The Politics of a Botanical Garden at the Great Park
For those longtime Irvine residents who were around in 2002, there was an issue that did unite Democrats and Republicans – no Airport at El […]
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Irvine City Council set to Abandon Vet’s Cemetery at Great Park and Abolish Sunshine Ordinance
Tuesday’s Irvine City Council has two significant items on the agenda pushed forward by Vice Mayor Tammy Kim and Council member Mike Carroll — a […]
The Mailers Pulido Hoped You’d Forget
At long last, the anti-immigrant mailers and letters of Miguel Pulido are revealed. A reading from the Letter of Miguel Pulido to Barbara Coe.
Alleged Racism versus Real Bigotry
The Van Tran PR machine is really pushing a story that comments made by Rep. Loretta Sanchez were racist in some way against Vietnamese supporters […]
Van Tran acting like a Racist and Gay-baiting Homophobe
I remember the days when people assumed you were gay if you had gay friends. I remember when many would say that a man wearing a pink striped shirt, like the one Van Tran is sporting at left, was “a little light in the loafers.” But today few people would make such assumptions.
Is it possible to be against illegal immigration but for immigration reform?
  It’s a befuddling question. And one sure to have strong opinions, but I pose this question to our readers. Is it possible to be […]
OC Tea Party Members – Condemn Racism in Your Ranks
Benjamin Jealous, the head of the NAACP, wrote this post for CNN.com about the NAACP’s recent resolution asking the Tea Party crowd to repudiate racism […]
Tea Party Bigotry
I haven’t had the pleasure of meeting Meagan Barth yet and State Rep. Chuck DeVore, literally a neighbor of mine in Irvine, both proclaim to […]
OCLNN on UCI rallies against racism, intolerance, and arrests
About 250 people at UC Irvine gathered for a “student solidarity speakout†Tuesday. They protested the university’s recent arrests of students, along with the spate of racist incidents at UC San Diego that targeted black students and another incident last month at UC Davis, which targeted a Jewish student with a swastika carved on her door.