By Jack Dean Pension reform candidate Shawn Nelson took an early commanding lead in the absentee ballot count Tuesday night and never looked back, winning the special election for Supervisor in Orange County’s Fourth District with 30% of the vote. His nearest challenger, the public employee union-backed candidate Harry Sidhu, captured 18%. The remainder of […]

Spending $1 million to defeat Shawn Nelson could save OC’s union members $400 million in retroactive pension benefits By Jack Dean I almost burst out laughing the first time a saw an ad for Harry Sidhu on cable TV. The final frame of the ad featured the appropriate legal disclosure information, which said: “Harry Sidhu […]

The link to this creative video was sent to me by a subscriber: I suspect that few union officials will be laughing. Be sure to visit the CalPERS $100,000 Pension Club searchable database to see why this issue is such a big problem. [UPDATE AS OF SATURDAY 6/12 AT 11:00 AM: The producer of the […]

Your humble editor was laid low yesterday by a kidney stone and spent about 24 hours in the hospital. I was discharged this afternoon feeling much better and looking forward to getting everyone caught up on the latest news tomorrow. Thanks to everyone who sent inquiries; it’s nice to be missed. — Jack