Red County Equates Democrats with Nazis
Congratulations Chip Hanlon and the team at Red County for a hardy-har-har redubbing of a scene from a 2004 German-Austrian drama film, “Downfall,” depicting the […]
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Who Can Save the Banana Republic?
What are everyone’s thoughts? As Gustavo asks, Who can save the Banana Republic? Who can bring change we Santa Ana residents can all believe in?
John Edwards Finally Comes Clean about daughter with mistress
Former U.S. Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina has admitted that he fathered a girl with his mistress. Edwards earlier admitted that he had an affair with Rielle Hunter while he was campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Supreme Court Rules in “Hillary, The Movie” case
By a 5-4 vote, the court overturned a 20-year-old ruling that said companies can be prohibited from using money from their general treasuries to produce and run their own campaign ads. The decision, which almost certainly will also allow labor unions to participate more freely in campaigns, threatens similar limits imposed by 24 states.
OC Deputies Ratify New Contract
On WednesdayJanuary 20th the members of the Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriff’s voted on their new contract. Approximately half of the union membership, 886 members, participated in the ratification vote. The results were overwhelming.
LA Times and Capitol Weekly Team up on New State Political Blog
The LA Times and Capitol Weekly have launched a new blog aimed at covering California politics. Which means they’ll go after Republicans and Democrats alike, […]
New York Times to begin charging a flat fee for online content
There was a time when we paid for access to content on the Internet. Remember the days of CompuServe, AOL and Prodigy? The advent of […]
Commissioner Removal Delayed
At last night’s Santa Ana City Council meeting, the Council voted to continue the issue of removing Jeff Dickman from the Historic Resources Commission for two weeks in order to request a resignation from him. Myself, Thomas Gordon and Mike Tardif spoke on the issue. I stressed that an explanation should be given and he should have been given the courtesy of being offered to resign. Apparently the Council listened for once.
Rep. Michelle Bachman coming to OC
Everyone’s favorite Teabagger Rep. Michelle Bachman is coming to Orange County to speak at the Lincoln Club of OC at the end of January. Details […]