Patrick McGreevy

Monday's Headlines & Surprises: Rhinotillexomania

Political Nepotism Alive and Well in Orange County

Patrick McGreevy writes in today's LA Times about friends and family members of office-holders getting state jobs. Among them is Marisela Villar, daughter of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who state taxpayers pay $68,000 annually to work out of a Santa Ana state office for Assembly Speaker ... More >>

Mike Duvall Avoids One Probe But Possibly Not a Far More Serious One

Mike Duvall before . . . you know.​"Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in."Al Pacino famously said that in Godfather III, but former Assemblyman Mike Duvall (R-Yorba Linda) could just as easily be muttering that to himself now.That's because the Orange County Register's Total Buzz po ... More >>

Assembly Panel Opposes Fairgrounds Sale

Does Da Gov's stand on the fairgrounds sale help fat cats.​Facing a roomful of Orange County civic leaders wearing orange lapel buttons stating, "Derail the Sale," the California Assembly's Business and Professions Committee voted unanimously today to support a bill that would block the sale of th ... More >>