I have been reading recently how the Republicans in Orange County have reached the conclusion that Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, and State Senator Lou Correa are vulnerable to defeat in November. They cite the wave of anti-incumbent feaver that is sweeping through the country. Yeah Right. Dream On!
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Tags: Assemblyman Van Tran, Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, Democrats, GOP Dreams, Loretta Sanchez, Lou Correa, Lucille Kring, Red County, Republicans, State Senator Lou Correa, Van Tran
Posted in California, Orange County - Local | 1 Comment »
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 result...
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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
Posted in California, National-US, Orange County - Local | 2 Comments »
Despite being feted, celebrated and touted by Republicans, Van Tran has failed to live up to expectations (with audio from Quach accident).
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Tags: 47th Congressional, Andy Quach, Assemblyman Van Tran, dui, DUI accident, Fundraising, GOP Failures, Loretta Sanchez, Van Tran Audio
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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
Posted in Orange County - Local | 1 Comment »
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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Yesterday I received a partial response to the public records requests I filed related to Andy Quach’s DUI accident and arrest on August 2, 2009. I say partial response because out of more than a dozen items requested, I have the answers to two.
I asked what the personnel costs in terms of time and...
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Tags: Accident Photos, Andy Quach, Assemblyman Van Tran, Booking Photos, City of Westminster, DUI accident, Personnel Costs, Public Records, Westminster Councilman Andy Quach
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Yeah I know, just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse for Andy Quach. When Andy Quach’s attorney Bart Kasperowicz got up before the Westminster City Council to praise his client, while not revealing that fact in his remarks, it got me thinking. I wondered, wouldn’t be interesting to see if Mr. Kasperowicz...
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Tags: Andy Quach, Assemblyman Van Tran, Back-room Deals, Bart Kasperowicz, Citryst Restaurant, Conditional Use Permits, Conflict of Interest, CUP, CUP Suspension, Ethical Conflict, ethics, Favors, legal ethics, QuchGate, Westminster City Council, Westminster Planning Commission, Westminster Police Department
Posted in Orange County - Local | 13 Comments »