Subject: John Campbell

• Red (County) Herring

  Tan Nguyen is an unfortunate, foolish, racist man who did and continues to do unfortunate, foolish, racist things. But who cares? Don't get me wrong, the issue deserves coverage, especially from OC's homegrown authority on all things Mexican. But Tan is drawing all eyes to him - journalists and bloggers, Republicans and Democracts, conservatives and liberals. And, of course, foaming-at-the-mouth racists. Seriously. Tan was never going to beat Loretta Sanchez. I suppose rallying the troops again

  October 23, 2006

• Mea Culpa, We Fuck-Uppa

  There were two HUUUUGE mistakes in the virtual droolings below. First, in KEN CALVERT'S MOD SQUAD, we reported that OC Blog has always been behind state Senator John Campbell (R-Richy Richland) from the beginning of his quest for the 48th Congressional District seat. A close follower of Clockwork and OC Blog informed us that OC Blog first supported Assemblyman Dick Ackerman (R-Notso Welloffville), going so far as to brand Campbell as something of a Calvertesque Commie up until Ackerman dropped o

  November 21, 2005

• Harmin' Harman

  Another law the Fullerton-based California Rifle and Pistol Association sponsors, and had introduced by Assemblyman Tom Harman (R-Huntington Beach) would allow those brought up on non-violent weapons charges to enter a "pre-trial diversion program," like traffic school for minor vehicle law offenders, except instead of getting bored to tears by a monotone speaker explaining the intricacies of California's vehicle code, you'll be bored to tears by a monotone speaker explaining the intricacies of

  March 12, 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

• Monday's Headlines & Surprises: Ass Slapping Fun!

  Worm Attack in Dana Point? TMZ reports that Orange County police are investigating former Los Angeles Laker/Chicago Bull Dennis Rodman for allegedly committing a “crime” inside the Hennessy's Tavern near PCH in Dana Point. The celebrity website says Rodman was accused of slapping a female customer's ass so hard it left a “major mark.” No word on what part of his anatomy did the slapping. Jim Amormino, sheriff's spokesman, said dicks in his department's “sex crimes unit” are on

  September 24, 2007

• Friday's Headlines & Surprises: Hanging with Henry Segerstom

  Pair of Jacks: To build the impressive Great Park that it has promised, Larry Agran’s Irvine political machine is desperate for new sources of revenue. Congressman John Campbell (R-Nothing Down; Drive Off The Lot) wants to block Agran, a Democrat, from partnering with the Juaneno Mission Indians, who are shopping for locations to build a casino if they soon win federal recognition of their tribe. Vanja Petrovic and Vik Jolly at the Register report that Campbell, a longtime Agran nemesis, intr

  October 5, 2007

• You're only an Indian if the government says so

  Forget that the Juaneno Indians helped build Mission San Juan Capistrano, or that they had a very real and very different name (the Acjachemem) before the Spanish renamed them after the Mission, or that they've been around for 9,000 years. The federal government just ain't buyin' it. The blow came today, when the The Bureau of Indian Affairs rejected two separate applications for federal tribal recognition by members of the Juanenos, which were once scattered all over Orange County. Recognit

  November 28, 2007

• Firecrackers, Rats and Some GOP guy's Mansion

  On a cool evening in the heart of Little Saigon loud firecrackers periodically exploded as Vietnamese Americans celebrated the coming of Tet (Vietnamese New Year) and something that should comfort Anaheim Mayor Curt Pringle: the launching of the Year of the Rat. Of course, I'm kidding. According to Wikipedia, “rats can be terribly obstinate and controlling." Pringle is just the opposite: controlling and obstinate. I’d thought of Pringle because as I worked my way through a traffic jam in

  February 6, 2008

• Cracking Open a Miller

  Congressman Gary Miller (R-Diamond Bar) has jack-assed his way back into the news. Seems he owns $20,000 in toll road bonds. What's the big deal? Miller is a big-time toll-road supporter, putting his signature on letters of support to the project as well as garnering earmark after earmark of pork-barrel tax-payer dollars for the project, the completion of which is necessary for the return of Miller's money. The Register tried out a new tactic this week and actually did some reporting for a chan

  July 17, 2008

• Endorse-O-Matic!

  November 7, 2002

• Mackerel Flats' Folks Leaning Toward Obama? Who Knew?

  Around 11 this morning, KPCC 89.3 FM's AirTalk show presented a call-in segment called "I Didn't Know My Neighbor Was Voting For (Fill In The Blank)!" Host Larry Mantle wanted to know whether anyone's neighbors put political signs on their front lawns that surprised the listener. First caller Garrett of Newport Beach said he is seeing a lot more Obama for President signs in front of houses in his neighborhood (including his own) than he would have expected in the heart of conservative Orange C

  October 21, 2008

• Mars Barred

  January 22, 2004

• Goodbye, Jim

  August 24, 2006

• Dems Bringing Sexy Back?

  *Update: They just announced Papi Pulido beat out Michelle Martinez for the SanTana mayoral seat. Not much cheering. Everyone's busy bumping and grinding. *Update 2: A mean trick played by accident on congressional candidate Steve Young led him and his campaign team to believe, for a brief, exultant moment, that he'd beat incumbent John Campbell. A television blip around 10:30 p.m. flashed Young and Campbell's numbers in reverse. Champagne was popped and victory cheers were unleashed but it wa

  November 4, 2008

• It's a Quick Read

  When I moved from a growing inland daily newspaper that was printing 70,000 copies to the shrinking Daily Pilot of Newport Beach/Costa Mesa that was printing 25,000 copies or whatever it was in 1989, the press on the other side of the wall from the newsroom quickly got up to top speed my first day and then just as quickly slowed to a stop. "Pre-run is over," I said out loud, having been my previous paper's bulldog editor who checks test copies an

  February 25, 2009

• An Orange County with Two Democratic Congress Members?

  Make room, Loretta Sanchez?TheLiberalOC.com reported today that serious efforts are underway to elect not just Orange County's second Democrat to Congress but also its second female Democrat. Dan Chmielewski, who runs the influential progressive blog and has undeniable insider Democratic Party connections, wrote that Irvine City Council member Beth Krom (pictured during a KUCI appearance) is "putting the pieces together" to seek the 48th Congressional District seat occupied by Republican John C

  March 1, 2009

• John Campbell's Back, And We Unfortunately Know Why He Left

  You now know too much about this man.No one seemed to notice when John Campbell, the Republican U.S. Rep. for Irvine, Newport and coastal South County, stopped showing up to Congress last month. And by "no one," I mean the Weekly, the Times and the Register, none of which ever mentioned that Campbell had announced he was going under the knife for gastrointestinal surgery at the beginning of February.But Campbell updated constituents in an email blast today, saying he's recovering nicely and is r

  March 5, 2009

• Krom Makes Congressional Bid for Campbell Seat Official

  Nine days after R. Scott Moxley, with an assist from TheLiberalOC.com, blogged that Irvine City Councilwoman Beth Krom was "putting the pieces together" to seek the 48th Congressional District seat occupied by Republican John Campbell, Krom made it official."On issues that matter to this district, the economy, jobs and economic development, education, the environment, public safety and transportation, John Campbell has no record of accomplishment either as a congressman or as a state legislator.

  March 9, 2009

• [Moxley Confidential] The Strange Case of the Deputy-Confiscated Videotape

  September 11, 2008

• A CLOCKWORK NARANJA

  August 11, 2005

• The Gilchristification of OC

  March 30, 2006

• Toll Road Rage: Ken Ryan and Friends

  March 16, 2006

• Diary of a Mad County

  January 26, 2006

• The Year in Diary of a Mad County

  Worst. Year. Ever!
  

  December 29, 2005

• Diary of a Mad County

  Dec. 14-20

  December 22, 2005

• Diary of a Mad County

  December 8, 2005

• Letters

  Toots is older than Mick but smokes twice as much herb as Keith Richards.

  December 1, 2005

• Campbell’s Dupe

  November 24, 2005

• Democratic Realpolitik

  October 6, 2005

• a Clockwork Orange

  September 22, 2005

• A CLOCKWORK ORANGE

  September 15, 2005

• A CLOCKWORK NARANJA

  September 1, 2005

• A CLOCKWORK ORANGE

  August 18, 2005

• A CLOCKWORK ORANGE

  August 4, 2005

• Tax Man Tran

  July 14, 2005

• These Are Your Twenties

  June 23, 2005

• Pussies Galore!

  July 29, 2004

• The Times They Are A-Changin . . . Back!

  March 4, 2004

• Should We Talk About the Weather

  November 13, 2003

• Diary of a Mad County

  March 7, 2002

• Congressman Campbell, The Excellent Blogger

  John CampbellIf you're able to stomach the bitchy bitching about Obama, Congressman John Cambpell's "laptop reports" to constituents are actually pretty good reads. Why? He has figured out what makes great bloggers great: gimmicks!This latest bend-over-backwards-to-be-clever narrative structure:Three Liners: OK, so 'one-liner' is the term we all know and are accustomed to hearing, well I can't tell you much in one line, but here's a group of three-liners on various subjects which may give you so

  May 18, 2009

• How Pro-Life Activists and OC Supervisors Cut Off Funds to Planned Parenthood

  July 2, 2009

• Letters From OC Weekly Readers

  July 9, 2009

• The Other Side of the Health-Care Debate Strikes Back

  The other side of the health-care debate (think opposite of Fox News' town hall criers) has come out swinging of late.California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee just issued a statement with the provocative title, "California's Real Death Panels: Insurers Deny 21% of Claims." The CNA/NNOC has compiled data that shows one in five requests for medical claims for insured patients, even when recommended by a patient's physician, are rejected by California's largest private in

  September 2, 2009

• John Campbell Tries To Honor UCI Volleyball But Gets Spiked

  ​Poor John Campbell (R-Real Housewives). He tried to do a nice thing for his constituents -- which we deserve, given that he refuses to earmark federal dollars for local projects -- but his gesture turned into a political football. Ok, a political volleyball.Fox News's Chad Pergram has written up the sad saga of Campbell's attempt to get federal recognition for UC Irvine's mens' volleyball team, which won the national championship.Campbell introduced a bill in the House of Representatives to c

  October 15, 2009

• John Campbell's Attempt at 'Negative Earmarking' Voted Down

  Say what you will about his e-mails and digestive issues, but you gotta hand it to Rep. John Campbell (R-Newport) for really, really hating federal earmarks. He doesn't request any federal project dollars for his district -- luckily, other members of the Orange County D.C. delegation do that for him -- and he's got his own little online earmark reform center.Yesterday, he introduced an amendment to the House of Representatives to prevent further funding of the John Murtha Johnstown-Cambria Count

  May 22, 2009