California Secretary of State Debra Bowen has conducted a top to bottom review of electronic voting equipment used in all California counties. Orange County uses the Hart InterCivic voting system. The security review released this week indicates significant vulnerabilities with this…
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Calling Any Sane Senate Republican
by Andrew Davey • • 7 Comments
Oh, my! The Register is reporting this morning that one of the Senate Republicans has FINALLY broken ranks with his fellow Reeps to vote to approve the state budget. But then again, Sen. Abel Maldonado (R-Santa Maria) is one of…
Lemmings on the march
by Chris Prevatt • • 1 Comment
Yesterday, the Orange County Board of Supervisors took a step towards challenging the decision of the Board of Supervisors in 2001 to grant an additional 1% of salary per year of service to the pension calculation for public safety officers. …
What Did I Tell You About Republicans & Immigration?
by Andrew Davey • • 10 Comments
My goodness! John and Ken are looking for outrage, but don’t know where quite to send it. Peggy Lowe reported at Total Buzz earlier today that the KFI shock jocks were commanding their droneslisteners to bombard our lovely Orange County…
Speeding Our Way to Nonsense on the 241
by Andrew Davey • • 34 Comments
This is the latest part of my special report on the proposed extension of the 241 Toll Road to San Onofre State Beach (aka Trestles), which is also cross-posted at Calitics. If you’d like, you can find the other stories…
What Is Wasteful?
by Andrew Davey • • Comments Off
OK, I can’t stop thinking about this. All the Orange County Supervisors claim to be good “fiscal conservatives” who are “responsible” in spending our tax dollars. John Moorlach says that current pension benefits for county deputy sheriffs are “irresponsible” and…
When Sued Over Illegal Wetlands Filling, Developer Sues Coastal Commission
by Andrew Davey • • Comments Off
What should a developer do when confronted with evidence that it is illegally filling in wetlands in order to develop by the Bolsa Chica Wetlands Preserve without having its land become part of that preserve? Should the developer come clean…
