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Clarification regarding the OC BOS vote on the Grand Jury’s ethics report

Posted on September 17, 2014 by Editor Posted in Janet Nguyen, Jean Pasco, OC Board of Supervisors, OC Grand Jury, Orange County Leave a comment

Clarification regarding OC Board vote on Grand Jury report

By Jean Pasco, Manager, Government Affairs, County of Orange

This message is being sent to provide clarity for the vote taken yesterday, September 16, 2014, by the Orange County Board of Supervisors regarding Board meeting agenda Item #36, the response to the Grand Jury report titled “Ethics and Campaign Reporting: Why and How to Implement Stronger Oversight, Transparency and Enforcement.”

The motion to send the response to the Presiding Judge of the Superior Court (as required for Grand Jury reports) was approved unanimously, 5-0, on a motion by Supervisor John Moorlach and seconded by Chairman Shawn Nelson. Continue reading→

The powerful people that run the O.C. aren’t serving the public

Posted on June 16, 2013 by Editor Posted in ACC-OC, Anaheim, Association of California Cities -- Orange County, Corruption, Curt Pringle, Disney, Frank Ury, Gail Eastman, Garden Grove, Irvine, Irvine Company, Jean Pasco, Jerry Amante, Justin McCusker, Keith Curry, Kris Murray, Larry Agran, Lucy Dunn, Matt Cunningham, Miguel Pulido, Mission Viejo, Newport Beach, O.C. Register, OC Board of Supervisors, OC Clerk-Recorder, OCTax PAC, Orange, Orange County, Orange County Business Council, Orange County Taxpayers Association, Phil Tsunoda, Property Taxes, Real Estate, Rob Richardson, Roger Faubel, Taxes, Toll Lanes, Tom Daly, Tom Tait 15 Comments

Curt Pringle

I got a call the other day, out of the blue, from a former elected official I had not heard from in quite awhile. She was upset about a post that fingered public affairs consultant Roger Faubel. But we eventually got to talking about Curt Pringle and she was amazed to find out that a lot of conservatives don’t like him. Why wouldn’t they like him, she wondered. Why indeed.

I explained to her that Pringle and his henchmen have become experts at using the system to benefit themselves. She countered that when these people advocate for toll roads, for example, they are just trying to make sure that all of the voters don’t get stuck paying for the new roads we need in order to service Orange County’s new developments. Continue reading→

Liberal OC named the best news/political blog, by the OC Press Club

Posted on July 18, 2012 by Art Pedroza Posted in Bloggers, Dan Chmielewski, Democratic Party, Jean Pasco, Liberals 5 Comments

The Liberal OC blog has won the Orange County Press Club’s 2012 award for “Best News/Political blog” according to a text message I received tonight from Liberal OC editor Dan Chmielewski. You can read about the awards here.

This is the second such award received by the Liberal OC blog – they won in 2010 as well. Continue reading→