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Will serious nepotism charges sink Garden Grove Mayor Bruce Broadwater?

Posted on September 1, 2014 by Editor Posted in 2014 Elections, Bao Nguyen, Bruce Broadwater, Democratic Party, Garden Grove, Orange County Leave a comment

Garden Grove Mayor Bruce Broadwater, on a fire truck of course

Last August, Garden Grove Mayor Bruce Broadwater told a Voice of OC reporter that he disapproved of nepotism at City Hall and that he was working to bring back the city’s anti-nepotism policy by the end of 2013, but a month after Broadwater made those remarks, his son, Jeremy Broadwater, was selected for hiring by the city’s fire department despite failing a crucial interview with battalion chiefs, according to the Voice of OC.

To make a bad story even worse, Broadwater’s son is so inept as a firefighter that he has posed a threat to the public. Broadwater the firefighter has made a number of “potentially life-threatening mistakes on medical calls,” drawing concern from his superiors and prompting one captain to call for his termination, The Orange County Register reported last week. Continue reading→

The right guy wins as Travis Allen defeats Troy Edgar in the 72nd A.D.

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Editor Posted in 2012 Elections, Albert Ayala, Huntington Beach, Joe Dovinh, Los Alamitos, Republican Party, Travis Allen, Troy Edgar, Van Tran Leave a comment

Huntington Beach businessman Travis Allen came from behind to beat his fellow Republican, Troy Edgar, in the Nov. 6 general election. At one time Edgar was far ahead in polling and campaign contributions, as well as endorsements.

But Edgar waffled on signing the taxpayer protection pledge and he tried to advance a new utility tax in his City of Los Alamitos. And Allen wisely went after Democratic voters, garnering the endorsements of Joe Dovinh and Albert Ayala – the Democrats who lost in the 72nd AD primary election in June. Allen also picked up the support of Little Saigon leader Van Tran, himself a former state legislator. Continue reading→

Travis Allen announces support of former AD72 opponent, Albert Ayala

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Editor Posted in 2012 Elections, Albert Ayala, Travis Allen Leave a comment

Former Opponent, Albert Ayala, Endorses Travis Allen for Assembly

HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA – The Travis Allen for Assembly campaign announces that former primary opponent, Albert Ayala, has endorsed Travis Allen. With this endorsement, Travis Allen has now been endorsed by all of his former primary opponents. Continue reading→

Will Orange County Democrats run away from Obama in November?

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Art Pedroza Posted in 2012 Elections, Albert Ayala, Barack Obama, Beth Krom, Charles Hart, Chris Norby, Democratic Party, Jerry Brown, Joe Dovinh, Jose Moreno, Judge Jim Gray, Miguel Pulido, Mitt Romney, Orange County, Republican Party, Santa Ana, Sharon Quirk-Silva 1 Comment

Will Orange County’s Democratic candidates run away from the increasingly unpopular President Barack Obama in November? He is likely to win the State of California, but I can’t see him doing well in Orange County. Obama won U.S. Representative John Campbell’s district in 2008. That is highly unlikely to happen this November. In fact the only Congressional District that Obama might pick up is the one held by his fellow Democrat, Loretta Sanchez.

On the other hand, I expect Republican nominee Mitt Romney to come to Orange County perhaps more than once. He should be a boon to the local Republican candidates, with the exception of Jerry Hayden, who is running against Sanchez in the 47th Congressional District. That district’s Latino voters won’t likely be very impressed by Romney, who has been very harsh on immigrants during his campaign this year. Continue reading→

Albert Ayala cost the Democrats a chance at the 72nd A.D.

Posted on June 16, 2012 by Art Pedroza Posted in 2012 Elections, Albert Ayala, Democratic Party, Joe Dovinh, Open Primary, Orange County, Republican Party, Tea Party, Travis Allen, Troy Edgar 3 Comments

The Democratic Party won’t be represented in the General Election this year, in the 72nd Assembly District. The winners of the Top Two Open Primary, Troy Edgar and Travis Allen , are both Republicans. However Edgar is a former Democrat who has voted repeatedly for tax increases, as a member of the Los Alamitos City Council, which I supposed is a consolation prize for the DPOC.

The leading Democratic Party candidate, Joe Dovinh, just missed making the Top Two, by 419 votes, according to Smart Voter. Why did he lose? Simple. An 82 year old Tea Party Democrat, Albert Ayala, jumped into the race and got 8,816 votes without campaigning at all. Continue reading→

O.C. Election Update – Perez and Dovinh still losing

Posted on June 8, 2012 by Editor Posted in 2012 Elections, Albert Ayala, Democratic Party, Eleazar Elizondo, Glen Stroud, Jose Moreno, Julio Perez, Ken Nguyen, Orange County, Republican Party, Santa Ana, Tea Party, Travis Allen, Troy Edgar 4 Comments

June 8, 5:30 pm Orange County Primary Election Update

Ultra-liberal union hack Julio Perez is still losing in the 69th Assembly District. So far corporate Democrat Tom Daly and Republican Jose Moreno are in the Top Two. Perez is about 600 votes behind Moreno, who has over 5,700 votes.
Joe Dovinh is still in third place in the 72nd A.D. race, by 245 votes. It looks like that race will feature two Republicans, Troy Edgar and Travis Allen, in November. Did Dovinh doom his campaign by advertising on the Liberal OC blog? Tea Party Democrat Albert Ayala has 8,492 votes. I warned Dovinh to run to the right… Continue reading→