democratic control in a county that’s […] -
![This is OCTA Board Chairman Gregory Winterbottom, in his natural state. You may remember him a few weeks ago, when Diana Lee Carey finished a speech with the exasperated cry, […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/winterbottomcrabluminositycopy-e1383965772929.jpg "Toll-Lane Uprising 2: Delay, Kabuki, and the Staggering Arrogance of Chairman Winterbottom.")
Toll-Lane Uprising 2: Delay, Kabuki, and the Staggering Arrogance of Chairman Winterbottom.
Posted on November 9, 2013 | 23 CommentsThis is OCTA Board Chairman Gregory Winterbottom, in his natural state. You may remember him a few weeks ago, when Diana Lee Carey finished a speech with the exasperated cry, […] -
![. . . “First they came for the 405, and I said nothing for I rarely use the 405. Then they came to put toll lanes on MY freeway, […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/No-OC-Toll-Lanes-115x115.png "The Uprising Against O.C. Toll Lanes. Pt 1")
The Uprising Against O.C. Toll Lanes. Pt 1
Posted on November 7, 2013 | 33 Comments. . . “First they came for the 405, and I said nothing for I rarely use the 405. Then they came to put toll lanes on MY freeway, […] -
![[Sad-face emoticon — I see Gus’ old website has died…] Background Almost exactly a year ago, in one of our dozens of pieces following last year’s debate of 405 improvements, […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/no405tolls-ad-115x115.jpg "OCTA Board inches closer to giving away our 405 to the Toll Trolls.")
OCTA Board inches closer to giving away our 405 to the Toll Trolls.
Posted on September 23, 2013 | 27 Comments[Sad-face emoticon — I see Gus’ old website has died…] Background Almost exactly a year ago, in one of our dozens of pieces following last year’s debate of 405 improvements, […] -
![Today’s OC Register article by Erika Ritchie contains a follow up report on the city of Lake Forest using its eminent domain powers to “take” property from a south Orange […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/themes/arras/images/thumbnail.png "City of Lake Forest bungles just compensation in their use of eminent domain")
City of Lake Forest bungles just compensation in their use of eminent domain
Posted on November 5, 2009 | No CommentsToday’s OC Register article by Erika Ritchie contains a follow up report on the city of Lake Forest using its eminent domain powers to “take” property from a south Orange […] -
Solving our gridlock? Converting HOV car pool lanes into Toll lanes
Posted on December 12, 2008 | 8 CommentsAs Californians do their part to reduce traffic on our free southern CA highways by car pooling the government decides to punish us by converting some of these “free” lanes […]
So you're gonna write a piece about this audit? Good, folks have been asking us to cover that on this…