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Join Bill Hedrick to Kickoff the Campaign to Take Back the 44th!

by Andrew Davey • January 11, 2008 • 11 Comments

Hey, you! Do you live in the 44th Congressional District? And would you like to send the great progressive Democrat Bill Hedrick to Congress instead of that creepy guy Ken Calvert? Great, then check out what’s happening this evening in…

by Dan Chmielewski • January 10, 2008 • 4 Comments

DEMOCPAC, a new political action committee designed to bring Democrats of Orange County together to “raise our voices locally and nationally” will hold its inaugral meeting Sunday Janauary 28 at Lucca Cafe in Irvine. The event at the Quail Hill…

by Chris Prevatt • January 10, 2008 • 2 Comments

Today Governor Schwarzenegger announced his proposed budget, which proposes billions of dollars in cuts to healthcare and programs for the poor in California. In his typical demagogue fashion, Board of Supervisor’s Chairman John Moorlach blamed public employess for the shortfall.…

by Sean H. Mill • January 10, 2008 • 13 Comments

Ethically challenged California Congressman John Doolittle announced earlier today that he will not seek re-election in November.Ã‚Â Doolittle, who has represented the eastern Sacramento area since 1991, has come under scrutiny for his ties to convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff.Ã‚Â In…

by Dan Chmielewski • January 10, 2008 • 2 Comments

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…

by Dan Chmielewski • January 10, 2008 • Comments Off

Quick, what is Irvine Council member and Great Park Board member and Republican candidate for Irvine Mayor Christina Shea’s definition of a “close, personal friend of Larry Agran?”Ã‚Â Answer: anyone who has ever met him.Ã‚Â After all, Shea commented that…

by Chris Prevatt • January 10, 2008 • 2 Comments

WTF?Ã‚Â Ã‚Â I just don’t get this one.Ã‚Â The personnel file ofÃ‚Â a deputy, accused of encouragning the beating death of an inmate in the Orange County Jail has gone “missing.”Ã‚Â In the middle of a high profile investigation, and civil litigation how…