The Return of the Auto Insurance Discount Act
New initiative addresses concerns of Prop 17 and brings rate decreases for some and rate hikes for the worst-off.
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It seems Orange Councilman Jon Dumitru is either an idiot, a bigot, or both
OC Weekly’s Gustavo Arellano wrote on the Navel Gazing blog this morning about Orange City Councilman Jon Dumitru’s Facebook rant remembering the attacks by 19 religious whack-jobs on September 11, 2001.
Signature Gathering for Fullerton Recall Begins
Petitions to recall three City Councilmen protecting the police responsible for a homeless man’s death have begun.
Tea Bagger Zombies Must Die: the web videogame causes a stir
If you liked the first person shooter videogame “Doom” circa 1994, and you’re to the left of center, you will love this online videogame “TeaBagger […]
It’s A Question of Ethics
There has been some debate regarding the ethics of Claudia Alvarez’s deciding vote last week that determined she received nothing but an unspecified rebuke of her anti-Semitic comments. Both the OC Register and Voice of OC have published articles that suggest that because there was no financial interest at stake in her vote, there was no ethical conflict. I take issue with that conclusion.
Remembering September 11, 2001 Ten Years Later
In an instant everything changed. Almost 3,000 people lost their lives that day, thousands more in the ten years that followed.
OC Republicans Get The Smaller Government They Asked For
End of Session in the California Legislature was not quite long enough for the resolution to the $48 million in stolen VLF funding to be restored. While the Orange County GOP delegation was quick to demand the funds be restored, they refused to lift a finger to make it happen.
CalPERS puts nail in coffin on cities choosing to leave the system
The Orange County Register reports this morning that CalPERS, the big state pension fund, has effectively slammed the door on cities thinking of getting out of the guaranteed pension business.
ACLU Sues Board of Supervisors Over Public Comment Interruptions
The Orange County Board of Supervisors is the target of a lawsuit by the ACLU over their public comment policies. The suit was filed on behalf of William Denis Fitzgerald, an Anaheim resident, who has spoken before the Board on numerous occasions.