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”The OC Registrar's office used to be a joke in terms of tabulating and reporting election results–the slowest in the state. Neal Kelley has done more to change that during his brief tenure . . . “ ] –Republican operative/lobbyist/blogger Matt Cunningham writing four years ago at the then-OC Blog (now Red County). Yet in the …
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11:15 p.m.: Don't be surprised if KOCE is accused of turning over its election coverage to that rare Orange County bird known as the “Democrat.” The “live, election night edition of Real Orange” came from the Artists Village in Santa Ana, OC's version of Havana. Their election expert was the Voice of OC's Norberto Santana …
Hunt, Hunter, Hutchens: Do you know who's who? The safe bet is that, even after a fairly testy campaign for the Sheriff's seat, voters are still pretty confused by that whole the-candidates-all-have-the-same-name thing. Tonight, though, we find out which suffix wins out for the most powerful elected office in Orange County. With it be the …
12:56 Downstairs, in the lobby bar, there is still a decent sized crowd of very well dressed people clutching cold drinks. The general idea is that government as business is back, and it's riding on the backs of women. Though I don't hear much political banter and as far as I can tell, none of …
Continue reading “[UPDATED] Primary Election 2010: Media Forces Unite, and the GOP Senate Parties”
I was in San Francisco all of yesterday, so couldn't join in the election coverage like Coker, Scott, Spencer, and Megan. But I spent most of last night in a hotel room updating the Orange County Registrar of Voters website, sure that they suffered another epic meltdown like in years past. The results were showing …
Updated 1:41 p.m. with Taitz's reaction at end of post. In the 24 hours before polls opened yesterday, national media outlets went abuzz with what they thought to be a scoop: Laguna Niguel birther leader Orly Taitz might win in her race to be the Republican nominee for California Secretary of State. ] That didn't …
Continue reading “Of Course Orly Didn't Win (UPDATE: Of Course She's Claiming Voter Fraud)”
The website If It Was My Home allows anyone to personalize the magnitude of the British Petroleum (BO) Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion and spill–also known as “the greatest environmental disaster in United States history.” The site opens with a map superimposing the shape of the spill as of the day the page is visited …
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Heal the Bay, the 13,000-member strong clean water advocacy group that started 25 years ago to demand action on Santa Monica Bay pollution and now monitors the entire California coastline, released its annual Beach Report Card Wednesday. There are some positive trends when it comes to ocean waters off Orange County, which scored high …
As mentioned in the accompanying post on “good news” for Orange County in Heal the Bay's annual Beach Report Card, many OC beaches scored perfect A+ grades and, overall, our shoreline experienced its cleanest dry weather season in six years. But not everything smells like a rose for county beaches in the report. Indeed, some …
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Jack's Mannequin/Something Corporate singer/songwriter Andrew McMahon is pretty busy this summer, what with finishing a new Jack's Mannequin album and going on a reunion tour with Something Corporate. But he's not too busy to devote time to his foundation, Dear Jack, which seeks to raise awareness for cancer research. This summer, the Dear Jack Foundation …
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Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time’s story hinges on a dagger that can rewind time, a narrative conceit that doubles as a taunt to those who endure this cacophonous, frivolous adaptation of Ubisoft’s Arabian Nights-themed video-game series. Bruckheimered to the hilt with the same rollicking period-piece cheesiness that typified the producer’s (and studio Disney’s) …
“Have you ever played the lobster game?” “The lobster game?” “Yeah, the kind with the claw.” “Is this some kind of sick pick-up line? If it is, you need more help than I can give you.” ] Sadly, this was a literal question. News reached the OC Weekly's offices of skill-crane games, arcade-style games, involving …