Happy Halloween! In our tradition, we offer this year’s edition of OC’s scariest political figures. #10, Chris Thompson, Fullerton School Board — Distrustful of government, hate unions, can’t wait for the police to investigate? Chris Thompson is your man.…
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Santa Ana Education Debate Has Few Fireworks and One Flip Flop
by Dan Chmielewski • • 1 Comment
A debate between candidates for the Rancho Santiago Community College District followed by a debate of SAUSD School board candidates was a bit of a snoozer last night for the 50 brave souls who were mostly friends and family of…
Official “Agent of Change” Town Hall Press Release
by Dan Chmielewski • • 8 Comments
Here’s the official press release from the City of Santa Ana announcing the Community Forum on Cultural Diversity that the community isn’t allowed to come to. I’m having falshbacks to the 1970s TV show “Welcome Back Kotter,” with the…
Alvarez Apologizes, Kind of….
by Dan Chmielewski • • 6 Comments
Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez apologized last night for her poor choice of words in linking Santa Ana developers Irv and Ryan Chase to Nazi leader Adolpf Hitler and inappropriately using the term “ethnic cleansing.” The statements first…
ADL Condemns Claudia Alvarez for Anti-Semitic Remarks at Santa Ana City Council Meeting
by Dan Chmielewski • • 17 Comments
The Anti-Defamation League is issuing a statement condemning comments made by Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez. Regional director Kevin O’Grady, who has an office on Fourth Street and Broadway in Santa Ana, said that Alvarez and the City…
Lost in Translation?
by Dan Chmielewski • • 1 Comment
The biggest non-story in the OC political blogsphere is the defense of Orange Joke bloggers Art Pedroza and Sean Mill that Santa Ana Mayor Pro-Tem Claudia Alvarez mis-spoke by referral to the attacks of 9/11 as an “accident” by claiming…
