Blogsphere readers on Mother’s Day were treated to OCPoliticsBlog blogger Art Pedroza throwing yet another old friend under the bus with a post berating BoS candidate Todd Spitzer for hiring Orange Juice blogger Vern Nelson to play piano at a Spitzer holiday party.
Tag Archive for Art Pedroza
Violence raises its ugly head in 69th Assembly Campaign
by Dan Chmielewski • • 1 Comment

On Sunday afternoon, a volunteer walking a precinct for the Orange County Labor Federation’s Dignity PAC on behalf of candidate Julio Perez was chased down and pushed to the ground by supporters of Councilwoman Michele Martinez. The volunteer received minor injuries and was forced to stop walking that precinct.
Ruh Roh, State’s Ethics Czar Wants Payments to Bloggers Disclosed
by Dan Chmielewski • • 6 Comments
A hat tip to the LA Times for this post about how the California Fair Political Practices Commission wants to require candidates for political office to disclose payments to bloggers to post positive pieces for a candidate or attack sites to…
Unfit for Office
by Dan Chmielewski • • 31 Comments
We were hoping to never have to write about Art Pedroza ever again. But his candidacy for a seat on the Orange County Board of Education (OC BoE) makes it necessary. Readers know this blog won our second federal lawsuit against Mr.…
It’s Accurate But It’s Not True”
by Dan Chmielewski • • 7 Comments
I’m a sucker for movies about media and journalism. Citizen Kane, The Philadephia Story, All The President’s Men, The Paper..all excellent flicks. In 1981, Paul Neuman and Sally Field starred in “Absence of Malice,” which did a decent job of…
The Lawsuit Against Art Pedroza is Over; We won
by Editorial Staff • • 40 Comments

The nearly two year lawsuit against Art Pedroza and the OrangeJuiceBlog is over. Federal judge David O. Carter issued a minute order on Thursday, December 15, awarding $30,000 in damages on charges of cybersquatting, trademark infringement and unfair business practices to Thinking Liberally Media, the publishers of TheLiberalOC blog, Madison Alexander PR, Chris Prevatt, Ryan Trabuco and Claudio Gallegos.
The Difference Between a Prank and a Terrorist Threat Is…
by Dan Chmielewski • • 34 Comments
You know, it can be said that inside every man is 14 years old at heart. And at ComicCon this summer, the 14 year old in me saw a T-shirt and it was too irresistable for a prank with former…

