St. Barbara’s Catholic Church, in Santa Ana, has been caught promoting the political campaign of Ken Nguyen, a Santa Ana Parks and Recreation Commissioner, who is running for the Orange County Board of Education, in Area One, which includes the City of Santa Ana.
Repeated phone calls have been made to the church [...]
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Santa Ana Church caught promoting Nguyen’s O.C. Board of Education campaign
Posted by Art Pedroza on May 19th, 2012
Judge Jim Gray welcomed home as Libertarian Party’s V.P. nominee
Posted by Art Pedroza on May 17th, 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Tom Hanson, Chair, Libertarian Party of Orange County
JUDGE JIM GRAY WELCOMED HOME AS LIBERTARIAN PARTY VP NOMINEE
Returns to Orange County to Begin Campaign, Rally Supporters
Newport Beach, CA – A group of several dozen supporters, Libertarian party members, friends and family and onlookers were on hand this past weekend to welcome home Ret. [...]
Posted in elections, Judge Jim Gray, Libertarian Party, Santa Ana 
Tags: art pedroza, Bowers Museum, judge jim gray, libertarian party, Santa Ana 
No Comments »The Lincoln Club rejects most of the OC GOP’s Central County candidates
Posted by Admin on May 13th, 2012
The Lincoln Club of Orange County’s State and Federal Political Action Committees have issued a primary election Orange County voter guide, and it is a stunning slap to the Republican Party of Orange County’s slate of candidates in Central Orange County.
Why would the Lincoln Club reject them? Well, for starters, most of them are startlingly anti-Latino. One of [...]
Posted in Charles Hart, elections, Jose Moreno, Latinos, Orange County, Politics, republican party, robert hammond, Santa Ana, Tom Daly Tags: 69th assembly district, Brett Elliot Franklin, Bryan Carter, central committee, charles hart, cuong cao, deborah pauly, endorsements, glen stroud, jose moreno, Lincoln Club of Orange County, Lupe Moreno, oc gop, Rejections, republican party, robert hammond, Santa Ana, thomas gordon, Todd Spitzer 3 Comments »The corruption that gave birth to career politician Tom Daly
Posted by Admin on May 7th, 2012
This post recapping O.C. Clerk-Recorder Tom Daly’s political roots was submitted anonymously by one of our readers. It should be noted that Daly is currently a Democratic candidate for the 69th Assembly District.
Part One: Birds of a feather, flock together
After college, Tom Daly came back to Orange County and eventually landed a job in 1979 [...]
Fundraising event for 69th A.D. candidate Martinez set for this Wed. night
Posted by Admin on April 30th, 2012
[ May 2, 2012; 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. ]
Santa Ana Council Member Michele Martinez, the leading Hispanic candidate for the 69th Assembly District, is hosting a huge fundraiser this Wednesday night, at Original Mike’s. Here are the details:
Host Committee Members:
Assemblymember Jose Solorio, Mayor Miguel Pulido, Councilmember David Benavides, Councilmember Carlos Bustamante, SA Police Management Association, Santa Ana Police Officers Association, OC COPS, Women [...]
Posted in 2012 Elections, Councilwoman Michele Martinez, Democratic Party, elections, Entertainment, Politics Tags: 69th assembly district, Carlos Bustamante, David Benavides, edgar vasquez, hector pineda, Humberto Murillo, Jesus Rodriguez, Jose Mesa, jose solorio, Michele Martinez, miguel pulido, OC COPS, original mike's, Robert Escalante, SA Police Management Association, Santa Ana, santa ana police officers association, Women In Leadership No Comments »Julio Perez supporter caught tearing down Michele Martinez’ signs
Posted by Admin on April 29th, 2012
One of Santa Ana Council Member Michele Martinez’ supporters caught a Julio Perez supporter tearing down her campaign signs in Santa Ana today. Martinez and Perez are both running for the 69th Assembly District. The Perez supporter did not speak English, but when the Martinez supporter then queried him in Spanish, he ran off, as [...]
Newcomer to Santa Ana politics announces campaign for Ward 5
Posted by Admin on April 28th, 2012
Karina Onofre has announced that she is running for Ward 5 on the Santa Ana City Council, which is currently represented by Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez, who has apparently termed out after serving for three four year terms. Alvarez reportedly is going to sue to get on to the ballot.
Onofre works for [...]
Posted in 2012 Elections, Civic Affairs, Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, Councilman David Benavides, Councilwoman Claudia Alvarez, Democratic Party, elections, Karina Onofre, Latinos, Politics, Roman Reyna, Santa Ana Tags: Claudia Alvarez, elections, Karina Onofre, roman reyna, Santa Ana, sausd, Ward 5 11 Comments »Martinez was on TV with Tran, but Arellano does TV with Republicans too
Posted by Admin on April 17th, 2012
You have to love Gustavo Arellano’s hyperbole. He reported this week that “I about spit out my Maker’s this evening when word came to me that SanTana councilwoman and 69th Assembly District hopeful Michele Martinez appeared on a Vietnamese-language channel here in Little Saigon, getting softball questions tossed at her by none other than former [...]
Four women organizations unite behind Martinez for the 69th A.D.
Posted by Admin on April 13th, 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 13, 2011
Contact: Derek Humphrey, Cell: (951) 805-4167
Four Women Organizations – NWPC, PODER PAC, WIL, WPC – Unite Behind Michele Martinez for State Assembly
Santa Ana, California – Michele Martinez’s Campaign for State Assembly announced the endorsements of the California Branch of the National Women’s Political Caucus (NWPC), PODER PAC, Women in Leadership [...]
New 69th A.D. poll shows Martinez, Daly and Moreno on top
Posted by Admin on April 9th, 2012
A new poll of voters in the 69th Assembly District might be the reason that Orange County Labor and the OC GOP machine are trying to squeeze Republican candidate Jose Moreno out of the 69th A.D. primary.
According to the survey memo, “Democrats Tom Daly and Michele Martinez and Republican Moreno lead the pack. Martinez leads all candidates among Latinos and leads Julio Perez, [...]
If liberal 69th A.D. candidate Julio Perez is gay, does it really matter?
Posted by Admin on April 7th, 2012
Apparently one of my readers insinuated that liberal Democrat Julio Perez, who is running for the 69th Assembly District (in last place according to a recent poll) is gay.
I tried to find the comment but could not. However it appears to have set off Orange Juice bloggers Greg Diamond and Vern Nelson. Diamond in fact immediately began to threaten [...]
Elizondo was forced to change his ballot designation as he is not a teacher
Posted by Admin on April 1st, 2012
I reported on Thursday about O.C. Board of Education, Area One, candidate Eleazar Elizondo’s comments to an OC Weekly reporter about how teaching adults is not teaching. Now that OC Weekly article has been published and his comments are as ridiculous as the reporter indicated when she called me. But even worse for Elizondo, the true story about how [...]
Art Pedroza’s picks for the June 5, 2012 Primary Election
Posted by Art Pedroza on March 25th, 2012
The June 5 Open Primary Election is coming up quickly. As is my custom, I like to present my personal election picks – with my comments of course. We’ll start with the U.S. Congress:
U.S. Senate - I have never been a fan of Senator Dianne Feinsten, but the GOP has never been able to displace her. I suspect they [...]
Posted in Art Pedroza, california, elections, Orange County, Santa Ana Tags: 2012 June Primary, art pedroza, Open Primary, Orange County, Picks No Comments »Is Julio Perez breaking campaign laws regarding contributions from the SEIU?
Posted by Admin on March 24th, 2012
Liberal Democrat Julio Perez has already accepted the maximum campaign contributions from the SEIU (the Service Employees Union), for his 69th Assembly District campaign. And he touted their endorsement on his website. But the SEIU also appear to be allowing him to use their office space for his campaign office. That is called an in-kind [...]
Posted in 2012 Elections, Democratic Party, elections, Julio Perez, Labor, Politics, Santa Ana Tags: 69th assembly district, Campaign Contributions, julio perez, Santa Ana, seiu 2 Comments »Local business owners to host a reception for Michele Martinez on 3/29
Posted by Admin on March 24th, 2012
[ March 29, 2012; 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. ]
One thing that separates Santa Ana Council Member Michele Martinez’ campaign for the 69th Assembly District, from that of liberal candidate Julio Perez, is the ample support she is receiving from local businessmen. Perez is almost entirely funded by unions – the same unions who regularly advocate for more regulations, higher taxes and other job-killing [...]
