Maybe Frank Mickadeit needs to spend more time in that primate cage at the Santa Ana zoo. It seems every election cycle, Mickadeit writes a column about some up and coming conservative Republican politican who is going to go in…
Tag Archive for Larry Agran
Signs out in Force in the Fourth
by Dan Chmielewski • • Comments Off
One of our readers emailed me about why we don’t do something that Red County does; namely post copies of signs or mailers from Democratic candidates for office. Well, we will and we do, when the campaigns send them to…
Orange County Support for Proposition 15 California Fair Elections Act
by Chris Prevatt • • 1 Comment
Since 2000, over $1 billion has been raised by California politicians, buying special interests unprecedented access but shutting out the rest of us. That’s why polls show nearly three out of four voters want to change the way elections in California are financed. “The California Fair Elections Act will be a big win for California’s citizens,†said Irvine Mayor Pro Tem Larry Agran. “In the seven states that have fair elections systems, legislators were able to pass good laws to benefit their constituents instead of spending half their time raising money for the next campaign. The California Fair Elections Act will put Sacramento back to work for California.â€
Happy Birthday Larry Agran
by Dan Chmielewski • • 2 Comments
The man those on the right love to hate is celebrating a birthday today. Democrats who support him are sometimes accused of “blind loyalty” but it’s hardly the case. I met Larry Agran in 1998 when he was touting the…
Maybe Jerry (Amante) Can Host a Telethon for Tustin
by Dan Chmielewski • • 1 Comment
One of my biggest complaints about conservative Republicans running for office in Orange County is that they seldom have a record that matches their rhetoric. Rep. John Campbell decries government spending when proposed by President Obama but votes for the…
Not a Peep from Probolsky about Choi
by Dan Chmielewski • • 6 Comments
I’m not sure anyone has complained about Adam Probolsky’s column in the Irvine World News more than I. More often than not, it’s pretty harmless. And there are those moments when Adam goes after the progressives in the Irvine council…
Irvine Council Member Steven Choi Embarrasses Himself and City at Truman Dinner
by Dan Chmielewski • • 160 Comments
While the Irvine City Council is officially non-partisan, Council member Steven Choi has taken the extreme step of conservative partisanship to show up in the lobby of the Irvine Hilton wearing a banner on his back equating House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with Josef Stalin, complete with a Hammer and Sickle.
