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January 8, 2008
Have Money, Will Vote: How Carlos Bustamante Pays Back Donors
Part dos of 3... Every day, we drive by City Place, the unfinished development across the street from MainPlace Mall with cool live/work lofts and horrid restaurants (seriously: McCormick & Schmidt's and Corner Bakery as the anchor tenants??? Can't wait 'til Mother's Market opens to save us from t ... More >>
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January 20, 2008
Santa Ana Officials Redraw Renaissance Plan Boundaries Again
Today, Los Angeles Times SanTana reporter Jennifer Delson delivers a bombshell of a story on the city's Renaissance Plan: not only did city officials redraw the Renaissance Plan boundaries to omit the family businesses of councilmember Vince Sarmiento and Mayor Papi Pulido (as we reported last month ... More >>
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February 5, 2008
Obama OC Headquarters Wrapping Up With Hope, Uncertainty
If you need any more proof that the Barack Obama campaign desperately sought the Latino vote, one needs no more proof than the Orange County headquarters of Barack Obama, situated on Broadway across the street from the Santora Arts Complex in SanTana. Plastered on the window are various Obama articl ... More >>
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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 >>
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April 15, 2008
Santa Ana's Grand Choo-Choo Conspiracy Continues
Back in January, I theorized out loud about a SanTana scandal of Chinatown-esque proportions: the introduction of a light-rail system most likely involving the Cordoba Corporation, whose CEO sits alongside SanTana conflict-of-influenza-afflicted councilmember Carlos Bustamante on the board of the Sa ... More >>
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September 20, 2008
First OC Book Signing for Orange County: A Personal History Mucho Success
With apologies to Orange County Register sports genius Randy Youngman, notes, quotes and observations from my Sept. 18 book signing at the Yost Theater for my new book, Orange County: A Personal History: *About 500 people showed up to hear my lecture! About 500! I add the qualifier because the Yost ... More >>
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September 29, 2008
This is Why the Democratic Party in Orange County is Largely a Joke
Last year, I gave a speech for some section of the Democratic Party of Orange County--I can't remember if it was the Foundation, Young Dems, or something, but it was at the Hacienda in SanTana. It wasn't well-received if I remember correctly through the haze of Maker's, mostly because I urged the yo ... More >>
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October 13, 2008
SanTana is Finally Mexico Gracias to Don Papi Pulido
Last year, I gave a speech for some section of the Democratic Party of Orange County--I can't remember if it was the Foundation, Young Dems, or something, but it was at the Hacienda in SanTana. It wasn't well-received if I remember correctly through the haze of Maker's, mostly because I urged the yo ... More >>
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November 4, 2008
Live from the Banana Republic...
Last year, I gave a speech for some section of the Democratic Party of Orange County--I can't remember if it was the Foundation, Young Dems, or something, but it was at the Hacienda in SanTana. It wasn't well-received if I remember correctly through the haze of Maker's, mostly because I urged the yo ... More >>
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November 4, 2008
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, exulta ... More >>
News
January 31, 2008
Jerry, Be Wary
AG Brown: Investigate Santa Ana Renaissance Plan's conflict-of-influenza, por favor
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October 30, 2008
Three Local Elections Worth Watching. Call It Morbid Fascination
AG Brown: Investigate Santa Ana Renaissance Plan's conflict-of-influenza, por favor
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February 7, 2008
Super Blogalicious
Seen and Heard on Super Tuesday
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April 20, 2009
Santa Ana City Council to Put Fix in on Trolley Project Tonight
If only this saga came with Faye Dunaway--instead, we have to settle for Michelle Martinez...It's been almost to the year since I last wrote about how the SanTana City Council would most likely award a light-rail contract to Cordoba Corporation, a company whose president George Pla sits on the SanTa ... More >>
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August 4, 2009
(UPDATED) Santa Ana's Grand Choo Choo Conspiracy Reaches End Game
At least John Huston was a classy villain...(*Updated, with new info on the bottom. Post originally published August 1...)At the end of the day yesterday--a Friday-- whoever's in charge of compiling the agenda for the SanTana City Council slipped the following item into the consent calendar: GO ... More >>
Columns
December 24, 2009
Letters From OC Weekly Readers
At least John Huston was a classy villain...(*Updated, with new info on the bottom. Post originally published August 1...)At the end of the day yesterday--a Friday-- whoever's in charge of compiling the agenda for the SanTana City Council slipped the following item into the consent calendar: GO ... More >>
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March 15, 2010
Miguel Pulido Sighting!
Don Papi Pulido, braving the mean streets of SanTana...Public sightings of SanTana Mayor-por-Vida Don Papi Pulido are rarer than a Floral Park resident bogeying the night away at the Inn Step, but a source snapped this shot of the city's grand don at the Gypsy Den. Happened recently. The source i ... More >>
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September 13, 2010
Santa Ana Councilmembers Sal Tinajero and Michelle Martinez Admit to Thinking They Broke the Law, Use Same PR People?
Martinez: Once an outsider, now proudly a vendidaTwo bizarre press releases sent late Friday to every reporter in Orange County that covers SanTana (except Moxley--interesting...) told the same story: that councilmembers Sal Tinajero and Michelle Martinez were taking action to retake a City Counc ... More >>
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October 10, 2010
Sunday News Notes
Happy 10-10-10 to you.Weekend news highlights from various media sources include:Fred Phelps thinks he knows whyYou can thank UC Irvine researchers for this good news: The future "Big One" earthquake along the San Andreas fault will be much worse and much sooner than previously expected, accordin ... More >>
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November 3, 2010
Election 2010: Gustavo Drinks Through the Election, Or: Trashing the Dems and Bashing Whitman
Updated throughout the day, with the freshest post on top. Click after the jump for vignettes on Barbara Coe, Loretta Sanchez, Meg Whitman, and Borat!Midnight. Drink of choice: Alka-Seltzer...my pockets hurt. Loretta Sanchez has pulled away by thousands of votes, but we'll wait until the official ... More >>
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March 28, 2011
[UPDATED AGAIN: Event TONIGHT, Now SRO and with New Guests] KPCC's AirTalk With Larry Mantle to Host Special on Santa Ana's Gentrification Wars March 28
UPDATE: All seating for tonight's event is GONE; there is a waiting list, but the better bet is to show up and stand in the aisles to listen. Show up early--doors open at 6 p.m.Also, there are one-and-a-half replacements. Taking the place of Downtown Inc. is SanTana councilmember Busty Bustamante ... More >>
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March 21, 2011
Santa Ana Councilmembers Michelle Martinez and Claudia Alvarez: Frenemies for Life?
MartinezI must admit, it was an absolutely jarring St. Patrick's Day for me, and not because of the special Jameson I imbibed at Memphis at the Santora in SanTana. Just before that, I went to the opening of Chapter One: the modern local, the pretentiously named new restaurant in downtown SanTana ... More >>
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March 29, 2011
Notes, Quotes, and Observations from Last Night's AirTalk with Larry Mantle Town Hall on Santa Ana Gentrification
More than 100 people in attendance last night...With apologies to Orange County Register sports genius Randy Youngman, notes, quotes and observations from last night's epic town hall on SanTana gentrification wars held by KPCC-FM 89.3's AirTalk with Larry Mantle. *More than 100 people attended la ... More >>

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