Spitzer - Exhibit A to outsource public education

By JL "Buzz" Aguirre | 07/16/08

We have made the argument that Deliverance does not work.We have also made the argument that politicians need to be taken out of the public education equation.  For the purposes of this discussion we are not even looking at the bigger globalization picture.Heck, we are not even looking at the Transformator  (why Transformator, you might ask?  Just ask the Kennnedy's or the Obama campaign - but that is another conversation)... read more »

Significance of OC Sheriff-Coroner ASCLD/LAB Accreditation

By JL "Buzz" Aguirre | 07/16/08

We contacted ASCLD/LAB-International program manager John Neuner to help us understand the significance of the Orange County Sheriff-Coroner laboratory accreditation in the ASCLD/LAB-International program.  According to Mr. Neuner "The Orange County Sheriff-Coroner laboratory is the first local government, full-service laboratory in California to be accredited in the ASCLD/LAB-International program.  It was the 63rd laboratory to be... read more »

Governor Schwarzenegger Signs SB 1185

By JL "Buzz" Aguirre | 07/15/08

He did not extend the two year tax base credit to people who have to find new homes, but he signs what critics call a puny (cleaned version) bill.  Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today signed SB 1185 by Senator Alan Lowenthal (D-Long Beach) allowing developers to build already approved subdivisions as soon as financing becomes available by extending the expiration date for specified subdivision maps.To help Californians (critics charge it... read more »

OC-CSI is Official - OCSD ASCLD/LAB Certified

By JL "Buzz" Aguirre | 07/15/08

The OC Sheriff Department's Forensic Science Services Division is now Orange County's only ASCLD accredited, full service law enforcement crime lab that provides crime scene investigation and laboratory examinations on evidence in all forensic disciplines, including fingerprints, DNA, toxicology and firearms to name a few. Their services are provided free to all law enforcement agencies within the county.According to its website, the ASCLD ... read more »

French Fries or Sushi Rolls?

By JL "Buzz" Aguirre | 07/13/08

When you have been unable to sleep wondering where you are going to send your kid to college, whom are you going to call at 3:00 o'clock in the morning?   Recently Senator Obama confessed to being embarrased after coming home from Europe to find that  American kids only know how to say mercy beucoup and have not even included the term merd, in any of the rap lyrics (italicized portion we added).  Not too long ago, US popular... read more »

Earmarks and the CLRC's Mad Dash to Pork Barrel Legislation

By JL "Buzz" Aguirre | 07/11/08

We have chronicled D. Vanitzian's Quixotic (some would called insane) battle against the California Law Revision Commission in general and the passage of Assemblyperson Saldana's Assembly Bill AB1921.In a post January 16 2008 we wrote "In a scathing letter to the California Law Revision Commission ominously titled The Temple of Blame and Wholesale Titleholder Disenfranchisement, arbitrator and author D. Vanitzian questions the motives for the... read more »

Sheriff Hutchens Hires Chief Scott for Strategy Work

By JL "Buzz" Aguirre | 07/10/08

Retired Los Angeles Sheriff's Department Chief John L. Scott has been hired as a consultant by the county to work with Sheriff Sandra Hutchens in her assessment of Department operations. He will focus first on the Department's jail system, with five jails and an average daily population of 6,500.His role as a consultant will be to help Sheriff Hutchens coordinate a standard audit that will review overall operations at each facility, with shift... read more »