Today's top stories from behind the Orange Curtain:
Daucher's Lead Widens Slightly -- OCR and LAT
Thousands of ballots remain to be counted.
Students At Odds Over Pledge Of Allegience -- OCR
Orange Coast College student board approved a motion this week calling the pledge "irrelevant" but later faced critics of the move. What is it about college that makes otherwise smart kids so stupid?
M Is For Money -- OCR
Voters narrowly approve a 30-year extension of a half-cent sales tax for spending on transportation projects.
Bates Will be South County Supervisor -- OCR
The winner of an expensive race against Cassie DeYoung says roads are her priority.
Dana Point Council Approves Town Center Plan -- OCR
Leaders delay a decision on street size in their vote on downtown.
Rep. Sanchez In Line For Greater Authority -- OCR
But O.C.'s other House figures are likely to lose out as the GOP becomes the minority party.
Central OC Election Highlights -- OCR
A look at races from Westminster school board to Greenlight II and Measure V in Newport Beach.
Legal Issues Linger In Orange Race -- OCR
Candidate Denis Bilodeau, facing charges of stealing campaign signs, wins a council seat.
Politics Done, CUSD Gets Down To Business -- OCR
A possible division on the board is among the challenges for Capistrano Unified as it tries to hire a superintendent and set teachers' pay.
Slate Of Critics Elected To CUSD Board -- LAT
'Mandate for change' seen in embattled district's election
Prickly Ethnic Issues Color OC Elections -- LAT
Demographics change some campaign outcomes in a formerly white-bread county -- but not others.
Santa Ana Is Now Nation's Largest City With All-Latino City Council -- LAT
The distinction may be short-lived. Councilman Jose Solorio has won an Assembly seat, and a replacement must be found.
Vote Sets Tone -- DP
Costa Mesa's immigration-enforcement proposal wasn't on Tuesday's ballot, but city residents cast their votes in favor of it by choosing Mayor Allan Mansoor and parks commissioner Wendy Leece for two council seats.
Anxiety Grows Among Local Latinos -- DP
The talk inside Alicia Andrade's herbal shop on West 19th Street on Wednesday afternoon was about the reelection of Mayor Allan Mansoor to the Costa Mesa City Council.
Measure X and Measure V Decisions Re-Shape Development -- DP
Greenlight residents group leader Phil Arst believes the decisive defeat of Measure X at the polls Tuesday means one thing: the end of the right to vote on development in Newport Beach. Let's hope Arst is right.
Alicia Robinson's Political Landscape: Slices Of Election Night Life -- DP
Politicians make for good anecdotes. Annexation talks with county postponed for six months.
Raise Those Glasses, Boyos! -- OC Weekly
Election night with the biggest losers.
Frank Mickadeit: Looking For Humanity In The Wrong Court -- OCR
Frank writes about election night, plus Skylar Deleon.
Jubal, I'm surprised you didn't jump all over the "Cassie: No Regrets" item over at Total Buzz. Cassie DeNial still doesn't get it!
Posted by: SoCo Gal | November 09, 2006 at 11:12 AM