Friday Bits and Pieces
It’s Friday the 13th and is Jason back? Just checking. Here are some bits and pieces of stories I wish I had more time for. […]
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The Story of how the Bell Scandal broke
It was the day that two Los Angeles Times journalists, Jeff Gottlieb and Ruben Vives, broke the shocking story of corruption in the small city of Bell. “Bell, one of the poorest cities in Los Angeles County, pays its top officials some of the highest salaries in the nation, including nearly $800,000 annually for its city manager, according to documents reviewed by The Times.”
The Spanking of Duvall
It’s Monday, the legislative session is “completed,” and “Open Mike” Duvall is still getting spanked by columnists around the state. I’ve gathered a few of […]
Right-Wingnuts Unhinged Over Obama Talking to Kids
UPDATE: Here’s the prepared text of the speech the president will deliver. Tim Rutten has an excellent OpEd in the LATimes today regarding the hysteria […]
Budget Committee Says No Taking Local Funds
The LATimes reports this morning on the meeting of the California Legislatures Budget Conference Committee. The committee has said no to Arnold’s plan to steal […]
OC CEO Mauk condones Bustamantes’ sexist remarks!
On June 19th I wrote about the response from the Orange County CEO’s PR person regarding Carlos Bustamantes’ now notorious comment to Red County Blogger […]
County Supes Wasting More Taxpayer Money
We have heard time and time again from Republicans/Conservatives how private enterprise can do the job better than government; that government workers are too expensive; […]
Marriage Equality in CA – The first four days
As far as I can tell, and since I am able to write this post I am pretty sure I am correct, the world has […]
Bush Administration DID LIE us into Iraq
The Red County/OC Blog feed headline “Bush Never Lied To Us About Iraq” caught my eye this afternoon. I had to click through to see […]