TheLiberalOC sat down with Irvine Republican candidate Katherine Daigle for two hours Monday afternoon. She shared with us the emails that were leaked to Scott Moxley of OC Weekly and after a careful review of them, there is nothing in…
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Choi Can’t Complain
by Dan Chmielewski • • Comments Off
The Orange County Register was very accommodating to Irvine Mayoral Candidate Steven Choi with an article last Friday pointing out Choi’s support for Measure BB, the Save Our Schools Initiative. Councilmember Larry Agran said the motion to approve Measure BB…
What Made Michele Martinez Team Up with Van Tran?
by Dan Chmielewski • • 4 Comments
Santa Ana City Council member and AD-69 candidate Michele Martinez made waves this weekend with a taped TV appearance on a Little Saigon TV program hosted by staunch Vietnamese conservative Van Tran. Sporting a new black dye job, Martinez, sat across…
Watchdog Group Says Rohrabacher Personally Benefits from His Office
by Dan Chmielewski • • 2 Comments
The Daily Pilot reports that Huntington Beach Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher is one of the members of Congress who personally benefits — financially — by holding his office beyond his Congressional salary through extended benefits to family members. From the…
Are Prostitutes Being “Sold” in OC on Backpage.com
by Dan Chmielewski • • 2 Comments
Sunday’s New York Times opinion section carried this column by Nicholas Kristof about Backpage.com, an online classified ad site run by Village Voice Media which owns the OC Weekly. It’s a powerful column where the writer captures the story of…
Commie Girl is the New Wonkette
by Dan Chmielewski • • 3 Comments
Back in the early days of political blogging, 2004 to be exact, a sex scandal in Washington DC over a blog called the “Washingtonienne,” a first person account of a young woman’s .. ahem, multitasking skills, at juggling a number…
TARP, Auto Industry Bailouts, Economic Stimulus Put Nation Back on Path to Recovery
by Dan Chmielewski • • 3 Comments
Last week, Rep. John Campbell was denied the OC GOP Central Committee endorsement on the grounds that slight more than a third of the group’s members sought to punish the Congressman for his vote on TARP and the auto…
