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.
SB 249? It got killed via suspense file in assembly appropriations. https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billHistoryClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB249
Without commenting on your specific stats, I would say that is an excellent question. Maybe you should be a Supervisor.…
Criticizing past elected trustees of the Orange County Board of Supervisors reflects not only their leadership weaknesses but also flaws…
Gangs Archive
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Retired Judge Jim Gray speaks out on the failed drug war in an L.A. Times interview
Posted on March 29, 2009 | 1 Comment[poll id=”134″] My friend and fellow Libertarian, retired Judge Jim Gray, appeared on page two of the L.A. Times front section today, in an interview with Times columnist Steve Lopez, […] -
Is the proposed gang injunction in Orange “racial profiling?”
Posted on March 22, 2009 | 11 Comments(Picture Courtesy of the O.C. Register) [poll id=”127″] “Orange residents gathered Saturday afternoon to protest a gang injunction being sought by Orange police. About 50 protesters met at Killefer Park […] -
Santa Ana man robbed at knifepoint – for a pack of gum!
Posted on March 5, 2009 | 3 CommentsWhat a long, bloody week this has been in Santa Ana. A sixteen year old was beaten with baseball bats and stuck with a knife, while his assailants tried to […] -
Teen assaulted with knives and bats in Santa Ana, over his iPod
Posted on March 3, 2009 | 3 Comments“A 16-year-old boy who was beaten and stabbed by a group of six men apparently didn’t surrender the iPod they wanted to steal, police said today,” according to the O.C. […] -
Santa Ana carjacking turns into a home invasion!
Posted on March 1, 2009 | 6 Comments[poll id=”114″] What has happened to Santa Ana? We have had plenty of carjackings over the last year – but the latest one turned into a home invasion robbery! “A […] -
Mexican drug cartel sets up shop all over the U.S., including Irvine!
Posted on February 26, 2009 | 4 CommentsYou may have heard that the DEA arrested 755 people this week with “suspected ties to Mexican cartels, especially one out of the state of Sinaloa,” according to the O.C. […] -
The Mainplace shooter was a tagger – and so was his victim
Posted on February 24, 2009 | 7 CommentsI have heard for some time that taggers are now as dangerous as other gang bangers. Sure enough, the SAPD announced that “An arrest has been made in connection with […] -
Two more people shot in Santa Ana as crime spirals out of control
Posted on February 23, 2009 | 8 Comments“Two people were shot early Sunday morning in the parking lot of the 7-Eleven at 400 N. Grand Avenue, in Santa Ana,” according to the O.C. Register. One victim, a […] -
Three shootings in one day – in Santa Ana of course
Posted on February 19, 2009 | 9 CommentsThree people were shot in Santa Ana on Wednesday, in separate incidents, just as the City of Santa Ana announce that the dreaded Renaissance Plan is back. It looks like […] -
Santa Ana skaters fight gang banger taggers
Posted on January 29, 2009 | 5 CommentsThere are some who say that taggers are not the same as gang bangers. However, a group of taggers accosted a group of skateboarders, in Santa Ana of course, on […] -
Oakland’s Mayor makes fighting crime a priority, while Pulido is still MIA in Santa Ana
Posted on January 27, 2009 | 10 Comments(Picture Courtesy of the San Francisco Chronicle) “Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums promised in his second State of the City address Monday to make crime reduction his top priority for the […] -
Santa Ana starts off the new year with yet another stabbing
Posted on January 2, 2009 | 2 CommentsSanta Ana is picking up right where it left off in 2008, as a 24-year-old man was “stabbed during a New Year’s fight that police believe may be gang-related, authorities […] -
Program offers gang members a way out via firefighting
Posted on November 24, 2008 | 2 Comments(Photo courtesy of the L.A. Times) One of the enduring conceits of Santa Ana’s “Team Pulido” and their allies in the “Usual Suspects” is that gang members cannot clean up […]
Oh, Sam. You don't know anything about local politics and elections or local governance. I do. I'll leave it at…