The tale of why a Veterans Cemetery most probably will not be built on the former El Toro Marine Base mirrors the sordid past of Irvine’s...

It looks like once again, parts of California are headed into another drought. With the Sierra snowpack at less than 60% and water...

Housing has moved front and center and become the elephant in the room for most policy makers in Orange County. Whether it’s the homeless...

We are just about a year into the COVID-19 pandemic and around $2.5 trillion in taxpayer monies spent in the federal response. Payments...

My mom, newly divorced in the early 1960’s, moved us out west from the east coast when she was told California was where she could make a...

For decades there have been calls for California to reform our tax system and there is no time like the present to get it done.

For years I have been able to watch the debate in Anaheim on what to do with the stadium with clear eye

I guess desperate times call for desperate measures.

In an era when people run for public office for all the wrong reasons Eric stood out.

City budgets can make the eyes of even the most interested taxpayer roll back a bit in their head.

There are rules when it comes to taxes. How high they can go, what they can be used for… and there are rules about which public agencies...

Prop.13 protects them, too. California is currently in the middle of a housing crisis. A crisis so severe, that Gov. Gavin Newsom is...

AS APPEARED IN THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER Incumbents have an advantage when it comes to elections. Their ballot designation, or job...

You have to give politicians in Sacramento credit. They don't waste time celebrating their victories before starting their next plan of...

AS APPEARED IN THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER Incumbents have an advantage when it comes to elections. Their ballot designation, or job...

For the past few years, taxpayer advocates, including the Orange County Taxpayers Association, have been sounding the alarm of an...

I am a National Park Enthusiast.  I have a passport that I bring with me to get stamped at each park I visit.  I actually plan vacations...

The House of Representatives has passed H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, by a vote of 227-205. Now it's up to the Senate to...

Many of us who either grew up in, or have lived in, Orange County for many decades remember the old county hospital just off the Santa...

As a taxpayer, I have some basic expectations. When I dial 9-1-1 I want a police officer or firefighter to arrive at my house as quickly...