Jordan Brandman
ECCO, one of the leading gay rights organizations in Orange County, announced today their Political Action Committee’s endorsements for the Nov. 6, 2012 General Election.
ECCO coordinated Orange County’s efforts to pass state laws that: prohibit discrimination against Gays and Lesbians; establish a domestic partner registry; and give students an added level of protection in school, according to their website. They also have been involved in the fight against Prop. 8, which made gay marriage illegal in California.
Hear are the ECCO PAC’s 2012 General Election Endorsements:
President: Barack Obama
Vice President: Joe Biden
Senator: Diane Feinstein
12th Congressional District: Nancy Pelosi
27th Congressional District: Judy Chu
38th Congressional District: Linda Sanchez
39th Congressional District: Jay Chen
44th Congressional District: Janice Hahn
45th Congressional District: Sukhee Kang
46th Congressional District: Loretta Sanchez
47th Congressional District: Alan Lowenthal
48th Congressional District: Ron Varasteh
49th Congressional District: Jerry Tetalman
5th State Senate District: Cathleen Galgiani
11th State Senate District: Mark Leno
29th State Senate District: Greg Diamond
33rd State Senate District: Ricardo Lara
37th State Senate District: Steve Young
17th State Assembly District: Tom Ammiano
50th State Assembly District: Betsy Butler
51st State Assembly District: Luis Lopez
53rd State Assembly District: John Perez
55th State Assembly District: Gregg D. Fritchle
65th State Assembly District: Sharon Quirk-Silva
68th State Assembly District: Christina Avalos
69th State Assembly District: Tom Daly
73rd State Assembly District: James Corbett
74th State Assembly District: Robert Rush
City of Anaheim – City Council: Jordan Brandman (pictured above)
City of Orange – City Council: Lawrence “Larry” Labrado
City of Irvine – City Council: Beth Krom
City of Laguna Beach – City Council: Jane Egly
City of Santa Ana – City Council: David Benavides
Anaheim City School District: John Santoianni
Garden Grove Unified School District: George West
Garden Grove Unified School District: Bao Nguyen
Fullerton Joint Union High School District: Andy Montoya
Santa Ana Unified School District: Rob Richardson
Santa Ana Unified School District: Valerie Amezcua
Santa Ana Unified School District: Jose Hernandez
Proposition 30: YES, yesonprop30.com
Proposition 31: NO, prop31facts.com
Proposition 32: NO, stopspecialexemptions.org
Proposition 33: NO, stopthesurcharge.consumerwatchdogcampaign.org
Proposition 34: YES, safecalifornia.org
Proposition 35: YES, caseact.org
Proposition 36: YES, yeson36.org
Proposition 37: YES, carighttoknow.org
Proposition 38: NO, stopthemiddleclasstaxhike.com
Proposition 39: YES, cleanenergyjobsact.com
Proposition 40: YES, holdpoliticiansaccountable.org
Not cool. Not even close. While I am glad to see endorsements for those with open minds you appear to have deliberately put Jordan’s photo (and a bad one at that) into that post, and into the title, in what looks to be some innuendo alluding to his sexuality. This has been a nasty rumor for years, if Jordan was indeed gay it would not make a difference, although he says he is not and I have no reason to believe otherwise. But by promoting the Jordan as a gay man rumor your slant is that it is a negative, that being gay is a bad thing that someone should be ashamed of. I see bloggers saying “so and so is gay” in the same tone they might use to say “so and so is a felon” and that is exactly what we do NOT need more of. You set gay rights back decades when playing that game, and while I have my issues with Jordan right now, your post is just plain scummy. If you have problems with Jordan’s politics, come out and say so, but take this crap off the table for discussion.
You’re barking up the wrong tree. I am 100 % for gay rights. The picture we used was posted in a public forum and we felt it was whimsical. You’re projecting your own hangups here.
Of all the photos out there of Jordan you pick that one? And of all the endorsements listed you chose to link ONLY his name in your tags. Gimme a break.
His race is one of the most contentious ones in Orange County. And I wrote another article about the ECCO endorsements on my Santa Ana blog.
I don’t tell you how to manage your blog, which I have by the way linked to. So where do you get off telling me how to run mine? Maybe you should focus on posting more articles on your blog. You’re barely posting over there.
I guess I am focused on quality over quantity.
Or you are lazy and have no idea what to write about.