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There’s no doubt that Irvine Council member Christina Shea is a conservative Republican. Yet she has shown an independent streak of late that has us wondering is she really being independent or is it a matter of a broken clock being right twice a day?

Councilwoman Gail Eastman has added to the agenda for tonight’s meeting another discussion about placing district level voting for council seats on the ballot for voter approval. This appears to be a case of having one’s cake, and eating it too.

Beginning at 8:00 am today, for the first time since November of 2008, same sex couples may marry in Orange County. On Friday, the federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals removed the stay imposed on the decision of Judge Vaughn Walker declaring the ban on same sex marriage imposed by California’s Proposition 8 to be unconstitutional.

Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy turned down at midday Sunday a request to stop same-sex marriages from occurring in California. Without comment, and without seeking views from the other side, Kennedy rejected a plea that the Ninth Circuit Court did not have the authority to put into effect last Friday a federal judge’s order that allowed such marriages.

After more than a week of public criticism of the appointment of former Anaheim Mayor Curt Pringle to the city’s Charter Review Commission, Mr. Pringle has decided to withdraw from participation on the commission.

This evening, on Hugh Hewitt’s nationally syndicated radio show, U.S. Representative John Campbell (CA-45) announced his intention to retire from public service next year at the end of the 113th Congress.

TheLiberalOC attended tonight’s rally at the Old Courthouse in Santa Ana celebrating the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn DOMA and bring back gay marriage to California.

Marriage equality supporters will be gathering at the Old Orange County Courthouse in Santa Ana this evening at 6:30 pm for a rally regarding todays decisions. The Courthouse is located at 211 W. Santa Ana Blvd.

SANCHEZ APPALUDS SCOTUS DECISION STRIKING DOWN DOMA WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Loretta Sanchez (CA-46) today released the following statement applauding the Supreme Court’s decision […]