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From our archives: “The photogenic Newman Cub courts controversy by flashing a Baby Power salute!” Howard Jarvis Taxpayer Association lawyers may doubt that Cicely fully understood the issues at hand in last year’s State Senate election when this photo of her was taken supporting her father’s campaign — so fair is fair! That’s my best guess, anyway.
[Ed. Note: I had a different WOT in mind for today, but then this press release came in this morning and it is just too hard to pass up. I’ve masked the last four digits of Derek Humphrey’s phone number to prevent calls from some of our more sociopathic readers, but if you’re among them you’d only have to try no more than 9,999 combinations to find it. (Hint: it’s not “0000.” Also, never try dialing the “infinity” sign — it takes forever!)]
For my friends who’d like to defend the switcheroo AND the blocking of a remedy to those who assert that they were in fact bamboozled, I understand the political case for doing so, but I have to say that this motion from an writ of mandate doesn’t really seem like it’s coming from the moral high ground where many of you try to abide. This, as wise people have said, looks bad. — GAD]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 6, 2017
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Contact: Derek Humphrey
(951) 805-πζ∞φ
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RECALL PROPONENTS ATTEMPT TO BLOCK VICTIMS FROM REMOVING SIGNATURES FROM FRAUDULENT PETITION
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| Fullerton, CA—Sacramento attorneys representing the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association filed a petition with the Superior Court of California yesterday to prevent voters who were tricked into signing the recall petition from being able to remove their names. Thousands of voters, who were victims of the fraudulent recall effort, have already signed forms to remove their names from the misleading recall petition.
“I just can’t believe that they’re trying to do this to me twice,” said Shawn Robison, whose withdrawal request is among those that the special interest group is seeking to throw out. “First they tricked me into signing a petition by lying to me about what it said, and now that I submitted the form to get my name back, they are suing to force me to stay on it. What does it say about your cause if you have to lie and sue to get people to support you?”
“They told me that the petition would lower my gas taxes, but all it would do is recall Senator Newman,” said Debra Cembrano, who also asked to have her name removed from the petition. “I voted for Josh Newman, and I do not want him recalled. I would feel terrible if my name was used by these people to recall him.”
The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, one of the special interest groups behind the recall, contends that the new law, which enabled people tricked into signing its petition to have their names removed, requires them to submit their signature withdrawal request in person, rather than by proxy. A copy of the petition for a writ of mandate can be found here. |
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[Editor’s afterword: I really don’t think that this would have been filed if recall proponents were confident of having enough signatures. Remember, this is only seeking the removal of people who are declaring for the benefit of the court that they were bamboozled, not seeking to disqualify the entire petition drive due to the fraud. If the petition could only gain enough signatures by bamboozlery, which sources tell OJB is not an actual word, then it’s hard to feel much sympathy for the proponents. They had ample opportunity, especially given how much they were paying signature gatherers, to have rendered the signatures of this group of voters moot.]
About Greg Diamond
Somewhat verbose attorney, semi-disabled and semi-retired, residing in northwest Brea. Occasionally ran for office against jerks who otherwise would have gonr unopposed. Got 45% of the vote against Bob Huff for State Senate in 2012; Josh Newman then won the seat in 2016. In 2014 became the first attorney to challenge OCDA Tony Rackauckas since 2002; Todd Spitzer then won that seat in 2018. Every time he's run against some rotten incumbent, the *next* person to challenge them wins! He's OK with that.
Corrupt party hacks hate him. He's OK with that too.
He does advise some local campaigns informally and (so far) without compensation. (If that last bit changes, he will declare the interest.)
His daughter is a professional campaign treasurer. He doesn't usually know whom she and her firm represent. Whether they do so never influences his endorsements or coverage. (He does have his own strong opinions.) But when he does check campaign finance forms, he is often happily surprised to learn that good candidates he respects often DO hire her firm. (Maybe bad ones are scared off by his relationship with her, but they needn't be.)
*NO Recall….except for our buddy Scott Peotter in Newport Beach…..he needs to
know what real people think.
Dan Chmielewski is now extolling Irvine’s Tea Party crazy and insufferable sourpuss Councilwoman Lynn Schott. I wonder whether he has considered Schott’s strangely fawning relationship with convicted criminal Farzeneh Akhavi aka Frances Akhavi aka Frances Meshkin, who is under a multi-count federal indictment for defrauding investors of $1.6 million. Dimwit Dan is apparently too dim to recognize his hypocrisy in singing the praises of Schott, the ultra right-wing Tea Party Republican, while repeatedly criticizing this blog for its occasional praise of the far more moderate Republican Tom Tait. Chmielewski is also engaged in a bromance with Republican blowhard Chis Epting. He’s also been pushing the racist nimbyism of Republican Karen Jaffe’s attempt to prevent more non-white people from moving into Irvine. I wonder what DPOC Chair Fran Sdao thinks about her communications chair turning his blog into a mouthpiece for Irvine’s worst Tea Party Republican and racist nimbyism?
[Editor’s note: If Frances Meshkin wants to complain that the assertion about the existence of this indictment is false and otherwise defamatory, I will either demand proof that the indictment exists or will either pull this comment down or redact it. The other references do not strike me as defamatory, although I’m open to argument. – GAD]
Here’s some more info about Dan Chmielewski’s (and Larry Agran’s) favorite Irvine City Councilmember, ultra-right winger Lynn Schott: http://www.schottinthedark.org/2017/07/26/lynn-schotts-defense-of-federally-indicted-con-artist-in-the-news-again/
*The Fire issue has been awful…our hearts and prayers go out to those who have lost possessions, friends, loved ones and pets. Every day is a blessing and we are all here on a wing and prayer.