Jerry Brown’s First Ad
The Jerry Brown campaign just released its first ad — long anticipated by many. What do you think? Â [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zt-q4OJxikw[/youtube]
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Constitutional Conflicts: OC Register endorses Craig Hunter for OC Sheriff
When the Orange County Register announced that it was dropping its life-long policy of not endorsing individual candidates I suspected the the logic applied to […]
More Mail in the 4th District from the Orange County Labor Federation
Two pieces of mail are hitting mail boxes in the 4th Supervisor’s District from the Orange County Labor Federation on June 1st. The first is a general mailer pointing out Shawn Nelson’s TEA Party credentials. My guess is it isn’t going to Republican households.
RIP Dixon Gayer, the Original OC Liberal
The Los Angeles Times obit pages ran the news of the passng of Dixon Gayer, a former newspaper columnist and journalism professor, who was a […]
Hieu Lies 2.0
Hieu Nguyen says he was promoted to Assistant Clerk of the Board in 2006. Dictionary.com defines a promotion as an advancement in rank or position. That seem ather straight forward. In order to call something a promotion, you need to be advanced in rank or position.
AD70 Race: Irvine’s Stephen Choi Lets Art Pedroza Carry The Ball
Irvine Council member Steven Choi, a struggling Republican candidate for the AD-70 race, is using a letter from Orange Juice publisher Art Pedroza to tout Choi’s candidacy. Choi, who’s his own best contributor to his own campaign, must be getting stir crazy in that tiny Woodbridge apartment.
Update from The Orange County Closing the Latino Achievement Gap Committee
Over the last several months, the committee has focused on unintended consequences of federal and state accountability policies that rate schools on multiple choice/standardized tests heavily weighted toward Reading and Math. While useful in surfacing the disparities in performance of subgroups, alignment of practice to these high stakes metrics have too often narrowed the curriculum to what’s tested and, to the detriment of Long term English Learners and others, have resulted in practices which do not prepare them for the next level of college and/or career readiness.
Obama Weekly Address: Honoring the Fallen
On this day, we honor not just those who’ve worn this country’s uniform, but the men and women who’ve died in its service; who’ve laid down their lives in defense of their fellow citizens; who’ve given their last full measure of devotion to protect the United States of America. These are the men and women I will be honoring this weekend, and I know many of you are doing the same.
Do as I say, Not as I do
With our friends at the Orange Juice blog content to make stuff up, I’m again compelled to set some facts straight. Blogger Sean Mill, easily our most loyal reader, sent an email recently to the County Board of Supervisors complaining about Chris Prevatt “blogging” during the business day on county time while Chris is working for the County’s Health Department. I obtained a copy of Sean’s email; Sean wonders how Prevatt can post blog topics while he’s a work. That’s actually easy to explain as WordPress allows us to schedule posts.