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.…
tony rackauckas Archive
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![. As promised, I’ve got a lot to say in retrospect about the Tet Parade of two weeks ago which jumped the shark by excluding gays, and how the various […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/2013-Tet-Toro-5-115x115.jpg "Tet Parade Post-mortem: What next, and grading the Politicians’ Performances.")
Tet Parade Post-mortem: What next, and grading the Politicians’ Performances.
Posted on February 26, 2013 | 42 Comments. As promised, I’ve got a lot to say in retrospect about the Tet Parade of two weeks ago which jumped the shark by excluding gays, and how the various […] -
![Damn, this county has been run badly these last few years. I mean, hell’s bells. Who’s been in charge? Are they asleep at the switch? That would be our County […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/mauk-cropped-115x115.jpg "A complete MAUK-ery: The Misrule of Orange County’s CEO.")
A complete MAUK-ery: The Misrule of Orange County’s CEO.
Posted on April 17, 2012 | 31 CommentsDamn, this county has been run badly these last few years. I mean, hell’s bells. Who’s been in charge? Are they asleep at the switch? That would be our County […] -
![. . . Born To Lose: The Do-Nothing DA’s Recipe For Failure by Joe Sipowicz I’ve been thinking about this for months. It’s been gnawing at my spinal cortex. It’s […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/ramos-cicinelli-115x115.jpg "Is T-Rack’s Case Against Kelly Thomas’ Murderers Designed to Fail? Sipowicz thinks so…")
Is T-Rack’s Case Against Kelly Thomas’ Murderers Designed to Fail? Sipowicz thinks so…
Posted on February 15, 2012 | 22 Comments. . . Born To Lose: The Do-Nothing DA’s Recipe For Failure by Joe Sipowicz I’ve been thinking about this for months. It’s been gnawing at my spinal cortex. It’s […] -
![Here goes nothing. Hand delivery tomorrow or Friday… January 16, 2011 Dear Ms. Kang Schroeder: Looking back over the work many of us did over the last couple of years […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/SKang-Vern-Ackerman-115x115.jpg "My letter to S-Kang: Re-open investigation into Dick Ackerman’s Illegal Fairgrounds Lobbying!")
My letter to S-Kang: Re-open investigation into Dick Ackerman’s Illegal Fairgrounds Lobbying!
Posted on January 18, 2012 | 26 CommentsHere goes nothing. Hand delivery tomorrow or Friday… January 16, 2011 Dear Ms. Kang Schroeder: Looking back over the work many of us did over the last couple of years […] -
![. . . BUCHER – PAULY – SPITZER. Well, this race should be colorful! You know how close I am with Deborah Pauly, the notorious Villa Park Councilwoman and Vice-chair […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/bucher-pauly-spitzer-115x115.jpg "Deborah Pauly probably running against Todd Spitzer and Mark Bucher for 3rd Supe Seat")
Deborah Pauly probably running against Todd Spitzer and Mark Bucher for 3rd Supe Seat
Posted on October 17, 2011 | 41 Comments. . . BUCHER – PAULY – SPITZER. Well, this race should be colorful! You know how close I am with Deborah Pauly, the notorious Villa Park Councilwoman and Vice-chair […] -
![. . . Nobody had much expectation of our District Attorney Tony Rackauckas doing anything other than what he’s done most of his career – siding with law enforcement and […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/cicinelli-and-kelly.bmp "T-Rack, in a first for him, charges two Fullerton cops in Kelly Thomas beating murder.")
T-Rack, in a first for him, charges two Fullerton cops in Kelly Thomas beating murder.
Posted on September 21, 2011 | 76 Comments. . . Nobody had much expectation of our District Attorney Tony Rackauckas doing anything other than what he’s done most of his career – siding with law enforcement and […] -
![. . . . . . So, just how bad is the Orange County District Attorney’s office? If you’re following what’s happening at Capo USD and in Costa Mesa, the […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/TRACK-155x155.jpg "Prosecutorial Misconduct – OC’s Hapless District Attorney")
Prosecutorial Misconduct – OC’s Hapless District Attorney
Posted on May 11, 2011 | 19 Comments. . . . . . So, just how bad is the Orange County District Attorney’s office? If you’re following what’s happening at Capo USD and in Costa Mesa, the […] -
![. . . In another great if long-delayed victory for honest frugal governance, for the Orange County taxpayer, and above all, for the crusading OC blogosphere, the Board of Supervisors […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Gordian_Knot-155x155.jpg "Supervisors to slash the Gordian Knot that ties the OC to John Williams!")
Supervisors to slash the Gordian Knot that ties the OC to John Williams!
Posted on February 24, 2011 | 25 Comments. . . In another great if long-delayed victory for honest frugal governance, for the Orange County taxpayer, and above all, for the crusading OC blogosphere, the Board of Supervisors […] -
![. . . Breaking news, February 8 – this morning the Orange County Board of Supervisors voted to appeal the adverse decision of the State District Court of Appeal, seeking […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/moorlach-155x155.jpg "Breaking – Supervisors vote to appeal deputies pension decision, put the crimp on John Williams!")
Breaking – Supervisors vote to appeal deputies pension decision, put the crimp on John Williams!
Posted on February 8, 2011 | 9 Comments. . . Breaking news, February 8 – this morning the Orange County Board of Supervisors voted to appeal the adverse decision of the State District Court of Appeal, seeking […] -
![. . . It’s been a pretty good week for us blogger/activists who’ve been tirelessly fighting corruption in this County with no help from either our As-Good-As-No-DA-DA or the mainstream […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/gus-ayer-155x155.png "Gus Ayer on the Fairgrounds Swindlers: “Shit. Meet Fan.”")
Gus Ayer on the Fairgrounds Swindlers: “Shit. Meet Fan.”
Posted on February 7, 2011 | 6 Comments. . . It’s been a pretty good week for us blogger/activists who’ve been tirelessly fighting corruption in this County with no help from either our As-Good-As-No-DA-DA or the mainstream […] -
![. . . This just came in from my good pals at Orange County’s CAIR (Council For American-Islamic Relations.) Looks like our do-nothing DA, who sits on his hands while […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/irvine-eleven-155x142.jpg "T-Rack, Back Off the “Irvine Eleven!”")
T-Rack, Back Off the “Irvine Eleven!”
Posted on February 4, 2011 | 22 Comments. . . This just came in from my good pals at Orange County’s CAIR (Council For American-Islamic Relations.) Looks like our do-nothing DA, who sits on his hands while […] -
![. . . Tom Fuentes, heretofore Teflon Kudos to good Orange Juice friend, Professor Roy Bauer of “Dissent the Blog,” for … Wait, first let me ask: Aren’t you tired […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/fuentes-155x155.jpg "Dissent-the-blog’s Bauer files FPPC Complaint against Tom Fuentes")
Dissent-the-blog’s Bauer files FPPC Complaint against Tom Fuentes
Posted on January 17, 2011 | 7 Comments. . . Tom Fuentes, heretofore Teflon Kudos to good Orange Juice friend, Professor Roy Bauer of “Dissent the Blog,” for … Wait, first let me ask: Aren’t you tired […] -
![. . . . . Well, Dave Padilla – the only Orange County Fair Board member and Schwarzenegger appointee to vociferously oppose the sale of our Fairgrounds from (nearly) the […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/oc-fair-board-2-padilla-young-155x155.jpg "That Damn Padilla: Fired Fair Board Member talks to Norberto instead of Vern.")
That Damn Padilla: Fired Fair Board Member talks to Norberto instead of Vern.
Posted on December 8, 2010 | 1 Comment. . . . . Well, Dave Padilla – the only Orange County Fair Board member and Schwarzenegger appointee to vociferously oppose the sale of our Fairgrounds from (nearly) the […] -
![As was predicted, like sharks to chum, the reactionaries in the Capistrano Unified School District – the defenders of the current pathetic Trustees – have chosen to make mockery of […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Saam-horizontal-155x155.jpg "Capo Recall: The Saam Alikhani Interview.")
Capo Recall: The Saam Alikhani Interview.
Posted on November 1, 2010 | 6 CommentsAs was predicted, like sharks to chum, the reactionaries in the Capistrano Unified School District – the defenders of the current pathetic Trustees – have chosen to make mockery of […]
So you're gonna write a piece about this audit? Good, folks have been asking us to cover that on this…