Orange County Business Council

2013 Orange County Indicators Show Where We Shine ($$$) and Need Improvement ($$$)

Half of Orange County's adults own smartphones, nearly a third of our young adults have no health insurance and most nonprofits here  make due with less than they have in the past. Those findings are in the 2013 Orange County Community Indicators report issued Thursday that found gains in key s ... More >>

Brice Harris, New State Community Colleges Chancellor, and Timothy P. White, Incoming CSU Chancellor, Challenged from the Get-go

Brice Harris took over the California Community Colleges system as chancellor on Nov. 6. Timothy P. White will be installed as the California State University system chancellor at the end of this month. Both are being welcomed to office by a broad, nonprofit coalition of education, business and ci ... More >>

Lucy Dunn, Distracted Driving Foe on State Transportation Panel, Gets Hands-Free Warning

Lucy Dunn is a longtime punching bag around the Weekly for her presidency of the county taxpayer fund-sucking Orange County Business Council and, going way back, being the local face of home development next to the ecologically sensitive Bolsa Chica wetlands.But it was Dunn's role as a California t ... More >>

Tom Daly Gets Orange County Business Council Nod for Assembly

The Orange County Business Council--which counts former Republican legislative leader Dick Ackerman as a director, once hosted Ronald Reagan speech writer Peggy Noonan for a swanky dinner and supports every noxious project churned out in this GOP encrusted county--is supporting a Democrat for Assemb ... More >>

OC's Happiest Pro-Tax Increase Cheerleaders Are Democrats, Right?

​Those of you who don't believe that Orange County is loaded with ironies aren't paying attention.We've got vociferously anti-gay public figures who are secretly gay or bisexual. We've got Democrats who are more Republican than, well, Republicans. And, perhaps most amazingly, we've got self-descri ... More >>

Ex-White House Speechwriter Peggy Noonan Is Coming to Orange County

Read her lips.​Peggy Noonan, a White House speechwriter for President Ronald Reagan, has been invited to be the keynote speaker for the 2011 Annual Dinner of the Orange County Business Council (OCBJ), a corporate lobbying outfit.Noonan, nowadays a best-selling Republican author and columnist for T ... More >>

Why is Lou Correa a Better Republican than Lucille Kring?

Kring: Didn't get message​Why 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?

It's Your Money

But the government spends it

The OC GOP Way: extending taxes is NOT raising taxes

Besides spam for our riches locked in a Nigerian prince's bank vault, a better head of hair and just plain better head, Clockwork's virtual mailbox has been filling lately with messages from the Committee to Renew Measure M. Now, normally when PR maven Meg Waters, Congressman John Campbell (R-Newpor ... More >>

Privatize This!

Ever wonder where your local tax dollars go?

Diary of a Mad County

April 19 - April 25

Beating around the Bush, or not, in Irvine

Good news for those of us who have never seen the power of a monarchy in action, and the servility it demands of its subjects. President Bush is extending his weekend trip to California, and will be visiting scenic Irvine on Monday. According to the Register, "Bush will speak to the Orange County B ... More >>

Diary of a Mad County

Moving On Up

OC janitors hope new contract will solve housing woes

Over the Edge

Shame on the Times Pasco

Spin Recycle

Truth still grounded after El Toro approval

Behind the Smoke

Measure G to the countys poor: Go to the end of the line, and wait there for 20 yearsagain

What Can You Buy for $82,320?

No daycare, a beaver exhibit

Who Lost High-Tech?

The Times knows, but it ain't saying who's responsible for the high-tech letdown

A Wreck

Toll-road history under reconstruction

With Friends Like Mittermeier

When it comes to El Toro, the CEO is lord of nothing

Big Gulp

Supervisors swallow local mans . . . argument

The Times Trials

Trib buys Timesbut for how long?

Math Problem

El Toro Airport Watch No. 132

50 Reasons to Hate the Proposed El Toro International Airport

Shaw Nuff

Truth, accuracy and courage already postponed at the Times

In-Fight Testing

El Toro Airport Watch No. 119

Flying Hyperbole

El Toro Airport Watch No. 93

The Abortionist Who Funds Pro-Life Republicans

Buh-Bye! Pro-Biz Cheerleader Leaves the Reg

County To Voters: "Thanks for Sharing"

'Supes' Soviet-style budget includes millions for millionaires

Silent Coup

Secret meetings, shady deals: Life before & after the Orange County bankruptcy