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The Usual Suspects One of my readers, named Cook, asked me yesterday to explain who Santa Ana's Usual Suspects are.  He wondered if the term was meant to be racist.…

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Councilman David Benavides has been desperately trying to quell the firestorm that erupted when we broke the story that he honored a group of Minutemen and extremist Republicans who were recruited by…

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Have Santa Ana's "Usual Suspects" found their candidate for Mayor of Santa Ana?  Charles Hart, a resident of the same Riverview Neighborhood where Julie and Glen Stroud live, has announced…

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It has become the scandal that won't go away.  This time the Orange County Register piled on the David Benavides Hatergate scandal with a new article that is very illuminating.…

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Santa Ana City Councilman David Benavides has chosen to give common sense and decency, not to mention his fellow councilmembers and the residents of the city, the middle finger.  The…

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Congressional campaign finance reports were released today, and the news isn't terribly good for some of Orange County's challengers. In the 47th Congressional District, Assemblyman Van Tran reported $347,914 cash…

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I have received evidence that Al Amezcua, an attorney who is a candidate for Mayor of Santa Ana, did not live in Area 1, when he was serving on the…

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The 2010 Major League Baseball All Star Game arrives with much fanfare today in Anaheim, where Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz won the Home Run Derby yesterday. I expect…

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The big scandal in town this week was Councilman David Benavides' attempt to honor the folks who put on last week's Santa Ana Independence Day event - which blew up…

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The fallout from Councilman David Benavides ill-fated attempt to honor folks associated with known hate groups at Monday evenings city council meeting continues.  According to my sources within city hall when Benavides…

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Oh my.  It looks like the Independence Day event that was held today at the Santa Ana Public Library was chock full of Mexican-bashing Minutemen.  Imagine that. Lupe Moreno, a…

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Will Lucille Kring's GOP pals put her over the top in the 34th State Senate District in November? Does it really matter that Republican Lucille Kring got more votes than…

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Time for Van Tran (R-CA-47) to Answer Some Questions Van Tran, running against Representative Loretta Sanchez, has kept a noticeably low profile on the campaign trail these past months. No…

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Did Latino voters put Sheriff Sandra Hutchens over the top?  I think it was a factor.  She trashed racist Bill Hunt, who now presumably will have to move to Arizona…

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Supervisor Janet Nguyen has miraculously risen in the election results, in her campaign for the OC GOP Central Committee, in the 68th Assembly District.  She is now in fourth place.  But her…

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