The economy still needs work, and unemployment rates are still too high, but the Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives prefer to dig up their tired desire to repeal the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) for the 37th time.
For all their claims of fiscal responsibility Republican elected officials, from the Board of Supervisors to the state legislative delegation, have demonstrated that ideological arrogance is a one way street to disaster. The victims of these disasters are the taxpayers of Orange County and, more directly, the taxpayers who rely on county services for support.
We’ve written about the City of Irvine’s iCHP program before. It’s a terrific program where the city works with several organizations to identify families of limited income and kids under 19 access affordable or even free quality healthcare for their…
The DIsneyland Resort will profit from the proposed streetcar project in Anaheim, but it’s the Anaheim taxpayer that will pay the bill.
Last year Orange County saw its youngest elected official enter office when 18-year-old Connor Traut won a seat on the Ladera Ranch Civic Council. The Council is made up of 7 council members, each serving two-year terms.
At its meeting today, the Orange County Board of Supervisors appointed Michael Giancola as the county Chief Executive Officer. Giancola replaces former CEO Tom Mauk.
In their never ending drive to distort reality in support of their attacks on public employees and public employee pensions, the Orange County Register has again used misleading comparisons of apples to onions to gin-up fear and envy.
Even for people as cynical as we are, it’s possible for us to be amazed at the ability of elected officials to tell lies while stating facts. Anaheim Councilwoman Kris Murray provides us with an excellent demonstration of this skill.
Should the newsroom of the Orange County Register reflect the ethnic makeup of the area it serves? Gustavo Arellano writes about a recent hiring spree by The Reg and their lack of diversity.
Social media tools like Facebook and Linked In are fantastic for networking and they are telling in making suggestions about who else out you might want to connect with. My LinkedIn account suggested I connect with a David Cordero, so…
Since she began her term as a State Assembly member Sharon Quirk-Silva has wasted no time in getting to work up in Sacramento. Quirk-Silva sits on 3 committees: Transportation, Accountability and Administrative Review, and Committee on Higher Education.
Over the weekend President Barack Obama delivered his comedic best at the White House Correspondents Dinner. We are posting his remarks as delivered, along with video of his remarks. Enjoy!
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