Retired Federal Judge Lynne Riddle has spent years scrutinizing the fiscal stewardship and other practices of the Orange County Board…
Don't touch the Pink Toad. You will get poisoned and it will just keep going on its ignorantly blissful way.
Even Progressive icon Barney Frank knows it. There are folks in the Democratic Party that have taken things too far.…
Queue to 37:37 and 48:35, for dgi members defending Kev over his dismissal as Larry agran’s sustainability commissioner apparently over…
Footage of IRVINE’s rcv agenda item last Tuesday https://irvine.granicus.com/player/clip/7324?view_id=68&redirect=true
Doug Elliot takes credit for expanding the council and district voting in Irvine and admits he is not really an…
Here is the footage of the agenda item. https://irvine.granicus.com/player/clip/7324 Identify one pro speaker that is a resident of Irvine and…
"Something about it just doesn't make me feel experienced and the smartest guy in the room."
If it’s such a great idea how about the city let the voters decide if they want it. The progressives…
Lobbyists Archive
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![A fact of life of county government here is that a clique of local lobbyists, some former aides to Supervisors or former Supervisors themselves, makes a good living by serving […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/themes/arras/images/thumbnail.png "County Lobbyists’ Days Numbered?")
County Lobbyists’ Days Numbered?
Posted on January 6, 2010 | 4 CommentsA fact of life of county government here is that a clique of local lobbyists, some former aides to Supervisors or former Supervisors themselves, makes a good living by serving […] -
Is Loretta Sanchez the new Mike Duvall?
Posted on December 14, 2009 | 127 CommentsFormer Republican State Assemblyman Mike Duvall was forced out of office this year when his conversation with a fellow legislator, about supposed sex with two lobbyists, got out. Now a […] -
![. . . First Things First: The mass movement to derail the theft, privatization and dismantling of our Fairgrounds continues tomorrow, Thursday morning at 8:30, at the Fairgrounds (Gate 4 […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/derailment.jpg "Derailment Report")
Derailment Report
Posted on November 11, 2009 | 16 Comments. . . First Things First: The mass movement to derail the theft, privatization and dismantling of our Fairgrounds continues tomorrow, Thursday morning at 8:30, at the Fairgrounds (Gate 4 […] -
Did Ackerman Break State Lobbying Law?
Posted on November 8, 2009 | 1 CommentActing as an agent for a group of OC Fairboard members that wants to purchase the OC Fairgrounds, Dick Ackerman lobbied to pass legislation last summer that would enable the […] -
What is “The Alliance for California’s Tomorrow”?
Posted on October 29, 2009 | 1 CommentYou’ve gotten a lot of junk mail from them lately, about the 72nd Assembly race, and mostly reprehensible attacks on Chris Norby. Never heard of this operation with the lame […] -
Unregistered lobbyist Dick Ackerman lobbied to sell the O.C. Fairgrounds
Posted on October 25, 2009 | 5 CommentsRuh roh! Another Ackerman scandal is brewing! Our friends at the OC Progressive blog are going after him on the issue of the sale of the O.C. Fairgrounds. It turns […] -
![UPDATE: One of our readers has launched a new O.C. lobbyist database. Click here to check it out. Lobbyists have had the run of Orange County for far too long. […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/lobbyist-register.jpg "Why don’t lobbyists have to register with the County of Orange?")
Why don’t lobbyists have to register with the County of Orange?
Posted on May 1, 2009 | 17 CommentsUPDATE: One of our readers has launched a new O.C. lobbyist database. Click here to check it out. Lobbyists have had the run of Orange County for far too long. […] -
Time to pay by the pound!
Posted on December 19, 2008 | 2 CommentsThe recent end run attempt around new taxes/fees by the California Legislature brings to mind some needs….like the need for upwards of $36 Billion dollars in short falls over the […] -
![. . . . . So you probably heard, Dana called McCain a whore the other day. The story was splashed all over Dan C.’s august Liberal OC, which got […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/mccainangry.jpg "Mirror mirror on the wall, who’s the biggest…")
Mirror mirror on the wall, who’s the biggest…
Posted on August 21, 2008 | 14 Comments. . . . . So you probably heard, Dana called McCain a whore the other day. The story was splashed all over Dan C.’s august Liberal OC, which got […]
Oh shit. I agree with oh myopic booby one. He is the only path to victory for the Democratic party.