OC Register columnist Frank Mickadeit has decided to have some fun with a city slogan contest offered by the City of Irvine. Since Frank is practically underwear buddies with the city’s Republican leadership and those who pledge allegiance to the…
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CD-48 Race: Krom Exceeds Fundraising Goal for First Quarter
by Dan Chmielewski • • 10 Comments
The news release hits the wire Monday morning,but we’ve learned that Beth Krom has exceeded her fundraising goal for the first quarter of 2009 in her race to replace John Campbell in Congress in California’s 48th district. Â Krom, who announced…
The Register’s Irvine World News adds a New Columnist
by Dan Chmielewski • • 1 Comment
I get four newspapers every day. The Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times and the OC Register. I’m in the minority on my street where about four other homes get a single newspaper. In the…
The Facebook Lobbying of Jose Solorio
by Dan Chmielewski • • 10 Comments
Hat tip to Heather Pritchard over at The OC Progressive for writing about this first, but the story has taken on new life with intense lobbying of state representative Jose Solorio. And its happening on Facebook. Jose writes: Jose Solorio is…
Irvine Republicans Throw Probolsky Under the Bus
by Dan Chmielewski • • 2 Comments
In a letter to the Irvine World News/OC Post today, defeated council candidate Patrick Rodgers said that Irvine Council member Steve Choi was “kind” in his comments about departed Commissioner Adam Probolsky. Rodgers wrote: “a substantial number of Irvine Republicans..saw…
Shea’s Republican Support Ends at the Checkbook
by Dan Chmielewski • • 4 Comments
I tooled over to Christina Shea’s “Shea for Mayor†website (which still has a reference to “Keep Irvine Great†isn’t that cool she’s still using the slogan of the opposition slate, but what’s a little plagiarism among friends, right?). I…
