And that’s scary. The glaring lack of facts is appalling. To this observer, these people represent exactly what it is they themselves fear but somehow cannot recognize. Yet they vote and get others to vote, also. If you want to prevent from occurring what it is that these people are whining about, hook up...
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Tracy Wood over at the Voice of OC has found out from the City of Santa Ana the “supposed” reasonwhy Santa ana Mayor Miguel Pulido was collecting city paid health care benefits while he was also getting the same from the Orange County Transportation Authority. It was the city of Santa Ana’s fault that, for...
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So here's the $100,000 question: John Moorlach will you opt-out of the county defined benefit pension plan once you are sworn in for your new term on the Board of Supervisors?
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John Leos, although not a bureaucrat or business-as-usual politician, is the city council candidate who has real-world experience with pension reform. His vision for Anaheim includes providing taxpayers with transparency and accountabilityby auditing management ranks. If the voters in November honor him with a seat on the council, he will work to preserve and...
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Please join the Orange County Young Democrats for their endorsement meeting next Thursday, September 9th at the IBEW Union Hall in Orange! Their guest speaker will be Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez. Congresswoman Sanchez has been Orange County’s only real voice in Washington for more than a decade, and is facing a stronger than usual tea-bagger challenger this year. Come...
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Martin Wisckol reported yesterday on Total Buzz blog that House investigators have recommended that Rep. John Campbell and two other lawmakers be further scrutinized by the House ethics committee to determine whether political contributions were improperly linked to votes on a huge financial overhaul bill, according to a breaking Associated Press story. The independent...
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"Chelsea’s Law is a long awaited answer for victims and their families who had experienced heinous crimes perpetrated by violent sex offenders As a co-author of Chelsea’s Law, I am very pleased to see that the Legislature has come together on a bipartisan effort to pass this very important measure."
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Sometimes the OC Register's Watchdog reporter Teri Sforza get's it right. But when it comes to analyzing government statistics I think she has allowed the Register Editorial Board's prism of anti-government employee rhetoric to blind her. Such is the case with Sforza's piece Tuesday titled Public pay rises despite recession.
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The Voice of OC reported today that Westminster Councilman Tyler Diep has been triple dipping on public medical benefits. Diep, who was elected to the Westminster City Council in 2008, also serves as a Board Member of the Midway City Sanitation District. Diep is also a member of Board of Equalization Member Michelle Steel’s...
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Nelson blows out a puff of heavy smoke. “We can send them cigars. They get to enjoy one of the luxuries of life.” “This is something special. You get a cigar, it’s handmade, they know it’s something special to them,” Nelson said. “It takes 45 minutes to an hour to smoke and it’s something...
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REP. LORETTA SANCHEZ, COLLEAGUES CALL FOR RELEASE OF VIETNAMESE POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS PRISONERS WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (CA-47), Co-Chair of the Congressional Caucus on Vietnam, and a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers today sent a letter to Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet urging him to release over one hundred political and religious prisoners...
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“It was once said that the moral test of Government is how that Government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped.” — Hubert H....
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