One year ago today Westminster City Councilman Andy Quach smashed his $100K Mercedes into a wall on McFadden Avenue in Westminster. Thus launched the blooming of a story that we called QuachGate. Andy Quach was apparently out with friends drinking whiskey at a…
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Citizen Journalism Is Simply Not Enough
by Chris Prevatt • • 2 Comments
Despite our best efforts, bloggers just don’t have enough resources to meet the need for full time investigative reporting. The explosion of internet journalism has launched hundreds of thousands of blogs covering everything from recipes to political opinion. In many…
Van Tran Not So Hot (with audio from Quach accident)
by Chris Prevatt • • Comments Off
Despite being feted, celebrated and touted by Republicans, Van Tran has failed to live up to expectations (with audio from Quach accident).
QuachGate: No Major Coverup; but it sure looked like one.
by Chris Prevatt • • 1 Comment
In general, I try to avoid reaching a conclusion that people are trying to hide something until I have clear reason to believe they are. The standard I usually follow is governed by the amount of inconsequential information that is…
Quach Pleads Guilty to All Counts
by Dan Chmielewski • • Comments Off
Westminster city council member Andy Quach has pleaded guilty to all counts associated with his drunk driving arrest. HT to Bolsavik for the news. Councilman “Smiley”was sentenced to 10 days Caltrans work, three years of informal probation, fines and fees…
QuachGate: Why won’t Westminster release records they already released?
by Chris Prevatt • • 1 Comment
What is it about city attorneys that causes them to be unable to respond to public records requests for information that has already been released? I’m talking of course about the City Attorney for Westminster. Seems they have difficulty first…
QuachGate: Andy’s Mug Shot, FINALLY!
by Chris Prevatt • • 2 Comments
I will be searching my thesarus for various words that describe annoyed, but after more than two weeks, the Mug Shot from Andy Quach’s DUI arrest has finally been released. H/T to OC Weekly’s Scott Moxley who was able to…
