Archive for July, 2006

Your friends at TheLiberalOC.com are launching an Orange County chapter of the national organization of “Drinking Liberally.” This is just an informal, non-programmatic gathering that will meet every Thursday evening at Memphis Bar in Santa Ana at 8:30 p.m. Personally, I think that this is a much needed gathering here in OC. Consider...
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A few days ago I wrote a post about a fundraiser for Costa Mesa Mayor Allan “Definitely Not a Mexican” Mansoor. In the post, I mentioned the location of the event (a public park) and suggested that people show up to protest Mansoor’s screwy politics. I’m surely not suggesting that the protesters that showed...
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We’ve been reading about this ridiculous $400,000 contract that Sheriff Mike Carona has been peddling to the Board of Supervisors since June, and the final decision will more than likely be made on Tuesday. It’s a contract with Scott P. Bryant and Associates to keep up a decade-long series of yearly public opinion...
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Life is easy for racist Costa Mesa Mayor Allan Mansoor. First he got the OC GOP to endorse him for reelection to the Costa Mesa City Council, and now he’s got the Minuteman Project throwing fundraising picnics in his honor. To get a peek at these Minutemen and maybe even see Militant Mansoor himself,...
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I met up with Orange Juice blogger Art Pedroza last night, and a friend of ours told us about a fundraiser hosted by Santa Ana City Councilman Carlos Bustamante last Wednesday. The best part of this event was when Carlos got on stage and compared himself to none other than Forest Gump. There really...
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In Abraham Lincoln’s second inaugural speech, he said “With malice towards none, with charity for all.” With those words in mind, I wanted to post a quick something about a rally that will take place in Anaheim tomorrow afternoon. I’ve watched horrific scenes of violence and destruction in Palestinian areas as well as throughout Lebanon and...
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This is the first in a series of articles where we run candidate profiles about good politicians that are fighting for seats in November. This series will also include many city council races after the August 11th filing deadline. The name Phil Angelides isn’t new to any of us. His focus has usually been on...
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