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  • Orange County and City of Costa Mesa Approve OC Fairgrounds Agreement

    Contact: Howard Sutter, 714.834.6203 or  Tom Hatch, 714.754.5288 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – December 16, 2009 Orange County and City of Costa Mesa Approve OC Fairgrounds Agreement (Santa Ana, CA) — The Orange County Board of Supervisors and Costa Mesa City Council have approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) regarding the proposed purchase, governance, [...]
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    Posted: December 16, 2009, 2:39pm EST
    by Admin

  • Dad arrested for placing anti eminent domain flyers on windshields

    In Steven Greenhut’s’book entitled Abuse of Power he covers national abuses in which our private property rights are being trampled by local redevelopment agencies. The following recent story does not appear in his book but all forms of abuse continue across the land. The following is from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. There [...]
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    Posted: December 16, 2009, 2:28pm EST
    by Larry Gilbert

  • Supervisor John Moorlach takes Janet Nguyen to task for screaming at County employees

    Number of comments: 2
    Supervisor John Moorlach has elaborated on why he did not vote to select Supervisor Janet Nguyen as Chair of the Orange County Board of Supervisors in 2010.  Here is the email he sent to his supporters explaining his vote: I usually do not provide you with Blog postings. If I did, [...]
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    Posted: December 16, 2009, 2:20pm EST
    by Admin

  • Paper Tiger!

    In the 1950’s Brother Dave Gardner said:  “When a good man is down…kick him…because that will give him the incentive to rise above it!” If  Tiger proves anything……it is that we are all here on a “wing and prayer” and that we should all be very grateful for the good that [...]
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    Posted: December 16, 2009, 1:52pm EST
    by Ron & Anna Winship

  • The Fringies on A Roll: Worst Bureaucratic SNAFU

    What’s that you say? The pickings are just too plentiful to settle on a mere handful of nominees? True. But let’s not let that hinder our purpose. And remember. We are not just scoping out the most expensive screw-up by highly paid public servants. No. We are also going after [...]
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    Posted: December 16, 2009, 11:28am EST
    by Tony Bushala

  • Does MV RECALL candidate Dave Leckness employ an undocumented worker?

    Number of comments: 3
    About one week ago I received information indicating that Mission Viejo recall candidate Dave Leckness had hired an undocumented worker in his Kwik Kopy printing business. This individual also stated that this employee’s wife served as a baby sitter for Dave’s two daughters prior to them becoming teenagers. Folks. This is [...]
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    Posted: December 16, 2009, 10:30am EST
    by Larry Gilbert

  • 2010 U.S. Census now hiring in Orange County

    The 2010 U.S. Census is hiring again, here in Orange County.  Hundreds of thousands of workers are needed for temporary jobs  Bilingual speakers are encouraged to apply.  Census takers start at: $17.00/hour. Go to: ELCO, located at Brookhollow Drive, in Santa Ana.  Call 714-361-5320. Click here to find out where the pre-employment tests [...]
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    Posted: December 16, 2009, 9:16am EST
    by Admin

  • Acornhole Alert!

    Number of comments: 4
    A Left Wing activist judge has decided that this wholly owned subsidiary of the Democrat Party is entitled, entitled mind you, to your taxpayer dollars. Now, this is the organization that threatened to sue Fox News for uncovering the debauchery, a lawsuit which would have allowed Fox News to search [...]
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    Posted: December 16, 2009, 9:13am EST
    by Terry Crowley

  • New immigration amnesty proposed in Congress

    Number of comments: 2
    Illinois Congressman Luis V. Gutierrez is proposing a new amnesty for immigrants On December 15 the New York Times reported that Representative Luis V. Gutierrez, Democrat of Illinois, introduced legislation in Congress that would open the path to legal status for millions of immigrants who have illegal status. The article says that [...]
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    Posted: December 16, 2009, 8:21am EST
    by Over But Not Out

  • Meg Whitman: Beyond Good and Evil

    If Meg Whitman clinches the Republican gubernatorial nomination, who will be on the ballot – Good Meg or Evil Meg?  Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster recently testified that are two Meg Whitmans – one good, the other evil.  Whitman’s EBay and Buckmaster’s Craigslist are engaged in an internet giant legal death-match.  [...]
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    Posted: December 16, 2009, 8:08am EST
    by Rogue Elephant

  • FSD Teachers: Get Ready for a 10% Pay Cut

    Fullerton teachers, it’s time to be frank with you because the school board and your union will not. There will be no new parcel tax to save the FSD budget. Due to unsustainable concessions to the teachers union in previous years, the Fullerton School District will have to cut teacher pay [...]
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    Posted: December 16, 2009, 8:03am EST
    by Travis Kiger

  • The Big Fringie: The Most Awful Political Candidate

    In an off-election year we normally wouldn’t even dream of collecting nominations. Fortunately for us (and unfortunately for the voters) Mike Duvall got caught on a hot mike, plus we have several early contenders for 2010 to consider. And consider we shall. And by consider I mean rake over the [...]
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    Posted: December 16, 2009, 7:21am EST
    by Tony Bushala

  • And ACORN bounces right back!

    Number of comments: 5
    Good news recently for Americans who care about Democracy, Justice, and the Constitution: Congress’ Bill To Punish ACORN Ruled Unconstitutional! “Bills of Attainder,” which the Constitution forbids, are acts of Congress that are specifically designed to single out a particular person or party for punishment.  The reason our Founding Fathers prohibited this [...]
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    Posted: December 16, 2009, 12:39am EST
    by Vern Nelson

  • The Anniversary of The Bill of Rights

    Number of comments: 4
     Thomas Jefferson, who did not attend the Constitutional Convention, in a December 1787 letter to Madison called the omission of a Bill of Rights a major mistake: “A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth.” Some members of Congress argued that a [...]
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    Posted: December 15, 2009, 8:35pm EST
    by Terry Crowley

  • Supervisor John Moorlach votes against Janet Nguyen

    Number of comments: 3
    “Implying he lacks confidence in Supervisor Janet Nguyen’s management style, Supervisor John Moorlach cast the sole vote to oppose her appointment as chairman of the county Board of Supervisors next year,” according to the O.C. Register. Unfortunately, Nguyen’s fellow Supervisors voted her in as Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, for [...]
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    Posted: December 15, 2009, 6:39pm EST
    by Admin

  • The Fringies Advance Apace: Worst Vote 2009

    The Worst Vote 2009 category is reserved for politicians who really stepped in it big time. This is one of the biggies, so you won’t want to miss this award. Here are the five nominees: 1. Councilman Don Bankhead deserves recognition, all right. In a 22-year council career jam-packed with horrible [...]
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    Posted: December 15, 2009, 3:17pm EST
    by Tony Bushala

  • Anaheim Council candidate John Santoianni celebrates a birthday bash tonight

    State Assemblyman Jose Solorio (D-Anaheim) and Anaheim City Council candidate John Santoianni Anaheim City Commissioner John Santoianni, is running for the Anaheim City Council.  To look at him you would think he is rather young to be doing this, but in reality he is celebrating his 38th birthday today, with a “birthday [...]
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    Posted: December 15, 2009, 2:54pm EST
    by Admin

  • CHSRA High Speed Rail Update

    Number of comments: 2
    Following is my sixth report since Oct 3rd on the proposed High Speed Rail System, CHSRA. It’s beyond comprehension when proponents of high speed rail sell us a bill of goods and many voters accept their data without a challenge. While it is true that the majority of Orange, San [...]
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    Posted: December 15, 2009, 2:31pm EST
    by Larry Gilbert

  • Dear Costa Mesa Mayor Allan Mansoor: Dude, I’m Still Waiting for My Criminal Charge!

    Number of comments: 5
      Tuesday, December 15, 2009 Mayor Allan Mansoor Office of the Mayor City of Costa Mesa 77 Fair Drive Costa Mesa, CA  92626 Re: Jury verdict in Acosta vs. City of Costa Mesa, et. al. Dear Mayor Mansoor: I read with great interest a newspaper report regarding the decision of a jury yesterday to uphold your decision to have Coyotl Tezcatlipoca [...]
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    Posted: December 15, 2009, 1:19pm EST
    by Duane Roberts

  • Prevatt Jumps The Shark

    Number of comments: 11
    Let me preface this post by saying that I believe that Irvine City Councilman Steven Choi’s decision to display a picture depicting Speaker Nancy Pelosi as Soviet dictator Josef Stalin was a tad ridiculous and in bad taste.  As an elected representitive of the people of Irvine he should show [...]
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    Posted: December 15, 2009, 11:41am EST
    by Sean H. Mill

  • The Fringies Continue: Least Distinguished “Journalist”

    As you Friends may well imagine, this category is chock-full of worthy nominees. In fact, choosing them was a real challenge. 2009 was an excellent year for journalistic incompetence, and our nominees each qualified for slightly different reasons. The nominees for Least Distinguished “Journalist” are: View the nominees for Least Distinguished [...]
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    Posted: December 15, 2009, 8:33am EST
    by Tony Bushala

  • The Fringies: Nominations Begin

    Yes, Friends, it’s time to recognize the outstanding among us Fullertonians. And by outstanding I mean the brain-dead, the lethargic, the incredibly stupid, the greedy, the shifty, and, every so often, the actual achievers. So let’s start. In the category of Stupidest Statements Made in Public in 2009 we have four [...]
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    Posted: December 14, 2009, 5:56pm EST
    by Tony Bushala

  • Is Loretta Sanchez the new Mike Duvall?

    Number of comments: 12
    Former Republican State Assemblyman Mike Duvall was forced out of office this year when his conversation with a fellow legislator, about supposed sex with two lobbyists, got out.  Now a blog post has surfaced accusing Democratic Congresswoman of having relations with two lobbyists in D.C.  But Sanchez appears to be [...]
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    Posted: December 14, 2009, 11:17am EST
    by Admin

  • The Ed Royce Endorsement

    On a very recent post commenter “Umbrella Alert” notes that Chris Norby’s use of the very very recent Ed Royce endorsement in his ballot statement is something of a “kick in the teeth” to folks who supported Norby when it counted. Now Norby doesn’t even need Royce’s bendable and character-free [...]
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    Posted: December 14, 2009, 9:52am EST
    by Tony Bushala

  • ACORN pro-prostitution offices shutting down nationwide

    Number of comments: 9
    Stung by the recession and a string of scandals, the ACORN community activist organization has been shutting down in many of the communities it once worked to empower. No new clients are being signed up, said national spokesman Brian Kettenring, while the group conducts an internal investigation into how its [...]
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    Posted: December 13, 2009, 8:20pm EST
    by Terry Crowley

  • Lipstick on the Bankrupt Pig

    So now, the Leftists propose to ADD 3 million 55 and older to Medicare, 3 million being the rough number of uninsured in that age group. Gone are the dogmatic and insincere phrases of universal care, public option, controlling costs, deficit reduction, and revenue neutral. Now the operative phrase is Medicare [...]
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    Posted: December 13, 2009, 7:50pm EST
    by Terry Crowley

  • Senator Correa helps launch new Lee’s Sandwiches in Santa Ana

    Number of comments: 1
    State Senator Lou Correa celebrates the opening of the new Lee’s Sandwiches in Santa Ana It is a big deal when a new business opens up in Santa Ana, particularly during the awful economic crisis our nation is currently undergoing.  Perhaps that is why so many local politicians showed up at [...]
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    Posted: December 13, 2009, 7:44pm EST
    by Admin

  • The Candidates Should be Ashamed of Their Ballot Statements

    I was talking to a co-worker the other day about the 72nd Ad Special Election Sample ballot that came out last week. He expressed a feeling of disgust about the statements of the two traditional party candidates. I asked him to write up a post on the subject and he [...]
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    Posted: December 13, 2009, 10:08am EST
    by Tony Bushala

  • Berserk Berkeleyite Terrorists Torch Home

    Number of comments: 10
    Jack Black burns down the Chancellor’s house in Orange County, the Movie “No justice, no peace,” chanted berserking Berkeley protesters attacking and torching the Chancellor’s home.  Governor Schwarzenegger has condemned the rampaging protesters as terrorists. Police arrested 8 protesters, including 2 Berkeley students (and 6 union goons?).  The Bay City News [...]
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    Posted: December 13, 2009, 9:44am EST
    by Rogue Elephant

  • The Lib OC attacked Steven Choi last year when he criticized CAIR for their terrorist ties

    Number of comments: 2
    Steven Choi’s message to the Liberal OC?  Bring it on! The blue boys at the Liberal OC have been slamming Irvine Councilman Steven Choi for years.  Their recent attacks on him are just their latest screech.  Back in October of last year they went after him because he insinuated, at a [...]
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    Posted: December 13, 2009, 9:30am EST
    by Admin

  • New Democrat Assembly Speaker John Perez is already talking about raising our taxes!

    Number of comments: 9
    Ruh roh!  Assemblyman John Perez was just appointed to be the new Assembly Speaker and he is already talking about raising our taxes – again! Perez also “alluded to proposals to eliminate the rule that the Legislature pass a budget with a two-thirds vote,” according to the Sacramento Bee. Great.  Then he [...]
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    Posted: December 13, 2009, 9:05am EST
    by Admin

  • More Cutesy Talk from Rep. John Campbell

    Number of comments: 5
    In a odd twist of irony, Representative John Campbell (R. CA-48) is blogging missives at Townhall.com.  Ironic  and  hypocritical, because he REFUSED to have even ONE TOWNHALL meeting on health care over this past summer when scores of REAL REPRESENTATIVES of both parties were actually holding these kinds of informational [...]
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    Posted: December 13, 2009, 8:09am EST
    by Red Vixen

  • Prison Nurses Wanted: $187,000 Per Year

    Number of comments: 3
    WANTED: NURSES. MAKE BIG $$$.  The California state prison system is one of the nation’s largest providers of inmate rehabilitation services. California prisons place a priority on keeping prisoners healthy and safe. California prisons have immediate openings for physicians assistants and registered nurses. With overtime, you can make up to [...]
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    Posted: December 13, 2009, 6:24am EST
    by Rogue Elephant

  • Republican Priorities

    Number of comments: 5
    Danzinger cartoon says it all. Warfare, not health [...] [...]
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    Posted: December 13, 2009, 6:07am EST
    by Red Vixen

  • Irvine Councilman Steven Choi responds to the Democrats’ attack on his freedom of speech

    Number of comments: 12
    Dr. Steven Choi with U.S. Marines on Veterans Day 2007. As a young man, Dr. Choi served in the South Korean military alongside US soldiers, in the DMZ, opposite Communist North Korea. Irvine City Councilman Steven Choi, who is a candidate for the 70th Assembly District, has reacted to the attack on [...]
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    Posted: December 12, 2009, 2:16pm EST
    by Admin

  • Agran Supermajority in 2010?

    Number of comments: 9
    Irvine City Councilman Steven Choi has confirmed his candidacy for the 70th Assembly District. According to Irvine GOP Chairman Allan Bartlett, Tim Clark has been hired to manage the campaign. This is sure to rile up the out-of-touch GOP establishment, who have pretty much lined up behind ultra-con Don Wagner. Nevertheless, [...]
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    Posted: December 12, 2009, 12:45pm EST
    by Irvine Reporter

  • Criminal immigrants amongst us

    Number of comments: 5
    The latest immigration sweep netted some interesting subjects from the North Pole… “Immigration Sweep Nets 286” blares the headline from the Saturday, December 12, Orange County Register. The story that accompanies this headline describes a 3 day sweep throughout California by Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers that nabbed nearly [...]
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    Posted: December 12, 2009, 11:31am EST
    by Over But Not Out

  • Just In Case You Wanted Anymore Proof…

    …that former State Senator, State Assemblyman, and Fullerton City Councilman Dick Ackerman is a lying sack of canine excrement, we have it. Okay, it’s been a tough fall for good old Dick what with the lil’ lady getting her posterior kicked in the AD 72nd election, and then with Ackerman’s own [...]
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    Posted: December 12, 2009, 10:33am EST
    by Tony Bushala

  • A Politically Correct Christmas

    Number of comments: 12
    The following story was written by me in 1990 as a gift to my family. I wasn’t writing to be published. My grandfather in San Bernardino sent it to his Congressman some time later, who reportedly read it into the Congressional Record. Today, you will find this variation and others [...]
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    Posted: December 12, 2009, 7:16am EST
    by Terry Crowley

  • Palin Strikes Back with imitation of Shatner

    Number of comments: 2
      In the past Bill Shatner had made something of a name for himself by reading dramatically from a script of Palin’s resignation speech and various tweets from the retired Governor. This time Shatner went on the Tonight Show to read from Palin’s autobiography “Going Rogue.” The Shatner reading was humorous [...]
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    Posted: December 12, 2009, 7:04am EST
    by Terry Crowley

  • Irvine Watch: Proposed Town Hall Meetings Move Forward

    Number of comments: 4
    This Tuesday, the Irvine City Council had a fairly interesting meeting. Originally I tried to get this out on Wednesday, but they take forever uploading the video to the Council website. I tried to remotely view it live, but the video feed was messed up so I only got audio. [...]
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    Posted: December 12, 2009, 10:07pm EST
    by Irvine Reporter

  • Irvine Gypsies “Return” To Irvine

    Well Friends, as they say: there you have it. As was perfectly predictable Dick “Spanky’s Godfather” Ackerman and his wife Linda Ackerwoman have just re-registered to vote at their real abode: 2 Mineral King, Irvine. Of course, we are reporting the “move” sarcastically, because nobody believes they ever really lived in Fullerton, [...]
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    Posted: December 11, 2009, 5:34pm EST
    by Tony Bushala

  • GOP Should Join Burton Against Maldonado

    Number of comments: 12
    It's a rare thing when the GOP should agree with John Burton. California Democrat Chair Burton has come out against confirming Abel Maldonado as Lt. Governor. Progressive blogger and Democrat activist Robert Cruickshank disagrees, but suggests that Democrats should "[step] out of the way" of Maldonado's confirmation. The GOP should [...]
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    Posted: December 11, 2009, 3:41pm EST
    by Rogue Elephant

  • Book Review Steven Greenhut’s PLUNDER!

    Number of comments: 12
    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 in the city of Orange. Orange Juice founder and editor Art Pedroza covered this event with photos while assigning me the [...]
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    Posted: December 11, 2009, 1:40pm EST
    by Larry Gilbert

  • UCSB student asks why their newspaper stopped covering the death of Noah Krom

    Number of comments: 12
    UCSB students are wondering what really happened to Noah Krom In our continuing research into the death of Noah Krom, the son of Democratic congressional candidate Beth Krom, in June of this year, we stumbled across a website, called “The Dark Side of UCSB,” run by his fellow students at U.C. [...]
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    Posted: December 11, 2009, 8:48am EST
    by Admin

  • The Curious Case of ‘Lilly Boyd,’ mysterious Sale backer

    Number of comments: 4
    While you all catch up with your faxes and phone calls to conclusively drive a stake into the heart of the Tainted Sale of our Fairgrounds, let me try to add a little contour to the issue by engaging with my opponents, the defenders of the Sale. Only problem is – [...]
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    Posted: December 11, 2009, 12:51am EST
    by Vern Nelson

  • Steven Greenhut’s book signing at Barnes and Noble draws a crowd

    Former O.C. Register editorial writer Steven Greenhut signed copies of his new book, Plunder!, at the Barnes and Noble bookstore located across from the MainPlace Mall, in Santa Ana, on Thursday evening.  Click here to read a column about this new book, by the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association. A cameraman was [...]
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    Posted: December 11, 2009, 12:11am EST
    by Admin

  • A Brief History of the Attempted Fair Swindle, by Gus Ayer

    Number of comments: 3
    Gus whipped this out this morning over at the OC Progressive and I thought it was masterful and inspiring and have to share it. [And extra credit for the stately launch of a Gus neologism - "piratization!"] But don’t let it give you the idea that we’re out of the [...]
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    Posted: December 11, 2009, 11:33pm EST
    by Vern Nelson

  • More Fair Follies: Supes Told To Avoid Fair Board

    I came across some choice nuggets in a Daily Pilot article about the OC Fair Fiasco. Apparently the DAs office is at least going through the motions: the county district attorney is investigating the activities of the fairgrounds’ board, said Susan Schroeder, public affairs counsel at the D.A.’s office. Well that’s good [...]
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    Posted: December 11, 2009, 9:45pm EST
    by Tony Bushala

  • Supervisor Pat Bates honored for her work as a woman in transportation

    Number of comments: 4
      FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 10, 2009 Contact: Kristen Thornton at (714) 834-3550 Patricia C. Bates is Named ‘O.C. Woman of the Year’ for Women in Transportation SANTA ANA – Supervisor Patricia C. Bates, Chair of the Orange County Board of Supervisors, was named Woman of the Year by the Orange County Chapter of Women’s [...]
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    Posted: December 10, 2009, 3:01pm EST
    by Admin
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