Orange Juice

• Bruce Whitaker Sharpens Axe, Eyes Giant Turkey

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  Here’s a great youtube clip showing Fullerton Friend and Planning Commissioner Bruce Whitaker argue against the ridiculous Richman housing project that intends to provide enormously subsidized houses to people. This “project” has waddled and gobbled along for quite some time, the darling of the Redevelopment staff who conceived, concocted, and cajoled [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 2:56pm EST
  by Tony Bushala

• Three Stooges arrived in Mission Viejo last Fri. Part 2 of 2

  Earlier today I met with our City Clerk and copied the list of names on both Mission Viejo RECALL candidate Dave Leckness and Dale Tyler’s Nomination Papers. I also copied the 50 plus names that appeared on the Feb 5th Notice of Intent to Circulate Recall Petition to see which [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 2:39pm EST
  by Larry Gilbert

• Robert Reich fighting the good fight…

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  Harry Reid, and What Happened to the Public Option? First there was Medicare for all 300 million of us. But that was a non-starter because private insurers and Big Pharma wouldn’t hear of it, and Republicans and “centrists” thought it was too much like what they have up in Canada — [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 2:25pm EST
  by Vern Nelson

• The Fringe For Fullerton’s Future

  We just read a very interesting comment by our fellow blogger, The Fullerton Harpoon, who wrote what appears to be a fairly concise essay on the nature of the “fringer.” We have added some fun graphics to the text. Here is what The Harpoon wrote: I think you guys are confusing [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 11:44am EST
  by Tony Bushala

• ObammyCare Doomy or Gloomy?

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  Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen  Sebelious held a Reporter Conference Call today to announce a State by State Report on Health Insurance Reform.  The HHS.gov product is entitled:  Health Insurance Reform: The Case for Change.  The report cautions that if we do nothing, that by 2019 the number of uninsured [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 11:29am EST
  by Ron & Anna Winship

• Derailment Countdown – 45 days to Save the Fair!

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  I expect everybody that reads the Orange Juice to either do what you can to prevent the unnecessary and tainted sale of our Fairgrounds, or else comment here on why you support the sale or feel it’s unimportant.  For my part, I will try to start each morning with a [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 10:00am EST
  by Vern Nelson

• How Obama Got His Groove Back

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  Why did the President decide to try KSM and four others in U.S. criminal courts? This was not Eric Holder's unprecedented legal decision, but the President's political decision. The President's political decision raises concerns of both conservative and liberal legal scholars. It seems that the President has made a short-term [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 8:06am EST
  by Rogue Elephant

• Is There Enough Fair Pie To Go Around?

  A while back we did a post on the deafening silence in certain quarters about the shenanigans being perpetrated by members of the Orange County Fair Board in their effort to buy their own Fair: you know, sort of embarrassing things like meeting in secret, using public funds for their [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 7:29am EST
  by Tony Bushala

• Does Councilmember Carlos Bustamante Like Apples?

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  Observers of the Santa Ana City Council may have noticed something of late, Councilmember Carlos Bustamante is more irrelevant than ever.  It appears that his colleagues, with the exception of David Benavides, have grown tired of Bustamante’s antics and the fact that they see him as someone whose word means [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 5:14pm EST
  by Sean H. Mill

• Hot Chicks with Douche Bags

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  No, this is NOT about Sarah Palin and Levi Johnston. [...] [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 3:37pm EST
  by Red Vixen

• 3 Stooges arrived in Mission Viejo last Fri. Part 1 of 2

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  Good afternoon folks. The election to recall  Mission Viejo Councilman Lance MacLean is starting off like a “3 stooges” comedy routine. On Thursday Nov 19th Dave Leckness submitted his documents to become the second candidate to replace Lance MacLean if voters kick him out of office. While two other Mission Viejo residents [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 2:01pm EST
  by Larry Gilbert

• The Ackerwoman for Assembly Hall of Shame

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  This is a list of the elected officials that decided their best interests lay in the endorsement of Linda Ackerman for the 72nd Assembly District. Enjoy the asinine quotations at the bottom of the page and be sure to pick out your favorites on the list for special attention. We [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 11:52am EST
  by Tony Bushala

• 46 Years ago….JFK went down!

  The news programs today…are busy talking about mammograms and healthcare…..busy talking about what Sarah Palin might be going Rouge!  Talking about how the deficit might affect things, talking about the lack of jobs in our society. We never liked JFK.  He was too slick….too charming, too family orientated, too rich, too eager [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 10:44am EST
  by Ron & Anna Winship

• When will the Liberal OC report that Janet Nguyen is co-chairing the GOP campaign against Senator Correa?

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  When the news broke this week that Supervisor Janet Nguyen is going to be co-chairing the campaign of her fellow Republican, Sue Perez, against State Senator Lou Correa we jumped on the story right away.  The O.C. Register did too.  They found out that Perez is running for the 34th Senate [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 9:52am EST
  by Admin

• Will Sarah Palin cost John McCain his seat in the U.S. Senate?

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  Will U.S. Senator John McCain pay the ultimate price for putting Sarah Palin on his presidential ticket? A telephone survey of 570 likely Republican primary voters conducted by Rasmussen Reports found McCain the favorite of 45 percent of those questioned. But former Congressman and current radio talk show host J.D. Hayworth [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 9:35am EST
  by Admin

• Taking the camel to Kandahar!

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  Fallujah is located in Iraq.  Fallujah is where American Contractors were hanged upside down on a bridge.  Fallujah is where those bodies were dragged through the streets with everything inhumanly possible done  to them.  Fallujah was the place that the Marines and other fighting forces faced down Saddam’s remnants of his [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 9:22am EST
  by Ron & Anna Winship

• The real rogue is Levi Johnston

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  What’s most interesting about Sarah Palin’s new book, “Going Rogue,” isn’t the book itself but rather what she left out of it.  She did not mention Levi Johnston, the hockey player who impregnated her daughter, during Palin’s ridiculous run as V.P. nominee for the Republican Party. “Equally revealing is the one [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 6:47am EST
  by Admin

• Palienated: Quitter, Sarah Palin, stands up fans at her book signing!

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  Roguester, Sarah Palin, quit in the middle of a book signing event.  The Quitta from Wassilla!  Strikes again…….  This video is a must-see for Teabaggers and is great entertainment for anyone else who knows the name, Sarah Palin  Sarah Palin fans waited HOURS in the cold and rain for their [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 5:42am EST
  by Red Vixen

• Inmate Timothy L. Redman Tortured to Death at Ely State Prison, Nevada

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  Yesterday morning, Timothy Redman, a death row inmate at Ely State Prison hung himself in his cell after being tortured for 2-2 1/2 hours, sprayed repeatedly with mace, until he couldn’t take it anymore and hung himself. [...] [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 1:52pm EST
  by Red Vixen

• Tim Whitacre led the failed campaign to recall Assemblyman Anthony Adams

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  We reported yesterday that the campaign to recall Anthony Adams failed – and that it was the fault of former GOP powerbroker, now miserable loser, Mike Schroeder.  But it gets better! None other than nutter Tim Whitacre was at the helm of the failed campaign! “Recall campaign manager Tim Whitacre and recall [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 12:40pm EST
  by Admin

• Who Is Mimi Walters and How Did We Get Stuck With Her?

  Mimi is the senator representing most of Fullerton in the 33rd State Senate District – so bequeathed by Dick Ackerman who made sure that some (but not all) of Fullerton was kept in his 33rd when redistricting occurred in 2001. Walters lives somewhere down near the beach but is our [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 11:52am EST
  by Tony Bushala

• The 2009 Republican Orgy of Bedwetting

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  Getting wrapped up in local issues can be so time-consuming -  I just noticed that I’ve been missing out on the hilarious spectacle of Republican politicians all across the country (including Joe Lieberman, R – duped state) publicly soiling themselves with fear over the very idea that our great nation is capable of putting [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 11:31am EST
  by Vern Nelson

• Plunder: How Public Employee Unions are Raiding Treasuries, Controlling Our Lives and Bankrupting the Nation

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  The public employee unions are plundering and bankrupting California and the nation. That's the bottom line of Steve Greenhut's new book, Plunder: How Public Employee Unions are Raiding Treasuries, Controlling Our Lives and Bankrupting the Nation. KFI radio's Bill Handel interviewed Greenhut, former editor of the Orange County Register, earlier [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 10:56am EST
  by Rogue Elephant

• Sat Nov 21, 2009 @ 10 AM PT: Humor cuts to the chase. Be political activists or have fun with friends? Do both! & Jack Dean on Taming the Pension Tsunami

  Join me on the air, Saturday at 10 AM PT on CRN Digital Talk Radio, & on CRNtalk.com CRN 1 Call in number: 1-800-336-2225 Tony Bushala is one of the founders of a gem blog, Friends for Fullerton’s Future Blog, a.k.a. FFFFB, an effective local blog and guerilla marketing strategy to whip elected [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 10:01am EST
  by Martha Montelongo

• Perplexed “Pamette” Posse Pluviates Pilaver

  You want funny? We got funny. Just listen to this nincompoop try to promote Pam Keller’s mayoralty – while waving around a copy of the widely discredited Fullerton Observer! Enjoy! Read “Perplexed “Pamette” Posse Pluviates Pilaver” on [...] [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 9:25am EST
  by Tony Bushala

• Obama Official Admits Stimulus Jobs Numbers Unreliable

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  Since advancing the idea of a stimulus President Obama has touted the expenditure of stimulus dollars as a job creator. As the months have gone by since the stimulus funding was approved by Congress and the President, the President and other Democrats have repeatedly thrown out numbers of jobs created, [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 4:53pm EST
  by Over But Not Out

• Mike Schroeder fails to recall Assemblyman Anthony Adams

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  Mike Schroeder hasn’t been the same since he had to turn in his Reserve Sheriff Deputy badge and gun… “An anti-tax recall movement against Assemblyman Anthony Adams, R-Hesperia, has failed to gather enough valid signatures to go to the ballot, the California Secretary of State’s office announced Friday,” according to the [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 4:48pm EST
  by Admin

• Was stimulus money awarded for a completed Hollywood project?

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  I have been under the impression that  “stimulus money” was being provided for the sole purpose of job creation. As I drove to a dinner meeting last night I heard a radio commentator report that the Obama administration has just provided $10 million in “stimulus” money for the “W” hotel on [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 12:31pm EST
  by Larry Gilbert

• The Highlight of the 72nd Primary Election

  Dear Friends, we have received the following e-mail from Joe Sipowicz: The last couple of months have been a lot of fun for me as I followed the doings in the 72nd Special Election primary. This was really the first time I have paid close attention to a state election, and [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 11:56am EST
  by Tony Bushala

• The 72nd Assembly District Election Highlights Possibility for Restoration for the Soul of the Republican Party

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  This great post  was written the other day right here in Fullerton by our good Friend and fellow blogger Martha Martelongo, about the 72nd election as a watershed for the OC GOP. Enjoy! This past Tuesday night, I was in Orange County for the special election to fill the seat vacated [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 9:08am EST
  by Tony Bushala

• Is Costa Mesa Councilwoman Katrina Foley running for O.C. Clerk-Recorder?

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  One of our pajaritos just gave us an interesting tip.  Apparently Costa Mesa Councilwoman Katrina Foley, who this week voted to install an “In God We Trust” sign in her Council Chambers, is considering running for Orange County Clerk-Recorder. Foley would be the second Democrat in the race for Clerk-Recorder.  Termed out Buena [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 8:39am EST
  by Admin

• Couple BUSTED for refusing to pay the Tip

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  If youre frustrated by poor service at a restaurant, think twice before you decide to not tip. You may be in for a bit more than just a dirty look from the [...] [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 6:30am EST
  by Red Vixen

• Just Keep The Noise Machine Going

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  On a post today at the dismal Liberal OC blog (almost as self-righteous and irrelevantly noisy as Red Klownty) our old pal and sanctimonious prig Matthew J. Cunningham shares these gem-like comments, reiteration of charges he made against me a few weeks ago. Great post, Dan. A portrait of Pedroza’s true, amoral nature in action. Among [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 9:41pm EST
  by Tony Bushala

• Mammograms for 12 year olds?

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  The recent huge flap about a report on mammograms for women under 50 and over 40 has caused quite a stir.  What they are not talking about is what constitutes a real life mammogram.  A woman’s individual breast is currently being squished between two huge blocks and then radiologically looked at.  [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 8:54pm EST
  by Ron & Anna Winship

• Obama’s Third World Vision for America

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  One can imagine a number of motives President Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder might have for making such an egregious choice to bring Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and al-Qaida terrorists to New York for civil trial. But the bow to political correctness and the refusal to try enemy combatants in [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 8:30pm EST
  by Terry Crowley

• State Senator Lou Correa invites you to his Holiday Open House

  Senator Correa played Santa Claus last year when he delivered toys to the kids at the Multicultural Center at St. Anselm’s State Senator Lou Correa is hosting a “Holiday Open House,” on Thursday, December 3rd, 2009, from  4:00 – 6:30 pm, at 2323 North Broadway, Santa Ana. Here is Lou’s invitation to [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 7:24pm EST
  by Admin

• “A three-letter word: jobs. J-O-B-S”

  It seems like the Vice-Presidential motorcade is as nutter as he is. The man who thinks JOBS is a three letter word has a Presidential detail that has been involved in THREE accidents in the last two weeks. On November 11, a taxpayer was struck and killed by two of Bidens [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 6:36pm EST
  by Terry Crowley

• County Counsel Fires Shot Across Fair Board Bow; Will Ackerman Get Hit?

  We’ve been tracking the Sell the Fair (To Us) Movement recently and noted that Dick Ackerman had already admitted to being hired by an insider Board cabal whose intent was to get the State to sell the Fair – to themselves. A couple days ago word leaked out that the County [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 5:58pm EST
  by Tony Bushala

• Supervisor Janet Nguyen to co-chair carpetbagger Sue Perez’ campaign against Senator Correa

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  Mimi Walters and Janet Nguyen are co-chairing carpetbagger Sue Perez’ campaign against Senator Correa The sad sack OC GOP has recruited a nutter to run against State Senator Lou Correa – and now it turns out that Sue Perez is also a carpetbagger! “Perez doesn’t live in the 34th State Senate District. [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 3:26pm EST
  by Admin

• Campbell gives Krom a helping hand

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  A little birdy tells me that a recent John Campbell  campaign mailer  listed the campaign website as http://campbellforcongres.com/.  An alert Krom staffer noted typo, secured the domain name, and now that link goes to the Krom website.  Oops! (note: I have not seen this mailer for myself and would appreciate [...] [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 2:15pm EST
  by tyler

• Mission Viejo boasts of a budget surplus while cutting infrastructure maintenance

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  At the Oct 5th Mission Viejo council meeting,  a former MV mayor made a plea for the city to take over an HOA slope maintenance obligation that, if approved, was to cost us around $500,000 (for starters). While we prevailed in stopping that “special interest” request in its tracks I have [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 1:12pm EST
  by Larry Gilbert

• The Fullerton School District’s Budget is Really Screwed Up

  Let’s keep this simple – today the Fullerton School Board is staring down the barrel of an unprecedented budget hole. To insulate themselves from the difficult decisions, the board is asking the “Budget Advisory Committee” to recommend a solution. This committee consists of unionized teachers, administrators and PTA parents. At this [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 11:55am EST
  by Travis Kiger

• Double dipping a useful tool for Irvine teachers

  You have heard about situations where a government employee retires but is then hired back, often without benefits, or goes to work for another government agency. The result is that this person draws a government retirement check plus a government salary. A lot of outrage and anger has been generated over [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 11:23am EST
  by Over But Not Out

• Suffering the Consequences of War

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  In an article in the Sydney Morning Herald, President Obama is signaling an endgame in the Afghan war.     LINK Barack Obama has for the first time flagged the need for an endgame in the strategy for Afghanistan, saying he did not want to leave the next US president with an open-ended [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 10:00am EST
  by Red Vixen

• Tom Daly is already done, as Chris Norby endorses Shawn Nelson

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  Fullerton Councilman Shawn Nelson got Chris Norby’s endorsement to replace him on the Board of Supervisors The biggest news to come out of Chris Norby’s victory party on Tuesday night was that he has endorsed Fullerton Councilman Shawn Nelson to replace him on the O.C. Board of Supervisors.  And just like [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 8:39am EST
  by Admin

• Are our brains just built differently?

  Number of comments: 12
  It was like a kick in the groin, when after the euphoric “third item of old business” in Tuesday’s Costa Mesa City Council meeting – with all members of the council, Republican and Democrat, and evidently every member of the sizable enthusiastic audience UNIFIED in determination to protect the OC [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 2:16am EST
  by Vern Nelson

• Is governor Schwarzenegger promoting a form of child abuse?

  Number of comments: 1
  For the past decade I have fallen into using non layman political correct terminology that shifts the focus away from out of control expenditures. Specifically the term “bonded indebtedness” when applied to redevelopment projects where people ignore the future bond payments. Most recently I have written about the proposed  bullet train [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 10:22pm EST
  by Larry Gilbert

• More pictures from Chris Norby’s victory party!

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  “I wonder if anyone wants Linda Ackerman’s autograph?” Chris Norby’s victory party was so chock-full of politicians and wannabes that we could not fit all our pictures into our last post.  So here are a few more: One of Norby’s consultants, Matt Holder, who really needs to eat more! Blogger Allan Bartlett thinks [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 8:10pm EST
  by Admin

• Usual Suspects To Pulido: Start Acting Like You’re In Charge

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  Inside sources tell me that the “Usual Suspects” aren’t happy with the way things are going at Santa Ana City Hall these days and they are letting Mayor Miguel Pulido know about. According to my sources the “Usual Suspects” believe that Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez appears to be exercising [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 6:43pm EST
  by Sean H. Mill

• State, Local Government Finances Not Recovering

  The hole keeps getting bigger… Within the last week it has been reported: • LA Unified School District needs employees to accept another 4 day furlough this fiscal year, and a 12% pay cut next fiscal year, or else massive layoffs will be necessary. • In Colorado, Governor Bill Ritter has proposed a [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 6:20pm EST
  by Over But Not Out