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GOP hack Ackerman caught red-handed working for labor

Posted on September 8, 2012 by Editor Posted in 2012 Elections, Bruce Whitaker, Chris Emami, Dick Ackerman, Fullerton, Fullerton Recall, Labor, Police, Public Safety, Republican Party, Tony Bushala, Travis Kiger Leave a comment

Hack Republican Dick Ackerman has been caught red-handed working for labor. His fellow Republicans are aghast. OC Political blogger Chris Emami wrote that ” it is disappointing to see that former Senate Republican leader Dick Ackerman chose to work with the Fullerton Police Officers Association and do a robocall on their behalf encouraging residents to come out in support of Fullerton PD.”

Ackerman made the robo call in reaction to the push by some of the Fullerton Council Members – Bruce Whitaker and Travis Kiger, to consider how much the City of Fullerton might save by contracting their police department to the Orange County Sheriff.

Such an eventuality could save the taxpayers of Fullerton $10,000,000 each and every year, according to the Friends for Fullerton’s Future blog. Continue reading→

UPDATED: Mansoor only has $60K cash on hand; Daigle has $146K

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Editor Posted in 2012 Elections, Allan Mansoor, Chris Emami, Huntington Beach, Leslie Daigle, Newport Beach 4 Comments

UPDATE: “In the race for the new 74th District, Assemblyman Allan Mansoor raised more, but Newport Beach Councilwoman Leslie Daigle has more cash on hand, according to the latest campaign finance filings,” according to the OC Political blog. Mansoor only has $60,875 cash on hand. Daigle transferred $23,250 from her Council account and raised an additional $111,818 in 2011 for her Assembly campaign.

OC GOP Chairman Tom Fuentes is now deathly ill with cancer, but he is still working on behalf of his beloved Republican Party. He summoned GOP Assembly candidates Allan Mansoor and Keith Carlson (Huntington Beach) to his bedside last week, at his home in Lake Forest, according to O.C. Register columnist Frank Mickadeit, and sure enough Fuentes did it again – convincing Carlson to pull out of the race for the 74th Assembly District. That paves the way for Mansoor to go head to head with moderate Republican Leslie Daigle, a popular Newport Beach Councilwoman. Continue reading→

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

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Editor 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→