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2010 Stories by R. SCOTT MOXLEY

• Anti-Sex Slave Trade Event in Laguna Beach on Saturday

  published Apr 05, 2010

  You may know Farrah Emami as a talented press spokeswoman for the Orange County District Attorney's office, but in her spare time she also co-chairs a special fund raising event this Saturday in Lagun... More >>

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  Does AG's Report on Haidl Bust Clear Bill Huntr

  published Apr 04, 2010

  Over at the Friends For Fullerton's Future blog, Travis Kiger has posted a copy of the controversial California Attorney General's report on the Greg Haidl pot bust incident that I first broke in Dece... More >>

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  Karl Rove Joins OC District Attorney's Officer

  published Apr 02, 2010

  "Think of it this way: The [senior assistant DA's] are the vice presidents and I am Karl Rove."--Susan Kang Schroeder, Orange County District Attorney's office public affairs counsel, on the late Frid... More >>

• Bill Hunt's Remarkable Rise

  published April 1, 2010

  During a Republican sheriff’s-candidate forum inside a gated Mission Viejo community in late March, the audience voiced concerns about... More >>

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  Haidl Gang Rape Defendants Lose Appeal

  published Mar 30, 2010

  A California Court of Appeal based in Santa Ana this afternoon rejected the appeal of the three convicted defendants in the notorious case known around the world as the Haidl gang rape case.In a 56-pa... More >>

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  Bill Hunt Captures Deputy Union Endorsement in Sheriff's Race

  published Mar 27, 2010

  The Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriffs (AOCDS) announced today that Bill Hunt, a challenger to appointed Sheriff Sandra Hutchens, has overwhelmingly won the powerful union's endorsement for ... More >>

• Judge Goes Easy on CHP Pervert

  published March 25, 2010

  One Orange County judge signals his philosophy to jurors by hanging a poster of a shoot-first-ask-questions-later Clint Eastwood character in his... More >>

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  Avoid HBO's Real Time with Bill Maherr

  published Mar 23, 2010

  "Don't watch Bill Maher!"--Wealthy GOP Southern California Congressman Darrell Issa at this month's California Republican Assembly state convention held at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park. Issa als... More >>

• Judge Goes Easy On Guilty CHP Pedophile

  published Mar 19, 2010

  "You had a weird sexual addition that bordered on perverse. It involved all kind of sexual activities and you are in need of serious treatment . . . [But] you served in law enforcement and I think tha... More >>

• Dana Rohrabacher Says He's Not a Republican

  published Mar 17, 2010

  "I'm not a Republican! I'm not a conservative! I'm a patriot, and it's time for us to take back America! Now is our time! . . . What is the United Statesr Us! Us! Us! . . . We have to secure our south... More >>

• Prosecuting a Prosecutor

  published March 18, 2010

  After an arrest, law-enforcement officials throughout the criminal-justice system nearly always fall into lockstep to win a conviction. But the... More >>

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  Ex-Assistant Sheriff Don Haidl Gets Slap; Dirty Cops Get Threat

  published Mar 15, 2010

  Even during the five years that he held the unearned rank of assistant sheriff thanks to illegally funding Mike Carona's 1999 campaign for sheriff, Don Haidl hated public speaking. Reporters could ask... More >>

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  John Eastman Outflanks Republicans In California AG Race

  published Mar 10, 2010

  It looked as if someone had placed a lamp in the middle of the California Republican Assembly (CRA) state convention last Saturday, but it was actually a delegate wearing a straw hat with tea bags han... More >>

• Bloodless Execution

  published March 11, 2010

  Heads turned to watch as the expressionless, empty-handed executioner wearing a conservative, black, pinstriped suit walked unimpeded through... More >>

• OC Man Convicted of Killing His Wife Wins Appeal

  published Mar 09, 2010

  Somewhere in a California prison this afternoon, a wealthy Cypress man convicted of murdering his wife is probably shouting with joy. A state court of appeal based in Santa Ana has overturned the 2007... More >>

• Carly Fiorina and Chuck DeVore Elbow Each Other To Face Sen. Barbara Boxer

  published Mar 06, 2010

  A conspiracy theorist might suspect that the boys running the California Republican Assembly (CRA) state convention in Buena Park this weekend wanted to slight U.S. Senate candidates Carly Fiorina and... More >>

• Quang Pham Leaves Race To Unseat Rep. Loretta Sanchez

  published Mar 05, 2010

  If Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez hoped to enjoy watching a wildly bloody primary to determine her November Republican general election opponent, that scenario has become less likely this morning. Quan... More >>

• Dana Rohrabacher Wasn't Brave Enough For Vietnam But Is Ready For Combat Now That He's Too Old To Fight

  published Mar 04, 2010

  "Our government is taking the word of terrorists . . . "--Orange County Congressman Dana Rohrabacher--who cowardly evaded military service during the Vietnam War and absurdly lobbied on behalf of the ... More >>

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  Dana Rohrabacher Plays Sec. of State, Again

  published Mar 03, 2010

  "Playing to our liberal nilly-willy friends in Europe is less important for us than being tough with the mullah-repressive regime, a murderous regime . . ."--Boneheaded Orange County Congressman Dana ... More >>

• When Is It Not a Crime for an Adult to Hook Up With a Seventh-Grader?

  published March 4, 2010

  New Orange County resident John Stuart Moses was eager to find friends in December 2007, and not anticipating a looming law-enforcement... More >>

• DA Tony Rackauckas Muzzled Himself!

  published Feb 24, 2010

  "I tell my deputies that when they win a ruling in court that's the time to sit down and shut up."--Though not especially known for wittiness, District Attorney Tony Rackauckas sparked laughter by dec... More >>

• Van Tran's CRA Endorsement Delivered in a Carpetbag?

  published February 25, 2010

  Inside a Costa Mesa hotel ballroom on Feb. 20, Orange County’s most enthusiastic conservative activists met to hear candidate speeches... More >>

• Van Tran's Sunday Bloody Sunday

  published Feb 23, 2010

  On Sunday--the same day the Weekly broke news of Republican allegations that Van Tran cheated to win a California Republican Assembly endorsement, the Orange County state assemblyman who hopes to face... More >>

• Capistrano Unified Recall Called "Socialistic, Liberal"

  published Feb 22, 2010

  "This is a battle between Christian conservatives versus deceitful, socialistic, liberal Democrats and education bureaucrats who are delusional."--The actual argument made Saturday at the California R... More >>

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  Did Van Tran Steal California Conservative Group's Endorsementr

  published Feb 21, 2010

  Inside a packed Costa Mesa hotel ballroom yesterday, Orange County's most enthusiastic conservative political activists met to hear candidate speeches and issue endorsements while paying homage to Sai... More >>