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Haidl: The Art of Defending a Gang Rapist
Last week, Orange County Register columnist Frank Mickadeit publicized Marge Miller's attack on my work in the Haidl gang-rape case. Miller, who lives in Minneapolis and claims she is Greg Haidl's great-aunt, knows exactly who to blame for the July 2002 rape: the victim, Jane Doe, who was 16 and unconscious when Haidl, Keith Spann and Kyle Nachreiner videotaped themselves sexually assaulting her, vaginally and rectally, with, among other things, a Snapple bottle, lit cigarette, apple juice can
March 17, 2006The Real Poop on William Lyon
Orange County Register reporter Frank Mickadeit finishes his decade-long series on The Real Housewives of Orange County today, something our own Commie Girl did better a couple weeks back. But what caught our attention in Mickadeit's column was the reference to developer William Lyon, one of the Masters of the Orange County Universe. Lyon is in his autumn years now, and he was also in his autumn years a couple of years back when my friends would clean the offices of Lyon Homes in Irvine. One tim
April 4, 2006Moxley's Ochoa Trifecta
Thanks to one intrepid reporter, the Weekly got mentioned in three different newspaper stories today. Oh, and someone got out of jail. And the DA looks stupid. And the cops. And a judge. Cool. Earlier today Paul Brennan expertly explained how the LA Times was almost exactly a year late in getting to the story of James Ochoa's wrongful imprisonment, a wrong righted by our own R. Scott Moxley. However, the Times is not alone in its negligence; today also marked the popping of the OC Register's O
November 2, 2006Commie Girl--Gone :-(
Yes, kids: our award-winning Rebecca Schoenkopf has left the Weekly for...reasons you'll read later today when our infernal website finally puts up her farewell column. In the meanwhile, read OC Register columnist Frank Mickadeit's take on the matter. And do leave your thoughts/rants/valentines below. Update: Here's Rebecca's final column.
February 1, 2007DeVore Speaks (and effs up)
Legendary Louisiana Governor Earl Long used to offer the following advice to political types: "Don't write anything you can phone. Don't phone anything you can talk. Don't talk anything you can whisper. Don't whisper anything you can smile. Don't smile anything you can nod. Don't nod anything you can wink." Ol' Earl never thought it necessary to add that if you're planning a cynical little political ploy, don't announce it in advance in front of a reporter. He probably never thought anyone st
April 11, 2007Monday's Headlines & Surprises
Democrats flip-flop on SoCal bribery case report: Greg Miller at the Los Angeles Times says an internal investigations report by the House Intelligence Committee continues to remain off-limits to the public. The politicians don't want the masses to see even a declassified summary report on the embarrassing activities of disgraced Representative Randy “Duke” Cunningham. When the Republicans ran the House, the Dems screamed bloody murder that the report should be released. They changed their
July 16, 2007Monday's Headlines & Surprises: Rhinotillexomania
August 27, 2007The Annotated Bishop Brown Deposition
Today, Orange County Superior Court Judge Gail Andler ruled that a Sept. 10 deposition of Catholic Diocese of Orange Bishop Tod D. Brown for the Jeff Andrade case be released to the public. As a public service announcement, the Weekly presents an annotated version after the jump with beaucoup hotlinks. Warning: the spin of Brown and diocesan attorney Peter Callahan will cause nausea worthy of Magic Mountain. And for much more background, read our Ex Cathedra and Andrade archives. Pg. 13: Brown
September 13, 2007Stuck Inside of Memphis With the Catholic Blues Again
Writing from Staxville, on the eve of delivering a lecture about ¡Ask a Mexican! at the University of Memphis... Yesterday, the law firm of Manly, McGuire & Stewart filed a contempt of court order against Orange Bishop Tod D. Brown, the latest salvo in the Jeff Andrade case. Manly and amigos are arguing that the Orange diocese purposefully whisked Monsignor John Urell to Canada to avoid finishing a deposition that he couldn't continue back in July after breaking down in tears. The diocese deni
September 20, 2007OC Blog Spins for Urell (And Spins and Spins...)
Bear with us, gentle readers--this is a long post... Though the Weekly anointed Orange Juice as the county's best blog, even the Juicers would admit that the king of the county blogosphere is OC Blog, started and administrated by Jubal, the nom de plume of political consultant and longtime local Republican activist Matt Cunningham. Its politics are unapologetically center-right--it says so on the banner. But we had no idea that OC Blog would also evolve into a mouthpiece for the pedo-priest pro
October 1, 2007Diocesan Lawyers All of a Sudden Uppity
For decades, the Catholic Diocese of Orange has dealt with survivors of its pedo-priests in secrecy--sealed settlements, claimed ignorance, and always, always, away from a jury. In none of the civil settlements that the Orange diocese signed off on were there any admission of guilt by the priest or diocesan lay employee charged with molestation. That's what makes the current strategy by longtime diocesan lawyer Peter Callahan so bizarre. Callahan has represented the Orange diocese on almost all
October 3, 2007Bishop Brown Still Doesn't Get It
Pick up this newspaper this Thursday, when this reporter will have a more in-depth take on the Orange diocese's settling four more sex-abuse cases for about $7 million. In the meanwhile, allow your humble servant to rail about the latest foot-in-mouth case of Orange Bishop Tod D. Brown. Today, Associated Press reporter Gillian Flaccus filed a report from Newport Beach, where three of the four victims came forth to face the cameras. She also interviewed Brown, who's scheduled to appear in Orange
October 8, 2007Tuesday's Headlines & Surprises: Dana's Selective Memory
Can Bishop Brown Utter The Truth? Frank Mickadeit has an excellent column this morning on yesterday’s press conference by women who have been victimized at least three times--that would be: molested, ignored and then harassed--by Catholic Church officials. There will be more festivities today. This time Bishop Tod Brown (pictured) is set for a court contempt hearing in Orange County and if he decides to hold a press conference, The Mick has a few questions: If your Covenant With the Faithful
October 9, 2007Friends of Monsignor John Fully Repentant, Involve More Politicos
The bumblin' Friends of Monsignor John got walloped yesterday on the radio by the John and Ken Show, and today in print by Orange County Register columnist Frank Mickadeit for their, well, bumblin' (read our archives for background on the matter, por favor). Mickadeit elicited the first public response on the controversy from the Friends' website administrator and OC Blog god Matt "Jubal" Cunningham, who told Frank the posting of unredacted depositions which revealed the names of Orange diocese
October 17, 2007More on the Defenders of the Bumblin' Friends
A commentator on my previous post about the latest pee-pee battle between OC Blog god Matt "Jubal" Cunningham and Newport Beach lawyer John Manly pointed out something that deserves further examination. The lawyer helping Cunningham and the Friends of Monsignor John, Darren Aitken, not only is Cunningham's former classmate at Servite High School (the all-boys Catholic prep in Anaheim) but is also the son of Wylie Aitken, one of the county's more prominent lawyers and a longtime Democratic Party
October 17, 2007Officer, is that dandruff under your nostril?
It’s the last week of 2007 inside Orange County’s Central Justice Center, and the place is dead except at each of the three public entrances. A half-dozen young bailiffs have forgotten security fears (Al-Qaeda!) but collect pay and perks while they chat happily about the electronic toys they received for Christmas. Moments later, a well-dressed, polite, non-English-speaking man stops me, displays a court document and asks me if I speak Spanish. Nope. I scan the document he’s holding and d
December 26, 2007To Do Tonight - 01/21
AN EVENING WITH FRANK MICKADEIT, 7 p.m. Dying to get cozy with OC Register columnist Frank Mickadeit? The flyer says there's a good chance he'll serenade you too. Fullerton Public Library, Queen Mary, Long Beach CASINO NIGHT WITH THE ANAHEIM DUCKS, 7 p.m. The Ducks play dealers for charity as live jazz plays. You pay $100 for the privilege and make the Orangewood Children's Foundation happy. Honda Center, 2695 E. Katella Ave., Anaheim Nevermind, that's sold out. We'll have pictures for those wh
January 21, 2008And Now, A Complaint
Believe it or not, we want the Orange County Register to be healthy, to put out a good product. We wish it all the success in the world save for beating us on a story. So, Register: please, por favor, please work on your website. It takes forever to load, frequently misplaces Frank Mickadeit's column, and did we already say it takes too damn long to load?! It took an entire MINUTE to load your home page, a home page I had visited dozens of time today and thus accepted all of your cookies and o
February 5, 2008The Littlest Victim of the Carona Case
Wednesday night's meeting of the Orange County Press Club at Jason's in Santa Ana, which featured a panel discussion of ex-Sheriff Mike Carona's indictment and the media's role in chronicling his messy reign as the county's top cop, was a hoot and a half. One highlight was my predecessor, Will Swaim, and the Reg's Frank Mickadeit doing a dramatic reading of the FBI tape transcripts of Carona's Aug. 13 conversation with buddy-turned-informant Don Haidl about all that "untraceable" money Haidl is
February 14, 2008Register "Didn't Have The Goods" On Carona
This past Wednesday, the stage was set for an ultimate face-off: Our own R. Scott Moxley, the finest reporter in these here parts, and Register reporter Tony Saavedra, both staring down Mike Schroeder, local GOP king-maker (former Sheriff-maker, soon-to-be felon-maker), in front of the assembled members of the Orange County Press Club. Some of you may have seen signs advertising the event - "There Will Be Blood." Sadly, 'twas a far, far better thing Moxley had to do, but of course a gentleman W
February 15, 2008Ex-Sheriff's Dept. Officials Create Bold, New Firm!
Over at the Orange County Register, ace reporter Peggy Lowe writes tonight on Orange County Sheriff's Department blog news that two of indicted ex-Sheriff Mike Carona's Yes Folks (YF) quit today: assistant sheriffs Jo Ann Galisky and Steve Bishop. Somehow the third and final major YFer embarrassment, Acting Sheriff Jack Anderson, remains . . . sitting atop the massive police agency, repeatedly uttering four words: "I am the sheriff' and waiting, nervously, for guidance from Carona/GOP operativ
February 29, 2008Pedophile Protector Apologist of the Day...
...Is Patrick Redmond of Newport Beach! Today, the Orange County Register prints his letter blasting star columnist Frank Mickadeit for his supposed "umbilical fascination" with famed Catholic Church sex-abuse victim's attorney John Manly. The trigger for such a clever twist of words? A March 7 column Mickadeit wrote about the return of Monsignor John Urell, the longtime Catholic Diocese of Orange priest who lost it in a deposition regarding his pedophile-protecting past, in which he quoted a Ma
March 12, 2008Register Bootlicker Returns for Special Easter Sermon!
Holding a gun with both hands sent sensations racing down his spine to a semi-firm point between his legs. Gordon Dillow wanted to moan—purr, really—like he did in the privacy of his home. But he’d been warned twice before about fondling weapons inside Orange County Register headquarters. There was also the problem of his co-workers: in his mind, a bunch of unapologetic liberals, women, homosexuals, Jews and "gooks."** He knew they didn’t sympathize with the depths of his love for men in
March 23, 2008Rohrabacher Going Down To Defeat in November?
After pondering a posting tonight at theliberaloc.com by Gila Jones, I'm guessing that Orange County Republican pollsters have worrisome data that raises concerns about the safety of Congressman Dana Rohrabacher's re-election chances in November. An enigma wrapped in lies, a temper, quixotic brain functions, shameless self-promotion, questionable personal habits, margarita breath and a dress code likely suggested by a well-meaning but drunk Frank Mickadeit, Rohrabacher is, by any reasonable me
March 25, 2008The Reg-O-Meter©—Week Ending April 5
SUNDAY, MARCH 30 •Gordon Dillow totally calls us out in his column. The graph in question, with translations: “And then there were the blog comments from a certain Orange County ‘alternative’ weekly newspaper . . .” [Translation: OC Weekly, though if I have to actually say/write their name, I’ll burst into flames/lose bowel control/grow hair.] “. . .whose writers routinely claim that any columns I write about guns—or cops or the military or whatever—are rife with what they
April 5, 2008Orange Coast magazine has a party...
One thing you can say about Orange Coast, OC's thick, glossy-covered regional monthly magazine—they know how to throw some good parties. And the mag's grand re-launching party last night was pretty great—tasty hors d'oerves, free martinis and assorted other booze, lots of Beautiful Newport Beach People, and great views of the county from the penthouse suite of . . . well, I forget the building, but it's right near the Taco Bell skyscraper in Irvine. (It wasn't even a real penthouse, actuall
June 27, 2008The Media-O-Meter: Can a Balboa Bar save Orange Coast?
Maybe—or at least help steer OC’s 34-year-old glossy monthly magazine away from what had been a frothy, puff-piece-packed publication that featured interviews and profiles with former owner Ruth Ko’s friends, and B- (sometimes C)-grade celebrities adorning its covers who often had nothing whatsoever to do with Orange County. So by putting a close-up photo of a sweet, delicious Balboa Bar on the cover of their July “Best of Orange County” issue—the debut of a newly re-launched and
June 28, 2008The Media-O-Meter: Reggie Thievery; Desperate Mickadeit; Blind Item Bonanza
BITE ME! The Orange County Register blatantly steals ideas from other publications! Not that that's too shocking--the Reggie has been lifting from the Weekly for years without giving us credit, and the rare times they have, it usually takes the form of some vague "other media outlets" brushoff. But now they’ve gone and ripped off the New York Times, fer chrissakes! Granted, the thieves aren’t working at the Reggie itself, but instead, the Reggie-owned glossy magazine Coast. Never hea
July 12, 2008LA Times Editor Russ Stanton Addresses OC Press Club
With apologies to Orange County Register sports genius Randy Youngman, notes, quotes and observations, from this night's Orange County Press Clubs shindig at the Island Hotel near Fashion Island: *Event was sold out, which meant there were around 150 people in attendance. Men wore suits; women, dresses. Me? Khakis and Chucks. Where was Frank Mickadeit to outschlub me? *Menu was amazingly delicious considering it was catered. Starting with a salad that didn't suck (heirloom pear tomatoes), cont
July 18, 2008A Wink, a Prayer and Some Spilt Ink for Mike Carona
You can credit indicted ex-Sheriff Mike Carona (pictured in his old chick magnet outfit) for turning federal Judge Andrew Guilford’s stately 10th-floor Santa Ana courtroom into a bloody, limb-strewn morgue for the once-touted character of “America’s Sheriff.” So what do Frank Mickadeit and Jeffrey Rawitz find so amusing? They wink, smile and nod at each other so often a stranger might believe he’d witnessed the blossoming of a torrid affair. Their communications are the kind of sneaky
November 17, 2008Jim Gilchrist to Speak at Long Beach State Today--Students, Please Go
The Southern California progressive community is abuzz with word that Minuteman Project founder Jim Gilchrist and his anti-illegals pal, Ted Hayes, will "lecture" at Long Beach State today. "The topic is to inform students and the general public on the Racist Agenda of the La Raza at the national, college, and high school level," says the press release put out by the Conservative Student Union, which doesn't even have a location for what will surely be an afternoon of laughs. This time last yea
November 19, 2008Reporter's Radio Roundtable on Mike Carona Trial Today
Along with Orange County Register columnist Frank Mickadeit, I'm appearing today on The OC Show With Cameron Jackson for an hour-long discussion about ex-sheriff Mike Carona, his disgraceful conduct in office, the just-completed trial, crazy jurors and the lapdog local media.You can hear the 5 p.m. broadcast at KUCI-FM 88.9 if you're within about 8 miles of Irvine, or, if not, the station has a "listen now" button on its website at www.kuci.org.The show also can be found here.Neither Frank nor C
January 23, 2009Ex-Sheriff Mike Carona Used All the Weapons In His Arsenal to Trick a Jury. He Still Lost
January 22, 2009This Is Your Life: A Companion Guide/Shameless Propaganda for 'Orange County: A Personal History'
September 11, 2008[Moxley Confidential] Ron Cedillos Hasn't Told the Whole Story of His Falling-Out With Mike Carona
July 24, 2008Letters From OC Weekly Readers
May 29, 2008OC Register Refuses to Close Down Its Own Secret Sex Club
April 24, 2008Bad Moves
September 27, 2007Fuhgeddaboutit
April 13, 2006Slammer Time
October 27, 2005Tour of Booty
June 30, 2005The Pringle-Spanos Tango
June 2, 2005Notable Quotables
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June 2, 2005Frank Mickadeit Uncovers The Already-Uncovered Truth About Zodiac 'Daughter'
Wikipedia / Fair UseHow the Zodiac Killer communicated with the media.When the Register a few weeks ago ran a front-page profile of Deborah Perez, the ex-Santa Ana resident who claims her father was the notorious Zodiac Killer, our Nick Schou pointed out that the Reg missed the really interesting part of the story. In addition to being a murderer's daughter, Perez was also the daughter of President John F. Kennedy!Well, that's at least what some sources say she previously claimed. Details here.
May 21, 2009Run For Your Lives, It's The Summer Of Frank Mickadeit!
"Little doubt in my mind that 2009 will go down in O.C. history as 'The Summer of Frank.'"- Register columnist Frank Mickadeit, announcing his plans to terrorize the County in a ten-night rampage through OC's Elks Lodges. If you thought 2001's "Summer of the Shark" was scary, you aint seen nothing: Sharks may be fearsome, but at least they don't know how to abuse first-person pronouns.
May 28, 2009Tuesday's Headlines & Surprises
Top U.S. Secrets to Crooks, Idiots and Dopers: The Hill newspaper in Washington, D.C., reports this morning that the Pentagon, the guys running the Iraq War, now want Congress to allow national security clearances for government employees who are “ex-convicts, drug addicts and mentally incompetent.” Congress currently bans the practice. But Pentagon brass say the restriction “unduly” handicaps the Department of Defense and note that people should be forgiven for their sins—unless, of
July 10, 2007Racist OC Register Reader Fustercluck of the Week: "Stupid Asians!"
So far, this column has focused on stories with headlines and subject matters--gangs in Santa Ana, white people voting more often than Latinos, Latina columnists being employed by the Register and daring to write sympathetic stories about immigrants--that are virtually guaranteed to attract racist comments. But as this week's installment makes clear, you never know what kind of a story will set off at least one nutjob with a keyboard. Even a column as seemingly non-racial and innocuous as Frank
August 21, 2009Is Linda Ackerman Sliming Chris Norby With Dirty Sex Tales?
Linda Ackerman uses Dick to rub NorbyIt's potentially the most lethal weapon in Linda Ackerman's campaign to defeat Republican county Supervisor Chris Norby for Mike Duvall's open state Assembly seat: sexual misconduct innuendo. The reason is simple. Duvall resigned in September after the Weekly and KCAL revealed that the self-styled Christian conservative and vice chairman of the Assembly utilities committee had bragged about having sloppy sex with two Sacramento-based lobbyists--one of whom
October 12, 2009Feeling Slutty? Let Us Dress You Up as OC's Scariest People!
October 29, 2009What Does the Mayan Calendar Say About Three H's Running for OC Sheriff?
Sheriff Craig Hunter?Hang onto your seats, disaster lovers! The dynamics of the 2010 race for Orange County sheriff changed this week with the candidacy of Craig Hunter, second in command at the Anaheim Police Department. No need to consult your astrological chart or the Mayan calendar for a deep meaning regarding the three H's running--Hunter, Hunt and Hutchens. The race is now ripe for brutal campaign combat. Here's why: As it stands, incumbent but electoral-untested Sandra Hutchens
November 20, 2009
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