What? You didn’t like my flash forward post about Bari Weiss?
Hello Tory, As a long time resident and conservative voter in HB I am extremely disillusioned regarding the current City…
Huh. She might be an okay Irvine mayor I guess. I bet she’s too vain to take on something that…
There is some chatter in Irvine amongst a faction of DGI members supporting Katie Porker for a mayoral run in…
Too bad Pulido is worse. And the Republican in the race, Paulo Morales, is a scumbag too. AD 67 has…
Ding dong Ada is gone Which old witch The wicked witch Ding ding the wicked Ada is gone! She’s gone…
You really need an open thread already. Lots going on. #tbt We likely won’t be seeing episodes like this anymore…
Icymi carpetbagging Ada canvassing with Zahra. Hahahaha. She is shameless. https://www.instagram.com/p/DYQrltGB7gQ/ https://www.instagram.com/p/DY6O0GBkUfX/
Hi Vern, Thanks for all of your efforts in helping us outsiders make rational, ethical choices in local elections. As…
Privatization Archive
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![. . . Ken Fait, the Fairgrounds’ presumptive owner presumptuous “owner.” What the hell? Register headlines telling us that “The New Owner” is promising to give all the full-time Fairgrounds […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Fait-2-155x133.png "What the hell is going on with the Fairgrounds now? Lobdell sounds off…")
What the hell is going on with the Fairgrounds now? Lobdell sounds off…
Posted on December 5, 2010 | 8 Comments. . . Ken Fait, the Fairgrounds’ presumptive owner presumptuous “owner.” What the hell? Register headlines telling us that “The New Owner” is promising to give all the full-time Fairgrounds […] -
![. . . (Not to scale.) Number one, you ARE going to want to go to the OC Marketplace (or “swap meet”) down on the Fairgrounds, today or tomorrow – […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/ice-cream-oc-marketplace-155x155.jpg "Eat ice cream this weekend to help Save Our Fairgrounds. No, seriously, read this.")
Eat ice cream this weekend to help Save Our Fairgrounds. No, seriously, read this.
Posted on November 27, 2010 | 8 Comments. . . (Not to scale.) Number one, you ARE going to want to go to the OC Marketplace (or “swap meet”) down on the Fairgrounds, today or tomorrow – […] -
![. . . . . L.A. Live, which Facilities Management West has mentioned as a model for their envisioned “O.C. Fame.” Very, very few Orange County residents are happy to […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/LALive_2009-155x155.jpg "OC Voters: Republicans stole your Fairgrounds. Remember that Tuesday.")
OC Voters: Republicans stole your Fairgrounds. Remember that Tuesday.
Posted on October 31, 2010 | 15 Comments. . . . . L.A. Live, which Facilities Management West has mentioned as a model for their envisioned “O.C. Fame.” Very, very few Orange County residents are happy to […] -
![You probably saw in the news that the Fairgrounds are finally really getting sold. To the same pricks – Facilities Management West – who have been trying to get their […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Fait-2-155x133.png "Solorio vows to fight Arnold’s latest attempt to sell the Fairgrounds, legislatively.")
Solorio vows to fight Arnold’s latest attempt to sell the Fairgrounds, legislatively.
Posted on October 22, 2010 | 3 CommentsYou probably saw in the news that the Fairgrounds are finally really getting sold. To the same pricks – Facilities Management West – who have been trying to get their […] -
![“What the hell were the Tea Party Patriots thinking?” I muttered to myself, when I heard that they had endorsed the useless incumbents on the Capistrano Unified School Board. Maybe […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/dick-armey-155x155.jpg "Capo USD incumbents endorsed by group that wants to abolish public education.")
Capo USD incumbents endorsed by group that wants to abolish public education.
Posted on October 16, 2010 | 20 Comments“What the hell were the Tea Party Patriots thinking?” I muttered to myself, when I heard that they had endorsed the useless incumbents on the Capistrano Unified School Board. Maybe […] -
![There’s a story, possibly apocryphal, that a famous author offered the following as a graduation speech, then walked off the stage: Things are bad. They will not get better. They […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/sad-clown-155x155.jpg "Fairgrounds Swindle: As Good As It Gets.")
Fairgrounds Swindle: As Good As It Gets.
Posted on August 24, 2010 | 12 CommentsThere’s a story, possibly apocryphal, that a famous author offered the following as a graduation speech, then walked off the stage: Things are bad. They will not get better. They […] -
Tuesday afternoon: Your LAST CHANCE to be heard on the OC Fairgrounds Sale for 55 years!
Posted on August 23, 2010 | 7 Comments -
![Was Costa Mesa’s Measure C to protect the Fairgrounds a waste of $100,000? The City of Costa Mesa is poised to buy the Orange County Fairgrounds, then lease it out […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/end-run-155x155.gif "Fairgrounds Swindle: An End Run Around Measure C?")
Fairgrounds Swindle: An End Run Around Measure C?
Posted on August 23, 2010 | 5 CommentsWas Costa Mesa’s Measure C to protect the Fairgrounds a waste of $100,000? The City of Costa Mesa is poised to buy the Orange County Fairgrounds, then lease it out […] -
![. . . 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 […] -
![David Parrish looks through his file of correspondence with the Indiana Division of Family Resources about his Medicaid and food-stamps benefits in late July. The former security officer’s doctor has […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Affiliated-Computer-Systems-fails-in-Indiana.jpg "Indiana gives up privatization effort – watch out California!")
Indiana gives up privatization effort – watch out California!
Posted on October 16, 2009 | 1 CommentDavid Parrish looks through his file of correspondence with the Indiana Division of Family Resources about his Medicaid and food-stamps benefits in late July. The former security officer’s doctor has […] -
![A philosophy of contracting out, or privatizing, government services is often espoused by people who think government inefficiency is rampant and that the private sector could provide services better and […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Privatized-security-guards.jpg "A privatization nightmare")
A privatization nightmare
Posted on October 8, 2009 | No CommentsA philosophy of contracting out, or privatizing, government services is often espoused by people who think government inefficiency is rampant and that the private sector could provide services better and […]
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