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Here’s Your Poll
Although I don’t usually write about political issues outside of Orange County, I still try to keep track of what is going on around us and report any interesting items to my readers. One of my main...
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Team Tustin Continues to Sling Mud
Team Tustin is at it again, slinging tons of mud at their percieved enemies while hoping some of it will stick. The name was adopted by Tustin City Candidates John Nielsen, Allan Bernstein and Chuck...
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Are Business Interests Trying to Buy the Tustin City Council?
TRU (Tustin Resdidents United) is NRI (No Residents Involved) I’m sure it was only select households that received the latest mudslinging campaign literature from that ominous non-organization known...
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Why You Should Vote Yes on Prop 30
So, my partner and I are standing at a cocktail table during the reception of the Golden Badge Awards and this balding, 70ish guy comes up, sets his drink down on the table. He knew us by name. He...
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Need Some Help?
We have updated our Endorsements page to include our recommendations on all of the propositions. You will not find any new information on them that you couldn’t find with a little due diligence. But,...
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Our Picks for the School Board
(Updated to reflect a late email from Monique Ketteringham-ed.) Tammie Bullard – Incumbent Francine Scinto – Incumbent James Laird – Incumbent I knew there was something we forgot. Hey, come on, how...
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Send in the Clowns
The good news is the Tustin City Council will furnish me with four more years of free material to keep you entertained with. The bad news is, of course, that “Team Tustin” appears to have won all three...
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Tustin’s Wish List – 3 Items to Watch in the Coming Year
(This column appears in the December 20, 2012 Tustin News – ed.) The post-election lull is in full swing here in our town Tustin. Following a contentious battle for three seats on the city council, the...
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Add Harrassment to the City Attorney’s List of Skills
Like you, we thought this embarrassing saga of the Tustin City Council was over. John and the Fab Four had been sworn in, Deborah Gavello and her arch-nemesis Jerry “Boss Tweed” Amante had been...
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There’s Money in Trash
“PACs linked to trash hauler supported local political campaigns” That is the headline of a story on the OC Watchdog that reports thousands of dollars being funneled to local political candidates by...
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I Am Running For Governor….No, Wait……I Mean Auditor-Controller…..No, Wait….I...
Gosh, I remember when County Supervisor, John Moorlach, was first elected office. One of the things I remember most was his admonition that he had no interest in running for higher office. In fact, he...
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Retreads
As if once wasn’t enough, the Tustin City Council has decided to have another do over. Last Tuesday’s city council meeting resulted in the re-election of Al Murray as Mayor and Chuck Puckett as Mayor...
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Gotcha!
Our story has been updated below – jg Shocking news coming from the state capitol this morning where Senator Leland Yee has been indicted on bribery and public corruption charges. At the same time of...
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A Homeless Governor?
Would you vote for the homeless guy for governor? I like gubernatorial candidate Neel Kashkari. He has some good ideas and, during the primaries, did not seem too worried about spending his money to...
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Keeping the Status Quo
-Snooze Alert- It is going to be a pretty boring election season in the city of Tustin this year. Either everyone in Tustin is too busy to worry about the political bent of the city council (they are...
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Tell Your Friends
It seems our lives have been taken over by elections. It is a rare season when there is not an election going on somewhere in the county. So, of course, before we even have a chance to recover from our...
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(Another) Special Election Set For March 17, 2015
I thought we’d be spared, alas. Before we get to the bad news….. It seems our Attorney General, Kamala Harris, has set her sights on the upcoming U.S. Senate race to replace Senator Barbara Boxer. The...
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Uh-Oh, Is That A Boo-Boo?
As expected, last night’s Tustin Planning Commission meeting was lackluster to say the least. City staff did manage to stretch the meeting by presenting a comprehensive discussion during the public...
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Another Election? Well, Yeah…..
We’re in for it now. If you haven’t been keeping up with the cutthroat politics of Orange County, the latest folks to announce candidacy for office are former OC Board of Supervisor and fortuneteller...
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Webster Who?
Unless you are an avid local political junkie like me or one of the hundred or so readers that still subscribe to the Orange County Register, you may not know who Webster is. That’s Webster Guillory,...
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