The Associated Press is reporting that the judge presiding over the Prop 8 trial has reached a decision on whether or not California’s Proposition 8 violates the Constitutional Rights of Gays and Lesbians by denying them the right to marry.…
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Irvine Mayor Sukhee Kang Honored by Carnegie Corp for Citizenship
by Dan Chmielewski • • 1 Comment
 Irvine Mayor Sukhee Kang is one of 46 individuals honored by the Carnegie Corporation this past weekend an as immigrant who has made a significant contribution to this nation. Kang was featured in a New York Times ad earlier…
Will Tea Partiers Celebrate Their Federal Tax Cut Tomorrow?
by Dan Chmielewski • • 2 Comments
There are a number of “Tea Party Protests” being planned throughout Orange County tomorrow. But recent CBS/New York Times polls show most of the Teabaggers still don’t realize that their taxes went down last year under President Obama’s stimulus package. …
Yes We Can/Hell No You Can’t Mash Up Goes Viral
by Dan Chmielewski • • Comments Off
It had to happen. A mash up of 2008′s Will.i.am’s “Yes We Can” music video together with GOP Congressman John Boehner’s speech in Congress on healthcare reform is storming the Internet. Take this into consideration as Republican senaotrs are invoking…
Editing Textbooks with a Conservative Bias
by Dan Chmielewski • • Comments Off
In case you missed this story over the weekend, the Texas Legislature has approved sweeping new changes to the content of textbooks used by schoolchildren there. And since Texas is the second largest market for textbooks in the nation and…
California Education: Our Smallest Citizens Pay the Biggest Price
by Editorial Staff • • 12 Comments
Melissa Fox, candidate for the California Assembly for the 70th Assembly District (Aliso Viejo, Irvine, Laguna Beach, Laguna Woods, Lake Forest, Newport Beach and Tustin) posted this blog on her website yesterday in support of the statewide Day of Action…
Students Support Torrico’s Fair Share for Fair Tuition Bill
by Chris Prevatt • • 1 Comment
In this video two Orange County student activists Ethan Matsuda and Jackie Rodarte advocate for the passage of AB 656, Alberto Torrico’s Fair Share for Fair Tuition bill. AB 656 will help reverse the skyrocketing fees and tuition at our UC, CSU and community college campuses. While California is struggling with record deficits and education funding is being gutted, big oil is enjoying historic profits. But California is the only major oil producing state in the country that doesn’t charge big oil their fair share.
