Sherri Loveland to run for Tustin City Council
Long time Tustin community activist Sherri Loveland has filed to fill one of the vacant seats on the Tustin City Council.  We met her last […]
Santa Ana
Did the Register Forget an Important Anniversary?
Thirty six years ago today, Yorba Linda’s own Richard Nixon resigned from the office of president. He flew into the El Toro Airbase back to […]
Time to stop demonizing public employee’s, their pay, and pensions!
Last week, the OC Weekly’s R. Scott Moxley wrote about the roaring debate over public employee pensions in “Death and Taxes.” While I appreciate his highlighting the contributions of myself and Dan Chmielewski to the debate with Steven Greenhut and Supervisor John Moorlach, I do have to take issue with the way he presented some of my comments, including the attribution of some statements out of context.
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.
Rep. Sanchez Talks Up Stimulus and Healthcare Reform at Santa Ana Technology Company
Rep. Loretta Sanchez took a tour of one of Santa Ana’s fastest growing techology company’s this afternoon and spoke with employees about the economic stimulus […]
DeVore Apologizes to Don Henley; Settles Lawsuit
Hand it to State Rep. Chuck DeVore; he manned up and apologized to musician Don Henley over the unauthorized use of Henley’s songs to go […]
Happy Birthday
 Since today seems to be a day of birthday wishes, I wanted to take a second to wish my daughter Madison a happy 11th […]
What Would Reagan Do?
In his eloquent “Letter From a Birmingham Jail†written in response to white ministers who criticized nonviolent activist tactics, Martin Luther King, Jr., wrote powerfully, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.†It greatly bothered King that white Christians could stand by idly while oppression of fellow human beings continued unabated, “Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will.â€
Celebrating a landmark civil rights victory in the land of Nixon and Reagan
The Orange County Rally in Sasscer Park in the shadow of the Ronald Reagan Federal Courthouse drew a respectable crowd, about 200 people, of LGBT community members and their supporters. They all seemed to recognize that this decision is merely another step, on the long road, to marriage equality for LGBT Americans.