Irvine Mayor Sukhee Kang Honored by Carnegie Corp for Citizenship
 Irvine Mayor Sukhee Kang is one of 46 individuals honored by the Carnegie Corporation this past weekend an as immigrant who has made a […]
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Thirty-six percent of OC Ballots remaining to be counted
More than 182,000 ballots remain to be counted from yesterday’s primary election in Orange County. According to the OC Registrar of Voters website there are 166,451 vote-by-mail ballots, 11,196 provisional ballots, and 4,414 election day paper ballots remaing.
Vote Early, Drink Liberally!
Today is Primary Election Day in California. Polls are open 7 am to 8 pm. To find your Orange County Polling Place go to www.ocvote.com. The […]
The Silence Speaks Volumes!
Right about now the Lincoln Club, along with a host of other right wing organizations such as the David Horowitz Freedom Center and the Newport Harbor Republican Women will be hosting their forum on how to deal with immigration. Considering the people hosting this, I think we all know their solutions.
Sanchez and Solorio Endorse Janice Hahn!
Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez and Assemblyman Jose Solorio have made the right choice on who to support for Lieutenant Governor in California. As Matt Cunningham would say, these came over the transom today. All we need is Lou Correa to endorse and all of the big three in Orange County will be backing Janice for LG! This should hand her a big victory in Orange County, which has over half a million registered Democrats. Below are the Press Releases.
So what does Hugh Nguyen do for the County anyway?
Hugh Nguyen manages the purchasing, petty cash, space needs/modifications, telephone usage/modifications, safety compliance, disaster recovery plan, department document storage and retention, public record act requests, building signage, etc. for the Board of Supervisors and Clerk of the Board.
Sheriff’s Deputies Union reaches a tentative agreement on new contract
After working under an expired contract with the county since 2007, the Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriff’s (AOCDS) announced it its members today that they have reached a tentative contract agreement with the County of Orange. Details of the contract have not been announced and they will be presented to to the membership at three meetings on Friday, Saturday, and Tuesday. Voting will occur on January 20th.
Senator Joe Dunn (ret.) to OC Board of Supervisors: Adopt Lobbying Reforms!
After the Orange County Board of Supervisors failed to agendize proposed reforms requiring lobbyists to register and report on their activities to influence county government on matters of public interest, Senator Joe Dunn (ret.) spoke during Public Comments, noting he filed a notice to circulate a petition before the voters. Confident taxpayers want County government to operate with transparency and accountability, Dunn plans to lead an effort to gather the nearly 73,000 signatures required to place the reforms on the November 2010 ballot.
Orange County Political Losers of 2009
For some reason Orange County is a magnet for political losers. In recognition of that unbearable truth, and the fact we’re almost done with 2009, here is my list of the OC Political Losers of 2009. Dean Grose — The Los Alamitos Mayor who found it funny to send an email picture of the White House rising over a watermelon patch.