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Hutchens Hypocrisy?

Posted on April 21, 2013 by Editor Posted in OC Register, Orange County, Sheriff Sandra Hutchens, Steven Greenhut Leave a comment

Photo: Times of Israel

As we consider another Islamist terror attack on the Homeland last week (this time only killing four Americans, so far, but brutalizing dozens of victims and all their families) law enforcement seems obliged to tell us what is already evident. Yes, we’re protected (at significant cost) by what ex-OC Register editorialist Steve Greenhut (Reason.com: Stop Granting Special Privileges to the Police) infers is a protected. superior class, and we must apparently be regularly reminded that them’s a bit different than us sheep. Continue reading→

Updated: Friends for Fullerton’s Future Signs Off

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Roy Reynolds Posted in Fullerton, Fullerton Recall, Steven Greenhut, Tony Bushala, Travis Kiger 5 Comments

Holy cow…they’re done.

The most impactful Blog in Orange County is going on a long, if not permanent hiatus per this mid-afternoon post from Tony Bushala. Tony and colleagues like Travis Kiger, and a host of other anonymous posters and commentors spent the last few years turning Fullerton on its ear with their activism and coverage of city politics that ran circles around the mainstream media and set a standard that the rest of us admired and, frankly, envied.

The FFFF played a national role in revealing the murder-by-cop death of Kelly Thomas, a homeless man with mental issues. Three BAD cops are no longer on the Fullerton Police force (and likely destined for jail) due to FFFF’s diligence and the copious reporting they committed to the blogosphere. They caused the retirement of Fullerton’s feckless police chief and revealed plenty about this gang of nasty, violent cops that often ruled the city with fists and billy clubs. Tony and Travis were frequent guests on KFI’s John and Ken Show — that’s rare, and even rarer that they convinced this drive-time program with over one million daily listeners to come down to Fullerton for multiple events spawned by the Thomas killing.

Tony announces his recall plans to last year’s Fullerton City Council
Photo credit: OC Weekly

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Unions trounced in Wisconsin, California

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Editor Posted in 2012 Elections, California, Labor, Scott Walker, Steven Greenhut, Wisconsin Leave a comment

By Steven Greenhut

The AP headline declared, “Wisconsin voters divided on governor, bargaining,” but that piece reviewing exit polls stood in stark contrast to reality. Voters always are divided to some degree, but Wisconsin voters overwhelmingly rebuked the public-sector unions that had sought to recall reform-minded Republican Scott Walker. As of 9 pm California time, the election was called in his favor as he held an astounding 18 percentage-point lead.

Furthermore, the Republican lieutenant governor was also cruising to victory, as were four Republicans in the state Senate seats targeted by the Democrats and their labor union allies. This is a big victory not just for Wisconsin residents, who will continue to see good-government reforms proceed, but for the rest of the nation, even those of us in California. Continue reading→