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.…
o.c. fair board Archive
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Fairgrounds Bond Financing Mess: What Johnson Consulting Didn’t Tell You!
Posted on May 17, 2018 | 8 CommentsWTF!?!?!? -
Fairgrounds Master Site Plan: $450 Million for WHAT???
Posted on April 20, 2018 | 5 CommentsWell? What do you think? Good use of your hard-earned money? -
They Shoot Horses Don’t They? Fair Board wants to demolish Equestrian Center for RV Park.
Posted on April 13, 2018 | 5 CommentsSeems like no matter who runs this Fair Board, they're always eager to sacrifice the Equestrian Center. -
See the New Master Site Plan for our Fairgrounds!
Posted on April 5, 2018 | No CommentsLots of new developments from down in Costa Mesa... -
The Public has a right to know what’s going on – even at the OC Fairgrounds!
Posted on March 20, 2018 | 6 CommentsI mean, it's a reasonable expectation! -
OC Fairgrounds Gun Show needs to be more transparent, accountable.
Posted on March 15, 2018 | 13 CommentsA good time to look closer at this... -
Four months and counting, with no answers on Fair Board expenses…
Posted on March 8, 2018 | No CommentsWhat are they hiding? Or do they just snub the public on principle? -
Fair Board schedules meeting to roll out Master Site Plan, while Denying Public CEQA Rights.
Posted on March 5, 2018 | 13 CommentsThey are ramming this through with insufficient care for the law or public input. -
![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 […] -
![Artwork courtesy of the O.C. Register “This year’s theme is “Think Big,” so the marketing agency hired by the fair — The Ball Park — provided characters holding a giant […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/oc-fair-plagiarized.jpg "O.C. Fair Board paid over $1.3 million for plagiarized marketing campaign")
O.C. Fair Board paid over $1.3 million for plagiarized marketing campaign
Posted on June 21, 2009 | 7 CommentsArtwork courtesy of the O.C. Register “This year’s theme is “Think Big,” so the marketing agency hired by the fair — The Ball Park — provided characters holding a giant […] -
![“Former Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona was sentenced today to 5 ½ years in federal prison by a judge who said his crime had brought shame to the county and […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/mike-carona-goes-to-jail.jpg "Mike Carona gets five a half years in the hole…")
Mike Carona gets five a half years in the hole…
Posted on April 27, 2009 | 9 Comments“Former Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona was sentenced today to 5 ½ years in federal prison by a judge who said his crime had brought shame to the county and […] -
![“Federal prosecutors moved Wednesday to dismiss public corruption charges against Deborah Carona, the wife of former Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona, and his former mistress Debra Hoffman,” according to the […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/themes/arras/images/thumbnail.png "Mike Carona’s two Debbies will walk as prosecutors drop charges")
Mike Carona’s two Debbies will walk as prosecutors drop charges
Posted on January 28, 2009 | 2 Comments“Federal prosecutors moved Wednesday to dismiss public corruption charges against Deborah Carona, the wife of former Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona, and his former mistress Debra Hoffman,” according to the […]
So you're gonna write a piece about this audit? Good, folks have been asking us to cover that on this…