The Tea Party is Over: A Tale of Allen and Alan in Florida
In 2010, The Tea Party was the big winner in the mid-term elections forcing sometimes reasonable Republicans to embrace the crazy far right fringe and […]
Month: November 2012
Pulido Loses While Winning; Benavides Wins by Losing
Mayor Miguel Pulido won a decisive victory over his opponents in Tuesday’s election but will take the oath of office next month considerably weakened. He […]
OCTA Responds to Yorba Linda Water District post
We got a call from the OCTA on our lawsuit post from this morning. Spokeman Joel Zlotnik gave us this statement: “OCTA offered to pay […]
Libertarians Give No Love to Atlas Shrugged Part II
Atlas Shrugged Part II, the film based on the fictional novel by Ayn Rand, sought to capitalize on Rand fan Paul Ryan’s candidacy for the […]
OCTA Sues Yorba Linda Water District
Now that the election is over, we’re back to something more meaningful and the actual actions of government agencies. After months of futile negotiations, the […]
Brandman pulls out a convincing win in Anaheim
No candidate for city council in Orange County caught more flack than Jordan Brandman. But when the voting was over in Anaheim, residents elected Brandman […]
Measure V Defeated: No Charter In Costa Mesa, yet.
Responsible government experienced a victory last night when more than 59% of Costa Mesa voters resoundingly rejected the city charter initiative cobbled together by Councilman Jim Righeimer and his council […]
Irvine is the GOP’s Only Bright Spot on a Night of Losses
Irvine is back under Republican control but for those reading some of the other blog coverage out there, Tea Party candidate Lynn Schott will not […]
Santa Ana Spring Fails To Unseat Mayor Pulido
While preliminary results show that 52.6% of Santa Ana voters preferred someone other than Miguel Pulido to be their mayor, they again couldn’t rally behind a single candidate to push Miguel Pulido out of the saddle and away from the reigns of city power.