Paying Janet Nguyen more is ludicrous.
If we want better and more transparent elected representatives we simply need to pay them more. Take a look at…
You might be surprised what sort of low-lives would crave a quarter mil job with no professional qualifications and no…
That would just spark even more corruption and only allow independently wealthy people to run and win.
SB 249? It got killed via suspense file in assembly appropriations. https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billHistoryClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB249
Without commenting on your specific stats, I would say that is an excellent question. Maybe you should be a Supervisor.…
Criticizing past elected trustees of the Orange County Board of Supervisors reflects not only their leadership weaknesses but also flaws…
Can someone explain why there are 1 county worker for every 160+ citizens that doesn’t include state, federal, cities plus…
Given how significant this would be in addressing MAGA misbehavior, one would think that Newsom should sign it. What's the…
Thomas Gordon Archive
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Aloha gets a new cart for Christmas!
Posted on December 23, 2008 | 13 CommentsOrange Juice reader Rob Cook reports that Aloha, the homeless lady in Santa Ana whose cart was taken from her, has a new cart – courtesy of the Catholic Workers […] -
Santa Ana’s Usual Suspects strike again!
Posted on December 15, 2008 | 46 CommentsWhy are Santa Ana’s “Usual Suspects” going after Mario Turner, a Park Santiago resident nominated for the Santa Ana Planning Commission? Thomas Gordon attacked Turner in a truly ridiculous post […] -
Mayor Pro Tem Bustamante? ROFLMAO!
Posted on December 4, 2008 | 30 CommentsIn the blogosphere no blogger ever really goes away forever. Our former blogger Thomas Gordon, for example, first quit us to go to the now listing “Centrist OC.” And now […] -
Mystery of Aloha’s missing cart resolved?
Posted on November 25, 2008 | 27 CommentsWhen our reader, Rob “Cook” wrote that “Aloha’s personal cart, the one in the picture was taken by the city,” we figured that he knew what he was talking about. […] -
Thank you Sarah and good luck
Posted on November 16, 2008 | 33 CommentsWell, apparently our blog mistress, Sarah Spinosa, is moving on and taking Thomas Gordon and Carl Overmeyer with her. I wish them luck. I have taken chances over the years […] -
George Collins for Mayor of Santa Ana!
Posted on July 31, 2008 | 13 CommentsI have good news and bad news. I don’t think our co-blogger, Thomas Gordon, is going to run for Santa Ana Mayor after all. That’s the bad news. The good […] -
Is Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido salvageable?
Posted on July 14, 2008 | 86 CommentsSanta Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido is sweating it. He has not faced a well-funded, legitimate opponent since the days of Councilman Ted Moreno. But this November Pulido will indeed be […] -
What It Takes to be a Blogger in Orange County
Posted on June 16, 2008 | 27 Comments. . . . . Since I overwhelmingly won the poll the other day asking “Who is your favorite Orange Juice blogger?” (thanks by the way) it falls to me […] -
Confirmed: Michele Martinez is running against Mayor Miguel Pulido
Posted on June 6, 2008 | 59 CommentsI heard tonight from a source in City Hall who said that Santa Ana Clowncil Member Michele Martinez apparently texted several of her peers on the City Clowncil today with […] -
The Great Blog Migration of ’08
Posted on May 11, 2008 | 3 Comments. . . . . Some unfortunate bloggers did not survive the Great Migration to WordPress Pass, way back in two-thousand-aught-eight. We turned back to look at the fallen, clenched […] -
Can’t we all just get along?
Posted on April 15, 2008 | 22 CommentsPedroza is the worst. In his own mind a relentless Ahab but in the eyes of the world a rabid badger, he pursues grudgematches long-since meaning-drained to others, with a […]
Do you have any idea how much a campaign for the 360,000 district would be? The distinction from a 640,000…