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Shirley Grindle

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2012

    Will Floral Park NIMBYers Stop the Santiago Creek Bike Trail Extension?

    Courtesy of Santiago Creek Greenway AllianceClick for a larger image.​See that map? It represents the new Santiago Creek Trail, which runs from the Orange County Water District Ponds near Cannon St. in Orange, all the way to the Santa Ana River--with one quarter-mile exception through Jack Fisher ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2011

    Lucille Lyon Poised to Take Half the Load Off a Total Load, Public Administrator/Guardian John Williams

    ​Due to his utter incompetence, John Williams is poised to officially lose for good his Public Guardian role today, as the Orange County Board of Supervisors approves filling his position with a veteran Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health division chief. So, how do OC taxpayers still e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2010

    Campaign Law Revision Finally Reaches Board of Supervisors; Shirley Grindle Not Happy

    John Gilhooley / OC Weekly​A two-year-long study of the county's campaign contributions law has finally been completed, and the original architect of that law--septuagenarian OC campaign watchdog Shirley Grindle--isn't thrilled. "All hell is breaking lose," she chuffed when answering the phon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2009

    So, Is the DA Ignoring Campaign Law or Not?

    John Gilhooley / OC WeeklyDo call her Shirley.​The news story in the latest Weekly is about county election-reform activist Shirley Grindle and her beef with the board of supervisors, who appointed a committee that, she says, is attempting to dismantle the county's anti-corruption campaign finance ... More >>

  • News

    December 3, 2009

    Shirley Grindle Runs Out of Patience With TINCUP Reform Committee

    John Gilhooley / OC WeeklyDo call her Shirley.​The news story in the latest Weekly is about county election-reform activist Shirley Grindle and her beef with the board of supervisors, who appointed a committee that, she says, is attempting to dismantle the county's anti-corruption campaign finance ... More >>

  • News

    December 11, 2008

    [Moxley Confidential] Top 16 Witnesses for the Prosecution In the Mike Carona Corruption Trial

    John Gilhooley / OC WeeklyDo call her Shirley.​The news story in the latest Weekly is about county election-reform activist Shirley Grindle and her beef with the board of supervisors, who appointed a committee that, she says, is attempting to dismantle the county's anti-corruption campaign finance ... More >>

  • News

    November 13, 2008

    Longtime OC GOP Legislator Ross Johnson Finds New Life As a Campaign-Finance Watchdog in Sacramento

    John Gilhooley / OC WeeklyDo call her Shirley.​The news story in the latest Weekly is about county election-reform activist Shirley Grindle and her beef with the board of supervisors, who appointed a committee that, she says, is attempting to dismantle the county's anti-corruption campaign finance ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2008

    What's Bad for Obama is Good for Todd Gallinger?

    Irvine City Council races have a long, rich history of generating critical looks from the county grand jury, tireless political reformer Shirley Grindle, state Assemblyman Chuck Devore (R-Irvine), solidly Democrat UC Irvine political science professor Mark Petracca and, of course, our own R. Scott M ... More >>

  • Features

    January 17, 2008

    Dammit, Janet!

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

  • News

    November 2, 2006

    A Measure of Titanic Proportions

    Green groups weigh Measure M support

  • News

    November 17, 2005

    A Fox in the Henhouse

    Why wont DA Tony Rackauckas do his job?

  • Columns

    October 6, 2005

    'Showing 95-Year-Old Old Dick Isnt a Pretty Sight'

    Why wont DA Tony Rackauckas do his job?

  • News

    October 6, 2005

    Oh Really

    If the DAs tough on GOP corruption, thats news to us.

  • News

    September 15, 2005

    Gracious

    Your DA declines to prosecute his friends

  • Columns

    April 28, 2005

    Blood on the Water

    And fire in the sky!

  • Features

    November 25, 2004

    Orange County - The Quiz

    And fire in the sky!

  • Columns

    September 9, 2004

    Letters

    And fire in the sky!

  • News

    August 26, 2004

    Out of the Park

    Developers Eye Public Parks

  • News

    August 12, 2004

    The Lunch From Hill

    That stench coming from Irvine City Hall? Its convicted felonand energy lobbyistFrank Hill

  • Columns

    May 6, 2004

    Eight Days

    That stench coming from Irvine City Hall? Its convicted felonand energy lobbyistFrank Hill

  • News

    March 11, 2004

    Mr. Big Mouth

    In the Haidl gang-rape case, the Sheriffs No. 2 digs himself deeper

  • Features

    February 6, 2003

    3BD 3BA Underwater

    A Newport Beach builder could put you in something spacious, lovely andif a dam breaksunder 15 feet of water

  • News

    January 16, 2003

    Hansons Disease

    Orange makes its residents sick

  • News

    January 9, 2003

    Mine Kampf

    Orange home project plagued by the law that time forgot

  • News

    December 26, 2002

    A River Will Run Through It

    Orange officials okay plan to build homes in Santiago creek streambed

  • News

    December 19, 2002

    Slate Nailer

    Conservative James Lacy plays turncoat to sway elections

  • Features

    October 24, 2002

    G

    Conservative James Lacy plays turncoat to sway elections

  • Features

    May 16, 2002

    Flush TwiceIts a Long Way to Huntington Beach

    Why wont the sanitation district clean up the massive sewage plume off the countys coast? Follow the money

  • Columns

    August 9, 2001

    No Friend in Deed

    Supes quietly shelve park protection

  • News

    July 12, 2001

    Drive-By Consultant

    Frank Caternicchio runs the conservatives political campaigninto the ground

  • News

    May 31, 2001

    Vote for Me, the SOB!

    Son of Bill (Steiner) tries to follow in Daddys footsteps

  • News

    April 26, 2001

    Cab Tab

    Add to the countys mammoth failures (bankruptcy, toll roads, El Toro) one more

  • News

    November 23, 2000

    One Angry Cowboy

    Add to the countys mammoth failures (bankruptcy, toll roads, El Toro) one more

  • News

    August 17, 2000

    Blitzkrieg Development

    Irvine Co. deploys its troops on eastern border, prepares for war with city of Orange!

  • News

    August 3, 2000

    Nothin to See Here, Folks!

    The DAs Garofalo probe is troubled by a campaign promise to curb political investigations

  • News

    May 4, 2000

    Bad Deeds Go Unpunished

    Officials say discovery that county parks are open for development is no big deal

  • News

    April 29, 1999

    Live Like a God!

    How Supervisor Bill Steiner used a phantom political campaign to fund his lavish lifestyle

  • News

    September 3, 1998

    Fed Said: Ted Dead

    FBI sting pops Santa Ana City Councilman Ted Moreno

  • Features

    December 25, 1997

    Silent Coup

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

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