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Just around the bend: The 405 Toll Lanes we fought so hard against.
Posted on August 8, 2023 | 2 CommentsFight is over. The good guys lost. Here is our future. -
Agents’ Orange 4: NON-PARTISAN Volunteers in the OC, 1960-2000
Posted on November 30, 2020 | 8 CommentsWow, there are some stories here you gotta read... -
Weekend Open Thread: OCTA Surveillance and SigDay Chismes!
Posted on March 12, 2016 | 36 Comments. . . I’m torn. On the one hand, this is your Weekend Open Thread, so you should feel free to talk about anything on this post or anything else […] -
Young Kim picks up the anti-Toll Lane torch for the OC. With exclusive video!
Posted on March 3, 2015 | 46 Comments. . . Well. That I wasn’t expecting! New Assemblyman Matt Harper, who represents at least half of the area that would be affected by the threatened 405 toll […] -
Lalloway-Choi Lies: 405 Toll Lanes, Veterans’ Cemetery, and so much more!
Posted on November 2, 2014 | 19 Comments. . . Something like a staggering $800,000 has been spent in Irvine this season to defeat the Democratic candidates – my friend Melissa Fox calculates that at least $100 […] -
405 Tolls: Eric Bever’s Modest Proposal for CalTrans
Posted on October 14, 2014 | 3 Comments. . . WHILE we are printing pieces that The Register and its subsidiaries refuse to, here is a response Eric Bever wrote to a typically whory pro-toll editorial (“Toll […] -
What Happened to Fullerton’s Promised Bicycle Bridge Across the 57 Freeway?
Posted on August 24, 2014 | 2 CommentsEight years ago Fullerton residents received this mailer urging them to renew Measure M, the county-wide half cent sales tax adopted by voters in 1990. Funds from Measure M, and M2, […] -
OCBC’s Fatuous Lucy Dunn celebrates imposition of 405 Toll Lanes; and is Travis Allen a Toll Troll?
Posted on August 20, 2014 | 15 Comments. . . Lucy Dunn is the President, CEO, and ubiquitous spokeswoman of the Orange County Business Council (OCBC.) Masterminded by tireless and insatiable lobbyist Curt Pringle (former Speaker of […] -
It’s War. CalTrans moves to impose 405 Tolls. WE start the OC Drivers’ Union.
Posted on July 28, 2014 | 23 Comments. . . Well, what do you think? I mean, we’ve been fighting this here for a couple of years. And our friend Westminster Councilwoman Diana Lee Carey has been […] -
Time to replace the OC TCA Commission….again!
Posted on July 21, 2014 | 2 Comments. . . The Transportation Corridor Agencies (TCA) are the two joint-powers agencies — the Foothill/Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency and the San Joaquin Hills Transportation Corridor Agency — formed in […] -
Mansoor’s new Toll Lanes bill deserves bipartisan support from the full OC delegation.
Posted on April 14, 2014 | 13 CommentsAllan Mansoor’s promised AB 2036 to address the Toll Lanes controversy in our county – let’s say, to bring this important transportation question under democratic control in a county that’s […] -
Michelle Steel, Stepford Carpetbaggers, Termed-out Termagants, and Goofy Ballot Designations.
Posted on March 16, 2014 | 29 Comments1. Mansoor Sues Mrs. Steel Over Goofy Ballot Designation. First off, I live in the Second Supervisorial District, which includes HB, Newport, Costa Mesa, Fountain Valley, Seal Beach, up to […] -
Diana Lee Carey named Woman of the Year, AD 74. Boo-yah!
Posted on March 14, 2014 | 4 CommentsOne of the Orange Juice’s favorite OC politicians has just won a great honor – first-term Westminster Councilwoman Diana Lee Carey was named “Woman of the Year” for the 74th […] -
The Orange Juice’s Top Sorties of 2013 – and a few new items for our VICTORY list!
Posted on December 31, 2013 | 10 CommentsOh whoops, DAMN. Did I mis-type “stories” as “sorties?” Well, you know what, that’s okay! Because “sortie” is a military term meaning a “sudden issuing of troops against the enemy […]