A Day in the Life of Tenants United Anaheim Last week a tenant messaged us on Facebook asking for help,…
WE DIDN'T START THE EATON FIRE! This piece is from the Fucking News. No, seriously, "The Fucking News" on Substack.…
Is Zelensky an American asset??
From the "Fear and Loathing / Closer to the Edge" substack blog https://closertotheedge.substack.com/p/what-else-could-a-russian-asset-possibly : Senator Jeff Merkley walked into the…
So, good thing he was killed, you're saying?
Daniel DID do drugs. Report below shows he had METH in his system and an extensive criminal history that included…
Greg, You can think what you want. Criminals, illegal immigration and neighboring countries can all erode countries sovereignty. But war…
My definition is ... irrelevant to this discussion, counselor. (I'd look up case law if I needed one.) You're the…
Wait what is your definition of sovereign nation? And I don’t think you understand what independence is. Entering into treaties…
oc fair Archive
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My speech to the Fair Board this morning
Posted on January 21, 2010 | 12 CommentsVern Nelson, Huntington Beach. I just want to get a few things straight here. Let me know when I’m done if I have anything wrong, because I write for […] -
$56.5 Million for our Fairgrounds? In a pig’s eye…
Posted on January 18, 2010 | 7 CommentsReggie and the Pot Stirrer have both been doing excellent work on this, and I’ve been feeling uninspired and busy with my concert, but I suppose since this is the […] -
Fred Aguiar’s Radical Vision of a Privatized California
Posted on January 12, 2010 | 11 CommentsSelling off as much state property as possible to developers because “Extraordinary Times Require Extraordinary Measures.” Characterizing the Orange County Fairgrounds as “A Very High Value, Centrally Located, In-Fill Development […] -
Two New Derailment Heroes: Senators Correa and Harman!
Posted on January 6, 2010 | 4 CommentsThis is good news – our two central-county Senators have decided to back Jose Solorio’s AB 1590 to Derail the Sale of our Fairgrounds, leaving only five more fence-straddling OC […] -
Home Stretch for Saving the Fair!
Posted on January 5, 2010 | 8 CommentsYou’ve probably already read about Governor Schwarzenegger’s rebuff of the Costa Mesa contingent who went up to Sacramento yesterday to get him to stop the sale of the Fairgrounds. Of […] -
‘Tis the Season For Fax Blizzards!
Posted on December 31, 2009 | 3 CommentsWhat I’m trying to get across with these two images – the blizzard and the crazy fax machine – is pretty simple really: Since all our lawmakers’ offices are closed […] -
Heroes of The Derailment (so far)
Posted on December 29, 2009 | No CommentsThese are the FIVE state legislators who have been most helpful so far in stopping the Tainted Sale of our Fairgrounds. You will notice they are a bipartisan bunch; you’ll […] -
Let This Be A Wake-Up Call…
Posted on December 29, 2009 | 5 CommentsAs you may have read in yesterday’s Register, investor/developer Rick Julian contacted cigar-chomping courtier-columnist Frank Mickadeit to give him a big Christmas scoop: He is putting in a bid to […] -
We can do this! Two weeks left to Derail the Sale…
Posted on December 27, 2009 | 7 CommentsHello again! I’m going to be asking you to send some (free) faxes to some of our state senators and assemblymen again, but first I’ll lay a little news on […] -
Derailment Update: OC’s Mixed Message to Sacramento
Posted on December 23, 2009 | 6 CommentsThe local papers have been filled lately with news of a Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) between the County and the City of Costa Mesa to purchase the OC Fairgrounds. A […] -
Orange County and City of Costa Mesa Approve OC Fairgrounds Agreement
Posted on December 16, 2009 | 1 CommentContact: Howard Sutter, 714.834.6203 or Tom Hatch, 714.754.5288 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – December 16, 2009 Orange County and City of Costa Mesa Approve OC Fairgrounds Agreement (Santa Ana, CA) — […] -
The Curious Case of ‘Lilly Boyd,’ mysterious Sale backer
Posted on December 11, 2009 | 7 CommentsWhile you all catch up with your faxes and phone calls to conclusively drive a stake into the heart of the Tainted Sale of our Fairgrounds, let me try to […] -
A Brief History of the Attempted Fair Swindle, by Gus Ayer
Posted on December 10, 2009 | 3 CommentsGus whipped this out this morning over at the OC Progressive and I thought it was masterful and inspiring and have to share it. [And extra credit for the stately […] -
More Fair Follies: Supes Told To Avoid Fair Board
Posted on December 10, 2009 | No CommentsI came across some choice nuggets in a Daily Pilot article about the OC Fair Fiasco. Apparently the DAs office is at least going through the motions: the county district […]
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