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Melahat Plea Deal: Squeeze Out some OC History! (in progress)
Posted on January 20, 2023 | 30 CommentsOh, the stories she could tell! -
California’s insurance industry secretly drops $13,641 against Julio – watch for the hit pieces!
Posted on May 16, 2012 | 11 CommentsI always notice when the name of my pal Julio Pérez, candidate for Assembly District 69, pops up on the Nooner. And yesterday, I saw that an Independent Expenditure of […] -
Is the OC’s tumor John Williams leaving or not? Carlson out in AD-74; and Loretta backs Julio!
Posted on January 26, 2012 | 42 CommentsA few interesting things that happened in the OC, around the same time as President Obama’s very encouraging Occupy-influenced State of the Union Address: Worst Public Administrator Ever (John S […] -
An ‘Informed Outsider’ Perspective on Monday’s DPOC Meeting
Posted on December 1, 2011 | 17 Comments. . . This post is long — even by my standards. If you’re not interested in the topic, don’t feel that you have to read it. (Even if you […] -
Business Partner of Developer Tied to Alvarez Flap Pumped $5,000 into DPOC Chair Barbaro’s ‘Victory Fund’
Posted on September 3, 2011 | 24 Comments. . . MONEY TALKS: According to campaign finance reports available online at the Federal Election Commission website, the “Orange County Victory Fund,” an independent committee controlled by Frank Barbaro, Chair of […] -
The Orange County Register offers compelling evidence that DPOC Chair Frank Barbaro is an ‘arrogant buffoon’
Posted on September 25, 2010 | 19 CommentsOn the left is Frank Barbaro, Chairman of the Orange County Democratic Party. On the right is Scott Baugh, Chairman of the Orange County Republican Party. Isn’t this proof […] -
Where is the proof that Cecilia Iglesias is involved in a Republican Party plot?
Posted on September 19, 2010 | 21 CommentsCecilia Iglesias poses with State Senator Lou Correa There is an incredible amount of hullabaloo being made about Ms. Cecilia Iglesias, an Independent candidate running in the 47th Congressional District, […] -
Barbaro bullies Cecilia Iglesias, but Sanchez and the DPOC have only themselves to blame
Posted on September 17, 2010 | 18 CommentsFrank Barbaro, the Chairman of the Democratic Party of Orange County, had a fit today because independent Congressional candidate Cecilia Iglesias got caught in a picture with Meg Whitman, the […] -
O.C. Democrats marching in a big 4th of July parade this Sunday
Posted on July 2, 2010 | 3 CommentsPicture Courtesy of Act Blue Happy Fourth of July! Important Events for Democrats Join and/or support the OC Democratic Party’s entry in the biggest Fourth of July Parade in the […] -
DPOC hires Long Beach Councilwoman Gerrie Schipske as their new Director
Posted on February 16, 2010 | 18 CommentsThis just in from the Democratic Party of Orange County (DPOC). They have finally hired a new Executive Director, Long Beach Council Member Gerrie Schipske. What this means for Henry […] -
Longshots Have Surprise Up Sleeve?
Posted on January 18, 2010 | No CommentsIn today’s Register our old amigo Martin Wisckol cobbled together a piece about, well, hard to say exactly what it was about, but among other things it contained some gems […] -
The Carona-ization of Sheriff Sandra Hutchens has begun
Posted on January 7, 2010 | 21 CommentsEditor’s Note: We ran this post exactly one year ago. Now, some are saying that disgraced former Sheriff Mike Carona’s supporters are backing one of the current candidates for O.C. […] -
Past DPOC Chair Jim Toledano charged with $350,000 extortion
Posted on June 30, 2009 | 5 CommentsJim Toledano, former Chair of the DPOC (Democratic Party of Orange County) “Jim Toledano, the 65-year-old former chairman of the Orange County Democratic Party and a three-time losing state assembly […] -
O.C. Democrat Chair Frank Barbaro still shilling for disgraced Republican ex-Sheriff Mike Carona
Posted on May 10, 2009 | 4 Comments[poll id=”154″] No wonder the DPOC sucks. According to Gustavo Arellano, over at the OC Weekly’s Navel Gazing blog, the Chair of the DPOC, Frank Barbaro, had this to say […]