Update: Media reports suggest Obama raised $1.4 million in Orange County today. The event amount of Obama supporters to Obama protestors is a victory for OC Democrats. Hat tip to OC Weekly for this story about the…
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Campaign Watchdog Grindle Questions Martinez Contribution
by Dan Chmielewski • • 7 Comments
Hat tip to the Voice of OC, as campaign finance watchdog Shirley Grindle has called into question a campaign donation made to Santa Ana Council member Michele Martinez’s Assembly campaign. The contribution, from a vendor awarded a contract by the…
But Nuclear Power is Perfectly Safe….Isn’t It?
by Dan Chmielewski • • 3 Comments
Where’s Chuck DeVore when you need him? Of course, he’s in Texas writing fiction about the Rick Perry miracle. But close to home and across the Pacific, the ‘nuclear power is perfectly safe” argument continues to lose some luster. First…
President Obama coming to Newport Beach
by Dan Chmielewski • • 7 Comments
Hat tip to our friends at OC Weekly, but welcome news that President Barack Obama is coming to Orange County and Newport Beach for a fundraiser. The President comes to OC on February 16 according to OC Weekly; from the…
Catholic League Hates Gustavo
by Dan Chmielewski • • 18 Comments
Bill Donohue heads up the Catholic League and you’ve probably seen him on CNN and Fox News usually arguing against Gay Marriage and complaining about coverage of priests who sexually abuse kids and the higher ups who cover for them. …
Changes at OC Weekly
by Dan Chmielewski • • 7 Comments
Out with the old and in with the Mexican. A Naval Gazing post today announced the resignation of OC Weekly’s editor Ted Kissell and his replacement, as of Friday, Gustavo Arellano. Kissel is pursuing other opportunities and there were no…
OC Register to Change Online Commenting Policy
by Dan Chmielewski • • 16 Comments
One of the telling comments from the dias during the Santa Ana City Council meeting on September 6, which dealt with the “rebuke” of anti-Semitic comments made by Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez, came from both Council member Vince Sarmiento…
