Assembly Democrats approve majority vote budget fix BRIAN JOSEPH, Orange County Register: Exploiting a legislative loophole, Assembly Democrats late Sunday passed a tax increase and other fixes to bridge the state’s $24.3 billion deficit without a single Republican vote. Typically,…
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Five Ways that Obama Should NOT Emulate Lincoln
by Michael D. Fox • • Comments Off
Much has been made of Barack Obama’s identification with Abraham Lincoln. Of course, Lincoln makes a powerful role model for any president, especially in troubled times. But there are at least ways in which Obama should not follow Lincoln’s example, and five corresponding ways in which Lincoln should serve Obama as an example of what NOT to do.
Garden Grove Loses Medical Marijuana Appeal
by Chris Prevatt • • Comments Off
Yet one more example of elected officials challenging laws they don’t like with taxpayer money. While the costs to the taxpayers of Garden Grove are small compared to the fortune that the OC Board of Supes is spending to challenge…
Gay Marriage Constitutional Amendment Qualifies for Ballot in November
by Dan Chmielewski • • Comments Off
2008 The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO  California’s Secretary of State says an initiative that would again outlaw gay marriage in the state has qualified for the November ballot. Debra Bowen says a random check of signatures submitted by the…
LAT-Dana Parsons on Marriage Equality Ruling
by Chris Prevatt • • 3 Comments
Most people know how I probably feel about the Marriage Equality Ruling. And while I may still write my thoughts on the subject, I figure the thoughs of a heterosexual man who writes for the LATimes are also important to be shared. Same-sex…
The (First) Battle of the Nguyens Is Finally Over
by Andrew Davey • • 1 Comment
Yes, Orange County, the longest and possibly most bizarre election battle we’ve ever seen in our lifetimes has FINALLY come to a close. The California Supreme Court denied Trung Nguyen’s appeal. OK, so you don’t believe me? Ask Tomahawk at…
Supreme Court Rejects Lethal Injection as “Cruel and Unusual”
by Heather Pritchard • • Comments Off
One of the cases where lethal injection took more time than is expected to bring death occurred in the State of California with the execution of Stanley Tookie Williams 2005 (The other botched execution occurred in Florida in 2006). It…
