It’s remarkable when, even in a down economy, that a community that values education can make up where our tax dollars fall short. And thanks to the Irvine Public Schools Foundation, the community raised $500,000 in 2011 which will be…
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Rolling Stone Magazine: GOP’s Crackpot Agenda
by Dan Chmielewski • • Comments Off
Rolling Stone Magazine’s political coverage has been sharp and detailed in its reporting, a far cry from the brilliant yet gonzo journalism style employed by the late Hunter S. Thompson, but this piece in the Magazine’s year end review details how the Republican party platform for the 2012 presidential race isn’t all that different from candidate to candidate.
Tom Friedman’s Thanksgiving Gift to Obama
by Dan Chmielewski • • 3 Comments
Tom Friedman is a columnist for the New York Times. And I find his work inconsistent. Sometimes I love what he writes and other times, I think he had too much to drink when he wrote it. But today’s column…
Mark Bucher’s Anti-Union Measure Moves Forward – Includes A Sneaky Little Trick
by Chris Prevatt • • 7 Comments
Two time ballot box looser Mark Bucher’s anti-union political participation ballot initiative has moved forward with 920,000 signatures submitted for verification. This initiative is a repeat of two previous initiatives submitted by Bucher. In 1998 Butcher’s Proposition 226 failed to…
Matt Taibbi’s Advice for OccupyWallStreet
by Dan Chmielewski • • 21 Comments
Rolling Stone Magazine political writer Matt Taibi is a brilliant progressive journalist. His latest book, Griftopia, is next on my reading list. He appeared on “Countdown with Keith Olberman” and has this advice for the OccupyWallStreet crowd — a crowd…
AOCDS announces Settlement with Orange County ending Moorlach’s Folly
by Dan Chmielewski • • 1 Comment
We received the announcement below from the Association of OC Deputy Sheriff’s who prevailed multiple times in a legal dispute with the County of Orange led by Supervisor John Moorlach. For taxpayers, Moorlach’s efforts are cost you $1.3 million on…
Bill Maher’s Real Time Mocks Republicans (from Irvine)
by Dan Chmielewski • • 2 Comments
Okay, so it wasn’t an actual Irvine Republican but an actor playing one on TV, but considering people in town like Allan Bartlett, Steven Choi, Christina Shea, Pat Rodgers, Lynn Schott, Jeff Lalloway and many others, it wasn’t exactly a…
