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…
Where's his labia neck?
This blog generally avoids Trump's day-to-day escalating madness. But this is just too good and too weird and stupid, all…
MWDOC 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. -
How Ratepayers got hosed in the search for SoCal’s Mythical Gardens. Pt 1: Barbre’s Greed.
Posted on June 30, 2023 | 3 Comments'They're going to have to pry the hose out of my cold dead fingers' - Brett Barbre, MWDOC -
Elect 2020’s Water Patriots: Elliot, Moulton-Patterson, Seckel, Yoo Schneider, Beard & Ereth!
Posted on November 2, 2020 | 4 CommentsFor expertise, honesty, and to put Poseidon to bed for good! -
Karl Seckel for MWDOC! (HB,Seal Beach, Costa Mesa.) NO POSEIDON!
Posted on November 2, 2020 | No CommentsHB, Costa Mesa & Seal Beach, please vote Seckel and help bring this madness to an end! -
![. . . 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 […] -
![Is there anything sadder than these final desperate flailings of former Republican Senate Minority Leader Dick Ackerman, these flailings for relevance in the twilight of his career? (Sadly, the answer […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/irvine-cares-ackerman-115x115.png "Irvine Cares, OC GOP Chairmanship … Dick Ackerman’s final sad flails for relevance.")
Irvine Cares, OC GOP Chairmanship … Dick Ackerman’s final sad flails for relevance.
Posted on July 19, 2014 | 37 CommentsIs there anything sadder than these final desperate flailings of former Republican Senate Minority Leader Dick Ackerman, these flailings for relevance in the twilight of his career? (Sadly, the answer […] -
![Former HB Mayor and energy activist Debbie Cook wrote this editorial a couple weeks ago in John Earl’s re-vivified Surf City Voice. As HB Mayor Matt Harper is running for […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/harper-at-desk1-e1401482160815.jpg "Poseidon’s Water Boy: Matt Harper Quietly Pushes Desal Scam Past Ratepayers.")
Poseidon’s Water Boy: Matt Harper Quietly Pushes Desal Scam Past Ratepayers.
Posted on May 30, 2014 | 5 CommentsFormer HB Mayor and energy activist Debbie Cook wrote this editorial a couple weeks ago in John Earl’s re-vivified Surf City Voice. As HB Mayor Matt Harper is running for […] -
![. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY from Vern: All of you Orange County residents who drink water should read the following important piece by John Earl, but since I know how DRY (paradoxically) […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/gus-bad-poseidon-115x115.jpg "“No Water Deal” – Gus needs YOU to finish his work defeating Poseidon’s desalination scam!")
“No Water Deal” – Gus needs YOU to finish his work defeating Poseidon’s desalination scam!
Posted on February 24, 2013 | 2 Comments. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY from Vern: All of you Orange County residents who drink water should read the following important piece by John Earl, but since I know how DRY (paradoxically) […] -
![. Gus Ayer, the former mayor of Fountain Valley (who wrote on the Orange Juice Blog as “Mayor Quimby”) was probably Orange County’s top progressive political strategist and activist. He […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/gus-at-meeting-115x115.jpg "Mayor Quimby’s last piece: Can the Municipal Water District of OC Find A Reason to Exist?")
Mayor Quimby’s last piece: Can the Municipal Water District of OC Find A Reason to Exist?
Posted on February 15, 2013 | 1 Comment. Gus Ayer, the former mayor of Fountain Valley (who wrote on the Orange Juice Blog as “Mayor Quimby”) was probably Orange County’s top progressive political strategist and activist. He […] -
![by John Earl, Surf City Voice General Manager Nixes Secret Desal Talks with Poseidon After Brown Act Complaints Confronted by complaints of illegality, the Municipal Water District of Orange County […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/debbie-cook-and-kevin-hunt-115x115.jpg "Secret Poseidon Desal meeting stymied by Brown Act complaint.")
Secret Poseidon Desal meeting stymied by Brown Act complaint.
Posted on May 15, 2012 | 3 Commentsby John Earl, Surf City Voice General Manager Nixes Secret Desal Talks with Poseidon After Brown Act Complaints Confronted by complaints of illegality, the Municipal Water District of Orange County […] -
![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 […]
Yes, I know that's the impulse but you gotta know what the Guatemalan hill folk know: you get poisoned and…