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November 7, 2006
Glum Old Party?
With the Democrats taking the House and threatening to take the Senate at this hour, you might expect the Orange County GOP election night party at the Hyatt Regency Irvine to be a mopey affair. After all, a huge banner in the room proclaims this is "America's Most Republican County." But, other tha ... More >>
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April 16, 2007
Cop Land
Longtime courthouse observers can't remember the last time an Orange County jury convicted a police officer of abusing his power. It's not that abuse doesn't periodically occur. Several months ago, I watched the trial of an Irvine cop who got an erection and ejaculated on a female motorist in Laguna ... More >>
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May 20, 2007
Key OC Republicans Back Civilian Oversight of Sheriff
Steven Greenhut over at The Orange County Register's Orange Punch blog recently reported more bad news for Sheriff Mike Carona. Key members of the powerful Republican Lincoln Club announced last week they believe it's time to form a civilian review panel over the sheriff's department, says Greenhu ... More >>
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May 22, 2007
Civilian Review of Sheriff Passes 5-0
Steven Greenhut at the Register's Orange Punch Liberty Blog attended today's Board of Supervisors meeting and reports that Sheriff Mike Carona lost his bid to kill the concept of a civilian review panel. Thanks to a surprising last-minute switch by Supervisor Bill Campbell, the vote was 5-0, accor ... More >>
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June 1, 2006
Is 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 Schwarzenegg ... More >>
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July 21, 2007
Saturday's Headlines & Surprises
Saddle Sores: Supervisor John Moorlach hasn't been in office long but he could be the most revolutionary county politician since . . . well . . . we haven't had any revolutionary politicians on the board of supervisors. On Friday, Moorlach announced plans to cut pension benefits retroactively for c ... More >>
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August 9, 2007
Thursday's Headlines & Surprises
Speed Eating: Would you eat 42 peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches in 10 minutes for $1,500? Patrick “P-Rock” Beroletti, a twentysomething-year-old Chicago cook, won the Drum Corps International World Peanut Butter and Jelly Eating Championship this week at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park. (Ear ... More >>
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August 10, 2007
Friday's Headlines & Surprises
No, really? You can finally relax. The Coastline Pilot decided it was time to voice its opposition to alcohol consumption by teenagers. “Drinks, teens shouldn't mix,” the Los Angeles Times-owned community paper serving Laguna Beach declared today. And just in case readers didn't comprehend the ... More >>
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August 16, 2007
Thursday's Headlines & Surprises: OC Judge Slaps Guv
Will a murder inmate defeat the Guv? Orange County Superior Court Judge Kazuharo Makino — a quiet, often-expressionless fellow who is married to a court reporter — ruled yesterday that Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was wrong to deny parole to Delbert “Dale” Chrittenden. The inmate was foun ... More >>
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August 28, 2007
No Street Cred
The county's biggest public worker union called on all OC factions -- Republicans, Democrats and all those in-between -- to join them in a countywide recall effort to remove County Treasurer-Tax Collector, Chriss Street, from office. The County's money manager is under investigation by the Orange Co ... More >>
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September 12, 2007
Wednesday's Headlines
More immigrants than ever: Bilingual folks ain't so special anymore. The U.S. Census Bureau reports that nearly one in five people living in the United States speaks a language other than English. The number of immigrants in the country is at an all time high at 37.5 million, according to 2006 data ... More >>
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September 21, 2007
Friday's Headlines & Surprises: The Drake Two-Step
Dancing With the Fibber: UC Irvine Chancellor Michael V. Drake has inspired a new dance. We’re calling it the Drake Two-Step, and it goes like this: hire, lie, fire, lie, rehire, wiggle. For a story in today’s Times, Drake admits that he “bungled” the firing last week of Erwin Chemerinsky a ... More >>
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October 3, 2007
Wednesday's Headlines & Surprises: My New Slogan For The Deputies!
Back the Badge, Support the Star, Empty your Wallet: Peggy Lowe at the Register watched “dozens of black-shirted deputies march through Civic Center Tuesday as the union went on a public offensive to rally support for their fight to preserve” an incredibly generous pay, perk and pension package ... More >>
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October 11, 2007
Thursday's Headlines & Surprises: Darth Vader Chases Janet Nguyen
Back the Badge, Support the Star, Empty your Wallet: Peggy Lowe at the Register watched “dozens of black-shirted deputies march through Civic Center Tuesday as the union went on a public offensive to rally support for their fight to preserve” an incredibly generous pay, perk and pension package ... More >>
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October 15, 2007
Monday's Headlines. No Surprises: More Ex-Gay Action in Irvine
More ex-gay Irvine action: Over the weekend, the devil snuck into Irvine and the mainstream media said nary a word. On Saturday, Focus on the Family's homosexuality-quashing Love Won Out conference came to Mariners Church (the event was interestingly categorized under "MarinerScare" on the church w ... More >>
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October 23, 2007
Tuesday's Headlines & Surprises: A Blue Flame For Republicanism!
Cal-infernos Rage On: Residents at 248 Modjeska Canyon homes were evacuated in the middle of the night thanks to the arson fire that’s now burned a massive 15,000 acres in Orange County. Before sunrise the winds were relatively non-existent but the air was nasty with ash. Mail delivery folks were ... More >>
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October 24, 2007
Wednesday's Headlines & Surprises: A Real Saint in OC
While Politicians Yap, Strickland Performs: The current issue of People celebrates Orange County’s Alena Strickland, 49, for taking in 112 foster children. Yes, 112. Even more impressive? According to the article, each child has had special needs such as autism, blindness and deafness. She doesn� ... More >>
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November 6, 2007
Sheriff Carona Takes Two-Month Vacation
Halfway through today's intensely dull OC Board of Supervisors meeting, during which the supes hemmed and hawed about whether to allow county voters to demand elected officials under indictment take a paid leave of absence, board chairman Chris Norby paused to read a letter from Sheriff Mike Carona, ... More >>
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January 17, 2008
Moorlach, NY Times Refuse to Acknowledge Moxley
Our former sheriff Mike Carona made the New York Times a couple of days ago, and the parachute dispatch was boring save for the last segment: In recent years, however, local news outlets reported accusations of murky financial dealings and the misuse of public money and accusations of infidelity. ... More >>
Blogs
March 10, 2009
Supervisors Abort Planned Parenthood Funding
As anticipated, the Orange County Board of Supervisors today cut about $300,000 in Planned Parenthood health education funding by canceling the nonprofit's contract through the Coalition of Orange County Community Clinics. Each Supe cited a moral objection to Orange-based Planned Parenthood providin ... More >>
Blogs
March 11, 2009
Welcome to the Poorhouse: the Rise of the No-Tell Motel
I was feeling pretty shitty this morning about having to talk to a credit-card company and charge-card company about their hardship programs. Then the New York Times reminded me things could be much worse.In light of the current financial meltdown, reporter Erik Eckholm puts a fresh spin on the Oran ... More >>
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March 16, 2009
It's a Quick Read 14: Weekend and Monday B.S.
Orange County Register: Octo-Mom took spawn from her oldest litters to Knott's Berry Farm on Saturday and Disneyland the day before, and all she got were crummy t-shirts reading: "More kids have passed through my log fume than Knott's" and "Your Kaiser co-pays help ... More >>
News
June 19, 2008
Meet the New Sheriff . . .
Taking a wait-and-see stance toward OC’s new top cop
Features
December 27, 2007
Has It Been a Year Already?
2007: A year to remember
News
November 1, 2007
No Party Favors
The county GOP gives beleaguered Republican board members at Capo Unified Schools a vote of no-confidence
News
April 19, 2007
Cop Land
Pressure mounts for civilian oversight
News
August 11, 2005
The First Annual OC Weekly Pension-Crisis Essay Contest!
Pressure mounts for civilian oversight
Columns
March 4, 2004
The Times They Are A-Changin . . . Back!
The GOP gets funky, by which of course we mean they smell
News
December 14, 2000
The Metamorphosis
John Moorlach re-fights Measure H
Columns
March 27, 2003
The Adventures of John Moorlach
John Moorlach re-fights Measure H
News
February 8, 2001
The Honeymoon Continues
The press and politicians protect John Moorlach from tough questions about Edison investments
Features
November 9, 2000
Behind the Smoke
Measure G to the countys poor: Go to the end of the line, and wait there for 20 yearsagain
Columns
November 18, 1999
Lifes a Beach, Then You Sue
Measure G to the countys poor: Go to the end of the line, and wait there for 20 yearsagain
News
February 18, 1999
Blown Coverage
How to keep ignoring the bankruptcy fallout
Blogs
June 24, 2009
Planned Parenthood Still In the Running for County Funding
All seemed to be said and done yesterday in the fight over whether Planned Parenthood should receive county funds for its non-abortion related health care programs.
News
July 2, 2009
How Pro-Life Activists and OC Supervisors Cut Off Funds to Planned Parenthood
All seemed to be said and done yesterday in the fight over whether Planned Parenthood should receive county funds for its non-abortion related health care programs.
Columns
July 9, 2009
Letters From OC Weekly Readers
All seemed to be said and done yesterday in the fight over whether Planned Parenthood should receive county funds for its non-abortion related health care programs.
Blogs
August 14, 2009
Friday Film Funnies Fun: The OCTA, and John Moorlach the Bus-Hater
Supervisor John Moorlach wants to get rid of our bus system? What a buffoon! This video is too earnest, but what are you gonna do...
News
December 3, 2009
Shirley Grindle Runs Out of Patience With TINCUP Reform Committee
Supervisor John Moorlach wants to get rid of our bus system? What a buffoon! This video is too earnest, but what are you gonna do...
Blogs
July 21, 2010
As Register Questions His Conservative Cred, Moorlach Defends Doubts About OC Fair Deal
Following an Orange County Register opinion piece that took direct aim at the conservative cred of local Republican politicians who opposed selling the Orange County Fairgrounds to the highest private bidder, one of those called-out has fired back.Orange County Supervisor John Moorlach, writing i ... More >>
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August 5, 2010
Dana Point Martial Arts Shop Tops Hot List
The Dragon Institute on Pacific Coast Highway in Dana Point has nabbed the No. 1 spot of MyFoxLA's "Hot List" for Orange County martial arts shops.The institute specializes in Wing Chun Kung Fu that teaches how smaller, weaker persons can defend themselves against big creeps or county Supervisor ... More >>
News
August 5, 2010
Death and Taxes
[Moxley Confidential] While the public wasn't listening to Steven Greenhut, the certainties of life changed
Blogs
September 3, 2010
Supervisor John Moorlach Defends Crooked Ex-Sheriff Mike Carona
Moorlach is suffering from frightening amnesiaThis afternoon on a radio talk show, Orange County Supervisor John Moorlach defended former Sheriff Mike Carona who was arrested by FBI and IRS agents and convicted of public corruption in 2009 after a federal trial.Moorlach, a conservative Republican ... More >>
Columns
October 28, 2010
Letters From OC Weekly Readers
Moorlach is suffering from frightening amnesiaThis afternoon on a radio talk show, Orange County Supervisor John Moorlach defended former Sheriff Mike Carona who was arrested by FBI and IRS agents and convicted of public corruption in 2009 after a federal trial.Moorlach, a conservative Republican ... More >>
Blogs
December 8, 2010
The Other Bong Drops as Supervisors Formally Ban Medical Marijuana Shops in Unincorporated OC
As expected, the Orange County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to formally ban medical marijuana dispensaries, pot-delivery services and any sale or distribution of cannabis within unincorporated Orange County.As with the preliminary hearing on the ordinance, Supervisor Shawn Nelson cast the ... More >>
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December 22, 2010
Top 15 Notable OC Quotes of 2010
Rev. Schuller: Give me mo' money!15. "I want to tongue every inch of you because I love you."--A text message Oxford Academy high-school history teacher Christopher John Ontiveros allegedly sent to a 17-year-old female student before his arrest for sex crimes.14. "[Barney Frank] will be shot dead ... More >>
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April 13, 2011
Supreme Court Sides With OC Deputy Union on Lucrative Pensions
I want retirement money to buy more Hostess Ho HosThe California Supreme Court today rejected an appeal by Orange County supervisors who wanted them to sanction amendments to what an earlier board of supervisors had done: grant sheriff's deputies the right to retire at the age of 50 and collect 9 ... More >>
Blogs
June 9, 2011
[UPDATE: More Stupidity from Supes, and Silliness from Local Press] What Does the Orange County Board of Supervisors Have Against Spanish and Latinos?
Nelson: Still dumb when it comes to Mexis...UPDATE: Okay, so Janet Nguyen is REALLY stupid--I mean, stupider than what we already knew. Unlike the other supervisors, she knows exactly what Latino Health Access is about--she received an award from them a couple of years ago, according to sources w ... More >>
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September 13, 2011
William Denis Fitzgerald, Gadfly Suing Board of Supervisors for Limiting Speech, and His Weekly Past
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Southern California has filed a federal lawsuit in Santa Ana against the Orange County Board of Supervisors on behalf of an Anaheim gadfly who periodically turns up in OC Weekly.Based on the struggles of William Denis Fitzgerald to speak at public me ... More >>
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November 14, 2011
John Wayne Airport's Terminal C Opened Today; Flights To Mexico Expected By Next Summer
Today, at 5 a.m., we went tri-terminal. That's right, John Wayne Airport's Terminal C finally opened up. Basically, there's now more parking spaces, check-in kiosks, security lanes, gates and, of course, Starbucks. Here's a map of the airport's add-ons.Yesterday there was an invite-only dedi ... More >>
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