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Why Supervisors Are Important When Orange County was established in 1889, the population was approximately 13,000, and those people were represented at the County level by five elected officials (Supervisors). Since then, the population has swelled to more than 3 million people, which makes Orange County the 6th largest county in the nation. Because the […]
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Why Democrats need to focus on Supervisor elections Currently, all five Supervisors are Republicans, and their monopoly on power is not a new phenomenon. Going back 30 years, there have been 24 different Supervisors, and only one of them has been a Democrat (and he didn’t even serve a full term). During that same time […]
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Previously, the OC Board of Education (“OCBOE”) existed in relative obscurity, but it is now emerging as a prominent player in the public education process, because of the charter school movement. Because taxpayer dollars are used to fund charter schools, they cannot exist unless they first receive approval from the local school district. If a […]
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Earlier today, the OC Register published an article about Democratic prospects in the upcoming elections for County Supervisor. A portion of the article examines the record of our Supervisor, Michelle Steel (R). In the article, Supervisor Steel provides three of her accomplishments which she thinks are notable; she also highlights the two goals that she […]
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Great article here about how we are getting bilked by our County Supervisors. Taxpayer dollars pay for the following: Supervisors’ salaries. They each receive approximately $150,000 per year; Supervisors’ top-notch benefits (healthcare, pension, 401K); Supervisors’ $750 monthly car allowance; Supervisors’ staff. They each receive approximately $1 million per year for a “staff” (aka campaign aides). […]
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Our OC Supervisor, Michelle Steel (R), is an immigrant. So, when California enacted SB54 (the so-called “sanctuary” law), one might reasonably assume that Supervisor Steel would understand the plight of immigrants during these tumultuous times, and support the law. If anybody reached that conclusion about her opinion, however, they would be mistaken. Five and a […]
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Our County Supervisor, Michelle Steel (R), recently spent thousands of taxpayer dollars to advertise an event at a residence in Costa Mesa. 16,000 mailers were sent, even though the venue could only accommodate 50 people. No substantive topics were discussed during Supervisor Steel’s brief remarks. Supervisor Steel has been in office since 2014, but […]
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After 14 months in office, Trump finally decided to visit the largest state in the country. When a sitting President first arrived in a state of nearly 40 million people, only 3 individuals were there to greet him on the LAX tarmac. One of those individuals was an elected official: our County Supervisor, Michelle Steel […]
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Great piece here by the OC Register. Perhaps the most egregious fact from this article is how one Supervisor spent $441,000 of public funds to pay for campaign mailers, even though she is running unopposed. This is just one example, of many, where an official’s actions do not match their “fiscally responsible” rhetoric. Vote corrupt […]
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As the SB54 debate descends into madness, many people have opted to prioritize xenophobia over the “fiscal responsibility” and “states rights” mantras which they previously considered sacrosanct.
