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.…
Great article on Ranked Choice Voting Josh! I wholeheartedly agree. I want more control with my vote. We only have…
Young Kim on broadcast tv going hard against Calvert and aligning herself closely with Trump. Might win her the primary…
mwd Archive
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Metropolitan/Municipal Water District or MAGA Water District? Still No Answers.
Posted on March 23, 2026 | No CommentsJohn Earl still asking questions at our Water Boards. -
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. -
![. . . by John Earl, cross-posted from Surf City Voice. Centuries ago, explorers sailed Poseidon’s Seven Seas looking for beautiful mermaids and lands full of golden treasures. Although some […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/mermaloni1-e1433960352161-115x115.jpg "Poseidon Desal: Will OCWD be Shipwrecked by Mermaids?")
Poseidon Desal: Will OCWD be Shipwrecked by Mermaids?
Posted on June 10, 2015 | 40 Comments. . . by John Earl, cross-posted from Surf City Voice. Centuries ago, explorers sailed Poseidon’s Seven Seas looking for beautiful mermaids and lands full of golden treasures. Although some […] -
![John Earl Surf City Voice News Service www.surfcityvoice.com Lately, southern California’s top water official, John V. Foley, has been explaining his apparent violations of a state law that requires public […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Foley2-horz-115x115.jpg "Water Chairman’s $15,000 ‘Oversight’ Revealed")
Water Chairman’s $15,000 ‘Oversight’ Revealed
Posted on February 13, 2012 | 8 CommentsJohn Earl Surf City Voice News Service www.surfcityvoice.com Lately, southern California’s top water official, John V. Foley, has been explaining his apparent violations of a state law that requires public […] -
![. . . By John Earl Surf City Voice The chairman of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD), John V. Foley, says that a recent Surf City Voice […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Foley2-115x115.jpg "Foley Responds: Still doesn’t think he had to report wife’s income")
Foley Responds: Still doesn’t think he had to report wife’s income
Posted on February 8, 2012 | 1 Comment. . . By John Earl Surf City Voice The chairman of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD), John V. Foley, says that a recent Surf City Voice […] -
![C A L I F O R N I A C O M M E N T A R Y – A weekly opinion column from the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/themes/arras/images/thumbnail.png "Public relations firms paid millions to teach us to love more taxes!")
Public relations firms paid millions to teach us to love more taxes!
Posted on November 6, 2009 | 1 CommentC A L I F O R N I A C O M M E N T A R Y – A weekly opinion column from the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers […] -
![“Less than 24 hours before it was to consider a controversial proposal to increase pension benefits by 25 percent, Metropolitan Water District once again took the item off its agenda, […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Pension-Spike.jpg "MWD surrenders as pension spike pulled off the table")
MWD surrenders as pension spike pulled off the table
Posted on October 12, 2009 | 4 Comments“Less than 24 hours before it was to consider a controversial proposal to increase pension benefits by 25 percent, Metropolitan Water District once again took the item off its agenda, […] -
Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez led the charge against the MWD pension spike
Posted on October 6, 2009 | 1 CommentSanta Ana Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez I finally got an update about last night’s Santa Ana City Council meeting, specifically about the 85a item that Mayor Pro Tem Claudia […] -
![The MWD doesn’t want you to contact board member Dan Griset about their pension spike… “Some government officials are slow learners. As the economy has faltered, California public employee pension […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Dan-Griset.jpg "MWD trying to spike employee pensions, which will drive up our water costs!")
MWD trying to spike employee pensions, which will drive up our water costs!
Posted on September 4, 2009 | 11 CommentsThe MWD doesn’t want you to contact board member Dan Griset about their pension spike… “Some government officials are slow learners. As the economy has faltered, California public employee pension […] -
![One of our readers, Michael Witzigman, found out the city of Santa Ana is charged by Orange County Water District (OCWD) to extract the ground water from aquifers, since the […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/santa-ana-water-rate-rip-off.jpg "City of Santa Ana overcharging up to 842% for water!")
City of Santa Ana overcharging up to 842% for water!
Posted on April 24, 2009 | 5 CommentsOne of our readers, Michael Witzigman, found out the city of Santa Ana is charged by Orange County Water District (OCWD) to extract the ground water from aquifers, since the […] -
Doesn’t artificial turf make sense now?
Posted on July 29, 2008 | 26 Comments“At a meeting Tuesday, the Garden Grove City Council will re-examine the city’s ban on synthetic turf, over which residents are starting to raise concerns. Garden Grove is one of […]
Content being a Pink Toad? I guess it depends on an amphibian's level of sef-awareness. The lower, the happier. In…