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The County should not be funding the O.C. Human Relations Commission

Posted on by Posted in 2012 Elections, Bill Campbell, Fullerton, Janet Nguyen, John Moorlach, Orange County, Pat Bates, Pat McKinley, Rusty Kennedy, Shawn Nelson, Taxes Leave a comment

On Tuesday, June 12, 2012, Supervisor Shawn Nelson presented an idea to cut the OC Human Relations Commission (OCHRC) by $200,000 of our $302,000 budget, according to an email message the OCHRC sent me today.

Supervisor Shawn Nelson said he proposed the $200,000 reduction because OCHRC Director Rusty Kennedy is a county retiree who is drawing a salary from a nonprofit that is contracting with the county, according to the LA Times.

“Retirement is supposed to be retirement,” he said. “It looks a little suspicious.” Continue reading→

The Libertarian Party of Orange County endorses the Fullerton Recall

Posted on by Posted in 2012 Elections, Fullerton, Fullerton Recall, Libertarian Party, Orange County 3 Comments

The Libertarian Party of Orange County voted at their business meeting tonight to endorse the Fullerton Recall (of three lousy Council Members – Dick Jones, Pat McKinley and Don Bankhead).

LPOC Chairman Tom Hanson moved to support the Fullerton Recall after I brought up the issue.  I happily seconded the motion, which passed unanimously.  With this move the Libertarian Party of Orange County becomes the first political party in Orange County to endorse the Fullerton Recall!  Our party has been growing – we now have almost 12,000 voting members in Orange County – as such this endorsement does matter in what will be a heated recall election.   Continue reading→

Ed Royce created the RINO Council Members facing recall in Fullerton

Posted on by Posted in 2012 Elections, Dick Jones, Don Bankhead, Ed Royce, Fullerton, Pat McKinley, Republican Party, RINOs 4 Comments

The Fullerton Recall team made news this week when they turned in well over 50,000 signatures from Fullerton voters to initiate a recall election of Fullerton Council Members Don Bankhead, Dick Jones and Pat McKinley, according to the FFFF Blog.

Did you know that Bankhead, Jones and McKinley all have something in common?  They were all endorsed by Congressman Ed Royce.  (Supervisor Shawn Nelson endorsed Bankhead and Jones  as well – which you have to believe he regrets now!  Shame on whatever squish convinced him to make those awful endorsements). Continue reading→