In a dramatic move supporting government transparency and accountability, Dr. KimOanh Nguyen Lam, Trustee for the Garden Grove Unified School District, walked out of Tuesday evening’s board meeting over an alleged blatant violation of the Brown Act by her fellow board members. The Brown Act prohibits a quorum of elected officials from deciding on public matters...
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Tags: Bob Harden, Brown Act, Brown Act Violation, Dr. George West, Dr. KimOanh Nguyen Lam, Garden Grove Unified School District, Integrity, Lan Nguyen
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It is generally understood in the political blogsphere that the liberal blogs will be supportive of liberal candidates, and likewise conservative blogs will be supportive of conservative candidates. So it is not really surprising that Matt Cunningham over at Red County supports incumbent Congressman John Campbell over his challenger Beth Krom.
Today, I caught Matt doing...
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Tags: Art Pedroza, Integrity, John Campbell, Matt Cunningham, Meg Whitman, Orange Juice Blog, rant, Red County
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Ever since I found out about Carlos “Busty” Bustmante’s sexist comment regarding the appointment of Sandra Hutchns as Orange County Sheriff I’ve been waiting for “Busty” to be taken to the woodshed for his conduct. I have been calling for the County of Orange Executive Office to do something other than slap “Busty” with...
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Tags: Board of Supervisors, Carlos Bustamante, ethics, Harassment, Hypocrisy, Integrity, Orange County Government, Orange County News, Republican mistakes, Santa Ana, Santa Ana City Council, Sexism, Tom Mauk
Posted in Orange County - Local | 37 Comments »
Flash Report blogger and San Bernadino Assistant Assessor Adam Aleman has been arrested in San Bernadino County on three counts of preparing false evidence, a single count each of offering forged or altered documents as evidence, destruction of public records and vandalism in excess of $400. Bail was set at $150,000.
Aleman’s photo was removed from teh...
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Tags: Blogs and Bloggers, Conservative, ethics, FLASH REPORT, GOP, Integrity, Republican mistakes, Republicans
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Stephen Smith, the publisher of the Irvine Tattler, is fast becoming the master of minutiae. Point and case, Irvine Mayor Beth Krom made a statement about hearing from Irvine residents who received a website via email. Smith reported that you can’t email a website, only mail a link to it. But frankly, any moron...
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Tags: Election 2008, ethics, Integrity, Irvine, Irvine City Council, Irvine Tattler, Krom, Shea
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As expected, political retaliation rules the day at the Board of Supervisors in Orange County.
The Emperor Chicken Little Moorlach got his way and began the retaliation against Orange County Employees Retirement System (OCERS) board members who voted to defend the Retirement Fund, as required by law, against the law suit Moorlach has pushed in...
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Tags: Bates, Bill Campbell, Board of Supervisors, Government Pensions, Integrity, Janet Nguyen, OCERS, Orange County, Orange County Government, Orange County News, Retaliation
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Orange County CEO Tom Mauk has a problem. The problem is Carlos “Bubba BustyGump” Bustamante. The Director of OC Public Works Administration cannot seem to figure out when to keep his unfunny sexist jokes to himself. He also forgot rule #1, Never tell an off color joke to, or in earshot of a reporter.
UPDATE: just got...
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Tags: Blogs and Bloggers, Board of Supervisors, Carlos Bustamante, ethics, Harassment, Hutchens, Hypocrisy, Integrity, LATimes, Media, Orange County, Orange County Government, Orange County News, Republican mistakes, Sexism, Tom Mauk
Posted in Orange County - Local | 12 Comments »