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November 8, 2006
The Party's Over
Our R. Scott Moxley reports that, by the end of the night at the Hyatt Regency Irvine, the older Republicans in the room showed on their faces exactly what they felt: worry, frustration, indignation. But the Young Republican types in their 20s and 30s were not missing a beat--or a drop of hooch--as ... More >>
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November 7, 2006
Nuts Come Out for Nguyen, Take Daucher Along for Ride
Rebecca Schoenkopf reporting from . . . ORANGE, Teamsters Local Something or Other--We've been told state senate staffers are here, giving up vacation time to walk for Lou Correa, Democrat for OC's 34th state Senate District. People here are sitting in chairs, too (union thing?), looking at the Tee ... More >>
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June 7, 2006
Dem Bones
First there was yesterday's Election Day lunch--the GOP-heavy shindig where Weekly editor Will Swaim only got halfway through the hilarious speech I wrote for him because he was shuffling back and forth between pages and so lost my text and thus never got to the payoff, "Thank you, ladies and gentle ... More >>
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November 6, 2006
2006 WORST OC Candidate: Lynn Daucher
If I hadn't been stuck in the courthouse for the last several months, this award would probably go to Larry Agran's robot Beth Krom, a deceitful mess of a politician/hack who should shame any true progressive. More on her and Agran after their victory. I promise. But tonight the one candidate who e ... More >>
Blogs
November 20, 2006
Down Goes Daucher
As of half-past seven Monday night, Lou Correa has over 50% of the vote, beating opponent Lynn Daucher by 1,302 votes and winning California's 34th Senate seat. He collected more votes than opponents Daucher and Otto Bade combined, ending speculation that Bade's last-minute write-in campaign is what ... More >>
Blogs
February 6, 2007
First District Special Election
Since Lou Correa has been elevated to the splendor that is the state Senate, the citizens in the Board of Supervisors' First District need a new Lou, and today is the day to elect one. The polls will be open until 8pm. If you have any questions about the how-and-where of voting, yo ... More >>
Blogs
December 28, 2007
The Renaissance Blob in Santa Ana's Redevelopment Plan
Today, a chingo of SanTana residents met at State Senator Lou Correa's office to discuss the Renaissance Specific Plan, which seeks to transform the city's downtown in a good (according to proponents) or gentrifying-Mexicans-outta-there (says opponents) way. I'm sure the other SanTana blogs--specif ... More >>
Blogs
March 2, 2008
Hispanic Bar Association Hijinks!
With apologies to Orange County Register sports genius Randy Youngman, notes, quotes and observations from yesterday's Orange County Hispanic Bar Association annual fundraising dinner: *Greeting the well-dressed, well-coiffed crowd as they drove toward the Westin South Coast Plaza hotel were about ... More >>
Blogs
March 19, 2008
Has Lynn Daucher been a naughty girl?
In February 2007, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed Orange County Republican Lynn Daucher as director of California's Department of Aging. At the time, Daucher--a 2006 campaign loser to Lou Correa for a state Senate seat--uttered a predictable line about the elation of public service. “I ... More >>
Blogs
June 19, 2008
OC Fundie Funder Gives Money to Wacky Reeps, Homo-Haters--And Lou Correa?!
The most influential Orange County man you've never heard of is undoubtedly Howard F. Ahmanson, Jr., heir to the Home Savings (remember that bank?) fortune. He rarely makes public appearances due to suffering from Tourette's Syndrome, but that hasn't stopped him from giving millions of dollars away ... More >>
Blogs
September 1, 2008
Is Howard F. Ahmanson Reading Navel Gazing?
*Updated, with new information on the bottom... Over the Labor Day weekend, someone claiming to be Christian fundie financier Howard F. Ahmanson, Jr. left the following comment on my previous post about local conservative blabbermouth Hugh Hewitt being in cahoots with Ahmanson to end gay marriage i ... More >>
Columns
June 17, 1999
A Real Lou-Lou
*Updated, with new information on the bottom... Over the Labor Day weekend, someone claiming to be Christian fundie financier Howard F. Ahmanson, Jr. left the following comment on my previous post about local conservative blabbermouth Hugh Hewitt being in cahoots with Ahmanson to end gay marriage i ... More >>
Columns
July 1, 1999
Letters
*Updated, with new information on the bottom... Over the Labor Day weekend, someone claiming to be Christian fundie financier Howard F. Ahmanson, Jr. left the following comment on my previous post about local conservative blabbermouth Hugh Hewitt being in cahoots with Ahmanson to end gay marriage i ... More >>
Features
September 14, 2000
Excerpts: Part 2
*Updated, with new information on the bottom... Over the Labor Day weekend, someone claiming to be Christian fundie financier Howard F. Ahmanson, Jr. left the following comment on my previous post about local conservative blabbermouth Hugh Hewitt being in cahoots with Ahmanson to end gay marriage i ... More >>
Columns
April 12, 2001
Cinderella Stories
Amd then we have sex with Simon LeBon
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May 5, 2005
This Is How They Do It About the O.C.
Three newspapers, three parachute dispatches, three laughers
Blogs
March 10, 2009
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 ... More >>
News
February 19, 2009
Orange County's Mexican Consul, Carlos Rodriguez y Quezada, Sparks Protests, Burns Bridges
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 ... More >>
Columns
November 2, 2006
Diary of a Mad County
Oct. 25 - Oct. 31
Columns
May 11, 2006
Commie Girl
Cinco De Me! Of meat and mariachis, Vidal Sassoon, and (ladies and gentlemen) Arnold Schwarzenegger!
Columns
October 27, 2005
Step Into Liquid, Bro!
Starring Courtney Love, Danny Bonaduce and a guy showing his wang!
Features
June 16, 2005
Goodbye, Mr. Cross
Dennis Cross yelled all the time. He threw Kleenex boxes at students. He constantly pounded a gavel against the chalkboard. He once smacked my friend in the back with a yardstick.
A tribute to the best damn high school teacher I ever had
News
April 28, 2005
A Few Words on Why Tom Umberg Doesnt Want Campaign-Finance Reform
Dennis Cross yelled all the time. He threw Kleenex boxes at students. He constantly pounded a gavel against the chalkboard. He once smacked my friend in the back with a yardstick.
A tribute to the best damn high school teacher I ever had
News
March 31, 2005
Cant We All Just Get Along?
Why LA should love OCand why OC should let them
Columns
May 6, 2004
Letters
Why LA should love OCand why OC should let them
Columns
May 15, 2003
Letters
Why LA should love OCand why OC should let them
Columns
November 30, 2000
Mmm-Bop!
Smelly drunks, bad manners. Its all good
News
November 16, 2000
Fantasy Land
Next time, for sure!
News
November 2, 2000
No Soul in this Correa
The biggest problem with the 69th Assembly race is that theres no third choice
News
September 28, 2000
Yeah, We Want 'Bush'
Hell is waiting for George W. Bush with Tom Fuentes as your host
Columns
May 18, 2000
Baked Alaska Airlines
Hell is waiting for George W. Bush with Tom Fuentes as your host
News
March 16, 2000
You Are Surrounded by Idjits, Mostly
Our cruel but insightful wrap-up of OC Elections
Columns
June 24, 1999
Shag It, Baby
Yet another column about gay people, plus a really vicious fight
News
June 10, 1999
Loathe Thy Enemy
County school board trustee Ken Williams joins the Reverend Lou Sheldon for good, old-fashioned gay-baiting
News
September 18, 1997
Sister Act Two
County school board trustee Ken Williams joins the Reverend Lou Sheldon for good, old-fashioned gay-baiting
Blogs
May 27, 2009
Mega-Connected Firm Wins Anaheim Design Contract
Whoa! They're moving the Sydney Opera House to Anaheim!Oh wait, no. That's the newly approved design for the Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center, a.k.a. ARTIC.On Tuesday, the Anaheim City Council awarded architecture firm Parsons Brinckerhoff/HOK with the contract to design and lay the ... More >>
Blogs
February 19, 2010
Sun Worshipping Takes On New Meaning at Anaheim Church
There's no denying that at least one church in Anaheim is getting help from above.
Blogs
July 28, 2010
Lou Correa Blasts OC Fair Deal at NRA Dinner
We told you here that Assemblyman Jose Solorio (D-Santa Ana) had revealed the Legislature's Latino caucus will not block the state's sale of the Orange County Fairgrounds to Costa Mesa over displeasure with the City Council's "Rule of Law" proclamation and other moves intended to make those with ... More >>
Blogs
September 20, 2010
Why is Lou Correa a Better Republican than Lucille Kring?
Kring: Didn't get messageWhy Republican Lucille Kring is even bothering to campaign for the state senate from central Orange County is beyond me.Didn't Kring get the message that many OC Republican establishment players back Democrat Lou Correa?Well, Lucille?
Blogs
October 3, 2010
Sunday News Notes
Highlights include:The Latest Grocery Store Scam KCBS Channel 2 in LA is promoting its Monday investigative look into an area grocery store that pretends to honor product coupons but actually credits the shopper $0.00. No word on the identity of the alleged offender. The report is scheduled to ... More >>
Blogs
November 2, 2010
Another Reason why the Democratic Party of Orange County is Pathetic: Their Official Party is at Original Mike's
Although we might come across as a left-of-left lefties, people who actually read the entirety of the Weekly know that we harbor a special animus toward local Democrats, who can boast of supporting corrupt politicians (SanTana Mayor-for-Life Don Papi Pulido, Irvine boss Larry Agran, convicted fel ... More >>
Blogs
December 22, 2010
[UPDATED:] Fate of the OC Fairgrounds Stalled Until January 2011
Update, December 22, 2:15 p.m.: The non-money grubbing side won in the matter of the OC Fairgrounds. Sort of. Yesterday the Fourth District Appellate Court agreed to hear the case, which will prevent the sale of the property until at least Jan. 10, 2011.Why is this a victory? By that time the new ... More >>
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January 18, 2011
Lawrence Joseph Brown: District Attorney and Co. Want Him Committed as 'Sexually Violent Predator' and Locked Away for Good
OCDALawrence Joseph Brown's booking photoOrange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas held a press conference this afternoon to lay out what he and fellow OC authorities have planned to keep a violent rapist out of the community.The DA called out the Department of Mental Health (DMH) for faili ... More >>
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January 20, 2011
Lou Correa Lets Online Poker Bill Ride
State Senator Lou Correa (D-Santa Ana) has introduced a bill that would help cut into California's budget deficit by installing an online poker system that aims to generate $1 billion in state revenues and 1,100 new jobs over the next 10 years.Vegas gives it 3-5 odds to pass--or at least Vegas d ... More >>
Blogs
March 23, 2011
Lou Correa, The Inquisitor?
Grrrrrrr!There are probably several descriptions you could give Orange County state Senator Lou Correa, but who knew one would be watchdog?According to a Sacramento Bee article today, at a Tuesday hearing, Correa (D-Anaheim) grilled California National Guard officials about lingering and widespr ... More >>
Blogs
April 11, 2011
[UPDATED:] Lawrence Joseph Brown: District Attorney and Co. Want Him Committed as 'Sexually Violent Predator' and Locked Away for Good
OCDALawrence Joseph Brown's booking photoUPDATE, APRIL 11, 3:46 P.M.: The Orange County District Attorney's office continues to work toward keeping convicted child rapist Lawrence Joseph Brown off the streets indefinitely, filing a new petition to have him committed to a mental institution as a s ... More >>
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September 21, 2011
[UPDATED: Gov. Brown Vetoes Bill] Lou Correa Pushing New Marijuana Buffer Zone Law in Sacramento
UPDATED, SEPT. 21, 2011, 2:31 pm: Gov. Jerry Brown has vetoed SB847, according to this article in the 420Times. Needless to say, celebratory emails are bouncing all over the medical marijuana activist community, especially among members of Americans for Safe Access, which waged a massive call-in ... More >>
Blogs
June 15, 2011
Debt Collector Picked Wrong Lou Correa to Mess With
One Lou CorreaThe many, many, many laws cranked out of Sacramento every year usually come from constituents (one hopes), lobbyists (more likely) and the winds of change blowing off the Delta (likeliest of all).However, there are instances where a legislator's own experiences shape legislation. Ta ... More >>
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July 20, 2011
[UPDATED with Board Rejecting Plan:] Redistricting Committee Trudges On, 18 Proposals Remain
UPDATE, JULY 20, 11:25 A.M.: And, back to the redistricting committee it goes.The Orange County Board of Supervisors had its first official look at the committee's redistricting recommendations Tuesday and opted to kick the proposed plan back to the panel, citing potential political harm to ... More >>
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September 13, 2011
[UPDATED with Feinstein Fooked!] Kinde Durkee, Democratic Treasurer Accused of Fraud
UPDATE, SEPT. 13, 11:05 A.M.: U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein is the latest Democrat claiming to have been hornswoggled by campaign treasurer Kinde Durkee. Feinstein first revealed her accounts had been totally cleaned out, but her spokesman later corrected that to say the amount of missing funds is c ... More >>
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