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.…
Great article on Ranked Choice Voting Josh! I wholeheartedly agree. I want more control with my vote. We only have…
Young Kim on broadcast tv going hard against Calvert and aligning herself closely with Trump. Might win her the primary…
Where's his labia neck?
This blog generally avoids Trump's day-to-day escalating madness. But this is just too good and too weird and stupid, all…
Vallejo Archive
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![What follows is an attempt to provide a general overview of the public pension controversy that seems to be in our media and various blogs continuously. If you are sick […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/gavel-cash-115x115.jpg "A Primer on Pension Politics")
A Primer on Pension Politics
Posted on October 28, 2013 | 22 CommentsWhat follows is an attempt to provide a general overview of the public pension controversy that seems to be in our media and various blogs continuously. If you are sick […] -
![. . . By this time we should all be familiar with the stories about highly paid, sometimes excessively so, public officials retiring with multiple six figure pensions for life. […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/fat_cat_4-115x115.jpg "Fat Cat Public Pensions Being Cut")
Fat Cat Public Pensions Being Cut
Posted on August 11, 2011 | 5 Comments. . . By this time we should all be familiar with the stories about highly paid, sometimes excessively so, public officials retiring with multiple six figure pensions for life. […] -
![. . . In the hue and cry of anguish about the estimated future costs of public employee pensions, those who argue that drastic measures are needed to reduce those […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/money-flying-around-155x155.jpg "In Spite of Municipal Bankruptcy, Vallejo has Money to Squander")
In Spite of Municipal Bankruptcy, Vallejo has Money to Squander
Posted on March 23, 2011 | 2 Comments. . . In the hue and cry of anguish about the estimated future costs of public employee pensions, those who argue that drastic measures are needed to reduce those […] -
![. As you may remember, last we left our heroine Costa Mesa Councilwoman Wendy Leece, she was still undecided on how she would vote Tuesday night – whether to accept […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/atlas-pac-155x155.jpg "Wendy Leece defies OC GOP Stalinism. Also, Atlas PAC? Hypocritical douchebags. Oh, the layers of irony.")
Wendy Leece defies OC GOP Stalinism. Also, Atlas PAC? Hypocritical douchebags. Oh, the layers of irony.
Posted on October 31, 2010 | 21 Comments. As you may remember, last we left our heroine Costa Mesa Councilwoman Wendy Leece, she was still undecided on how she would vote Tuesday night – whether to accept […] -
![Willie Brown is calling for an "honest dialogue" on California's public employee unions. Brown, the former San Francisco mayor and longtime Speaker of the California Assembly, has pointed out the obvious - that our civil servants now "[run] the show" in California. They have "job security for life" and "pushed by our friends in labor, gradually expanded pay and benefits to private-sector levels while keeping the job protections and layering on incredibly generous retirement packages that pay ex-workers almost as much as current workers". Standing against them, says Brown, is "politically unpopular and potentially even career suicide for most officeholders".](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Willie-Brown-rethinks-unions.jpg "Willie Brown: State of the Unions")
Willie Brown: State of the Unions
Posted on January 5, 2010 | 12 CommentsWillie Brown is calling for an "honest dialogue" on California's public employee unions. Brown, the former San Francisco mayor and longtime Speaker of the California Assembly, has pointed out the obvious - that our civil servants now "[run] the show" in California. They have "job security for life" and "pushed by our friends in labor, gradually expanded pay and benefits to private-sector levels while keeping the job protections and layering on incredibly generous retirement packages that pay ex-workers almost as much as current workers". Standing against them, says Brown, is "politically unpopular and potentially even career suicide for most officeholders". -
![Last night a group of concerned taxpayers attended former OC Register Senior Editorial Writer and Columnist Steven Greenhut’s C-SPAN Book Notes taping and book signing event held at Barnes & Noble […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Plunder2.jpg "Book Review Steven Greenhut’s PLUNDER!")
Book Review Steven Greenhut’s PLUNDER!
Posted on December 11, 2009 | 17 CommentsLast night a group of concerned taxpayers attended former OC Register Senior Editorial Writer and Columnist Steven Greenhut’s C-SPAN Book Notes taping and book signing event held at Barnes & Noble […] -
![O.C. Register opinion writer Steven Greehut mused about worms in a new editorial today. Apparently it has been proven that even worms, who haven’t got much in the brains department, […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/santa-ana-worms.jpg "Are the Santa Ana City Council members dumber than worms?")
Are the Santa Ana City Council members dumber than worms?
Posted on August 24, 2008 | 7 CommentsO.C. Register opinion writer Steven Greehut mused about worms in a new editorial today. Apparently it has been proven that even worms, who haven’t got much in the brains department, […]
Yes, I know that's the impulse but you gotta know what the Guatemalan hill folk know: you get poisoned and…