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Common Cause

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2012

    OC Bookly Interview: Victoria Patterson

    This week, class-conscious literary star and local girl makes good Victoria Patterson makes bad, very bad, or at least naughty in this, OC Bookly's first author interview. Patterson, whose take on alienation, greed and South County luxury-life mores comes with plenty of winning characterization, sty ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2011

    Guess Who Paid for Study Advocating Free Prepaid Cell Phones for the Poor?

    ​A "first of its kind" study by the New Millennium Research Council (NMRC) concludes $4 billion in income could be generated for the poor by simply giving such folks free prepaid cell phones."Subsidized Cell Phones Provide Significant Economic Gains for Poor and Near-Poor Americans" singles out ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2009

    Another Probe Deferred for Mike Duvall

    ​Assembly Speaker Karen Bass won't do it. Attorney General Jerry Brown won't do it.And now, California's official political watchdog institution, the Fair Political Practices Commission, has announced it, too, will not be making an official inquiry into the conduct of drippy, disgraced former Asse ... More >>

  • News

    November 13, 2008

    Longtime OC GOP Legislator Ross Johnson Finds New Life As a Campaign-Finance Watchdog in Sacramento

    ​Assembly Speaker Karen Bass won't do it. Attorney General Jerry Brown won't do it.And now, California's official political watchdog institution, the Fair Political Practices Commission, has announced it, too, will not be making an official inquiry into the conduct of drippy, disgraced former Asse ... More >>

  • News

    October 7, 2004

    OC Law Enforcement 'Poisoned'

    Assemblyman Todd Spitzer questions the District Attorneys judgment, fairness

  • News

    July 25, 2002

    Reform-School Congress

    Assemblyman Todd Spitzer questions the District Attorneys judgment, fairness

  • Features

    August 9, 2001

    Active Eats

    And its one, two, threewhat are we dining for?

  • News

    December 9, 1999

    Bankruptcy? What Bankruptcy?!

    OCs financial meltdown, five years later

  • News

    February 18, 1999

    Blown Coverage

    How to keep ignoring the bankruptcy fallout

  • Features

    November 5, 1998

    Orange County's Scariest People!

    Hey! It really IS the Year of the Woman!

  • Features

    December 25, 1997

    Silent Coup

    Secret meetings, shady deals: Life before & after the Orange County bankruptcy

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