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.…
secrecy Archive
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Recent Fullerton Police Killings #3: Who Killed Alejandro Campos Rios?
Posted on September 29, 2025 | 4 CommentsSo many questions - and, after 18 months, still no investigation! -
Debbie Cook: What you’ve been missing at your local Water Board Meetings!
Posted on March 18, 2022 | 4 CommentsOh, the things you would see! -
What’s up with the Stadium Swindle Lawsuit?
Posted on September 26, 2021 | 14 CommentsSlogging along on the CPRA half of the suit... but making progress! -
Kleptoheim Dispatch: Welfare for Rent Gougers, Cut-throat Prayer Breakfast, REFORM TUESDAY!
Posted on October 26, 2019 | 3 CommentsRead this and COME TUESDAY, there's a lot to fight for! -
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! -
![. . . “Credit where due” is like, my middle name. So when my old nemesis, my Congressman-for-life, whose cheerleading for the 2003 Iraq invasion was probably the main thing that inspired […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dana-weird-hat-e1433705750645-115x115.jpg "Rohrabacher Does us Proud on Pot and TPP")
Rohrabacher Does us Proud on Pot and TPP
Posted on June 7, 2015 | 14 Comments. . . “Credit where due” is like, my middle name. So when my old nemesis, my Congressman-for-life, whose cheerleading for the 2003 Iraq invasion was probably the main thing that inspired […] -
![. . . [Ed. Note: This post has been redesignated as your Weekend Open Thread. Talk about this, or anything else you’d like, within broad bounds of decorum and discretion.] […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Bilodeau-displeased-115x115.jpg "Weekend Open Thread: Habitually Tardy Bilodeau Feels “Unsafe” at Public Water Board Meetings")
Weekend Open Thread: Habitually Tardy Bilodeau Feels “Unsafe” at Public Water Board Meetings
Posted on March 7, 2015 | 2 Comments. . . [Ed. Note: This post has been redesignated as your Weekend Open Thread. Talk about this, or anything else you’d like, within broad bounds of decorum and discretion.] […] -
![. . . By John Earl cross-posted from Surf City Voice Which delusion of grandeur do elected officials suffer from the most? Answer: that they have only our best interests […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sarmiento-e1424248523309-115x115.jpg "OCWD’s Sarmiento: “All of Us Want to be Transparent,” snicker. UPDATE – Vince Rotates Off the Board")
OCWD’s Sarmiento: “All of Us Want to be Transparent,” snicker. UPDATE – Vince Rotates Off the Board
Posted on February 17, 2015 | 19 Comments. . . By John Earl cross-posted from Surf City Voice Which delusion of grandeur do elected officials suffer from the most? Answer: that they have only our best interests […] -
![. . . by Debbie Cook, first posted in Surf City Voice, Aug. 4, 2014. At a recent (July 3) sub-committee meeting (see video at bottom of story) OC Water […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/ocwd-subcommittee-e1407363342563.jpg "Water Board’s Misuse of Committee Meetings gives the finger to OC Ratepayers.")
Water Board’s Misuse of Committee Meetings gives the finger to OC Ratepayers.
Posted on August 6, 2014 | 23 Comments. . . by Debbie Cook, first posted in Surf City Voice, Aug. 4, 2014. At a recent (July 3) sub-committee meeting (see video at bottom of story) OC Water […] -
![. . . by Debbie Cook, July 22, 2014; cross-posted from Surf City Voice. About a dozen members of the public attended the July 16 meeting of the Orange County […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/hiding-face-115x115.jpg "Why do some OC Water District Directors LOATHE being WATCHED?")
Why do some OC Water District Directors LOATHE being WATCHED?
Posted on July 23, 2014 | 29 Comments. . . by Debbie Cook, July 22, 2014; cross-posted from Surf City Voice. About a dozen members of the public attended the July 16 meeting of the Orange County […] -
![. . . by John Earl, July 16, 2014, cross-posted from the Surf City Voice [Note: The characterization of the Executive Committee meetings as “secret” is the writer’s term and […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/flory-water-board-nonplussed-e1427909501691-115x115.jpg "“Absolutely Infuriating” – Jan Flory will speak out tonight against secret, possibly illegal Water Board meetings!")
“Absolutely Infuriating” – Jan Flory will speak out tonight against secret, possibly illegal Water Board meetings!
Posted on July 16, 2014 | 33 Comments. . . by John Earl, July 16, 2014, cross-posted from the Surf City Voice [Note: The characterization of the Executive Committee meetings as “secret” is the writer’s term and […] -
![CATER (Coalition of Anaheim Taxpayers for Economic Responsibility, a 501c4 non-profit) was in court last week. It’s OK, we weren’t hauled in there, we wanted to be there! We were […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/david-and-goliath-e1404164051662.jpg "Back By Popular Demand: The Latest in CATER’s Angels Stadium Lawsuit!")
Back By Popular Demand: The Latest in CATER’s Angels Stadium Lawsuit!
Posted on July 9, 2014 | 12 CommentsCATER (Coalition of Anaheim Taxpayers for Economic Responsibility, a 501c4 non-profit) was in court last week. It’s OK, we weren’t hauled in there, we wanted to be there! We were […] -
![This received, well, I think we can absolutely say NO PRESS NO MAINSTREAM PRESS when it happened. Or in the five months since it happened. Figures. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/statue-of-liberty-115x115.jpg "Los Angeles resolution opposing Obama’s Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations – let’s try this in OC cities!")
Los Angeles resolution opposing Obama’s Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations – let’s try this in OC cities!
Posted on June 6, 2014 | 4 CommentsThis received, well, I think we can absolutely say NO PRESS NO MAINSTREAM PRESS when it happened. Or in the five months since it happened. Figures. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) […] -
![Labor Day weekend, 2013, kicked off with the late Friday afternoon posting of the Anaheim City Council agenda, disclosing that the Angels lease of our taxpayer-owned stadium was up for negotiation. […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/cater-waiter-115x115.jpeg "Why CATER is Suing Anaheim Over the Angels Stadium “Negotiations”")
Why CATER is Suing Anaheim Over the Angels Stadium “Negotiations”
Posted on February 24, 2014 | 3 CommentsLabor Day weekend, 2013, kicked off with the late Friday afternoon posting of the Anaheim City Council agenda, disclosing that the Angels lease of our taxpayer-owned stadium was up for negotiation. […]
So you're gonna write a piece about this audit? Good, folks have been asking us to cover that on this…