“Orange County Superior Court officials decided to put a Christmas tree back in the courthouse lobby today after receiving dozens of complaints from court staff,” according to the O.C. Register.
The tree – which was part of a solicitation of toy donations for needy children and [...]
Bah humbug! The Christmas tree in the Orange County Courthouse is no more, according to the La Figa blog. Here are a few excerpts from their post:
For twenty years during the holidays, there’s been a decorated tree in the lobby of the Orange [...]
The Orange County supervisors voted unanimously this morning to urge Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to block the sale of the Orange County Fairgrounds.
The city of Costa Mesa last week agreed to ask the governor to scrap the sale, and advocates call today’s move a critical step toward preserving the fairgrounds. The county’s [...]
The Democratic Party of Orange County is offering a free candidate training workshop! If you are planning on running for local office or will be working on a campaign, we strongly encourage you to attend this all day training.
Learn what it takes to run a successful [...]
Tonight at the Central Committee meeting of the Democratic Party of Orange County Executive Director Melahat Rafiei announced that she will be stepping down from her position on December 31, 2009. Rafiei [...]
Orange County Supervisor Chris Norby has endorsed Fullerton lawyer Shawn Nelson to succeed him as the county’s fourth district supervisor.
Nelson is Norby’s first endorsement since winning a special election last week for Assembly. Norby will advance to a runoff to fill the seat vacated on Sept. 9 by Mike Duvall, [...]
Proving that the elitists on the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) are firmly committed to the destruction of public transportation services, the OCTA Board has decided to cut service hours again.
They simply do not understand that declining revenues are due to the [...]
Orange County Supervisors on Tuesday will consider whether to ask Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger not to sell the Orange County Fairgrounds.
The city of Costa Mesa last week approved asking the governor to scrap the sale. And if it passes, the county’s resolution will ask other Orange County cities to [...]
Once again, the tea-partiers fail to get their way. The Orange County launched recall attempt against Republican Anthony Adams failed to meet the required number of signatures to move forward the Secretary of State’s office announced on [...]
But this was always really a media phenomenon of teabaggers [...]
Updated Nov. 23 with comments from Mike Schroeder.
The effort of two Orange County GOP activists to recall Assemblyman Anthony Adams, R-Hesperia, was thrown out today by Secretary of State Debra Bowen after it was determined that insufficient signatures had been gathered to qualify the measure for the ballot. Recall proponents [...]
The Orange County Human Relations Commission is having their annual Holiday Wassail on Dec. 10, in Santa Ana. Below are the details about this fun event:
Wassail with Us!
December 10th, 4-6pm
at OC Human Relations, at 1300 S. Grand Ave. Bldg. B, Santa Ana CA, 92705
Every year [...]
The following video was sent to us by Mike Matsuda, Trustee of the North Orange County Community College District. His son Ethan Matsuda is a pretty smart kid and Mike and his wife Susie have taught [...]
Costa Mesa, home to the Orange County Fairgrounds, isn't so keen on the Governor's idea of selling that property, and has made a formal request to halt the sale. The council is also considering a ballot measure to require the property remain a fairgrounds -- regardless of ownership.
The [...]
Orange County Supervisor Chris Norby, despite being badly outspent in the "nasty, brutish and short" special election to replaced resigned Assemblyman Mike Duvall, has advanced to a runoff against Democrat John MacMurray.
In an expectantly low turnout election Tuesday, Norby beat out the wife of former legislator (and Republican leader) Dick Ackerman. Linda Ackerman, listed [...]
The Claremont Institute will be hosting a policy conference in Newport Beach on December 5:
Claremont Institute’s California Public Policy Conference at the Island Hotel in Newport Beach, California, on Saturday, December 5, 2009. You will hear candid discussions of state and local government policies – how they impact us and [...]
In the 72nd Assembly race, Orange County Supervisor Chris Norby ended up on top. He was the top vote getter in the election and finished about 16 points ahead of Linda Ackerman.
Now Norby will head to the general election January 12th against Democrat John MacMurray.
Norby’s name recognition and fundraising propensity–not [...]
