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Jim Silva. The very mention of his name should send a shiver up your spine. He is easily the most worthless GOP legislator in Sacramento. And Silva was brought there by the hacks at Red Clownty.
Now Silva is “the subject of a recall drive,” according to an Orange Punch post by Steven Greenhut.
Here’s an excerpt from Greenhut’s post:
It’s no doubt more symbolic than serious, but it would be a great idea to recall this lump of an assemblyman, a Republican who rarely shows any understanding or commitment to limited-government principles. He is a creation of the OC GOP political machine. As county supervisor, he was a reliable supporter of the government workers union. I recall when he was running that GOP leaders assured me that Silva would “vote the caucus” — in other words, he wouldn’t be a leader but he would vote the way he was told to vote. That’s not much of an endorsement, but in a gerrymandered world, it’s good enough to elect an unprincipled mediocrity. After he voted for a retroactive pension increase that increased the county’s liabilities, he showed no understanding of the details of the matter, but told me that Bill Campbell told him to vote for it.
Silva is also under attack at the Tax Revolt blog and his enemies have launched a Facebook page.
Silva seems to have an aura of bewilderment that enshrouds him.
He just can’t be as dumb as he appears. Can he?
As a courtesy to your readers Art, can you reprint that piece you did a couple of years ago – about Silva, the squirrels, and the broom closet?
Yes, Dave, Silva is that dim. Check out this column he (his staff) wrote after being elected to the Assembly: http://orangepunch.freedomblogging.com/2007/02/01/golly-gee-assemblyman-rube-goes-to-sacramento/1194/
Dave,
Here it is:
Here is a page from Jim’s diary, noting his Thursday activities:
Today I wandered over to feed the squirrels. They are so cute! I wondered about maybe taking one to my office, but then I got hungry and ate the peanuts I was feeding them.
I passed by Jose Solorio on the way back to my office and he told me he is chairing a committee. That made me so mad I flicked his right ear. He ran away crying and I felt really bad.
On the way back to my office I stumbled into an office I had never seen. It was full of mops and brooms and cleaning stuff. I wondered what kind of legislator would use his office to store cleaning supplies and then it hit me – his office was bigger than mine! Lucky guy! And he had the coolest coveralls stored in there, with his name on them.
When I got back to my office I ordered my staff to get me some blazers with my name on them. And I sent away for more peanuts.
Maybe tomorrow I will try to pass a law or something…
Look up Steve Greenhuts article from August of 2004 in the O.C. Register titled
“Where is there a good recall when you need one?”
It tells why Jim Silva and Bill Campbell should be recalled.
Amazing how history repeats itself. Here we go again. If you don’t recall this guy now we will be kicking ourselves later.
It makes me gag everytime I hear the O.C. Party leadership introduce Jim Silva as the best conservative guy ever!! Enough to make me sick.
By the way, I am not surprised to hear Steve Greenhut describe how Jim was mad at him. I have seen Jims outbursts personally and he is very thin skinned. This recall attempt probably has him so angry that he probably can’t sleep at nite.