Here are some of the stories we’ll be following today:
72nd Asssembly Race Going to a Runoff on January 12th
Chris Norby came out on top in yesterday’s Special Primary Election to fill the unexpired Assembly term of disgraced Republican Milke Duvall who resigned earlier this year in wake of a sex scandal. Norby will face...
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Tags: 72nd Assembly District Special Election, Craig Hunter, Faher, Hutchens, MacMurray, Mike Duvall, Norby, Orange County News, Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchins, Rands
Posted in Orange County - Local | 2 Comments »
Senator Correa requested tickets for the two activists who had waited in line, and then made a phone call to the White House to explain the situation. At long last, Rudder's efforts were going to pay off, but she was as yet unaware of her change of luck.
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Tags: Dayle McIntosh Center, Lou Correa, OC Fairgrounds, Orange County News, President Obama, Town Hall
Posted in California, National-US, Orange County - Local | 14 Comments »
I got an email from a group of Garden Grove Residents who have identified a number of fireworks booths that has what assume might consider questionable legitimicy. They have set up a website for people to get more information. More on the flip.
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Tags: Fireworks, Garden Grove, Orange County, Orange County News
Posted in Orange County - Local | 1 Comment »
Ever since I found out about Carlos “Busty” Bustmante’s sexist comment regarding the appointment of Sandra Hutchns as Orange County Sheriff I’ve been waiting for “Busty” to be taken to the woodshed for his conduct. I have been calling for the County of Orange Executive Office to do something other than slap “Busty” with...
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Tags: Board of Supervisors, Carlos Bustamante, ethics, Harassment, Hypocrisy, Integrity, Orange County Government, Orange County News, Republican mistakes, Santa Ana, Santa Ana City Council, Sexism, Tom Mauk
Posted in Orange County - Local | 37 Comments »
Sounds exciting, doesn’t it? OK, so maybe we can’t watch it live. But still, it should be interesting. Here’s the lowdown on what’s happening.
Watch the Frank Barbaro, Chairman of the Democratic Party of Orange County, take on Scott Baugh, Chairman of the OC GOP on Inside OC with Rick Reiff.
They discuss the differences between...
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Tags: CALENDAR, Democratic Party of Orange County, Democrats, Election 2008, Liberals, Orange County, Orange County News, Presidential Election, Progressive Values
Posted in Orange County - Local | 1 Comment »
This story fro the Orange County Register caught my eye this morning.
Huntington Beach officer to receive up to $2.15 million
Settlement ends case in which officer alleged peers repeatedly harassed him, placed a gay escort ad in his locker and suggested he was infected with HIV.
By RACHANEE SRISAVASDI
The Orange County Register
Huntington Beach has settled a...
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Tags: Civil Rights, Harassment, Homophobia, Huntington Beach, LGBT, Orange County, Orange County News, Orange County Register
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Just one more example of How Orange County CEO Tom Mauk lets managers off the hook for errors that cost the taxpayers hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars to fix. Be it managing personnel OC CEO Mauk condones Bustamantes’ sexist remarks!, or contracts here, he just keeps getting it wrong.
County IT task...
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Tags: Board of Supervisors, ethics, fiasco, History, Media, Orange County, Orange County Budget, Orange County Government, Orange County News, Orange County Register, Outsourcing, Republican mistakes, Tom Mauk, Waste by County Management
Posted in Orange County - Local | 1 Comment »