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Why is Republican Chris Phan hanging out with liberal Santa Ana Democrats?

Posted on September 10, 2014 by Editor Posted in 2014 Elections, Chris Phan, David Benavides, Democratic Party, Janet Nguyen, Miguel Pulido, Orange County, Republican Party, Roman Reyna, Santa Ana 12 Comments

David Benavides and Chris Phan

Garden Grove Councilman Chris Phan attended a fundraiser tonight in Santa Ana for Councilman David Benavides, who is running for reelection. Phan proudly posted about this on his Facebook page. But Phan is a Republican and Benavides is a liberal Democrat. What gives?

Phan by the way has been running for the OC Board of Supervisors for some time. He is hoping that First District Supervisor Janet Nguyen, a Republican, beats Democratic nominee Jose Solorio, as they face off in November for the 34th State Senate District. A Nguyen victory would mean her seat on the OC Board of Supervisors would open up. Continue reading→

All the Santa Ana City Council incumbents will be opposed this November

Posted on August 11, 2014 by Editor Posted in 2014 Elections, Alex Padilla, David Benavides, Gilad Salmon, Mark I. Lopez, Miguel Pulido, Mike Gonzalez, Mirna Velasquez, Roman Reyna, Sal Tinajero, Santa Ana Leave a comment

Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido tells the Nicholas Academic Centers’ 4th Annual Thanksgiving Dinner Celebration that the NACs are profoundly changing education

From the New Santa Ana blog

Well the dust has finally cleared and we now know who is running for the Santa Ana City Council in this November’s General election.

The Mayor’s race lost many of the candidates who had pulled papers, including State Senator Lou Correa and Santa Ana Councilman Vince Sarmiento. The incumbent, Mayor Miguel Pulido, is running again and he will be facing off against first term Council Member Roman Reyna and a fellow named Mark I. Lopez, who is an entrepreneur/soldier, according to the Voice of OC. Continue reading→

Why did Lou Correa pull out of the Santa Ana Mayor’s race?

Posted on August 6, 2014 by Art Pedroza Posted in 2014 Elections, Lou Correa, Miguel Pulido, Orange County, Santa Ana 4 Comments

State Senator Lou Correa has opted not to run for Mayor of Santa Ana. Why did he get cold feet?

“After a review of various factors, I have decided not to run for Mayor at this time,” Correa (D-Santa Ana) stated in an email to a Voice of OC reporter. “I was deeply touched by all of the calls of encouragement that I received from folks from all walks of life, and all across party lines. I thank you all,” according to the Voice of OC.

Well that statement tells us nothing at all. What I heard from several inside sources was that Correa didn’t think he could beat the longtime incumbent, Mayor Miguel Pulido. Correa has enough money in his vast campaign war chest that I would be willing to wager that he conducted a poll and the results were no bueno. Pulido, apparently, is still the man in Santa Ana. Continue reading→

Will one day of leadership training really help the DPOC?

Posted on June 9, 2013 by Editor Posted in 2014 Elections, Democratic Party, Labor, Orange, Orange County, Sharon Quirk-Silva, Tom Daly 1 Comment

Can Sharon Quirk-Silva hang onto the 65th A.D. in 2014?

The Democratic Party of Orange County (DPOC) is hosting a full day of Leadership Training on Saturday, June 22, 2013, from 10 am to 5 pm, at the Carpenters Union Hall located at 1918 W Chapman Ave, in Orange.

This comes at a depressing time for the blue party as their leader, President Barack Obama, has been awash in one scandal after another and his administration has turned into a massive threat to our civil liberties.

The DPOC has some real soul-searching to do. They didn’t challenge Orange County Supervisor Janet Nguyen, a Republican, last year so she was easily re-elected. Now she is the OC GOP’s major challenger for the 34th State Senate seat that is being vacated by termed out State Senator Lou Correa. Continue reading→

Screwed: OCSD Votes ANOTHER Rate Increase

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Editor Posted in OC Sanitation District, Troy Edgar Leave a comment

OCSD Board Meeting — 3/27/13

We didn’t hang around for the vote last night as it was evident how it would go, so here’s confirmation from the Fountain Valley Patch that 18 OCSD Directors didn’t believe that 61% in fee increases since 2005 wasn’t enough. Seven Board members voted against the increase. John Crandall reports:

Despite opposition from a number of residents, Orange County Sanitation District Board of Directors approved a sewer rate hike for northwest and central Orange County to be phased in over the next several years. The board voted 18-7 to increase sewer service charges by 4.8 percent this year and 2.4 percent each of the next four years. On July 1, the annual fee for the average single family home will become $14 in 2013 and about $8 each of the next four years. The 2013 fee of $294 will be $339 by 2017-18.

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

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Joe Hill 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→