Quang X. Pham appears to be serious about running for Congress - his campaign website is up and running. Pham is challenging Democratic incumbent Loretta Sanchez, who has been in the news a lot of late, but not for good reasons. He is also taking on corrupt GOP Assemblyman Van Tran, who is termed out from the state legislature and running for Congress for the first time.
I am still not sure if Pham is running as a Republican or as an independent. But he is a good guy and at this point I rather support him than Sanchez. But if he runs as a Republican I cannot vote for him as that party won’t allow independents and third party members to vote in their primaries.
Sanchez’ latest gaffe is one for the ages. According to the O.C. Weekly, she told a young descendant of President Richard Nixon that she regretted voting for Tricky Dick. That was of course a horrible insult to the young man, who was visiting her office in D.C. But beyond that, the fact is Sanchez wasn’t old enough to vote back when Nixon was running for President. Sanchez appears to be either a liar or a ding dong - or both.
The Talibani Republican group known as the “Family Action PAC” has announced its endorsement of Costa Mesa Councilman Allan Mansoor for the 68th Assembly District.
Attention DPOC. As bad as Assemblyman Van Tran is I assure you Mansoor will be worse. Tran is corrupt but he is also conniving. Mansoor will just be a tool for the right wing nuts in his party. You guys better convince Costa Mesa Councilwoman Katrina Foley to run for this seat - pronto. She is your ONLY hope to win this seat, period.
My sources report that perennial Dem congressional candidate Steve Young is eyeballing this seat. HE WILL LOSE. Don’t be stupid DPOC! Foley is the only one that can beat Mansoor. Ignore this warning at your own peril
Here is the Family Action PAC’s press release. Don’t read this on a full stomach. You might puke!: Read more…
This is very bad news for O.C. Clerk-recorder Tom Daly, who like Galloway is also a Democrat. Particularly since Jerbal, at Red Klownty, is also reporting that La Habra Councilwoman Rose Espinoza, who is also a Democrat, is thinking about running for Clerk-Recorder instead of running for the 4th Supervisorial District.
Daly is already being opposed by Anaheim Councilman Harry Sidhu. Now Galloway will further dilute Daly’s base in Anaheim, where he was once the Mayor. Read more…
Is it just me or does O.C. Public Administrator John S. Williams look like a car salesman?
“The Orange County grand jury issued a scathing report Tuesday criticizing the public administrator/public guardian’s office for “egregious” mismanagement, including questionable promotions that cost hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars,” according to the L.A. Times.
So who is the Orange County Public Administrator/Public Guardian? It is a hack conservative Republican named John S. Williams. This guy is deeply embedded in OC GOP politics. If you Google him you will find he has endorsed just about every OC GOP candidate from the right over the years.
According to Smart Voter, he has been endorsed himself in the past by the California Republican Assembly; the Conservative Women’s Leadership Association of South Orange County; the Young Republicans of Orange County; the Seniors and Veterans for Education (SAVE); and the Saddleback Republican Assembly.
Here are a few more excerpts from the L.A. Times: Read more…
Talk to this small but vocal faction of local Democrats about the future of the party in central and north Orange County and one name above all others brings a sparkle to their eye and a smile to their face. Despite the fact the demographic makeup of the party in this geographical area is largely Latino the local elected that garners their excitement doesn’t have a Hispanic surname like Tinajero, Alvarez, Benevides or Martinez as one might expect. The “chosen one” for these folks is Anaheim Union High School District Trustee Jordan Brandman.
Many in this group make up the “Janny” faction of the DPOC, thus called this for their covert support for Latino bashing Supervisor Janet Nguyen. It is not shocking that they would pin the party’s hope for the future in Central/North OC on the shoulders of an Anglo politician. History shows us that many within the DPOC have a track record of opposing Latino politicians in the local area. Loretta Sanchez and Lou Correa did not gain any party support until the won their seat. To this day, much, if not all of Loretta and Lou’s success is in spite of the local party.
While we cannot, nor should we, hold the actions of these folks against Mr. Brandman, we should question his decision to endorse uberconservative Republican Chris Norby for Orange County Clerk/Recorder. From what I have seen Mr. Brandman is a bright and articulate young man, not to mention he is a fellow Anteater alumnist. I would think that Mr. Norby’s politics are the polar opposite of Brandman’s, at least I would hope they are. So why endorse him? Read more…
“Irvine financier Danny Pang, accused by the government of operating a Ponzi scheme, received at least $83 million in inflated fees, salary and loans from his investment firm before it was seized by federal regulators in April, according to unsealed court documents,” according to the L.A. Times.
But that’s not all. Pang also gave some of his Ponzi money to Republican candidates! He gave $5,000 to Congressman Ken Calvert (that figures) and he gave $4,300 to Rudy Giuliani’s presidential campaign. Click here to see the campaign reports.
In what can be described as a victory for the Logan Neighborhood the city of Orange decided not to award Ware Disposal that city’s contract to for trash and recycling services. The city council decided to go with CR&R Waste Services over Ware and two other trash haulers including Waste Management who provides Santa Ana’s trash service.
As the Orange Juice’s Art Pedroza reported here yesterday, Ware went all out in their effort to win the Orange contract. They even went as far as taking out a full page ad in the Orange County Register calling on Orange residents to attend the council meeting to support them. Thankfully all of Ware’s efforts and Judy Ware’s filthy money didn’t sway the Orange officials.
CR&R was awarded the contract despite the fact that Ware’s “corrected” bid offered their monthly services for a lower monthly rate than all the other companies. CR&R’s bid calls for a monthly service fee of $10.87 while Ware’s “corrected” bid called for a $10.36 fee. Jay Ware claimed that, “This rate would result in Orange residents having the lowest rate in Orange County.” Read more…
Apparently Orange County Republicans have resorted to marrying Latinas as their main form of Latino outreach. The latest example of this is Capistrano School Board member Ken Maddox, who now goes by Ken Lopez-Maddox.
According to an August/September 2003 survey by WEDDINGBELLS magazine (search), 94 percent of 5,000 brides polled were taking their husband’s name, either wholesale or hyphenated, and 6 percent were maintaining their maiden name. They had no research regarding men taking their wive’s names.
So Ken is treading new ground here. But the real irony is that he has a long history of immigrant bashing.
In one funny episode, two Latina activists visited Maddox to ask him about his connections to Barbara Coe and her hateful CCIR organization. Here is an excerpt from an online article explaining what happened after he denied any connection to CCIR: Read more…
“Former Chief Deputy Recorder Hugh Nguyen, announced today that State Senator Mimi Walters and former State Senator Marian Bergeson have endorsed his campaign for Orange County Clerk Recorder,” according to a press release distributed by Nguyen’s campaign consultant, Scott Hart.
When former State Senator Dick Ackerman announced that he was backing Nguyen, I figured he would round up his friends to back him as well. Nguyen’s campaign is off to a roaring start. His opponent, termed out Supervisor Chris Norby, doesn’t even have a website up yet! Read more…
John Campbell bought one of these Saleen Mustangs with public money when he was in the State Assembly. The State later sold it at a big loss when he moved on to Congress.
Congressman John Campbell spends a lot of time talking about how the Democrats are bankrupting this country. But guess what? He voted for the $700 billion federal bailout bill in October of 2008. And, perhaps even worse, he bought a custom Mustang Saleen edition car, as a State Assemblyman, using public money. When he ran for Congress and won a year later, the State of California had to sell the car at a huge loss.
So how can Campbell call himself a conservative? This is what he has to say for himself on his new campaign website, “As a family and businessman with a strong commitment to fiscal discipline and personal freedom, I will continue to work hard in Congress to protect the American taxpayer from the increased taxes and wasteful government spending while ensuring we secure our nation’s borders.”
Wow. He even manages to rip immigrants while falsely bragging about being a fiscal conservative.
“This year’s theme is “Think Big,” so the marketing agency hired by the fair — The Ball Park — provided characters holding a giant ice cream cone and a giant guitar. Each character’s mouth was drawn wide-open, in a yawning fashion reminiscent of children’s author Shel Silverstein and his book, “Where the Sidewalk Ends,” according to the O.C. Register.
To make matters worse, the O.C. Fair Board paid the plagiarizers, Ballpark Advertising, $1.3 million for two years of marketing. Ballpark is located in El Segundo - in Los Angeles County. The O.C. Fair Board couldn’t even give the contract to a local firm. And they overpaid for plagiarism!
The hacks on the O.C. Fair Board are a bunch of Republicans, as one might expect, including: Read more…
“State Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has bolstered his gubernatorial campaign team by hiring three campaign veterans who worked for GOP presidential candidates John McCain, Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani,” according to the Sacramento Bee.
Let’s put this in some perspective. Poizner just hired three people (Audrey Perry, Lanhee Chen, and Jarrod Agen) with experience in failed Republican presidential campaigns. That’s not terribly impressive, is it?
And Poizner has become quite the gay hater. “For the second year in a row, California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has refused to issue a letter welcoming people to the state’s numerous Pride events,” according to the Bay Area Reporter. Read more…
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