I haven't visited this blog in a while but I see you still have the same troll. Tiresome. I hope…
The Haughey guy is director of California RCV Coalition, Inc. https://www.calrcv.org/people
Some background on California RCV Coalition, Inc., an ngo that backed DGI and others lobbying Irvine for rcv at last…
Oh shit. I agree with oh myopic booby one. He is the only path to victory for the Democratic party.
Retired Federal Judge Lynne Riddle has spent years scrutinizing the fiscal stewardship and other practices of the Orange County Board…
Don't touch the Pink Toad. You will get poisoned and it will just keep going on its ignorantly blissful way.
Even Progressive icon Barney Frank knows it. There are folks in the Democratic Party that have taken things too far.…
Queue to 37:37 and 48:35, for dgi members defending Kev over his dismissal as Larry agran’s sustainability commissioner apparently over…
Footage of IRVINE’s rcv agenda item last Tuesday https://irvine.granicus.com/player/clip/7324?view_id=68&redirect=true
vern nelson Archive
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Controversial Climate Change expert, Dr Patrick Michaels, will speak at an event benefitting CATER.
Posted on August 12, 2015 | 24 Comments. . . A flyer inviting to a Public Discussion of Climate Change Science and Policy to take place on August 20th, at Servite High School Auditorium, caught my attention […] -
WOT: Disney Protest, Victor Jara’s Killers found, anti-KKK Sousaphone, Kraemer Desmadre & Sandra Bland!
Posted on July 24, 2015 | 17 Comments. . . FIRST – IF YOU SEE THIS QUICKLY… Anaheim and OC citizens are protesting outside Disneyland – at the main gates on Harbor (where it usually says “The […] -
Weekend Open Thread: Spain of Flutes, how Cunningham pays his bills, and TPP Protest Sunday on HB Pier!
Posted on April 10, 2015 | 46 Comments. . . Hey, I don’t think I put this up on the blog yet, but recently the LA Flute Guild asked me to arrange Chick Correa’s popular latin-jazz classic “Spain” […] -
Weekend Open Thread: Beach Cleanup today, Vern Concert today, and Upcoming Stories!
Posted on February 21, 2015 | 10 Comments. . . Look – another weekend rolls around, and hey we need an open thread for you all to discuss whatever and whomever with your characteristic decorum and f-bombs. […] -
See OC’s best artists at Baxter’s new Fullerton Gallery Friday – with Vern on piano!
Posted on February 3, 2015 | 1 Comment. . . From our buddy, Fullerton activist and arts impresario Bax “Bax” Baxter: YOU ARE INVITED TO MAX BLOOM’S ON FRIDAY FEB 6TH FROM 6 TO 10 PM FOR […] -
Weekend Open Thread: Robert Reich, Wilhelm Reich, the Island of Pleasure, and David Brooks’ Farts.
Posted on January 23, 2015 | 41 Comments. . . First things first: Ricardo suggested a week or two ago that we should begin our next Weekend Open Thread with populist former Labor Secretary Robert Reich’s inspirational […] -
WOT – Good Stuff – Holder eviscerates Civil Forefeiture, and a Debussy Prelude!
Posted on January 16, 2015 | 22 Comments. . . I know that a lot of us, for reasons ranging from legitimate and urgent to far-fetched and wacky, have had problems with Attorney General Eric Holder — […] -
Thanksgiving Weekend Open Thread: Housing Discrimination and a Chopin Ballade!
Posted on November 26, 2014 | 68 CommentsHere’s something that probably won’t surprise you: [T]hat racist intent is difficult to prove does not mean that discrimination does not exist. According to a study conducted on behalf of […] -
Weekend Open Thread: Malala Yousefzey, Naomi Klein, and Cri-Cri!
Posted on October 10, 2014 | 7 Comments. . . How perfect is this? In other heartening news, a prominent commenter here points us to this Stephen Colbert interview of Naomi Klein: The Colbert Report Get More: […] -
Weekend Open Thread: Waldo, Betty, and Ludwig
Posted on October 4, 2014 | 25 Comments. . . We have three items for you in today’s Weekend Open Thread: the story of brave police whistleblowers, the bravado of a statewide candidate for office, and a […] -
Weekend Open Thread: North County Assembly Candidate Who is NOT a Big Liar Has Fundraiser Sunday
Posted on September 26, 2014 | 14 Comments. . . With everything else going on these day, I have not had time to focus on my own home Assembly race, AD-55, where Republican Ling-Ling Chang is favored […] -
WOT: Texas Appeals Court Finds a Legal Way to Keep Perverts Out of OC Parks, and MALAGUEÑA!
Posted on September 19, 2014 | 8 CommentsI haven’t had time to read this entire decision, which just came out today, but from what I can tell it is actually as stupid and vile as it seems. […] -
Sunday, 4:30 – Vern’s Astounding All-American Concert!
Posted on July 5, 2014 | 16 CommentsYou are incited! Two days after Independence Day, Sunday July 6, 4:30 to 6:30 pm, at the Huntington Beach Central Library, our Editor in chief Vern Nelson is performing a […]
![Controversial Climate Change expert, Dr Patrick Michaels, will speak at an event benefitting CATER. . . . A flyer inviting to a Public Discussion of Climate Change Science and Policy to take place on August 20th, at Servite High School Auditorium, caught my attention […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/pmichaels-115x115.jpg)
![WOT: Disney Protest, Victor Jara’s Killers found, anti-KKK Sousaphone, Kraemer Desmadre & Sandra Bland! . . . FIRST – IF YOU SEE THIS QUICKLY… Anaheim and OC citizens are protesting outside Disneyland – at the main gates on Harbor (where it usually says “The […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/WOT-Collage-Jara-Sousa-Bland-Vern-115x115.jpg)
![Weekend Open Thread: Vern & Friends’ Best Concert Ever! Plus: Ron Thomas Remembers . . . [L-R: John Herceg, powerhouse Croatian-American baritone Janelle Barrera, flutist extraordinaire Vern Pat Nelson, your humble blogger, composer and pianist Loghman Adhami, Persian-American violinist The “Rock Doctor” John […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/vern-and-friends-7-10-15-115x115.png)
![Weekend Open Thread: Spain of Flutes, how Cunningham pays his bills, and TPP Protest Sunday on HB Pier! . . . Hey, I don’t think I put this up on the blog yet, but recently the LA Flute Guild asked me to arrange Chick Correa’s popular latin-jazz classic “Spain” […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/tpp-flutes-matt-thai-girls-115x115.png)
![Weekend Open Thread: Beach Cleanup today, Vern Concert today, and Upcoming Stories! . . . Look – another weekend rolls around, and hey we need an open thread for you all to discuss whatever and whomever with your characteristic decorum and f-bombs. […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/vern-on-styrofoam-beach-115x115.png)
![See OC’s best artists at Baxter’s new Fullerton Gallery Friday – with Vern on piano! . . . From our buddy, Fullerton activist and arts impresario Bax “Bax” Baxter: YOU ARE INVITED TO MAX BLOOM’S ON FRIDAY FEB 6TH FROM 6 TO 10 PM FOR […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/quatre-meillures-115x115.jpg)
![Weekend Open Thread: Robert Reich, Wilhelm Reich, the Island of Pleasure, and David Brooks’ Farts. . . . First things first: Ricardo suggested a week or two ago that we should begin our next Weekend Open Thread with populist former Labor Secretary Robert Reich’s inspirational […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/pelerinage-a-cythere-115x115.jpg)
![WOT – Good Stuff – Holder eviscerates Civil Forefeiture, and a Debussy Prelude! . . . I know that a lot of us, for reasons ranging from legitimate and urgent to far-fetched and wacky, have had problems with Attorney General Eric Holder — […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Eric-Holder-Pledges-to-Continue-the-Witch-Hunt-against-Marijuana-155x155.jpg)
![Thanksgiving Weekend Open Thread: Housing Discrimination and a Chopin Ballade! Here’s something that probably won’t surprise you: [T]hat racist intent is difficult to prove does not mean that discrimination does not exist. According to a study conducted on behalf of […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Raisin-in-the-Sun-still-115x115.jpg)
![Weekend Open Thread: Malala Yousefzey, Naomi Klein, and Cri-Cri! . . . How perfect is this? In other heartening news, a prominent commenter here points us to this Stephen Colbert interview of Naomi Klein: The Colbert Report Get More: […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Malala-Nobel-Prize-e1412932530655.jpg)
![Weekend Open Thread: Waldo, Betty, and Ludwig . . . We have three items for you in today’s Weekend Open Thread: the story of brave police whistleblowers, the bravado of a statewide candidate for office, and a […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Waldo-Betty-Beethoven-115x115.jpg)
![Weekend Open Thread: North County Assembly Candidate Who is NOT a Big Liar Has Fundraiser Sunday . . . With everything else going on these day, I have not had time to focus on my own home Assembly race, AD-55, where Republican Ling-Ling Chang is favored […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Ling-Ling-Chang-Gregg-Fritchle-115x115.jpg)
![WOT: Texas Appeals Court Finds a Legal Way to Keep Perverts Out of OC Parks, and MALAGUEÑA! I haven’t had time to read this entire decision, which just came out today, but from what I can tell it is actually as stupid and vile as it seems. […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Marilyn-Monroe-with-upskirt-photographer-115x115.jpg)
I get the sense last night that all the other candidates sensed Becerra was the elephant in the room. Villaragoisa…