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.…
spending Archive
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![“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” George Santayana in The Life of Reason, 1905. “I do not support new taxes to [hire more […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Fundraising-115x115.jpg "‘Pre-Recession Spending’: Economics Under Anaheim’s Council Majority")
‘Pre-Recession Spending’: Economics Under Anaheim’s Council Majority
Posted on July 27, 2014 | 18 Comments“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” George Santayana in The Life of Reason, 1905. “I do not support new taxes to [hire more […] -
![. . . In recent years, the Anaheim City Council has been dominated by a single narrative: Mayor Tom Tait’s struggle to contain the Council Majority’s out-of-control spending. The city’s […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/n32own-b8813023z.120140326191204000gh1vqr1.30-115x115.jpg "Monuments to Waste: Anaheim’s Summer of Senseless Spending Under the Council Majority")
Monuments to Waste: Anaheim’s Summer of Senseless Spending Under the Council Majority
Posted on July 21, 2014 | 8 Comments. . . In recent years, the Anaheim City Council has been dominated by a single narrative: Mayor Tom Tait’s struggle to contain the Council Majority’s out-of-control spending. The city’s […] -
![Larry Agran ran Irvine for more than a decade. His disastrous tenure was marked by divisive schemes, bullying, and rampant corruption. We are just beginning to learn what his reign […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/wf-wht-rainbow-flag-115x115.jpg "Don’t Let Larry Agran Escape Justice By Exploiting Minorities")
Don’t Let Larry Agran Escape Justice By Exploiting Minorities
Posted on July 9, 2014 | 24 CommentsLarry Agran ran Irvine for more than a decade. His disastrous tenure was marked by divisive schemes, bullying, and rampant corruption. We are just beginning to learn what his reign […] -
![. . . (First posted in August, just before the current “Occupy Wall Street” movement) It is very clear that in the current debate of Annual Deficits, Debt Ceiling, and […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/federal-revenue-sources-600-115x115.jpg "Debt & Sacrifice In America: Should 1% = 1%? by Francisco Barragan")
Debt & Sacrifice In America: Should 1% = 1%? by Francisco Barragan
Posted on October 18, 2011 | 22 Comments. . . (First posted in August, just before the current “Occupy Wall Street” movement) It is very clear that in the current debate of Annual Deficits, Debt Ceiling, and […] -
![I found this list of things that Meg Whitman could have bought with the $163 million that she spent on her failing campaign for Governor, over at So. California Public […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Meg-Whitman-spent-163-million-155x155.jpg "Meg Whitman could have bought full scholarships for almost 40,000 college students instead")
Meg Whitman could have bought full scholarships for almost 40,000 college students instead
Posted on October 29, 2010 | 6 CommentsI found this list of things that Meg Whitman could have bought with the $163 million that she spent on her failing campaign for Governor, over at So. California Public […] -
![House Speaker Nancy Pelosi raised less money for her own re-election bid, and has less money on hand, than a little-known Republican businessman named John Dennis, who is running a […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Fire-Pelosi-155x155.jpg "Pelosi’s Republican opponent gaining ground with independent and liberal support")
Pelosi’s Republican opponent gaining ground with independent and liberal support
Posted on October 24, 2010 | No CommentsHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi raised less money for her own re-election bid, and has less money on hand, than a little-known Republican businessman named John Dennis, who is running a […] -
![There will be no Obama bump for Melissa Fox in the June Primary You have to give Melissa Fox, one of two Democratic Party candidates running for the 70th Assembly […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Melissa-Fox-and-Barack-Obama.bmp "Melissa Fox wants higher taxes but voters prefer cuts in spending")
Melissa Fox wants higher taxes but voters prefer cuts in spending
Posted on May 22, 2010 | 16 CommentsThere will be no Obama bump for Melissa Fox in the June Primary You have to give Melissa Fox, one of two Democratic Party candidates running for the 70th Assembly […] -
![Democratic Assembly candidate Melissa Fox is sending out a campaign mailer that insinuates that the problem with schools in her district, which is largely made up of the City of […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Melissa-Fox-wants-to-raise-your-taxes.jpg "Democratic Assembly candidate Melissa Fox wants to raise your taxes!")
Democratic Assembly candidate Melissa Fox wants to raise your taxes!
Posted on May 7, 2010 | 15 CommentsDemocratic Assembly candidate Melissa Fox is sending out a campaign mailer that insinuates that the problem with schools in her district, which is largely made up of the City of […] -
![Congressman John Campbell (R-Irvine) wrote an op-ed that appeared in Sunday’s O.C. Register. Campbell is getting worried about all the national debt that President Obama is piling on. Here are […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/John-Campbell-taxfighter.jpg "Congressman Campbell says it’s time to panic over spending, debt")
Congressman Campbell says it’s time to panic over spending, debt
Posted on February 8, 2010 | 6 CommentsCongressman John Campbell (R-Irvine) wrote an op-ed that appeared in Sunday’s O.C. Register. Campbell is getting worried about all the national debt that President Obama is piling on. Here are […] -
![Chuck DeVore sent out yet another of his campaign emails yesterday, this time whining that “Obama and his liberal colleagues in Washington are spending us into oblivion. Meanwhile welfare rolls […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/DeVore-is-in-debt.jpg "Chuck DeVore’s campaign owes $106K, but he slams Obama for over-spending")
Chuck DeVore’s campaign owes $106K, but he slams Obama for over-spending
Posted on September 24, 2009 | 1 CommentChuck DeVore sent out yet another of his campaign emails yesterday, this time whining that “Obama and his liberal colleagues in Washington are spending us into oblivion. Meanwhile welfare rolls […]
So you're gonna write a piece about this audit? Good, folks have been asking us to cover that on this…