This week and next, city councils and school boards across our West Orange County communities are bidding goodbye to long-serving councilmembers and trustees. Term limits, personal choices and shifting political winds are […]
For some reason, the Thanksgiving holiday provides some of the most memorable – and not always in a good way – moments of the holiday season. Some of them are imaginary, having […]
I think it’s a mistake to read too much into election returns, especially as votes are still being counted. After all, each election day is simply the start of the next election […]
Have you seen that TV commercial – I think it was for Mercedes Benz – in which a family is riding in a car and there’s some disagreement about when it’s the […]
So, I’m sitting there watching a parade of commercials – interrupted from time to time by a football game – and I’m thinking … why do the beer and pharma companies spend […]
One of the phrases very popular in political campaigns is “Are You Better Off Now Than You Were Four Years Ago?” Originated by Ronald Reagan (or his speechwriters), it was a brilliant […]
Andy, Andy, Andy. What were you thinking? Andrew Do, Orange County Supervisor for the First District, has been in the news the last few weeks and ended his term on the board […]
Sometimes the most … wait, let me be fair, here … controversial ideas started with good intentions but end up biting us in the seat of our Levis. It’s been reported that […]
A while ago I wrote in this space about a certain disappointment with some of the speakers at a recent candidates forum. Some of them confused the city government with the school […]
October is the perfect time for people to change their appearance and pretend to be someone they aren’t. Yes, there’s a double meaning in that, referring to how folks – and not […]
