Proposed TET Festival non-profit host on shaky ground with the state

August 27, 2013 2

Tonight, the City of Garden Grove will be considering a proposal from the nonprofit Trung-Tam Van-Hoa Hong-Bang to host the Tet Festival in Garden Grove. But the proposed host has some problems with the State of California that are not reflected in their proposal. According to a letter from state Attorney General Kamala Harris the organization is significantly delinquent in its filings with the state.

Janet Nguyen: Dancing on the edge of Occam’s Razor

August 26, 2013 4

In the midst of an ongoing investigation by a federal, state, and local task force the Voice of OC has been doing some investigating of their own. Voice of OC points out Supervisor Nguyen may have violated the provisions of the Levine Act.

OC Register Keeping the myth of Reagan’s Welfare Queen alive

August 26, 2013 0

The Orange County Register’s klatch of libertarian blowhards is at it again. In a Sunday editorial they use a misleading Cato Institute “study” to keep the myth of Ronald Reagan’s Welfare Queen alive. The study claims that; “welfare pays more than the type of entry-level job…

Officials Concerned: “There may be something in the water.”

August 23, 2013 5

San Diego is a lovely city. SeaWorld, Coronado, the Naval base, a zoo, lots of sunshine and SCANDAL. Last night, Voice of OC broke the story of Bob Filner’s opponent in the mayoral election last year, Carl DeMaio, with this tame headline; “Filner Was Not the Only SD Mayoral Candidate With Alleged Sex Issues”

County’s Computer System Disgrace Makes the IT Trades

August 19, 2013 1

Computerworld, a prominent information technology publication, has taken notice of the debacle that is Orange County’s computer network boondoggle with a story that ran this week. The headline references that 6,000 pages of specifications for the project and the dramatic cost increases and how the county is back to square one.

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Righeimer Uses Fear and Envy to Attack City Workers

August 19, 2013 8

Since our favorite crazy Uncle, Jim Righeimer current Mayor of Costa Mesa, had his butt handed to him in 2012 over his city charter scheme we’ve tried to ignore him as much as possible. But his commentary this past weekend in the pages of the Daily Pilot require at least some rebuttal. To ignore his rantings would allow his vile perspective to take root in the unsuspecting minds of his neighbors in Costa Mesa.