House Speaker Johnson Coming to Newport Beach
If the image is too small to read, its appropriate. House speaker Mike Johnson headlines a GOP Congressional fundraiser next week in Newport Beach to […]
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As Trump Comes To Town Screaming For Shutdown, MAGA Republican Scott Baugh Would Help Shutter Government
Baugh would hurt the middle class and California’s economy As Donald Trump keynotes the California GOP convention kickoff tonight, the country is less than […]
Rackauckas Admits Conspiring with his Fiancé in Public Guardian Office
We received the following press release on behalf of Todd Spitzer regarding his ongoing feud with District Attorney Tony Rackauckas. Spitzer Vindicated!
Coverage of the Dueling Press Conferences of Rackauckas and Spitzer
Wednesday, District Attorney Tony Rackauckas and his 2014 challenger former Deputy DA Todd Spitzer conducted dueling press confrernces. The DA, finally breaking his silence over what his problems with Todd Spitzers performance were, and Spitzer countering with his own allegations aginst the DA and his office. I was unable to attend the press conferences, something about the fact I have a full time job and need to do it instead of taking time off to watch these two fight it out in the playground kept me away. Fortunately the OCRegister, OC Weekly, and Voice of OC all had this covered.
The ‘Bell’ is ringing, but is it putting the Santa Ana Council on notice?
On Tuesday we had the following rolling across banner headlines on the LA Times, The OC Register, and even national news sites: Eight Bell leaders arrested. […]
Crime victims call on California Attorney General to investigate OC Public Guardian
In a 9 am press conference this morning Crime Survivors, Inc. and Orange County crime victims to called upon California Attorney General Jerry Brown to formally investigate Orange County Public Guardian John S. Williams for his effort to raise revenue to solve his office’s budget deficit problems by pressuring victims to give up control over their personal assets.
OC News Round-up
Here is a quick round-up of news from other blogs and publications for Thursday, September 2, 2010
Weekend Update: Hung Jury for Tan, and a Boot for Todd
A mistrial was declared in the case of failed Republican Congressional candidate Tan Nguyen and The Voice of OC broke the story on Saturday about the firing of Deputy Disrict Attorney Todd Sptizer.
The Devil in the Details of the CUSD Strike
I’ve been writing about Capistrano Unified School District and the struggles with our current Board of Trustees. The teachers went on strike Thursday even as talks began regarding the contract imposed by the CUSD Board of Trustees.
The details are important because they seem to be getting lost in translation between the media, the administration, the union and the parents. The issue is that Teachers are willing to take pay cuts, they just don’t want them to be permanent. There are other issues as well, which I’ve written about but the real issue is the board, who funded their race and the ultimate goal of a number of organizations to privatize our public education system.