Assemblyman Chuck DeVore’s sense of humor is well-established here (see the Simpsonized portrait of him and his family that he made above), but when he recently decided to twist up classic-rocker Don Henley’s “The Boys of Summer” to do a send-up of President Obama even he didn’t realize what he’d start. Instead of mixing it up with Obama, the Republican senatorial candidate’s in a showdown with Henley. And he’s loving every second of it.

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Here’s what I really love about Facebook: You can keep track of so many lives and as a newsman it helps me stay connected to my local newsmakers. I’ve been trailing Assemblyman Chuck DeVore’s campaign to unseat Sen. Barbara Boxer — getting every detail as it unfolds because Chuck’s a frequent poster.

But last week I got a note from one of our “In Theory” contributors, Ric Olsen. He was giving me a heads up that he was running late with his response to the weekly question because he was having trouble with his church. He didn’t have time to get into what was going on, but he directed me to his Facebook page. I added him as a friend and saw that the city of Orange was moving to evict The Beacon, his church, over some code enforcement issue.

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Just got back from the Orange County Music Awards at the Grove of Anaheim and I’m still pumped. What a terrific show featuring some of the area’s brightest talent.

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