Subject: Ed Royce

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  June 29, 2000

• Confused Voters, Stupid Congressmen

  How far do you have to go in trying to stomp on the huddled masses yearning to breathe free before even Congressman James Sensenbrenner, the man whose draconian immigration bill sparked all those protests, calls bullshit? As far as trying to gut part of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. And unfortunately, three OC congressmen have decided to go that far. The Los Angeles Times reports that Congressman Steve King (R-Iowa) is leading an effort to drop the provision in the 1965 act requiring some jurisdi

  May 6, 2006

• The Anti-Immigrant All-Stars--Live!

  If you're not doing anything today, drive down to San Diego, where Fullerton Republican Congressman Ed Royce will chair hearings on the illegal-alien menace. Scheduled to appear, according to the Orange County Register, will be our Anti-Immigrant All-Stars, the folks (of all ethnicities, as they love to point out--hey, just proves hate knows no color lines) who year after year after year rile up the country about Mexicans and the occasional Guatemalan. If you can't drive down, catch it live on C

  July 5, 2006

• Rohrabacher, Big Oil: a Match Made in Hell

  Ah, Huntington Beach with its smelly smokestacks, oily bathtub-ring-like shoreline and human waste bobbing in the ocean. What's not to love? Your congressman, the esteemed Dana Rohrabacher (R-Abramoff), certainly showed he's got your back, Surf City-zens, as he voted just last night to let those poor, starving, raggamuffin oil companies drill for natural gas off the California coastline. Unfortunately for you hicks, a higher slice of the rest of the House--including scores of members of Dana's o

  May 19, 2006

• Drilling Bit Players

  Further proving that otherwise politically conservative Newport Beach has an environmental streak when it comes to its own shores (but no one else's): Rep. John Campbell (R-The Arches) joined Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Garden Grove) as the only members of the Orange County congressional delegation to vote against lifting the 25-year ban on oil and natural gas drilling off most of the Pacific and Atlantic coasts and the eastern part of the Gulf of Mexico. The legislation, which passed by a vote of

  July 5, 2006

• Ed Royce Makes a Run for the Border

  The San Diego Union-Tribune, whose editorials typically lean solidly to the right, has come out firmly against mixing illegal immigration with the war on terror--and with "The Wrong Mix," they more specifically chide OC's own Rep. Ed Royce (R-Fullerton) for chairing an Imperial Beach congressional hearing that did just that. Rep. Royce said his special hearing panel would focus on whether America's porous border makes it more vulnerable to another terrorist attack. That should have been our firs

  July 7, 2006

• OC congressman: Japan must apologize for WWII sex

  KNBC is reporting today that Orange County Republican Congressman Ed Royce thinks the Japanese government hasn't adequately apologized for converting 200,000 Asian women into sex slaves — or "comfort women" — for its soldiers during World War II. Though Japan's prime minister has already apologized, Royce wants more. The LA-based television station reports that the Fullerton congressman has introduced House Resolution 121, which advises the prime minister to apologize once more in front o

  July 18, 2007

• Saturday's Headlines & Surprises: 'Stinky' White House

  777: The Gabrielino-Tongva tribe is coming to Garden Grove with a huge bag of Halloween goodies. What's the treat? $78 million-a-year to city coffers, 10,000 permanent new jobs and college scholarships to every graduating high school student in the city. The trick? Let the tribe--and some guys named Guido, Sal and Vito--build two Las Vegas-style casinos, 7,500 slot machines, two luxury hotels and a 10,000-seat stadium near Disneyland. Reporter Dave McKibben write in today's Times that the plan

  July 28, 2007

• Saturday's Headlines & Surprises: Pampering Predators

  To Catch--and Pamper!--a Predator: Where the hell is Chris Hansen with Dateline NBC? Why do I ask? Well, in Orange County, authority figures--particularly cops--nabbed for outrageous sexual conduct either get re-elected, promoted or pampered. The latest example is Jason David Rosewarne. The married Anaheim police officer used his job to meet and molest an underage girl, skipped bail to flee to England, lived as a felony fugitive for three years and returned to the U.S. in July 2006. Though

  August 11, 2007

• Thursday's Headlines & Surprises: Darth Vader Chases Janet Nguyen

  October 11, 2007

• Thursday's Headlines & Surprises: Carona Camp Says FBI Case "Trash"

  Hookers take cash too, Mikey: Dana Parsons writes today that “the good news for [indicted OC Sheriff Mike] Carona is that the government doesn’t always win.” But Parsons says the “bad news” for Calamity Mike is that the feds take their “sweet time putting public corruption cases together.” He interviewed former assistant U.S. Attorney Marc Greenberg who says his old office is cautious and thorough “in cases like this where you’re trying to take down the county sheriff.” The

  November 8, 2007

• God Squad Blasts Congressman Royce

  No one ever criticizes Congressman Ed Royce (R-Fullerton) for the things he says because no one has ever heard him speak. But he apparently sends out emails that have caught the attention of a cross-denominational group of clergy folk who today sent Royce a letter asking him to stop using the phrase "Islamist terrorism." "As a diverse group of Southern California interfaith leaders, intellectuals and activists, we are deeply concerned by your continued use of inflammatory rhetoric linking Isl

  August 7, 2008

• Democrats Proudly Wear the Union Label

  Above the “Teamsters Local 952 Orange County and Vicinity” logo on the wall behind the speaker’s podium at the Orange union hall on Marks Way is the image of two horse heads. Instead of suggesting that represents the calling card of some syndicates that have been known to associate with labor, let us instead point out that those should have been donkey heads on Friday as Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) and the local labor movement joined forces to shore up the “down slate” cand

  October 17, 2008

• Landslide 2002

  November 14, 2002

• Khan Game

  July 6, 2006

• The Party's Over

  State GOP chairman Ron Nehring: "Lease, don't buy..." The state GOP's "Victory Night Party" (hah!) was over before it started. Driving over to the Hyatt Regency Irvine to make the 8:30 p.m. start time, I was talking on my Bluetooth to my brother in San Francisco when he informed me John McCain was already making his concession speech. "Holy shit!" I said as I steered into the Hyatt driveway. "I'm going to miss the Republicans crying in their beers." The mood was definitely somber inside the

  November 4, 2008

• Judge Steiner?

  Law enforcement here has a history of demonizing the victims of hate crimes, especially those who are gay. But though Scott Steiner is an Orange County deputy district attorney, and a conservative one at that, he breaks the callous stereotype. During his stint as head of the hate-crimes unit in the DA's office, Steiner vigorously pursued degenerate bigots who targeted minorities for violence, no matter the minority.Do you recall the Cal State Fullerton student who assaulted two young ladi

  March 10, 2009

• Hasan Nouri Pitched Plans to Stabilize Aliso Creek and His Native Afghanistan, But No One Listened

  December 11, 2008

• [Moxley Confidential] OC Media Asked to Ignore Still-Emerging Dirt on Mike Carona's PSR Mess

  August 28, 2008

• [Moxley Confidential] Meet Catherine Cass of Santa Ana, OC's Most Annoying Neighbor

  March 27, 2008

• Protesters Don't Rattle Vietnam's President

  In OC, an affable Nguyen Minh Triet seeks to heal ‘old wounds’

  June 28, 2007

• Ed Royce Is Your Friend!

  November 11, 1999

• Commie Girl

  August 31, 2006

• !Ask a Mexican!

  December 29, 2005

• Whirlybird Brained

  LA Sheriffs plan to PLOP air fleet in OC infuriates locals

  March 10, 2005

• Pussies Galore!

  July 29, 2004

• Diary of a Mad County

  October 31, 2002

• A Clockwork Orange

  July 11, 2002

• Diary of a Mad County

  March 21, 2002

• Diary of a Mad County

  March 7, 2002

• End of Grays

  February 22, 2001

• Fantasy Land

  November 16, 2000

• How Times Change

  September 14, 2000

• Where Famous People Eat!

  June 29, 2000

• You Are Surrounded by Idjits, Mostly

  March 16, 2000

• Letters

  March 18, 1999

• The Jesus Virus

  March 11, 1999

• Constitutional Cuisinart

  February 25, 1999

• Hustled

  January 28, 1999

• Geeks of the World, Unite!

  October 29, 1998

• Singled Out

  September 11, 1997

• OC Politicos Harsh San Mateo County's Bailout Mellow

  Campbell, financial cock blockerSan Mateo County officials who went to Congress Tuesday seeking a federal bailout of funds lost in its investment portfolio with Lehman Brothers, which the Bush administration allowed to fail in what would become the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history, got the financial equivalent of a cock block from their Orange County counterparts.Noting that the U.S. Treasury has rescued more than 535 financial institutions with $590 billion, several local governments asked a

  May 6, 2009

• Ed Royce Puts On Greenface

  Ed Royce (R)We all know that lead is bad stuff. Kills babies. Makes bullets. So there's plenty of reason to be glad that Orange-based Continuous Coating Corp. is shedding 70,000 pounds of lead from its production process. The firm, which makes continuous coil electro-zinc line (probably very essential!) already has a nice record with Scorecard, "the pollution information site." The de-leadening is a part of its participation with the Environmental Protection Agency's NPEP, "a voluntary partnersh

  May 27, 2009

• Royce, Sanchez Blast North Korea's Harsh Sentencing of Journos

  Two Orange County representatives in the U.S. Congress came out strongly today against North Korea's harsh sentencing of 12 years hard labor for two U.S. journalists charged with "hostile acts." The other four Members of Congress were silent.Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Garden Grove) emailed the Weekly the following statement:"I am deeply concerned by reports that two U.S. citizens and California reporters have been sentenced to 12 years of hard labor on charges of illegally crossing into North Korea

  June 8, 2009

• Royce, Sanchez Blast North Korea's Harsh Sentencing of Journos

  Two Orange County representatives in the U.S. Congress came out strongly today against North Korea's harsh sentencing of 12 years hard labor for two U.S. journalists charged with "hostile acts." The other four Members of Congress were silent.Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Garden Grove) emailed the Weekly the following statement:"I am deeply concerned by reports that two U.S. citizens and California reporters have been sentenced to 12 years of hard labor on charges of illegally crossing into North Korea

  June 8, 2009

• "Press Conference" Against Iran Government Produces No News, Much Political Support in Irvine

  Rep. Laura Richardson (inset), Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Rep. Ed Royce, together at last.If the goal of a press conference is to produce a "big announcement" that makes news and warrants coverage--the usual reason one calls a press conference in the first place--then the Iran Supporters Network failed Friday evening at Irvine City Hall. But if the idea was to bring local politicians, community leaders and the Iranian American community together, engage in some spirited preach

  August 10, 2009

• The Liberal OC Acquires Sunny D Blogger Claudio Gallegos

  ​Likening it to the right-leaning Red County blog picking up Matt "Jubal" Cunningham's OCBlog.net years ago, the left-leaning The Liberal OC blog announced today the "media acquisition" of Claudio Gallegos' Sunny D blog. Adding Sunny D to the stable will "pump up" coverage of Santa Ana, Costa Mesa and Latino/a issues, according to TheLiberalOC.com blogger Dan Chmielewski. Gallegos has not posted anything new on SunnyD since May as The Liberal OC awaited a "private investment" to fund the acqui

  August 14, 2009

• As Cranks Get Town Hall Time With Royce, Websites Help the Rest Struggling With Healthcare

  Congressman Ed Royce​Cranks who wouldn't know true socialism from extreme botulism get to take some swings at Rep. Ed Royce (R-Fullerton) beginning this afternoon. Royce holds a 1 p.m. town hall in the Buena Park Senior Activity Center, 8150 Knott Ave. (just south of La Palma), Buena Park. It's actually billed as a "Combat Fraud Forum: Information on Identity Theft, Mortgage Loan and Lending, Investment Scams, and Charity Fraud," and representatives from the Federal Trade Commission, the Calif

  August 19, 2009

• Weekend Forecast for Newport Beach: Very, Very, Very Conservative

  Andrew Breitbart: From Fox News to Newport Beach​What would you do if you found out conservatives Andrew Breitbart, Jim Lacy, Tom Fuentes, Bruce Herschesohn, Sir Eldon Griffiths, Governor Tim Pawlenty, Meg Whitman, Chuck DeVore, Jeff Miller, Ralph Reed, Dana Rohrabacher, Ed Royce, Steve Poizner, Barry Goldwater, Jr., Gary Kreep, Don Wagner, John Ziegler, John Eastman, Michelle Steel, Matt/Jubal Cunningham and Jon Fleischman were going to be i

  October 15, 2009

• Want to Take Part in the Ed Royce Healthcare Survey? Too Bad.

  Ed Royce​Yuh oh. A Washington Post poll published last week said that  57% of American support a public option as part of health insurance reform. This has appeared to unnerve U.S. Representative Ed Royce -- or at least pique his curiosity. "The Washington Post claims that 57% of all Americans support a public option," he wrote in his e-mail newsletter. "I want to hear from my constituents. Do you support government run health care?"You can then click the "yes" or "no" option. There's no

  October 28, 2009