Springsteen releases protest song. https://youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w?si=Dt8Bt5_uI1yNMyn3
Dr. Oz doubles down on Armenian xenophobia. https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZThyj9Q3T/ https://abc7.com/amp/post/gov-newsom-reviewing-dr-oz-video-appears-target-van-nuys-bakery-owner-reports-business-drop/18497419/ I blame Oprah!!!
He may have had a point. https://youtu.be/LT3cERVRoQo
Yeah, Mardahl, I haven't forgotten about you. The Mardahl story is still on my short to-do list.
I feel like the elephant in the room is the often overlooked, underreported role the mayors Father (and VOC INSIDER)…
Jewish Zionists are losing their sh*t over the uci student government’s modification of the definition of anti-semitism. Of course the…
Oh, Vern. You need police approval if you want to get a Conditional Use Permit. The coming and going of…
Or, third possibility, there are just so many weird aspects to the story that I found it fascinating. Like I…
Boy either you REALLY HATE COPS or rent is due so I suppose a few hundred words penned as Bushala's…
Water Archive
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Weekend Open Thread: Prop 218 and Tiered Water Rates
Posted on June 6, 2015 | 6 CommentsTiered Rates are fine. Obfuscation isn't. -
![. . . INTRO BY VERN: Easy-going and honest OCWD Director Phil Anthony, who represents the western one-third of Garden Grove on the water board and who was one of […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dina-ugly-cropped-115x115.jpg "Dina Nguyen stands up Garden Grove, skips fascinating Poseidon forum.")
Dina Nguyen stands up Garden Grove, skips fascinating Poseidon forum.
Posted on May 20, 2015 | 27 Comments. . . INTRO BY VERN: Easy-going and honest OCWD Director Phil Anthony, who represents the western one-third of Garden Grove on the water board and who was one of […] -
![. . . Vern here. I’ve been guilty of thinking, and communicating, that each new development in the OCWD/Poseidon courtship is the final and irreversible one, which could lead to […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/OK-corral-115x115.jpg "Showdown at the OCWD Corral nears; R4RD fires volley at Poseidon Term Sheet.")
Showdown at the OCWD Corral nears; R4RD fires volley at Poseidon Term Sheet.
Posted on May 12, 2015 | 28 Comments. . . Vern here. I’ve been guilty of thinking, and communicating, that each new development in the OCWD/Poseidon courtship is the final and irreversible one, which could lead to […] -
Where the Water Went
Posted on May 7, 2015 | 12 CommentsWhy are Yorba Linda and Tustin such water hogs? -
![. . . Ten people, ten men and women, elected either onto the OC Water District Board or onto some city council and APPOINTED onto that board, are going to […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/phil-anthony1-115x115.jpg "OCWD profile #1: Phil Anthony, the quiet skeptic.")
OCWD profile #1: Phil Anthony, the quiet skeptic.
Posted on April 23, 2015 | 27 Comments. . . Ten people, ten men and women, elected either onto the OC Water District Board or onto some city council and APPOINTED onto that board, are going to […] -
Tiered Water Rates Ruling: San Juan Capistrano suffers Thanks to Poseidon’s Friends
Posted on April 22, 2015 | 18 CommentsPoseidon's friends have already victimized San Juan Capistrano ratepayers with a bad water project. -
![. . . Wishful thinking there, and a pun, in the title. What are the chances really that, no matter how much sense was shared at last week’s desal townhall […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/peer-swan-115x115.jpg "Swan Song for Poseidon? Irvine’s Peer Swan unleashes a Blast of Truth at the Connecticut Hedge-Fund Pirates.")
Swan Song for Poseidon? Irvine’s Peer Swan unleashes a Blast of Truth at the Connecticut Hedge-Fund Pirates.
Posted on March 17, 2015 | 3 Comments. . . Wishful thinking there, and a pun, in the title. What are the chances really that, no matter how much sense was shared at last week’s desal townhall […] -
![. . . By Debbie Cook, cross-posted from Surf City Voice On March 11, the San Diego Union-Tribune posted an op-ed, “Desalination makes sense for Orange County,” “written” by Assemblywoman […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/vern-image-115x115.png "Pat Bates Baits us with Bogus Doomsday Drought Scenario.")
Pat Bates Baits us with Bogus Doomsday Drought Scenario.
Posted on March 17, 2015 | 8 Comments. . . By Debbie Cook, cross-posted from Surf City Voice On March 11, the San Diego Union-Tribune posted an op-ed, “Desalination makes sense for Orange County,” “written” by Assemblywoman […] -
![. . . by Debbie Cook; cross-posted from Surf City Voice. Give me a chimpanzee with a dart board and I’ll give you a water demand forecast about as reliable […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/chimp-dartboard-115x115.jpg "OCWD’s forecast for the future: Cloudy with a huge chance of Error.")
OCWD’s forecast for the future: Cloudy with a huge chance of Error.
Posted on March 7, 2015 | 12 Comments. . . by Debbie Cook; cross-posted from Surf City Voice. Give me a chimpanzee with a dart board and I’ll give you a water demand forecast about as reliable […] -
![. . . [Ed. Note: This post has been redesignated as your Weekend Open Thread. Talk about this, or anything else you’d like, within broad bounds of decorum and discretion.] […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Bilodeau-displeased-115x115.jpg "Weekend Open Thread: Habitually Tardy Bilodeau Feels “Unsafe” at Public Water Board Meetings")
Weekend Open Thread: Habitually Tardy Bilodeau Feels “Unsafe” at Public Water Board Meetings
Posted on March 7, 2015 | 2 Comments. . . [Ed. Note: This post has been redesignated as your Weekend Open Thread. Talk about this, or anything else you’d like, within broad bounds of decorum and discretion.] […] -
![. . . A court battle with state-wide implications is being waged over water rates in San Juan Capistrano (“SJC”). At issue is whether SJC’s water rates violate California’s Proposition […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/gunslinger-better-115x115.jpg "San Juan Capistrano’s Water War")
San Juan Capistrano’s Water War
Posted on February 5, 2015 | 3 Comments. . . A court battle with state-wide implications is being waged over water rates in San Juan Capistrano (“SJC”). At issue is whether SJC’s water rates violate California’s Proposition […] -
![. . . By John Earl, cross-posted from Surf City Voice. OC Water District Director Steve Sheldon scurries off when caught by the author hobnobbing with Poseidon brass after a […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/sheldon-and-poseidon-brass1-e1417460656189.jpg "Steve Sheldon’s Unethical Culture Challenged by Legal Complaint")
Steve Sheldon’s Unethical Culture Challenged by Legal Complaint
Posted on December 1, 2014 | No Comments. . . By John Earl, cross-posted from Surf City Voice. OC Water District Director Steve Sheldon scurries off when caught by the author hobnobbing with Poseidon brass after a […] -
![. . . Vern: We (Surf City Voice and the Orange Juice Blog) have been critical of many members of the Orange County Water District for several reasons: their […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dewane-sheldon-115x115.png "Expense Reports for the OC Water District Incumbents! Are they worth this kind of money?")
Expense Reports for the OC Water District Incumbents! Are they worth this kind of money?
Posted on October 31, 2014 | 2 Comments. . . Vern: We (Surf City Voice and the Orange Juice Blog) have been critical of many members of the Orange County Water District for several reasons: their […] -
![. . . [by John Earl, cross-posted from Surf City Voice, earlier today.] Stephen Sheldon, the Orange County Water District’s elected representative from Irvine, continues to use his government position […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/sheldon-daigle-115x115.jpg "Steve Sheldon Watch: the OCWD director Shills for Poseidon once again.")
Steve Sheldon Watch: the OCWD director Shills for Poseidon once again.
Posted on September 23, 2014 | 22 Comments. . . [by John Earl, cross-posted from Surf City Voice, earlier today.] Stephen Sheldon, the Orange County Water District’s elected representative from Irvine, continues to use his government position […]
Compare and contrast Alex Pretti and Kyle Rittenhouse.