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Failed Irvine Mayoral candidate Daigle to run for the 74th Assembly District

Posted on February 13, 2016 by Editor Posted in 2016 Elections, Democratic Party, Huntington Beach, Irvine, Karina Onofre, Katherine Daigle, Matt Harper, Republican Party Leave a comment

Katherine Daigle, a two-time failed Irvine Mayoral candidate who has been accused of being a proxy for despised former Irvine Councilman Larry Agran, has pulled papers to challenge incumbent Assemblyman Matt Harper in the election for the 74th Assembly District. Daigle and Harper are Republicans.

The only Democrat in the race, Karina Onofre, also ran for the 74th A.D. in 2014, when her presence in that race caused another Democrat, Anila Ali, to slip into third place, behind Harper and the leader in that year’s primary election, Newport Beach Councilman Keith Curry. Continue reading→

The Democrats will be retaking control of the S.C.A.Q.M.D’s Board in a few weeks

Posted on November 7, 2015 by Editor Posted in AQMD, Christina Shea, Curt Pringle, Democratic Party, Dwight Robinson, Environmental, Fred Whitaker, Irvine, Jeff Lalloway, Larry Agran, Miguel Pulido, Orange County, Republican Party 3 Comments

The Sacramento Democrats are looking forward to punking the OC GOP

The OC GOP’s Chairman, Fred Whitaker celebrated the Republican takeover of the South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) that took place this week when Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido, a moderate Democrat, was replaced by Lake Forest Councilman Dwight Robinson, a Republican.

But Whitaker’s celebration might be very short lived. A well-placed source told me today that the Democrats in Sacramento are livid about the GOP’s shenanigans – which were engineered, allegedly, by none other than former Anaheim Mayor, turned lobbyist, Curt Pringle , on behalf of the oil industry. Continue reading→

Why Mayor Pulido was booted from the South Coast AQMD’s Board today

Posted on November 5, 2015 by Editor Posted in Anaheim, AQMD, Curt Pringle, Environmental, Fred Whitaker, Irvine, Jeff Lalloway, Jim Brulte, Larry Agran, Miguel Pulido, OC GOP, Republican Party, Santa Ana Leave a comment

Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido used to be friendly with former Anaheim Mayor Curt Pringle back in the day. The two of them often teamed up with former Irvine Mayor Larry Agran – and were referred to as the Tres Caballeros. Well Agran was booted off the Irvine City Council when the Republicans took over in Irvine and Pringle went on to become a lobbyist. And now Pringle has, as a lobbyist, turned on Pulido.

Pulido served on the Board of Governors of the South Coast Air Quality Management District for over a decade. That gig is over now as Pringle and several prominent Republican leaders led a movement to dump Pulido and replace him with a Republican – Lake Forest Councilman Dwight Robinson. Continue reading→

Irvine’s City Council dumps Larry Agran’s goofy living wage ordinance

Posted on May 26, 2015 by Editor Posted in Allan Bartlett, Beth Krom, Christina Shea, Irvine, Jeff Lalloway, Larry Agran, Lynn Schott Leave a comment

The new Irvine Council majority

Irvine has officially repealed Larry Agran’s living wage ordinance 4 to 1, according to Irvine Finance Commissioner Allan Bartlett’s Facebook page. The only vote in support of the living wage ordinance came from liberal Irvine City Councilwoman Beth Krom.

GOP consultant Jon Fleischman had this to say about the repeal: “It will take many, many years to undo the damage that Larry Agran and his far-left liberal majority did on the Irvine City Council over a decade of ruling the city. The fact that Irvine is the ONLY city in all of Orange County with a goofy “living wage” law should say something. Kudos to the Republican supermajority in Irvine for laboring here.” Continue reading→

The Agranistas paid the price for lying to the voters of Irvine

Posted on November 5, 2014 by Editor Posted in 2014 Elections, Evan Chemers, Irvine, Jeff Lalloway, Katherine Daigle, Larry Agran, Mary Ann Gaido, Melissa Fox Leave a comment

Longtime Irvine Councilman Larry Agran and his sidekicks Mary Ann Gaido and Melissa Fox tried to fool the voters of Irvine into thinking that the over-development of their community was somehow the fault of the current Irvine City Council majority. Well it didn’t work, in great part because of the brilliant Agran Audit campaign, which gave the people of Irvine access to the OC Great Park audit information which was a stunning indictment of Agran’s wasteful ways.

The Republican majority on the Irvine City Council was bolstered by the addition of conservative Lynn Schott, who turned out to be the top vote-getter on Nov. 4. Councilman Jeff Lalloway also won, in a squeaker, over Fox. The dreadful Agran came in almost last – a spot that was reserved for Evan Chemers, who has now lost badly in two unsuccessful City Council campaigns. Continue reading→

Winners and losers in tonight’s 2014 General Election early returns

Posted on November 4, 2014 by Editor Posted in 2014 Elections, Orange County 2 Comments

If only these kids could have voted for Jose…because the voters sure didn’t

The early returns are in with regard to today’s 2014 OC General Election. These votes represent the most frequent absentee voters. While the results could change the fact is that candidates with large leads in the early returns typically go on to win.

The early election results have left the OC Democrats feeling blue. Republican Janet Nguyen is absolutely trouncing Jose Solorio in the 34th State Senate District, by over 61% of the vote versus 38% of the vote.

And over in the 65th Assembly District the Democratic incumbent, Sharon Quirk-Silva, has only 42% of the vote while the Republican, Young Kim, has over 57% of the vote. That race appears to be over but the margin is only about 5,000 votes. Continue reading→