For some reason Orange County is a magnet for political losers. In recognition of that unbearable truth, and the fact we're almost done with 2009, here is my list of the OC Political Losers of 2009. Dean Grose — The Los Alamitos Mayor who found it funny to send an email picture of the...
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Tags: Andy Quach, Chuck DeVore, Dean Grose, John Campbell, Lan Nguyen, Mike Duvall, Orange County, Political Losers of 2009, Steven Choi, Tyler Diep, Van Tran
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The Latino community has been reporting for the past couple of weeks a woman who has been going around the community named Cecilia "Ceci" Iglesias touting herself as an Independent candidate for Congress in the 47th Congressional District, Loretta Sanchez' seat. A little digging is revealing a much bigger picture, a clear effort by...
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Tags: Andy Quach, CD 47, Cecilia "Ceci" Iglesias, Cecilia Iglesias, GOP, Lan Nguyen, Latinos, Loretta Sanchez, Quang Pham, Republican, Republican tool, Van Tran
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Despite our best efforts, bloggers just don’t have enough resources to meet the need for full time investigative reporting. The explosion of internet journalism has launched hundreds of thousands of blogs covering everything from recipes to political opinion. In many cases, politics has inspired the merger of political opinion and actual investigative journalism. The...
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Tags: A New Page, Assemblyman Van Tran, Chris Prevatt, Citizen Journalism, Ideology, investigative reporting, Non-Profit Journalism, Norberto Santana Jr. Norberto Santana, OCWeekly, Orange County Register, QuachGate, Right-Wing Media Bias
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In general, I try to avoid reaching a conclusion that people are trying to hide something until I have clear reason to believe they are. The standard I usually follow is governed by the amount of inconsequential information that is concealed when I start asking questions. If I get most of what I am...
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Tags: Andy Quach, Assemblyman Van Tran, Chief Andy Hall, Councilman Andy Quach, Councilman Tyler Diep, QuachGate, Tyler Diep, Van Tran, Westminster, Westminster City Attorney, Westminster Police Department
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What is it about city attorneys that causes them to be unable to respond to public records requests for information that has already been released? I’m talking of course about the City Attorney for Westminster. Seems they have difficulty first in responding to requests for information in a timely manner. Which some of the time...
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Tags: Andy Quach, Cover-up, DUI accident, DUI Arrest, orange county district attorney, Public Records, Public Records Requests, QuachGate, Westminster, Westminster City Attorney, Westminster City Councilman, Westminster Police Department
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I will be searching my thesarus for various words that describe annoyed, but after more than two weeks, the Mug Shot from Andy Quach’s DUI arrest has finally been released. H/T to OC Weekly’s Scott Moxley who was able to get his hands on it. I first requested the photo on August 7th from...
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Tags: Andy Quach, Andy Quach Booking Photo, DUI Arrest, Mug Shot, orange county district attorney, QuachGate, Westminster City Councilman, Westminster Police Department
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On the evening of his DUI accident Westminster Councilman Andy Quach told authorities and the Orange County Register that he was at the West Coast Seafood Buffet Restaurant at 15440 Beach Blvd., in Westminster meeting with friends and that he had fallen asleep on his way home from that gathering. According to police reports,...
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Tags: Andy Quach, Assemblyman Van Tran, Citryst Restaurant, Conditional Use Permits, Councilman Andy Quach, Councilman Tyler Diep, DUI accident, Gary Tang, Van Tran, West Coast Seafood Buffet, Westminster City Council, Westminster Police Department
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