Today, Umberg's office tells me "The author [Pacheco] has agreed to amend the bill back to how it came out…
I've received more e-mails about this story than usual, thanking me for it. One first amendment activist wanted to alert…
I can't even imagine what this woman thinks is in this for her. She will have no allies and tons…
They don't understand the same part the Rotting Yammites don't understand. Just from a different perspective.
This comment came from the smartest dude I know. "Which part of freedom don't the leftists understand?" Ernest P. Worrell…
Sounds like Blanca has lots of good reasons to hide stuff. Maui? SPAIN? For what, I wonder.
it's bound to incite a legal challenge. I wouldn't worry too much about it. You can certainly hold Sharon Quirk…
Right while I was writing this piece, three more came out, with invaluable info. I'll have to do a new…
Yeah I guess so. I'm gonna shift to fighting this thing. Can it be stopped? Can the Democrats who backed…
Santa Ana Archive
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Sunshine = open government… not crackers!
Posted on January 2, 2008 | 23 CommentsOur former blogger Sean Mill says he’s going to recommend to his pal Councilmember Tinajero that the city of Santa Ana enact an open government measure comparable to San Francisco’s […] -
Was the SAPD partying on New Year’s Eve?
Posted on January 2, 2008 | 18 CommentsI was thinking about the lack of a big, civic celebration in “Downtown Orange County” to ring in 2008, when I got a strange phone call from a friend who […] -
Santa Ana Business Bank to host a grand opening this week
Posted on November 26, 2007 | 5 CommentsThe Santa Ana Business Bank is having what appears to be yet another grand opening this Thursday, November 29, from 5 to 7 p.m., at 1666 N. Main St., in […] -
Is Carlos “Space Commander” Bustamante going to call the SAPD on the Orange Juice?
Posted on November 1, 2007 | 19 CommentsAre you sitting down? Here is a Halloween tale you won’t believe. You may recall that a week or so ago I got a call from a Santa Ana police […] -
Bowers finally gives us more…peanuts
Posted on October 14, 2007 | 7 CommentsThe Bowers Museum finally bowed to community and Orange Juice pressure, and will now allow Santa Ana residents to visit the museum the 1st Sunday of each month between 10:00 […] -
Who is Carlos Bustamante?
Posted on September 29, 2007 | 8 CommentsSanta Ana Councilman Carlos Bustamante’s bio (pictured above with Tom Umberg) on the City of Santa Ana’s website, is something else. He asks you to believe that: He was in […] -
Bowers director flew to China 54 times!
Posted on July 26, 2007 | 19 CommentsI came across a new O.C. blog this evening, called Politics Done Right. They have broken an amazing story regarding one of my favorite punching bags, the Bowers Museum. Apparently […] -
Keep pressuring the Bowers to do the right thing!
Posted on July 10, 2007 | 10 CommentsNow that the Bowers Museum has relented and will allow Santa Ana residents to see ALL their exhibits on the two free days they are allotted per month, isn’t it […] -
Eye on Santa Ana: Bowers bends to community pressure
Posted on July 7, 2007 | 4 CommentsIt looks like the Bowers Museum has bowed to the pressure we have been applying to them here at the Orange Juice! The Bowers’ July email newsletter includes this statement, […] -
Bowers Museum awash in cash
Posted on June 21, 2007 | 2 CommentsThe O.C. Register reported yesterday that the Bowers Museum just received a $2 million donation. But wait, there’s more: “In February, the museum opened a $15 million expansion, the Dorothy […] -
Bowers making the rich richer – and they’re not from Santa Ana
Posted on June 20, 2007 | 8 CommentsThe issue of public funding for the Bowers Museum has been hotly debated this week. Here is some information that came my way today from Thomas Gordon: Did you know […] -
Bustamante admits he was a Rentacop, at City Council meeting
Posted on June 19, 2007 | 23 CommentsThe Santa Ana City Council meeting tonight was somewhat anticlimactic. They voted yes on everything – with the exception of Councilwoman Michele Martinez’s “no” vote on the new budget. Councilman […] -
Bowers agreement ought to be canceled
Posted on June 15, 2007 | 22 CommentsI believe that a case could be made that the contract the City of Santa Ana entered into with the Bowers Museum’s Board of Governors, back in 2003 if I […] -
City of Santa Ana declares war on taxpayers
Posted on March 26, 2007 | 35 CommentsThomas Gordon told our readers some time ago about a new tax being considered by the City of Santa Ana. Today the OC Register covered this issue. The article included […]
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