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Pat Bates

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2012

    Todd Spitzer and Asian Massage Parlors Have What in Common?

    When you hear of a "grand opening" you might think of an Asian massage parlor ad, but once and future Orange County Supervisor Todd Spitzer is taking back the phrase if only for one day.Spitzer will celebrate the "grand opening" of his new campaign headquarters tomorrow afternoon.And how do we know ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2010

    College District Board's Battle Cry: Send Lawyers, Hired Guns and Money

    ​The South Orange County Community College District (SOCCCD) board votes tonight on whether to pay a private lawyer $25,000 in taxpayer funds for helping negotiate what the district calls the "Mathur settlement." Why the district must settle anything with Raghu Mathur, who in January was fired/did ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2010

    As Killers and Suspects Clog OC Courts, Rackauckas Unveils Rally for Victims

    bos.ocgov.comBoard of Supervisors Chairwoman Pat Bates speaks at last year's inaugural victims' rights rally in front of the Old Orange County Courthouse in Santa Ana.​According to the Orange County District Attorney's Office, a lot of people with blood on their hands have been passing through San ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2009

    Who Besides Dana Rohrabacher Is Calling Us Liars on Twitter?

    ​We try to keep up with the tweets of our elected officials in Orange County, but sometimes we get distracted by Facebook. That's the only plausible explanation for how we missed the above gem from Dana "Mr. Taliban" Rohrabacher (R - Leviticus).This blunder--overlooking prime tweets from OC mover/ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2009

    KCBS: Another Woman Caught in "Compromising Position" with Disgraced OC Pol

    Mike Duvall spread more than the word of God​Until recently, Irvine-based Republican fundraiser Desiree Mouzoon prominently listed a testimonial on her business website from Mike Duvall. Why not? Until recently, Duvall had been an Orange County state assemblyman who served as vice chairman of a po ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2009

    Embattled County Planning Director Announces Retirement

    Bryan Speegle, director of Orange County Public Works and head of a planning department that was recently lambasted in a government audit and blasted by county supervisors, has announced his retirement, according to a statement from the county CEO's office."County Executive Officer Thomas G. Mauk ha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2009

    Dana Point's Beautiful Bridge To Semi-Nowhere Opens

    Giant ceremonial scissors made an appearance along Pacific Coast Highway in Dana Point this morning, as members of the city council and OC Board of Supervisors member Pat Bates dedicated a brand new pedestrian bridge.It's not just a pedestrian bridge, though. It's "beautification." It's a "great wor ... More >>

  • News

    April 23, 2009

    [Moxley Confidential] Sandra Hutchens' Party Poop

    Giant ceremonial scissors made an appearance along Pacific Coast Highway in Dana Point this morning, as members of the city council and OC Board of Supervisors member Pat Bates dedicated a brand new pedestrian bridge.It's not just a pedestrian bridge, though. It's "beautification." It's a "great wor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2009

    Orange County Sheriff Was A Democrat

    Sandra Hutchens, Orange County's Republican sheriff, registered as a Democrat for as long as a decade in both Los Angeles and OC, according to records reviewed by the Weekly.In an interview for a March profile, Hutchens told me she is a Republican; holds conservative views, particularly on fiscal ma ... More >>

  • News

    March 26, 2009

    Less Than a Year Since She Was Appointed Sheriff, Sandra Hutchens Has Made Some Powerful Enemies

    Sandra Hutchens, Orange County's Republican sheriff, registered as a Democrat for as long as a decade in both Los Angeles and OC, according to records reviewed by the Weekly.In an interview for a March profile, Hutchens told me she is a Republican; holds conservative views, particularly on fiscal ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2009

    Board of Supes Invite Pedo-Priest Apologist To Give Invocation This Monday**

    What is it with the Orange County Board of Supervisors and their love of pedophile apologists? In 2006, Third District Supe Bill Campbell tried placing Monsignor John Urell, the right-hand man of Diocese of Orange bishops for a good decade of their sex-abuse scandal, on the county's human relations ... 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 >>

  • News

    June 19, 2008

    Meet the New Sheriff . . .

    Taking a wait-and-see stance toward OC’s new top cop

  • News

    June 5, 2008

    [Moxley Confidential] Don Bren Plays Rough With Businesswoman, His Kids-But Courts Play Rough, Too

    Taking a wait-and-see stance toward OC’s new top cop

  • Columns

    January 24, 2008

    Letters

    'Sometimes, when I am stressed, I go and stand on the shoulder of a toll road and smell the fumes—I mean, fresh air'

  • Features

    January 17, 2008

    Dammit, Janet!

    Why do Supervisor Janet Nguyen's former supporters in OC's Republican power structure hate her so much?

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2007

    Schroeder Law Enforcement Empire At Stake Today

    Mike Schroeder will jump out of bed this morning in Corona del Mar, neatly hang his Darth Vader pajamas in the closet, shower, kneel at his USC football altar and don an expensive, natty suit befitting Orange County’s leading Republican strategist-slash-chiropractic insurance company king. It’ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2006

    Eddie Rose on "The Good, the Bad & the Ugly"

    Eddie Rose writes: "In California this year, we have--with one notable exception--the WORST slate of candidates, including a man who can't pronounce the name of the state he claims to serve! Were it not for the importance of several ballot propositions, it probably wouldn't make much sense to go to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2006

    DeYoung and De Restless

    Today we spoke with Cassie DeYoung, candidate for Orange County Supervisor. She has an uphill battle against Pat Bates, a former Assemblywoman and cog in the Republican Party machine. Bates has the support of Congressmen Ken Calvert and Gary Miller, the OC GOP, the Transportation Corridor Agencies ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2006

    GOP $ Man: Stoning No Longer "A Necessity"

    Ever committed adultery? Are you homosexual? Prop 90 supporter Howard Ahmanson Jr. wouldn't mind stoning you. Yesterday we discussed Howard S. Rich, a wealthy fellow from New York, and his intense desire to screw with California government by financing groups that back Proposition 90. And Prop 90 is ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2006

    Prop 90: Enriching the Rich, Making Us Their Bitch

    Congressman John Campbell (R-Irvine Company) has signed on to support Proposition 90, the Taxpayer Trap Initiative (or Save our Homes, if you're gullible). This is no surprise; back in September 2005, Prop 90's main backers poured $120,000 into Campbell for Congress, the campaign committee formed to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2006

    Bates: Fishy

    If only it were a smile contest... I thought the Transportation Corridor Agencies were getting desperate when I saw their ads on cable. But now it looks like they're going so far as to cobble together campaign mailers for supporters. I say this because Pat Bate's latest mailer, which uses TCA endor ... More >>

  • News

    April 20, 2006

    Broadway Eddie Rose

    Supervisor candidate on everything from the gropinator to O.J.

  • Columns

    May 22, 2003

    Diary of a Mad County

    Supervisor candidate on everything from the gropinator to O.J.

  • News

    November 7, 2002

    Endorse-O-Matic!

    Supervisor candidate on everything from the gropinator to O.J.

  • News

    April 20, 2000

    The Irvine Co.s Manchurian Supervisor

    Wilsons flip-flop on CEO proves the specter of outside interests controls Orange County government

  • News

    February 10, 2000

    Gay-Baiting Brown

    Did a smear campaign force Republican ''caveman'' out of key Assembly race?

  • News

    November 18, 1999

    Friday the 13th, the Mailer

    El Toro Airport Watch No. 124

  • News

    October 21, 1999

    RedBatesing

    El Toro Airport Watch No. 121

  • News

    September 9, 1999

    Orange Countys Least Powerful People The First-Ever Weaklies!

    El Toro Airport Watch No. 121

  • Features

    June 4, 1998

    Republicans Who Smear Republicans

    Who's behind the campaign to get Pat Bates?

  • News

    July 3, 1997

    Stuck in Traffic

    TCA Prefers Secrecy Oaths to Public Disclosure

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