Some folks take Santa Ana Council Member Michele Martinez for granted, but consider for a moment how much support she has for her campaign for the 69th Assembly District – not just here in Santa Ana but statewide. You see over the past few years Martinez has been very busy contributing to an organization called [...]
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Prominent Latino leaders to host a reception for Michele Martinez on 3/23
Posted by Admin on March 23rd, 2012
Who is Robert Hammond?
Posted by Admin on March 23rd, 2012
Robert Hammond got 34.5% of the vote in 2010, when he ran for the 69th Assembly District as the Republican nominee. Incumbent Jose Solorio blew him out with 65.5% of the vote, according to Smart Voter. Undeterred, Hammond is at it again this year. This time he is running for the Orange County Board of Education, Area One, after [...]
69th A.D. candidate Michele Martinez announces March campaign events
Posted by Admin on March 17th, 2012
Santa Ana Council Member Michele Martinez, the leading Hispanic candidate for the 69th Assembly District, has released her March campaign schedule, as follows:
MARCH MADNESS is in full swing!
We’ve made some changes to the calendar so make sure to check out the new dates and details below. Here at campaign headquarters we’re moving forward and gaining [...]
Did Nguyen and Baugh pull Hammond out of the race for the 69th A.D.?
Posted by Art Pedroza on March 15th, 2012
An OC GOP insider gave me the scoop tonight on what really led to Republican Robert Hammond quitting the primary race for the 69th Assembly District – at the very last minute, last Friday, which was the filing deadline for that race. Hammond ended up pulling papers for the Orange County Board of Education’s Area One.
What my source told [...]
Posted in 2012 Elections, anaheim, Art Pedroza, Councilwoman Michele Martinez, Democratic Party, elections, Julio Perez, Orange County, Politics, republican party, Santa Ana, Supervisor Janet Nguyen 
Tags: 69th assembly district, Area One, art pedroza, board of education, Dr. Jose F. Moreno, Eleazar Elizondo, janet nguyen, john lewis, jose moreno, oc gop, Orange County, republican party, robert hammond, scott baugh, tom daly 
2 Comments »Hammond enters the race for the O.C. Board of Education’s First Area
Posted by Admin on March 12th, 2012
As reported in an earlier post today, Republican Robert Hammond has withdrawn from the race for the 69th Assembly District, according to the OC Political Blog. He is running instead for the Orange County Board of Education, in the First Area, which is being vacated by the incumbent, Long Pham.
Hammond is an extremist social conservative. He is anti-immigrant and anti-gay. [...]
With Republican candidate out, the 69th A.D. is down to Martinez and Daly
Posted by Admin on March 11th, 2012
Republican Robert Hammond, a resident of Santa Ana, has withdrawn from the race for the 69th Assembly District, according to the OC Political blog. There are now four Democrats vying in the open primary, but only two of them have a shot at winning in June.
Santa Ana Couincil Member Michele Martinez has 13% of the [...]
Posted in 2012 Elections, anaheim, assemblyman jose solorio, Councilwoman Michele Martinez, Democratic Party, elections, Julio Perez, Politics, republican party, robert hammond, Santa Ana Tags: 69th assembly district, anaheim, Francisco Barragan, julio perez, Michele Martinez, robert hammond, Santa Ana, tom daly 1 Comment »Bustamante sex scandal could cost O.C. CEO Tom Mauk his job
Posted by Admin on March 9th, 2012
“The Orange County Board of Supervisors will meet Monday in an emergency closed session to discuss whether they should refer allegations of sexual misconduct against Santa Ana City Councilman Carlos Bustamante to District Attorney Tony Rackauckas for a criminal investigation,” according to the Voice of OC.
My sources report that Orange County CEO Tom Mauk may be hung out to dry as a result of [...]
Posted in 2012 Elections, Councilman Carlos Bustamante, elections, Orange County, Politics, republican party, Santa Ana, Supervisor Janet Nguyen Tags: caloptima, Carlos Bustamante, janet nguyen, Orange County, Peter Hughes, Report, Rob Richardson, Santa Ana, Sex Scandal, Tom Mauk, tony rackauckas 8 Comments »Santa Ana Parks Commissioner Nguyen running for the OC Board of Education
Posted by Admin on March 5th, 2012
I wrote a post recently bemoaning the lack of Latino candidates for the Orange County’s Board of Education, in the Latino-dominated First District, which is currently represented by Republican Long Pham. Now there are two other candidates in the race – Santa Ana Parks and Recreation Board Member Ken Nguyen, and an unknown candidate named Anita Mathur.
Nguyen has reportedly [...]
Out of district white liberals losing it over Daly’s 69th A.D. poll
Posted by Admin on March 5th, 2012
Ultra-liberal O.J. blogger Greg Diamond has publicly questioned the results of a poll recently conducted by Tom Daly’s campaign for the 69th Assembly District, in an Orange Juice blog post, and in comments he left over at the OC Political blog. Diamond was irked by the poll as it revealed that Diamond’s pick in that [...]
Posted in 2012 Elections, anaheim, Councilwoman Michele Martinez, Democratic Party, elections, Julio Perez, Politics, Santa Ana, Tom Daly Tags: 69th assembly district, dan chmielewski, David Binder, Francisco Barragan, greg diamond, julio perez, Michele Martinez, poll, robert hammond, tom daly 3 Comments »Poll shows that Perez & Barragan should drop out of race for the 69th A.D.
Posted by Admin on March 4th, 2012
A new phone poll of voters in the 69th Assembly District, conducted by Democratic candidate Tom Daly’s campaign, shows that newcomers Julio Perez and Francisco Barragan need to drop out now, or they are going to jeopardize the election of a Latino to represent this heavily Latino district, which is currently represented by Jose Solorio.
Here are the poll results (from the OC [...]
Posted in 2012 Elections, anaheim, assemblyman jose solorio, Councilwoman Michele Martinez, Democratic Party, elections, Julio Perez, Labor, Orange County, Politics, republican party, robert hammond, Santa Ana, Tom Daly Tags: 69th assembly district, anaheim, Francisco Barragan, jose solorio, julio perez, Michele Martinez, new poll, Santa Ana, tom daly 4 Comments »Martinez 69th A.D. Fundraiser on March 3, at Don Krotee’s art gallery
Posted by Admin on March 1st, 2012
[ March 3, 2012; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ]
Local Architect and Artist, Don Krotee, Opens his Office/Gallery and Invites you to a showing, reception and open house in support of Councilwoman Michele Martinez, Candidate for the 69th Assembly District.
The reception and open house will be in the tradition of the great City of Santa Ana’s 1st Saturday-of-the-Month Gallery Open House.
Saturday, March 3rd, 2012
6:00 [...]
Leading 69th A.D. candidate Martinez endorsed by S.A. police managers
Posted by Admin on February 28th, 2012
For Immediate Release: February 28, 2012
Contact: Lupe De La Cruz, Cell: (714) 564-0130
Michele Martinez Receives Endorsement from Key Law Enforcement Leaders
Santa Ana, CA – Santa Ana City Councilwoman Michele Martinez received the endorsement of the Santa Ana Police Management Association (SAPMA) today. The endorsement was announced by Jim Schnabl (Police Commander and Secretary/Treasurer of the SAPMA), [...]
69th A.D. candidate Martinez gets bipartisan & Vietnamese support at event
Posted by Admin on February 23rd, 2012
I expected a good turnout at Santa Ana Council Member Michele Martinez’ fundraising event tonight, which was hosted at the home of Council Member Vince Sarmiento and his wife Eva. And sure enough, the place was packed – but that was not the entire story.
For one thing, a lot of Republicans were there tonight, including [...]
Posted in 2012 Elections, assemblyman jose solorio, Councilman Carlos Bustamante, Councilman David Benavides, Councilman Vince Sarmiento, Councilwoman Michele Martinez, Democratic Party, elections, Little Saigon, mayor miguel pulido, republican party, Santa Ana, Sean Mill, vietnamese, Westminster Tags: 69th assembly district, andrew nguyen, Fundraiser, jose solorio, ken nguyen, Michele Martinez, miguel pulido, sean mill, tyler diep, Vince Sarmiento 8 Comments »Martinez fundraising event tonight, at Sarmiento’s home
Posted by Admin on February 23rd, 2012
Santa Ana Council Member Vince Sarmiento, who is widely respected by both Democrats and Republicans, sent out a letter via email yesterday encouraging his supporters to back his colleague, Santa Ana Council Member Michele Martinez, for the 69th Assembly District. Sarmiento and his wife are hosting a fundraiser for her on Thursday, Feb. 23. Here [...]
CA teachers’ union supports higher taxes, child molesters and Julio Perez
Posted by Admin on February 15th, 2012
Julio Perez – the choice of union hacks
Sixty three year-old LAUSD teacher Mark Berndt has been charged with 23 counts of lewd acts on children. Berndt allegedly regularly told children they were going to play a “tasting game”, then blindfolded them and in some cases put tape over their mouths. He then fed students a “milky” [...]
