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Less than an hour until the polls close...
... and I'm soooooo confused. I was out of town last Thursday through Sunday, and when I returned there were 17 messages on my phone from the likes of Pete Wilson, Dick Ackerman, Hillary Clinton, someone yammering about Jessica's Law, the Nguyen running for an OC school board seat and his partner in crime David Boyd, Wendy Leece (Costa Mesa City Council), Ben Stein, Alan Mansoor (Costa Mesa CC), sheriff's lieutenant Ron Cunningham (from which sheriff's agency, Lordy knows), "Don't Call Me" Shirl
November 7, 2006The Natives are Getting Restless
Remember how congenial the OC GOP gathering at the Hyatt Regency Irvine seemed a few minutes ago? Fuck that shit. Election-loss testiness reared its ugly head at 10:20 p.m., our R. Scott Moxley reports from the scene. As the giant TV screen showing CNN flashed pictures of presumed California winners Arnold Schwarzenegger (governor), Tom McClintock (lieutenant governor) and Steve Poizner (insurance commissioner), Young Republican types yelped with respectful cheers. But they filled the hall wi
November 7, 2006Eddie Rose on "The Good, the Bad & the Ugly"
Eddie Rose writes: "In California this year, we have--with one notable exception--the WORST slate of candidates, including a man who can't pronounce the name of the state he claims to serve! Were it not for the importance of several ballot propositions, it probably wouldn't make much sense to go to the polls at all--unless you believe that we should simply vote for the LESSER OF EVILS. What an option! Here are my recommendations: Prop. 1A: Use existing gas taxes for roads and transportatio
October 29, 2006Wherefore Late Democratic Gains?
Interesting; two hours ago (around 9:45) Dem John Garamendi was 2.5% behind Repub Tom McClintock for Lieutenant Governor. Now, at nigh-midnight, he's up by 1.5%. His gains have been incremental, but constant and steady. Similarly, Dem Debra Bowen has creeped an eensy 0.2% above Bruce McPherson for Secretary of State. Also, Schwarzenegger has gone down steadily from a 63% lead over Angelides to--um, well, a 57% lead. Bill Lockyer and Jerry Brown, big Dems both, leapt ahead of their competition
November 7, 2006Slumlord Moonbeam
Do not continue reading if, like millions who clamor for the latest Multihousing Professional magazine, you do not want to know what's in the March/April 2006 issue. The cover boy is former California Governor/current Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown, whose face is fuzzed out enough to make you wonder if he's a hologram. Guess they don't just do that for Elizabeth Taylor. The headline? "Uptown, Turn Around Jerry Brown." Cute, no? But there's something even cuter. Under the "Also in this issue" heading
April 5, 2006Is There an ECCO in Here?
Interesting June 6 election endorsements from the Elections Committee of the County of Orange (ECCO), a political action committee aimed at mainstream (change to:) Democrat Party hacky gay lesbians Democrats: GOVERNOR Steve Westley (D) - endorsed Phil Angelides (D) - acceptable Arnold Schwarzenegger (D, er, R) - unacceptable ATTORNEY GENERAL Rocky "The Liar" Delgadillo (D) - endorsed Jerry Brown (D) - acceptable 69th ASSEMBLY DISTRICT Armando "Not My Real Last Name" de la Libertad (D) - en
June 1, 2006Thursday's Headlines & Surprises
Best medicine you can buy?: Last November, Dr. Prem Reddy—chairman of Prime Healthcare—gave $100,000 to the Oakland charter school created by Attorney General Jerry Brown and—shazam!—three months later, last February, Reddy won AG approval of a sweet hospital deal. Brown said the 100 G's meant nothing to him. Daniel Costello of the LA Times reports today that the AG's staff has blocked Reddy's latest takeover attempt at the nonprofit Anaheim Memorial Medical Center. Yo, Reddy: Perhaps y
July 12, 2007Thursday's Headlines & Surprises: Darth Vader Chases Janet Nguyen
October 11, 2007Monday's Headlines. No Surprises: Shaky ground for the mayor-who-would-be-governor
Preparing for deportation: In the past fiscal year, Immigration and Customs Enforcement made almost twice as many arrests (30,396) in its fugitive operations program as it did the previous year, reports the Register. ICE also picked up more than 4,000 illegals in workplace raids - up 11 percent from 2006. The increase in raids have immigration rights advocates urging families to plan for a deportation. On the to-do list: "taking care of property records and finances and making clear plans for w
November 26, 2007Weenie Roast
Allen Baylis, you and your fellow nudie burgers just won the right to continue sunbathing in the buff at Trail 6 on San Onofre State Beach. What are you going to do next? "We'll probably have a barbecue at the beach this weekend." What, you thought they were going to Disneyland? Baylis, a Huntington Beach attorney, naturist and city council candidate, made the skimp on the barbie remark to the Register, which got his reaction to Orange County Superior Court Judge Sheila Fell ruling for the N
August 28, 2008Police Chief Operates Surf City's Only Medical Marijuana Dispensary
Cops around here have developed a nasty habit: bogarting joints. That is, they illegally confiscate medical marijuana, get dragged into court for violating state law, lollygag in chambers for years, and have the local verdict kicked up to appellate court, where they ultimately lose and have to give the Devil's weed back, seeing as how state law protects legitimate medical marijuana patients like the ones cops around here keep busting. (Knit beanies off to Newport Beach artist michaelm for having
September 17, 2008I, Cardenas
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February 21, 2002Tim Carpenter: Back With a Vengeance
“I haven't seen you since 1988,” Tim Carpenter says with astonishment as he finally recognizes the progressive activist whose hand he's been shaking during a brief break between a press conference and rally for Democratic candidates at the Teamsters Local 952 union hall in Orange last Friday. Before 2002, if there was a demonstration for homeless rights or against the death penalty or nuclear proliferation, you can bet he was not only there, he probably organized it. Partially for financial
October 20, 2008The 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, 2008Jerry, Be Wary
January 31, 2008OC Shows Respectable Level of Support for Prop. 8 Challenge
According to the National Center for Lesbian Rights, Lambda Legal and the ACLU, among the Orange County contingent filing "friend of the court" briefs in support of Attorney General Jerry Brown's legal challenge of same-sex marriage barring Proposition 8:Irvine United Congregational ChurchOrange County Asian Pacific Islander Community AllianceThe Center Orange CountyChapman University groups Chapman Outlaw, Chapman Queer-Straight Alliance, Chapman Feminists, and Chapman SPEAK (Students for Peace
January 22, 2009Still More Fun From the Prop. 8 Imbroglio . . .
If it is even possible, there will be a greater concentration of gay and lesbian people in San Francisco on March 5, when the California Supreme Court hears oral arguments in the challenge of Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage. On the flipside, the day could also see a huge spike in intolerant religious zealot homophobic nutbars. Paaaartay! With the backing of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Attorney General Jerry Brown will ask the Supremes to invalidate Prop. 8 on grounds that cer
February 3, 2009It's a Quick Read 27
Orange County Register: Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement agents, Inglewood police and members of a multi-agency task force surveilling Gerardo Medina Hernandez say they watched him pull packages from two compartments built into the front wheel wells of his 2005 Volkswagen sport utility vehicle and put them into a cooler in his garage in the 1700 block of West Lincoln Avenue, Anaheim. The packs contained 95 lbs. of black tar heroin worth an estimated $10 million, making this
April 7, 2009Commie Girl
Madam Chairwoman: Rock on!
November 16, 2006Not a 'Stiff,' Nor a 'Loser'
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May 18, 2006Capitol Punishment
How Arnold Schwarzenegger stopped worrying and learned to love selling out to special interests
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February 19, 2004Arnold Uber Alles!
November 6, 2003Mine Kampf
January 9, 2003Simon Flip-Flops, Woos Gays
August 29, 2002What Gives?
July 11, 2002Letters
April 4, 2002Part 11: The Tim Carpenter Award for Jeffersonian Achievement
October 26, 2000Shoot!
September 21, 2000Lock Our Asses Up!
May 27, 1999October-December
January 7, 1999Political Football
November 12, 1998Eeeek!
November 12, 1998Orange County's Scariest People!
November 5, 1998Letters
October 29, 1998Letters
October 8, 1998Let Jerry Speak!
September 17, 1998Fringe Benefits
August 20, 1998It's a Quick Read 36: HOT! Weekend and Monday Edition
Orange County Register: The current heatwave broke 51-year-old records in Orange County. . . . The CHP needs your help nabbing whoever took a potshot at an officer responding to a freeway overpass suicide attempt last week. . . . Two of the 10 worst charities in America are based in Orange County. . . . AngelsWin.com removed a message board where a fan was selling unauthorized t-shirts memorializing Nick Adenhart. Lansner: Demand for OC homes has returned to 2005 levels.Los Angeles Times: Messag
April 20, 2009OC Weekly Receives 8 SoCal Journalism Awards Nominations
The OC Weekly--as in ORANGE COUNTY Weekly--plot for Los Angeles media market domination has been slow to achieve but persistent, as evidenced by the impressive showing Weeklings make on the Los Angeles Press Club's list of finalists for the 51st annual SoCal Journalism Awards.Winners will be announced June 14 at the "newly renovated" Sheraton Universal hotel. Which means several of us will be consulting MapQuest between now and June 14. Most certainly MapQuesting will be Daffodil J. Altan, who i
May 14, 2009Jerry Brown Wants Your Green
Courtesy of Jerry Brown 2010Buddy comedy stars Sean Penn and Jerry Brown.With the Golden State crumbling around the feet of the Democratic Party and an ineffective, GOP-loathed Republican governor, billionaires Meg Whitman (of CEO of eBay fame) and Steve Poizner (of state insurance commissioner and Little People, Big World fame) are whoofing up cash in their respective bids for the GOP nomination for governor in 2010. This has led to the following letter from state attorney general, ex-governor
June 24, 2009Bummer Summer for San Onofre's Nude Sunbathers
Photo by Tim MelidoNaturist attorney Allen Baylis loses latest round in court but vows to press on. As last summer was winding down, the Naturist Action Committee scored a legal victory in their fight to retain the right for nude sunbathers to go au natural on San Onofre State Beach's traditionally clothing-optional Trail 6 strand.As this summer heats up, the committee and local nudists are reeling from a legal defeat that could force them to cover up on the same 1,000-foot stretch of sand.Cindy
June 29, 2009Sanchez for Governor: I'm In, I'm Out, Maybe I'm Back In, Perhaps Not
Several thousand words into Mark Leibovich's 8,000-word New York Times Magazine piece titled "Who Can Possibly Govern California?" our own superstar Latina of Congress pops up briefly.Recently I called Loretta Sanchez, the outspoken and increasingly visible Democratic congresswoman from Orange County, who had been mentioned as a possible candidate if [Los Angeles Mayor Antonio] Villaraigosa did not run. She described a "hypothetical" candidate who happened to sound a lot like Loretta Sanchez."I'
July 6, 2009AG Jerry Brown Goes After OC Mortgage Loan Modifiers
AG Jerry Brown and his suede-denim secret police are coming after OC loan modification companies. California Attorney General Jerry Brown is cracking down on 133 Orange County-based home loan modifiers, reports Orange County Register "Mortgage Insider" Matthew Padilla. Anyone who read Clockwork's Welcome to the Poorhouse: Problem Makers Become "Solvers"--which was about loan companies and officers who helped facilitate the mortgage meltdown now being in the business of helping modify the loa
August 13, 2009Another Day, Another Dropped Mike Duvall Investigation
"Open Mike" DuvallA day after the Assembly Ethics Committee and Assembly Speaker Karen Bass announced they will not go after disgraced former Assemblyman Mike Duvall, California Attorney General Jerry Brown revealed today he doesn't plan to investigate the Yorba Linda Republican either.In other Duvall news, five candidates have reportedly qualified to run in a November special election for the Assembly seat he vacated.
October 6, 2009Jerry Brown Swings By Irvine to Talk About His Political Career
Orange County isn't exactly "Brown Country," but ol' Governor Moonbeam himself, Jerry Brown, is coming here to speak about his 40-year political career and California's future.That could be helpful, seeing as how your state Attorney General--Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown Jr. is the full name, in case you've missed it--just happens to be running for governor again.
October 23, 2009Another 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 Assemblyman Mike Duvall.Watchdog nonprofit Common Cause submitted a request to the FPPC for an official investigation into the man caught on camera bragging graphically about having sex with a lobbyist. T
October 29, 2009Gavin Newsom Drops Out of Governor Race
Not OC news, but we are in California: San Fransisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has dropped out of the race to be governor.It now looks like Attorney General Jerry Brown--you know, the crusty guy who used to be governor--faces very little Democratic primary opposition. Meanwhile, the Republican nomination remains a three-way between ex-Ebay CEO/political lightweight Meg Whitman and two very cordial dudes, Steve Poizner and Tom Campbell.
October 30, 2009
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