“Orange Is the Pilot”: Why the Union-Led Takeover of Orange Unified School District Still Matters
“If they can succeed here in Orange then they know they can go to other districts and do the same thing,” said OUEA executive director...
Author : Brian Mew
Critics Call for Investigation Into Orange County Supervisor Katrina Foley’s Role in Landfill Scandal
“It sure seems like the public should know the discussions between Foley and the CEO and OC Waste department head,” said OCGOP Chairman Will O’Neill....
Newsom’s Latest Budget Reveals Historic Record of Deficit and Govt. Overspending
“After four years of projected deficits and a cumulative total of $125 billion in budget problems solved so far, the state’s negative fiscal situation is...
Democracy for Sale: A Look at the Special Interest Unions Buying Power in CA
“California’s public sector unions are not only the most powerful political special interest in the state, but most of them are nakedly partisan,” said the...
An Orange Unified Trustee and a Union President Negotiated Massive Pay Raises—Then Married Each Other. Where’s the Investigation?
“If Ms. Page and Mr. Goodlander were in a romantic relationship at the time the CBA was negotiated and approved, there is significant likelihood that...
Orange Unified Claims Tight Budgets—Then Nearly Triples Its Trustees’ Stipends
“Holding a vote like that without giving the public their opportunity for input shows little respect for the public or their involvement in our public...
New Legal Challenge Asserts Eric Swalwell is Ineligible to Run for CA Governor
“Either he’s guilty of mortgage fraud in Washington D.C., or he’s ineligible to run for governor of California. He can’t have it both ways,” said...
Why the Future of Gaming Safety Requires Artificial Intelligence
“Working at this scale and speed would require hundreds of thousands of human moderators working 24/7, not including weekends or vacation—and that’s just to moderate...
CA’s Chatbot Law Could Fragment the Web Nationwide, Kill Innovation, Critics Warn
“AI is too promising of a technology to be badly regulated,” reads a tech coalition letter opposing recent overbroad chatbot regulations. Last Fall, California’s legislature...
Dishonest Media Pushes Edited Photos to Imply Trump–Epstein Guilt by Association
“Lawmakers said they had received 95,000 images from Epstein’s estate, but Democrats only released 19 in an apparent attempt to cherry-pick the most salacious and...