Hyatt Regency Orange County
I guess I missed it, I woulda got some protesters there. Where was it? Is that where they were all…
You sank my taco acorazada!
All them “No Kings” protesters missed a golden opportunity to rabble rouse at the CA GOP convention this weekend in…
They may, but these are not the regulations that are being enforced against them.
He may not, but Anaheim has regulations about trucks parked on the streets overnight.
Well, you probably read too fast, I did write "Many of these food trucks have operated, with permits, for at…
Sounds like Ben's not a food truck guy. Oh well, I bet Ben doesn't have one in his neighborhood anyway!
Who wants to look at a large commercial dirty box truck parked on a residential street every night. Not me…
tom mauk Archive
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County Supes stumble on CEO Recruitment and Selection process.
Posted on March 19, 2013 | 19 Comments. Late Tuesday afternoon the Orange County Board of Supervisors finished a lengthy discussion at the Supervisors’ public meeting on whether to hire Santa Barbara CEO Chandra Wallar to fill […] -
So You Want a Career in Orange County Government? Are You SURE?
Posted on February 5, 2013 | 9 Comments. A wave of departures of high-level county managers and executives began in late 2011 with the resignation of David Sundstrom, the elected Auditor-Controller. Press reports were that he was […] -
We Kick Ass, We Take Names — The Orange Juice Runneth Over!
Posted on August 12, 2012 | 24 Comments. (by Vern Nelson, editor, and Greg Diamond, associate editor.) July 2012 was the best month that Orange Juice Blog has had since the 2010 election (and its purchase by Vern […] -
The Sole Funny Thing About the Whole Disgusting BustaMauk Situation
Posted on July 9, 2012 | 39 Comments. There is exactly one thing that is in exactly one respect funny about the whole Carlos Bustamante situation and that is this: Tom Mauk permitted Busta to quit and […] -
Did OC CEO Tom Mauk cover up Bustamante’s ravages for months? And what did Supervisor Campbell know?
Posted on July 2, 2012 | 106 CommentsWell, events have clearly overtaken my carefully prepared report on the brewing and seamy Carlos Bustamante scandal, and I look forward to hearing more gruesome details of the following […] -
John Williams Agonistes
Posted on January 31, 2012 | 19 CommentsWell, that was an interesting morning in the courtroom, albeit a long, tedious and ultimately unsatisfying morning. We walked in, a little over a dozen of us, with John S. […] -
The No Account County
Posted on May 26, 2010 | No CommentsOne of the things we here at FFFF stand for is the idea of government accountability. So naturally we were pretty sore when we saw the memo from County CEO […] -
Clerk-Recorder Tom Daly Lies (Again) to Board of Supervisors and County CEO
Posted on May 25, 2010 | No CommentsIn a May 12th memo sent to the Board of Supervisors by County CEO Tom Mauk, it was confirmed by Mauk that Clerk-Recorder Tom Daly was less than truthful with […] -
Court rejects OCEA’s attempt to halt layoffs, but union will keep fighting
Posted on January 10, 2009 | 9 Comments“An Orange County judge Friday rejected a request by a county employees union to halt the layoffs of nearly 200 social service employees, many of whom were notified this week […] -
Should O.C. managers be paid over four times the median household income?
Posted on August 30, 2008 | 3 CommentsSomething stinks over at the O.C. Sanitation District. “The Orange County Sanitation District’s general manager has been awarded a raise that will bring his total compensation to nearly $290,000 in […]
That was tee’d up for a union/hotel worker showdown.