Experience.
And where do you derive this special knowledge, Zenger? We should start calling you Z-Anon.
This is what I call a "hall pass." It's when the kleptocracy lets one of their minions stray off the…
Did you just figure out Flint is back? Dude, try to keep up.
There is a tactic used occasionally by elected officials. It involves bringing something forward in order to let it die.…
I love how Ashleigh talks about government not picking winners and losers. 30 years late and the wrong political party!
Well, guess who re-published Ashleigh's anti-gate tax piece? Matt Cunningham's Anaheim Observer (and also his OC Independent.) The Klepto-Blog! Just…
Hey, them books ain't a-gonna burn themselves.
AHhahaha... figured out you're talking about Willie "The Weenie" O'Neill.
Debbie Cook Archive
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Water Rate Increase: Or Can OCWD actually self-Liposuck?
Posted on April 20, 2018 | 17 CommentsWell? Help us with alternatives to the hinky water board raising your rates! -
Sign This Please: The OC Water District Needs to Livestream its Damn Meetings!
Posted on August 27, 2016 | 9 Comments. . . Short Version: Sign. Isn’t it interesting, and highly worthy of contemplation, that the members (directors, technically) of the Orange County Water District (OCWD) who consistently vote in […] -
Dina Nguyen stands up Garden Grove, skips fascinating Poseidon forum.
Posted on May 20, 2015 | 27 Comments. . . INTRO BY VERN: Easy-going and honest OCWD Director Phil Anthony, who represents the western one-third of Garden Grove on the water board and who was one of […] -
OCWD’s Sarmiento: “All of Us Want to be Transparent,” snicker. UPDATE – Vince Rotates Off the Board
Posted on February 17, 2015 | 19 Comments. . . By John Earl cross-posted from Surf City Voice Which delusion of grandeur do elected officials suffer from the most? Answer: that they have only our best interests […] -
Steve Sheldon’s Unethical Culture Challenged by Legal Complaint
Posted on December 1, 2014 | No Comments. . . By John Earl, cross-posted from Surf City Voice. OC Water District Director Steve Sheldon scurries off when caught by the author hobnobbing with Poseidon brass after a […] -
Water Board’s Misuse of Committee Meetings gives the finger to OC Ratepayers.
Posted on August 6, 2014 | 23 Comments. . . by Debbie Cook, first posted in Surf City Voice, Aug. 4, 2014. At a recent (July 3) sub-committee meeting (see video at bottom of story) OC Water […] -
Poseidon’s Water Boy: Matt Harper Quietly Pushes Desal Scam Past Ratepayers.
Posted on May 30, 2014 | 5 CommentsFormer HB Mayor and energy activist Debbie Cook wrote this editorial a couple weeks ago in John Earl’s re-vivified Surf City Voice. As HB Mayor Matt Harper is running for […] -
Poseidon runs headlong into “Infiltration Gallery.”
Posted on November 18, 2013 | 36 CommentsAs I stood about waiting for Wednesday’s marathon Coastal Commission hearing to begin, and beheld our nemesis, Poseidon VP Scott Maloni, stomping about scowling, I resolved to shake his hand. […] -
Quirk-Silva rescinds Poseidon support, will hold Water Townhall with Debbie Cook!
Posted on August 19, 2013 | 54 CommentsIt’s rare, difficult, and refreshing for a lawmaker to admit making a mistake, and attempt to rectify it. I remember back in 2009 when Assemblyman Solorio realized that he’d made […] -
Can we save Huntington Beach’s fabled Bonfires from Bureaucrat Pinheads and Newport NIMBYs?
Posted on April 26, 2013 | 64 Comments. Enough already! Enough of a few, spoiled, rich, well-connected Newport Beach residents – and no it’s not everyone in Newport, or even most of you, I know it’s just […] -
Tet Parade Post-mortem: What next, and grading the Politicians’ Performances.
Posted on February 26, 2013 | 42 Comments. As promised, I’ve got a lot to say in retrospect about the Tet Parade of two weeks ago which jumped the shark by excluding gays, and how the various […] -
Mesa Water Holds Back the Truth About GM’s Poseidon Desal Obsession
Posted on February 15, 2013 | No CommentsBy Debbie Cook Debbie Cook is a former mayor of Huntington Beach and an advocate for greater transparency in public water management. Her commentary is republished from the Surf City […]

![Sign This Please: The OC Water District Needs to Livestream its Damn Meetings! . . . Short Version: Sign. Isn’t it interesting, and highly worthy of contemplation, that the members (directors, technically) of the Orange County Water District (OCWD) who consistently vote in […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/ocwd-fuckfaces-e1472345158735-115x115.jpg)
![Dina Nguyen stands up Garden Grove, skips fascinating Poseidon forum. . . . INTRO BY VERN: Easy-going and honest OCWD Director Phil Anthony, who represents the western one-third of Garden Grove on the water board and who was one of […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dina-ugly-cropped-115x115.jpg)
![OCWD’s Sarmiento: “All of Us Want to be Transparent,” snicker. UPDATE – Vince Rotates Off the Board . . . By John Earl cross-posted from Surf City Voice Which delusion of grandeur do elected officials suffer from the most? Answer: that they have only our best interests […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sarmiento-e1424248523309-115x115.jpg)
![Steve Sheldon’s Unethical Culture Challenged by Legal Complaint . . . By John Earl, cross-posted from Surf City Voice. OC Water District Director Steve Sheldon scurries off when caught by the author hobnobbing with Poseidon brass after a […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/sheldon-and-poseidon-brass1-e1417460656189.jpg)
![Water Board’s Misuse of Committee Meetings gives the finger to OC Ratepayers. . . . by Debbie Cook, first posted in Surf City Voice, Aug. 4, 2014. At a recent (July 3) sub-committee meeting (see video at bottom of story) OC Water […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/ocwd-subcommittee-e1407363342563.jpg)
![Why do some OC Water District Directors LOATHE being WATCHED? . . . by Debbie Cook, July 22, 2014; cross-posted from Surf City Voice. About a dozen members of the public attended the July 16 meeting of the Orange County […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/hiding-face-115x115.jpg)
![Poseidon’s Water Boy: Matt Harper Quietly Pushes Desal Scam Past Ratepayers. Former HB Mayor and energy activist Debbie Cook wrote this editorial a couple weeks ago in John Earl’s re-vivified Surf City Voice. As HB Mayor Matt Harper is running for […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/harper-at-desk1-e1401482160815.jpg)
![Poseidon runs headlong into “Infiltration Gallery.” As I stood about waiting for Wednesday’s marathon Coastal Commission hearing to begin, and beheld our nemesis, Poseidon VP Scott Maloni, stomping about scowling, I resolved to shake his hand. […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/poseidon-entrained-1-115x115.jpg)
![Quirk-Silva rescinds Poseidon support, will hold Water Townhall with Debbie Cook! It’s rare, difficult, and refreshing for a lawmaker to admit making a mistake, and attempt to rectify it. I remember back in 2009 when Assemblyman Solorio realized that he’d made […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/sqs-debbie-115x115.jpg)
![Can we save Huntington Beach’s fabled Bonfires from Bureaucrat Pinheads and Newport NIMBYs? . Enough already! Enough of a few, spoiled, rich, well-connected Newport Beach residents – and no it’s not everyone in Newport, or even most of you, I know it’s just […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/hb-bonfire-cropped-115x115.jpg)
![Tet Parade Post-mortem: What next, and grading the Politicians’ Performances. . As promised, I’ve got a lot to say in retrospect about the Tet Parade of two weeks ago which jumped the shark by excluding gays, and how the various […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/2013-Tet-Toro-5-115x115.jpg)
![“No Water Deal” – Gus needs YOU to finish his work defeating Poseidon’s desalination scam! . EXECUTIVE SUMMARY from Vern: All of you Orange County residents who drink water should read the following important piece by John Earl, but since I know how DRY (paradoxically) […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/gus-bad-poseidon-115x115.jpg)
![Mesa Water Holds Back the Truth About GM’s Poseidon Desal Obsession By Debbie Cook Debbie Cook is a former mayor of Huntington Beach and an advocate for greater transparency in public water management. Her commentary is republished from the Surf City […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/shoenberger-e1361771702572.jpg)
Experience at what, Z-Anon? Conspiracy theorizing? You're so out-of-touch it's almost funny.