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2012 OC Hate Crime Report to be released on 5/23

Orange County Human Relations Commission FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 20, 2013 Visibility Brings Potential Backlash OC Human Relations Releases the 2012 Hate Crime Report at 10am, Thursday, May 23rd The 2012 Orange County Hate Crime Report shows a considerable increase in hate crimes targeting people perceived to be part of the LGBT community over the prior year.

 
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Press release: Working-class Anaheim Neighborhoods Say Enough

For Immediate Release: WORKING-CLASS ANAHEIM NEIGHBORHOODS SAY “ENOUGH”  TO POLICE BRUTALITY AND HARASSMENT. WHEN: Wednesday May 22, 2013, 11 AM – directly following the weekly Los Amigos meeting WHERE:  Jägerhaus German Restaurant, 2525 East Ball Road at 57 Fwy, Anaheim, CA 92806 WHO:   Donna Acevedo, mother of Joel Acevedo Genevieve Huizar, mother of Manuel Diaz

 
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Obama’s imperial Presidency under siege?

OBAMA IMPERIAL PRESIDENCY UNDER SIEGE WRITTEN BY CHRISS W. STREET President Obama directing the arm of a Marine to hold an umbrella to protect him while he spoke to the press seemed to ooze with the symbolism of an Imperial Presidency.  The common thread of the Associated Press Scandal, IRS Scandal, Benghazi Scandal, and now a revival

 
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Rub elbows with the OC GOP Elite

We’ll presume that Democrat Phil Tsnoda (sic) is parking cars.

 
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Tea Party Patriots on IRS Abuse

Published on May 20, 2013 by in Tea Party

We need more answers about IRS abuse of power On May 10th, America learned that the IRS – perhaps the most frightening of all government agencies – has been singling out and targeting conservative groups, including Tea Party groups.  This admission from the IRS confirms what many of us had already suspected.  The IRS has,

 
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Huff gives high marks to Gov. Brown’s May Budget Revision

Senate Republican Leader Bob Huff (R-Diamond Bar) gives high marks to Governor Brown for the Governor’s May Budget Revision in his Capitol Comment for the Week of May 13th, 2013. The new budget proposal from the Governor spends roughly $1.3 billion less than his January budget plan, and Senator Huff notes that the Governor ignored

 
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Protesters to welcome Rumsfeld to the Nixon Library on Monday

Donald Rumsfeld, the 13th Secretary of Defense from 1975 to 1977 under President Gerald Ford, and the 21st Secretary of Defense from 2001 to 2006 under President George W. Bush is speaking at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum on Monday, May 20, 2013.  The event will be protested starting at 6:30 pm. Rumsfeld is

 
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O.C.’s Dem Assembly Members join GOP in not supporting pro-immigrant bill

From the New Anaheim blog Orange County’s Democratic State Assembly Representatives, Tom Daly and Sharon Quirk-Silva, did not vote for the ”Trust Act,” which made its way once more through the California Assembly this week by a final vote of 44-22, according to Gabriel San Roman over at the OC Weekly. San Roman reported that “The

 
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Did Obama’s administration violate IRS Code 6103?

DID EXECUTIVE BRANCH VIOLATE IRS CODE 6103 WRITTEN BY CHRISS W. STREET The Congressional probe into determining who was responsible for the Internal Revenue Service’s multi-year policy of discriminatory audits and examinations of conservative organizations applying for tax-exempt status moved up into the United States Treasury Department today when J. Russell George, the Treasury Inspector General for

 
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These folks want Anaheim Councilmember Kris Murray Re-Elected

The Queen of the $158 million GardenWalk Giveaway, former OC Business Council employee Kris Murray, is up for re-election in 2014.  This emailing from Friday signals the beginning of her campaign.  Murray should NOT be re-elected.  Blatant corporate welfare should not be condoned in a city that enjoys the strongest tourist and convention draw in the

 
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