 It’s Halloween, so for our annual Trick or Treat, we present our picks for the scariest bloggers in the OC blogsphere with tongue firmly planted in cheek. Let us know if there’s anyone we missed. Bloggers 10. Claudio Gallegos,…
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The Irvine Tattler hangs it up
by Dan Chmielewski • • 6 Comments
The Irvine Tattler, a web site that offered no ability to correct incorrect information, is going offline on Valentine’s Day. The site, which hadn’t had a new posted since October 29, 2008 (they ran out of gas before election day)…
Quid Pro Quo Tattler?
by Dan Chmielewski • • 2 Comments
To build his credentials with the local political press, Irvine Tattler publisher Stephen Smith made a big deal of his political independence. In introducing his website, Stephen wrote these two gems: “Stephen currently holds no city office and will not…
Historic Election in Irvine: Kang is First Korean American Mayor
by Dan Chmielewski • • 2 Comments
Irvine’s Sukhee Kang has been elected Mayor making him the city’s first Korean-American mayor. He defeated Council member Christina Shea by 2,345 votes. It was the first election defeat for Shea on the ballot. She is termed out in 2010.…
More Smears Against Todd Gallinger
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I’m always amazed when some people where their bigotry on their sleeve, but the latest scoop over at the Irvine Tattler is how Irvine City Council candidate filed a defamation lawsuit for a Hamas Charity. How bad are journalistic standards…
Irvine Council Candidate Todd Gallinger Gets a Death Threat
by Dan Chmielewski • • 2 Comments
The Los Angeles Times is reporting that Irvine City Council candidate Todd Gallinger has received a death threat. The threat, phoned into Gallinger’s law office, was received by an employee. The threat comes on the heels of a warning issued…
Irvine Tattler on Gallinger’s Voting Record: “It was accurate when we wrote it”
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Earlier this week, we exposed as false Stephen Smith’s charge in an Irvine Tattler story that Irvine City Council candidate Todd Gallinger did not vote for Measure H, the anti-lobbyist provision of the city’s tough Ethics Ordinance. We secured a…
