Garden Grove Councilman Chris Phan attended a fundraiser tonight in Santa Ana for Councilman David Benavides, who is running for reelection. Phan proudly posted about this on his Facebook page. But Phan is a Republican and Benavides is a liberal Democrat. What gives?
Phan by the way has been running for the OC Board of Supervisors for some time. He is hoping that First District Supervisor Janet Nguyen, a Republican, beats Democratic nominee Jose Solorio, as they face off in November for the 34th State Senate District. A Nguyen victory would mean her seat on the OC Board of Supervisors would open up.
But what the heck is Phan doing hanging out with the likes of Benavides? For the uninformed, Benavides has been one of the ringleaders of Orange County’s most dysfunctional City Council, in Santa Ana. This is an all-Democrat City Council. But Benavides is the worst of the bunch. His big idea in the past two years has been to let bars in Downtown Santa Ana stay open until 4 am.
Benavides was also involved in firing Santa Ana City Manager Paul Walters, who had performed so honorably as Chief of the Santa Ana Police Department before taking over as City Manager when Dave Ream retired. Walters saved Santa Ana from certain bankruptcy – and then Benavides and company fired him. They replaced him with Orange County’s most overpaid City Manager, David Cavazos, a fellow who raised every tax he could when he was the City Manager of Phoenix, AZ. Cavazos also spiked his pension with a last minute raise in Phoenix, before screwing his constituents and heading to California.
Benavides ran in 2012 against popular Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido. While Pulido is a Democrat he is a moderate and he is very pro business. Republicans in Santa Ana have always supported Pulido. And they did so again in 2012 as Benavides got spanked in the General Election.
Two Peas in a Pod – David Benavides and Roman Reyna
This year Benavides recruited his BFF, Councilman Roman Reyna, to run against Pulido. Reyna literally has only ever worked in parks and recreation. He is thought to have dropped out of school in the tenth grade and his brother, reportedly, died in prison. Reyna hung out with Benavides and Phan tonight.
Please note that Reyna and Benavides were also part of the Council cabal that voted to get rid of the SAPD’s SWAT team and gang task force. Phan is a Deputy District Attorney and these guys are who he chooses to hang out with?
So why would Phan hang out with such reprehensible Democrats? Well could it be that he is trying to convince them all to vote for Janet Nguyen in November so he can then take her job?
Phan is said to be a nice guy but he is hanging out with the wrong people and interloping in Santa Ana politics, which quite frankly are none of his damn business. I will remember this when and if he does run for OC Supervisor.
Maybe Phan knows that Pulido is hopelessly corrupt. Or maybe he trusts Benavides’s taste in catering. Probably both. Regardless, it’s probably also to obtain the Council majority’s support for that Board of Supervisors run.
Actually the venue the event was held at, the Little Sparrow, had a “Cockroach Infestation in a Critical Area” in February of this year.
I love how Greg Diamond, the twice failed candidate, tow’s the line of the leftist wanna-be’s of central OC.: That Pulido has somehow become a millionare, while in office. Nothing could be further from the truth. The guy’s house is a dump and he drives a Prius like Greg.
Using terms like “hopelessly corrupt” and “mayor for life” is akin to “Cheap Jew”, “Lazy fat slob” “Bennie Boy” or my wife is a “bar girl”. It demonstrates how clearly out of touch Diamond is with regard to Santa Ana politics. this after all was the guy who tried to push Julio Perez on us. When Julio was outed as a bankrupt, homosexual loser, Greg went banana’s. The reality is, Greg neither lives, votes or has any legitimate ties to the city. He is an unemployed blogger, trying to meddle in yet another communities election.
I could be wrong, but, maybe Greg was mad he didn’t have the money to eat the $14.75 lamb sandwich at the Little Sparrow, There’s always the ALL BEEF DOG at the Fullerton Costco Greg!
Chris, how was the turnout? When I walked by it looked relatively well attended.
This KenLaysNotDead / nameless / “Robert Darley” fellow is really losing it. although at least this this is a good example of the coward’s craft. He can pack more lies into one paragraph than most people can into a page. I like how he both says “Cheap Jew” while seeming to disavow it at the same time. That’s how you know that he’s a pro. And there’s money in that skill set.
Leave this one up, Art. I’d hate to rely only on my screenshot.
You should focus on your water board race.
Maybe…Maybe….Probably… Sounds like a guy who can’t defend his position to me……
I had met David at a few community events. He invited to his fundraiser so I attended to learn more about his candidacy.
The good news is that he is being opposed in November by a young man who grew up in Santa Ana and who graduated from our local schools. Alex Padilla is a paralegal. We have endorsed Padilla. Benavides by the way is a product of East Los Angeles.
I don’t know about you but the more I read about politicians in OC, I get depressed. It used to mean something to find such a great person that served in the military.
If Chris Phan is hanging out with David Benavides then he’s lost my vote in his Supervisors race. Benavides allegedly cheated on his wife and two young children and shamelessly asked them to move out the home she purchased and into an apartment so that he could continue his farce of a political career.
Voters are watching you Chris Phan.
Not sure why Chris Phan needs to attend David Benavides’s fundraise to learn more about the latter’s candidacy. Everything he needs to know is on the internet.
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