Tom Umberg

Sic Transit...

It seem there might be a princess– princess in the sense of being the child of a European royal– somewhere in the Inland Empire. Albert Grimaldi, the ruling prince of Monaco (and one of the least inbred of Europe's royal relics, thanks to the genetic material of Grace Kelly), is reported ... More >>

Dem Bones

First there was yesterday's Election Day lunch--the GOP-heavy shindig where Weekly editor Will Swaim only got halfway through the hilarious speech I wrote for him because he was shuffling back and forth between pages and so lost my text and thus never got to the payoff, "Thank you, ladies and gentle ... More >>

Dumping Umberg

This just in from the Los Angeles Police Protective League: LAPPL REVOKES ENDORSEMENT OF TOM UMBERG Los Angeles, June 1, 2006- In a highly dramatic move, the Los Angeles Police Protective League today withdrew its endorsement for Tom Umberg, who is running for State Senate District in the 34th Dist ... More >>

Our DA Now Has an Attorney

This just in from the Los Angeles Police Protective League: LAPPL REVOKES ENDORSEMENT OF TOM UMBERG Los Angeles, June 1, 2006- In a highly dramatic move, the Los Angeles Police Protective League today withdrew its endorsement for Tom Umberg, who is running for State Senate District in the 34th Dist ... More >>

This Is How They Do It About the O.C.

Three newspapers, three parachute dispatches, three laughers

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

Three newspapers, three parachute dispatches, three laughers

Puta Politics

Its about time someone called Loretta Sancheza whore

Diary of a Mad County

Jan. 24-Jan. 30

Commie Girl

Burning Down the House: Al Gore lights our fire

Commie Girl

Imagine Me on a Bus!

Stop us if youve heard this one before . . .

Good Grief!

Curt Pringle, our biggest loser

Diary of a Mad County

Curt Pringle, our biggest loser

Capitol Punishment

How Arnold Schwarzenegger stopped worrying and learned to love selling out to special interests

Super Bawl

Five ignominious moments in Anaheim football history

O, America . . .

Reflections on Election Day, 2004

Pussies Galore!

What local candidates dont want voters to know

Letters

What local candidates dont want voters to know

Diary of a Mad County

What local candidates dont want voters to know

Rackauckas Gives Aides Reason to Belch

What local candidates dont want voters to know

Letters

What local candidates dont want voters to know

Diary of a Mad County

What local candidates dont want voters to know

With Friends Like These

GOP official and Edison spokesperson Jo Ellen Allen drew friends, patriots and Republican allies into her husbands multimillion-dollar investment scam

Letters

GOP official and Edison spokesperson Jo Ellen Allen drew friends, patriots and Republican allies into her husbands multimillion-dollar investment scam

Back to Business

OCs Tom Umberg leaves the White House for the Big Bucks

Railing For and Against Pringle, Umberg, High-Speed Rail

Curt PringleIf they go to their graves winning no more recognition for their years of public service, Anaheim Mayor Curt Pringle and ex-Assemblyman Tom Umberg can be comforted by the fact that they at least received a shout out from the California High Speed Rail Blog, which applauds both in the po ... More >>

[UPDATED with Feinstein Fooked!] Kinde Durkee, Democratic Treasurer Accused of Fraud

​UPDATE, SEPT. 13, 11:05 A.M.: U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein is the latest Democrat claiming to have been hornswoggled by campaign treasurer Kinde Durkee. Feinstein first revealed her accounts had been totally cleaned out, but her spokesman later corrected that to say the amount of missing funds is c ... More >>