OC Voice

When asked to write about why I am a vegetarian, I was initially reluctant. But I accepted this assignment, in part, to clear the record. There are many reasons people choose to be vegetarian. They run the gamut from environmental to social to moral to health to religion.

By John Earl and Lisa Wells
OC Voice
Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama accuse each other of bowing to “big oil,” and Huntington Beach mayor, environmentalist and Democratic candidate for congress, Debbie Cook, has taken hits in the local media for having large investments in oil corporations that many people blame for the [...]

By John Earl
OC Voice Editor
Dan Kalmick of Seal Beach is the other Democratic Party Primary candidate seeking to unseat Republican Dana Rohrabacher and represent the 46th Congressional District in the House of Representatives. Kalmick is a technology consultant for small and medium size businesses in Orange County and a member of the [...]

Or Joe & Cathy’s Ungodly Patriotism

By John Earl
OC Voice Editor
“Yes! Yes! Yes! Congratulations, you guys down there,” Bakersfield City Councilmember, Jacquie Sullivan, said over the phone when reached by the OC Voice.
She must have been smiling from ear to ear, just like Jan Crouch on Trinity Broadcasting Network, when she rejoiced, in her bouncy Bakersfield [...]

Huntington Beach Councilmember Don Hansen’s proposed campaign finance reporting reforms raise fundamental questions about the influence of money on election campaigns.