Posts Tagged ‘ Supervisor John Moorlach ’

Moorlach’s objection doesn’t make something a controversy

January 15, 2010
By Chris Prevatt
Moorlach’s objection doesn’t make something a controversy

While I will agree that spending $350,000 at a time of a major budget crisis and while we are laying off workers is ill advised and a bit out of sync with reality; I'm not sure that one out of four County Supervisors objecting really makes it a controversy.
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Senator Joe Dunn Proposes County Lobbying Reform Initiative

January 5, 2010
By Chris Prevatt
Senator Joe Dunn Proposes County Lobbying Reform Initiative

Former State Senator Joe Dunn (D-Santa Ana) is proposing that the Board of Supervisors adopt a major reform of the Orange County political environment by regulating lobbyists and themselves thus establishing more transparency in the way county government decisions are made.
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Politicians Behaving Badly OR Remember the Time

December 17, 2009
By Claudio Gallegos

Yup, THE MELTDOWN. Who Could forget. People ran outside to call other politicos on their cell phones just to gossip about the incident. When a certain elected official, who probably was stressed out, went overboard and yelled at a nice woman who was just trying to walk to the restroom. You can click on...
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OCTA Approves Service Cuts

November 23, 2009
By Chris Prevatt

Proving that the elitists on the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) are firmly committed to the destruction of public transportation services, the OCTA Board has decided to cut service hours again.
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Pension Suit: OC Supes Double-Down

August 26, 2009
By Chris Prevatt
Pension Suit: OC Supes Double-Down

After more than $2  million in wasted taxpayer dollars the Orange County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 Tuesday to continue their useless bid to have the pension benefits for Orange County Deputy Sheriff’s declared unconstitutional. These so-called fiscal conservatives are okay with spending millions of dollars on a lawsuit that has failed at every turn...
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Gavin Newsom Sits Down With TheLiberalOC

August 12, 2009
By Chris Prevatt
Gavin Newsom Sits Down With TheLiberalOC

I had the opportunity to sit down with San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom Tuesday afternoon  in the offices of the Orange County Labor Federation prior to his town hall meeting at Santa Ana College. Newsom is running for Governor and has conducted town hall meetings across the state talking to voters, introducing himself and his...
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Ideology Trumps Good Policy, Again.

July 31, 2009
By Chris Prevatt
Ideology Trumps Good Policy, Again.

From our Faith-based Government file we have news that negotiations between the Orange County Health Care Agency and Planned Parenthood have broken down related to a request for funding of a Breast Cancer Health care program. Not surprising when you consider the faith-based policy decision the Board of Supervisors made a few months ago in...
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