Senate Bill SB752 was heard this morning in the Assembly Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Committee. The legislation will enable a second-tier pension option for new and existing Orange County employees that was negotiated as part of the new…
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12 Years Later…
by Dan Chmielewski • • 9 Comments
Today, I — very reluctantly – cancelled my subscription to the OC Register. I love newspapers. I truly do. But there’s a mindset on Grand Avenue that refuses to acknowledge the 500,000 registered Democrats in this county, many of them proud liberals,…
The High Cost of Healthcare
by Dan Chmielewski • • Comments Off
I got into it a bit with Register editorial writer Alan Bock last March at the Obama Town Hall in Costa Mesa, the one with an emphasis on healthcare, about healthcare reform. I’m in favor of a single player healthcare…
Sotomayor in Context
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” “I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life” – Judge Sonia Sotomayer at a 2002…
Paul Krugman’s NY Times column hits the nail on the head
by Dan Chmielewski • • 4 Comments
I slept in this morning as I fight off a head cold (always on a Holiday weekend) so I had a later start to my day; Paul Krugman’s column  in today’s NY Times is must reading. Krugman, a Nobel Prize…
OC Grand Jury Report backs Sheriff on CCW Policy even if the Sups Don’t
by Dan Chmielewski • • Comments Off
The OC Register doesn’t like the work of Sheriff Sandra Hutchens, so I guess that means she’s doing something right especially when it comes to the CCW Policy that was used to reward political supporters of disgraced convicted felon ex-Sheriff…
Time Magazine: GOP is an endangered species
by Dan Chmielewski • • 3 Comments
Looks like Register publisher Terry Horne may have to drop his subscription to Time Magazine after all. This week’s cover story is a must read, and certainly one to be refutted by the right wingers here in OC. Â Here’s a…
