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A look back at our top ten O.C. political news stories of 2012

Posted on by Posted in 2012 Elections, Anaheim, Carlos Bustamante, Chris Norby, Claudia Alvarez, Fullerton, Fullerton Recall, Irvine, Jon Dumitru, Larry Agran, Miguel Pulido, Nadia Lockyer, Orange, Orange County, Police, Police Brutality, Republican Party, Santa Ana, Sharon Quirk-Silva, Taxes, Teresa Tita Smith, Travis Allen, Travis Kiger 2 Comments

The new Irvine Council majority

We started this blog on January 1, 2012.  What a year it has been!  Here are our top ten stories of the year, based on our readership data:

  1. Irvine boss Larry Agran lost in his campaign for Mayor and the Republicans took over the Irvine City Council
  2. Sharon Quirk-Silva beat Chris Norby in the 65th Assembly District – and it was all John Lewis’ fault
  3. Travis Allen beat Troy Edgar in the 72nd Assembly District.  For once the good guy won!
  4. Orange County’s administration imploded in the wake of the arrest of Carlos Bustamante for alleged sex crimes Continue reading→

Quirk-Silva beats Norby – but Agran loses to Choi!

Posted on by Posted in 2012 Elections, Anaheim, Ballot Measures, Barack Obama, Beth Krom, Bob Huff, Bond Measures, Brea, Cecilia Iglesias, Chris Norby, Christina Shea, Costa Mesa, David Benavides, Gary Monahan, Gary Pritchard, Irvine, Jon Dumitru, Jordan Brandman, Labor, Lucille Kring, Lynn Schott, OCEA, Orange, Orange County, Republican Party, Rob Richardson, Santa Ana, Sharon Quirk-Silva, Steven Choi, Sukhee Kang, Teresa Tita Smith, Travis Allen, Travis Kiger, Troy Edgar, Vince Sarmiento 1 Comment

Stop the presses!  Fullerton Mayor Sharon Quirk-Silva was losing when I went to bed last night but this morning the voting results say she won, barely, beating  Chris Norby, in the 65th Assembly District.  Amazing!

It will be awhile before we can parse the numbers but you have to figure that more voters showed up in the general than in the primary election – and could it be that the Latino voters in the 65th actually voted?  It sure looks like it.

Other key results for liberal O.C. Democrats:

  • John Leos ended up in a distant third place in Anaheim’s Council races – another blow to the OCEA, which blew a load on this race.  The winners were Republican Lucille Kring and corporate Democrat Jordan Brandman.  The latter was the recipient of thousands of PAC dollars courtesy of Disney and the SOAR PAC.
  • In Irvine Beth Krom got the most votes in the Council race, but the Republicans Christina Shea and Lynn Schott also won.  And mayoral candidate Larry Agran lost to Steven Choi!  And more bad news for the Irvine Democrats – Sukhee Kang lost very badly to U.S. Rep. John Campbell.  The Republicans now run Irvine. I can’t imagine that is sitting well with the guys at my former blog… Continue reading→

The O.C. Register’s Editorial Board endorses Tita Smith for Mayor of Orange

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The Orange County Register’s Editorial Board has endorsed Orange Council Member Teresa “Tita” Smith, a Democrat, for Mayor of Orange – discarding her government worker opponent Jon Dumitru.  Here are a few excerpts from the O.C. Register’s column in support of Ms. Smith:

The Register’s Editorial Board endorses Ms. Smith, even though we have some reservations about some of her positions. She has the endorsements of both the firefighter and police officer unions. However, she sees the need for public-employee pension reform and wants to move city employees to plans that mirror those in the private sector, such as a 401(k). Continue reading→

Orange Mayor’s race features two fiscal conservatives

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Jon Dumitru is on the right, literally and in the picture above

Voters in Orange won’t have much of a choice in this November’s Mayoral race as their are only two candidates – and they both are calling themselves fiscal conservatives.

Orange Council Members Jon Dumitru and Teresa “Tita” Smith were both re-elected in 2008, according to Smart Voter.  Dumitru is a Republican.  Smith is a Democrat, apparently, but she sounds like a Republican and has a lot of Republican backers.  However she is listed here as a Democrat.   Continue reading→

Former Red County bloggers starting a new O.C. political blog

Posted on by Posted in 2012 Elections, Bloggers, Chris Emami, Ed Royce, Matt Cunningham, Orange County, Republican Party 12 Comments

A group of former Red County bloggers is working on a new Orange County political blog, called “OC Political,” mere weeks after I launched this blog, back on January 1 of this year.

The writers include Chris Emami, Chris Nguyen, Craig Alexander, David Yang, Erik Brown, the “Heartbreak Kid,” Jim Palmer, Jon Dumitru, Keith Rodenhuis, Ken Williams, “Lassie,” Mark Bucher, Matt Harper, “Mr. Friendly,” “Republican Willie Brown,” Robert Hammond, Scott Voigts, Steve Sarkis, Thomas Gordon, Tim Surridge, Tony Beall, and Walt Myers III. Continue reading→