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If you happen to have access to the Orange County Register, either through print or online, you may have heard that Diane Harkey announced a possible deal to resolve the loss of $54 million in Vehicle License Fee (VLF) revenues. Unfortunately for the Register, Harkey had nothing to do with the deal.

In this Labor Day message, Robert Reich, the former Secretary of Labor and subject of the upcoming documentary “Inequality for All,” breaks down what it’ll take for workers to get a fair share in this economy…

The Democratic Party of Orange County announced yesterday the honorees for the 19th Annual Truman Award Dinner scheduled for October 19, 2013. Harry S Truman Award Honoree: Assembly Speaker, John A. Perez

In case you missed the key speeches from yesterday’s 50th anniversary commemoration of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, we have assembled those clips for your to view.

How do you plan to celebrate Labor day this year?

We suggest joining your brothers and sisters of the Orange County Labor Federation at the Santa Ana Zoo this Saturday, as they celebrate the value and highlight the struggles of everyday working people.

Dr. King laid down a challenge, one which we have yet to meet all the way. Today, there are those in the Republican party who would like nothing more than to drag our country back to the good old days of the 1960’s. We need to take up Dr. King’s challenge once again, and fight for equality, fight for justice, fight for jobs, and fight for the right of all Americans to vote, without the need for a government issued id.

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.

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.

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…