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How will O.C. politicians pay back the huge sums they owe to themselves and creditors?

Posted on November 23, 2014 by Editor Posted in 2014 Elections, Orange County, Shirley Grindle 11 Comments

Will Janet Nguyen help Michele Steel to pay back the $300K she borrowed from herself?

Buying elections?

By: Shirley Grindle

According to the latest reports, here are some interesting numbers:

Michelle Steel: Personally loaned $300,000 – still outstanding. Owes $29,000 to creditors. Has $37,177 in the bank as of Nov. 14, 2014. From July 1 through Sept. 30, she collected $150,000 — 69% of this amount came from Korean constituency residing outside of Orange County.
Robert Ming: Personally loaned $47,500 – still outstanding. Owes $l4,877 to creditors. Has $8,655 in the bank as of Nov. 14, 2014.
Lisa Bartlett: Personally loaned $137,000 – still outstanding. Owes $71,481 to creditors. Has $2,929 in the bank as of Nov. 14, 2014.
Allan Mansoor: Made no loan. Owes ~~$35,230~~ ~~$1,733 to creditors~~. Has $1,851 in the bank as of Nov. 14, 2014. (Note – Mansoor says he has paid off his campaign debt!)
Webster Guillory: Personally loaned $30,413 – still outstanding. Owes $7,000 to creditors. Has $14,003 in the bank as of Nov. 14, 2014.
Claude Parrish: Personally loaned $481,200 – still outstanding. Owes $0 to creditors. Has $33 in the bank as of Nov. 14, 2014.

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Walters endorses Ming for the 5th Supervisorial District

Posted on June 11, 2014 by Editor Posted in 2014 Elections, Mimi Walters, Orange County, Robert Ming 1 Comment

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 11, 2014

Senator Mimi Walters, Candidate for the 45th Congressional District Endorses Robert Ming for Supervisor

Contact Gina Zari, 714-388-6515

ORANGE COUNTY – Senator Mimi Walters today announced her endorsement of Robert Ming for Orange County Supervisor, 5th District.

“I strongly support Robert Ming for Orange County Supervisor,” Walters said. “Robert has the skill and experience necessary to represent the residents of south Orange County. He will make a great supervisor, and I am proud to support him.”

Senator Mimi Walters has represented south Orange County at the local level, in the State Assembly, and in the State Senate for the past 18 years and is heavily favored to be elected to Congress to represent the 45 th Congressional District this November. Continue reading→

OC’s special interests are trying to bail out the failing Ury supervisorial campaign

Posted on May 18, 2014 by Editor Posted in 2014 Elections, Frank Ury, Lucy Dunn, Orange County, Orange County Taxpayers Association, Paul Glaab, Robert Ming 8 Comments

Frank Ury is going down

OC Taxpayers Association. That sounds like something good, right? But their PAC just dumped $22,000 into the struggling Supervisorial campaign of Frank Ury, who serves on the Mission Viejo City Council.

According to the finance reports filed in February, the leading conservative candidate for the 5th Supervisorial District, Robert Ming raised $98,457, while Lisa Bartlett raised $53,162 and Ury raised $38,746, counting all monetary and in-kind contributions. Ming had 238 donors, far more than the combined number of donors reported by Bartlett at 98 and Ury at 58. He closed the filing period with $103,744 cash on hand, more than any other candidate, as we reported.

So who belongs to the OC Taxpayers Association? Their board includes former Tustin Mayor Jerry Amante – yet another lobbyist/consultant; and representatives of a number of special interests including the Irvine Company, various utilities, Disneyland, and the O.C. Association of Realtors. Of course you will find dreadful lobbyist Curt Pringle there too. Where do these people get off pretending to represent the taxpayers of Orange County? If anything these are the damn leeches who work overtime to rip us off! Click here to see the rest of their awful Board of Directors. They are a bunch of special interests and their main goal is to use tax money to advance their pet projects! Continue reading→

Supervisorial candidate Bartlett caught lying about the OC GOP’s endorsement

Posted on May 15, 2014 by Editor Posted in 2014 Elections, Allan Bartlett, Lisa Bartlett, Orange County 1 Comment

Lisa Bartlett is a liar

Conservative voters in Orange County have been lining up behind the leading candidate, Robert Ming, for awhile. One of the lesser candidates in that race, Lisa Bartlett, sent out a mailer this week that implied she was endorsed by the Republican Party of Orange County. Here is how OC GOP Central Committee Allan Bartlett reacted to Bartlett’s lie at his blog:

I wanna comment on something Councilwoman Bartlett put on her mailer. It says “the endorsed conservative Republican” along with our party symbol on it. The county party has NOT endorsed in this race. She has flat out lied on her mailer. I think an ethics complaint is in order here. Just another example of consultants lying, cheating, and stealing to win. Shame on them.

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Supervisor Moorlach Joins Nelson in backing Ming for Supervisor

Posted on May 14, 2014 by Editor Posted in 2014 Elections, John Moorlach, OC Board of Supervisors, Orange County, Robert Ming, Shawn Nelson 1 Comment

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Moorlach Joins Nelson in Backing Ming for Supervisor

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact Robert Ming, 949-443-3626

ORANGE COUNTY – This weekend, 2nd District Supervisor John Moorlach announced his endorsement of Robert Ming for the 5th District Supervisor office being vacated by Pat Bates. He joins 4th District Supervisor Shawn Nelson and the Orange County Register in endorsing Robert Ming for Supervisor.

“I have served with Robert Ming on the Orange County Vector Control Board and know him as a sharp and dedicated legal mind,” said Moorlach. The endorsement reinforces the conclusion of the Orange County Register which opined that Ming has “demonstrated a solid commitment to tackling difficult issues, such as pension reform, which would serve him well on the Board of Supervisors.” Continue reading→

Is this the beginning of the end for Frank Ury’s political career?

Posted on May 10, 2014 by Editor Posted in 2014 Elections, Frank Ury, Orange County, Republican Party, Robert Ming 5 Comments

Frank Ury

Mission Viejo Councilman Frank Ury has been pretending to be a conservative for some time but the wheels fell of his wagon this week when he tried to secure the endorsement of the OC GOP’s Central Committee.

Ury is facing off against several other Republicans who are also vying for a seat on the OC Board of Supervisors, in the Fifth District. Those candidates include Dana Point Councilwoman Lisa Bartlett and Laguna Niguel Councilman Robert Ming.

The entire affair was reported by the OC Political blog. Here are the highlights – or in Ury’s case the lowlights:

Ury was asked why he endorsed a Democrat in a previous Mission Viejo City Council election. I believe that question was about Dave Leckness, a Democrat at the time that Ury endorsed him. Ury tried to explain that he picked the lesser of two evils by endorsing a Democrat over a Republican he didn’t like. But the OC GOP Endorsement Committee would have none of that! Thomas Gordon, an Endorsement Committee member, went after him again and this time Ury claimed that Leckness is now a “solid conservative.” Continue reading→