I think Steven Greenhut over at the Register’s Orange Punch blog has cracked his nut (head). I think it happened sometime Thursday morning when he received a forwarded email from someone in the County (probably his buddy Chris Norby) that…
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Blogging in bed
by Mike Lawson •
I’ve gotten a few emails from people that think the Jon Fleischman photo that accompanied Monday’s Martin Wisckol column is hilarious. Someone called me and said “Did you see the picture in the Register of Fleischman surfing for porn?†And…
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Why Unions Matter
by Dan Chmielewski •
I’m getting into it a bit with Steven Greenhut at the OC Register. The man sees no value in unions, particularly government unions. He actually posted a note online that he was happy to see pro-union companies like General Motors…
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The OC Post
by Dan Chmielewski •
The Orange County Register announced its launching a new paper in August called the OC Post. Basically, a tighter and shorter tabloid that repurposes content form the Register. In the story, OC Post will have a staff of 20 but…
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A Wal-mart in Garden Grove?
by Mike Lawson •
If you’ve got any opinion about a 24-hour Wal-mart moving to Garden Grove, you should attend the planning commission meeting tonight at 7 p.m. This is your time to give input into the development, and the planning commission will be…
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Come November
by Mike Lawson •
We launched TheLiberalOC back in Aprilâ€â€2 months before the fun primary election. At the time I thought that abundance of political news to write about was going to be typical. I couldn’t have been more wrong. Sure, we got the…
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LiberalOC Blogger Blows Cover of Covert Operative at the Registrar of Voters
by Chris Prevatt •
It appears that I may have violated the Orange County State Secrets Act and unceremoniously blown the cover of a covert operative holding a desk job at the Orange County Registrar of Voters. In a post this morning on the…
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Greenhut and his addiction to “Moorlach’s Moonshine Kool-Aidâ€Â
by Chris Prevatt •
In his commentary on the Orange Punch Blog Steven Greenhut slams the Board of Supervisors, in particular Supervisors Campbell and Silva, for the newly negotiated general salary increase for County employees. In his zeal to oppose the increase he manipulates…
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Frank Barbaro: “President Bush’s policies have been a disastrous failure.â€Â
by Mike Lawson •
The chairman of the Orange County Democratic Party, Frank Barbaro writes a column for OC Metro. This week he focused on the war in Iraq, and he had some questions: How long has it been since George Bush strutted in…
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5 television shows all Orange County political-types should be watching
by Mike Lawson •
â€ÂReal Orange†weeknights at 6:30 p.m. on KOCE. Ed Arnold and Ann Pulice host this 30-minute news program. They cover all aspects of OC lifestyle, and help you put faces to the names you are reading about in the newspapers.…
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Help stamp out Rohrabacher!
by Mike Lawson •
This Sunday, a group of people that want Jack Abramoff’s buddy Dana Rohrabacher kicked out of Congress will be meeting at the headquarters for Rohrabacher’s opponent Jim Brandt. The volunteers will be helping Jim launch his voter outreach campaign. If…
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Ryan Gene Williams’ appendix releases a statement
by Mike Lawson •
I just got this email from Ryan Gene Williams’ appendix: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 20, 2006 Contact: Ryan Gene Williams’ Appendix 714-555-3242 Office 714-555-6578 Cell 714-555-7765 Fax Williams’ Appendix Calls for Immediate Withdraw From Republican Body In what could be…
