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.…
John Earl Archive
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Municipal Water District of OC, or MAGA Water District of OC? Good question…
Posted on January 20, 2026 | 3 CommentsWhy does a local water board celebrate the deputy director of ICE?? -
John Earl: “We the People in Order to Form a More Perfect Water District…”
Posted on November 29, 2025 | 1 CommentThe Water-Wars journalist urges us to fight the Goat-Fuhrer Trump starting with our local water boards. -
John Earl: Can San Diego (Carlsbad) get rid of THEIR Poseidon Albatross?
Posted on July 27, 2024 | 2 CommentsThere but for the grace of the Coastal Commission (and decades of activism) goes Orange County. -
John Earl on the Spectacular Self-Degradation of “Environmentalist” Barbara Boxer.
Posted on November 26, 2023 | 5 CommentsReal shame, that. -
Victory over Poseidon: Surf City Voice Celebrates, takes a well-earned vacation.
Posted on May 26, 2022 | No CommentsIt is done. The people won. And not for the last time this month! -
Earth Day Weekend Open Thread: SoCal Water Wars & the Rude Pundit.
Posted on April 23, 2022 | 23 CommentsTalk about our extinction, or something anyway. -
![. . . 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 "Sign This Please: The OC Water District Needs to Livestream its Damn Meetings!")
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 […] -
![. . . [Ed. Note: Originally posted July 20, but worth a second look.] We saw this editorial coming, those of us who attend OCWD meetings and have suffered through early […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dancing-puppets-e1468686474668-115x115.gif "Poseidon Plays the Race Card, LULAC Dances to Their Tune!")
Poseidon Plays the Race Card, LULAC Dances to Their Tune!
Posted on July 24, 2016 | 31 Comments. . . [Ed. Note: Originally posted July 20, but worth a second look.] We saw this editorial coming, those of us who attend OCWD meetings and have suffered through early […] -
![. . . [Ed. Note: This post has been redesignated as your Weekend Open Thread. Talk about this, or anything else you’d like, within broad bounds of decorum and discretion.] […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Bilodeau-displeased-115x115.jpg "Weekend Open Thread: Habitually Tardy Bilodeau Feels “Unsafe” at Public Water Board Meetings")
Weekend Open Thread: Habitually Tardy Bilodeau Feels “Unsafe” at Public Water Board Meetings
Posted on March 7, 2015 | 2 Comments. . . [Ed. Note: This post has been redesignated as your Weekend Open Thread. Talk about this, or anything else you’d like, within broad bounds of decorum and discretion.] […] -
![. . . 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 "OCWD’s Sarmiento: “All of Us Want to be Transparent,” snicker. UPDATE – Vince Rotates Off the Board")
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 […] -
![. . . By John Earl, cross-posted from Surf City Voice It’s election time, and so in September Poseidon Resources, Inc. released another push poll claiming widespread public support for […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/probolsky-poseidon-115x115.png "Recent Poseidon-Probolsky Push-Poll Threatens Candidates and Misleads Voters.")
Recent Poseidon-Probolsky Push-Poll Threatens Candidates and Misleads Voters.
Posted on November 3, 2014 | 6 Comments. . . By John Earl, cross-posted from Surf City Voice It’s election time, and so in September Poseidon Resources, Inc. released another push poll claiming widespread public support for […] -
![. . . 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 "Water Board’s Misuse of Committee Meetings gives the finger to OC Ratepayers.")
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 […] -
![. . . 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 "Why do some OC Water District Directors LOATHE being WATCHED?")
Why do some OC Water District Directors LOATHE being WATCHED?
Posted on July 23, 2014 | 29 Comments. . . 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 […] -
![By John Earl cross-posted from Surf City Voice Note: My father will turn 94 on July 7. May 16, 2013, was the last time that I published a self-written article […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/john-earls-dad-115x115.jpg "Caring for my 94-year old father as the Surf City Voice resumes.")
Caring for my 94-year old father as the Surf City Voice resumes.
Posted on May 12, 2014 | 8 CommentsBy John Earl cross-posted from Surf City Voice Note: My father will turn 94 on July 7. May 16, 2013, was the last time that I published a self-written article […]
So you're gonna write a piece about this audit? Good, folks have been asking us to cover that on this…