UPDATED: Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido found four votes on the City Council tonight as Walters was confirmed as the permanent City Manager and will serve now without the interim tag. Congratulations to Walters, who reportedly will also continue to serve as Chief of the Santa Ana Police Department.
I reported earlier [...]
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Update: Council makes Walters the permanent Santa Ana City Manager
Posted by Admin on May 21st, 2012
Assemblywoman Ma advances bill to stop impounds when drivers lack a license
Posted by Art Pedroza on May 21st, 2012
In the wake of California Immigrant Day at the State Capitol, California’s Assembly Speaker pro Tempore Fiona Ma (D-San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) is moving a bill through the Legislature that will allow a city or county to exempt a person from the 30 day impound period when the only offense involves a person [...]
Santa Ana Church caught promoting Nguyen’s O.C. Board of Education campaign
Posted by Art Pedroza on May 19th, 2012
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 officials and to the [...]
69th A.D. candidate Tom Daly denigrates women voters with sexist oven pad
Posted by Art Pedroza on May 18th, 2012
Career politician Tom Daly insulted women voters in the 69th Assembly District today with a sexist oven pad that he mailed in his wife Debbie’s name.
Daly is obviously trying to pander to women voters but what a stupid way to do it. Is he saying that women belong in the kitchen? A lot of women don’t [...]
Posted in 2012 Elections, anaheim, Democratic Party, Politics, Santa Ana, Tom Daly, Women 
Tags: 69th assembly district, Michele Martinez, Oven Pad, Sexist, tom daly 
6 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 »Who is Kenneth K. Nguyen?
Posted by Admin on May 13th, 2012
Who is Kenneth K. Nguyen (pictured above in Tahiti)? He is one of several candidates for the Orange County Board of Education, Area One, in the June primary. But what do we really know about him?
We know he serves on the Santa Ana Parks and Recreation Commission, which he listed as his occupation on his ballot statement. [...]
Posted in 2012 Elections, Education, Fountain Valley, Orange County, Politics, Santa Ana, vietnamese Tags: Area One, fountain valley, Kenneth K. Nguyen, Keynet Corporation, Knights of Columbus, Little Saigon Foundation, Orange County Board of Education, parks and recreation commission, Santa Ana 10 Comments »Daly’s campaign caught lying to GOP voters in the 69th Assembly District
Posted by Admin on May 13th, 2012
By: 69th Assembly District candidate Jose “Joe “ Moreno
My name Is Jose “Joe “ Moreno and I am still a candidate on the ballot for the 69th Assembly district.
A campaign mailer sent out yesterday on behalf of Tom Daly is a lie!
This particular mailer titled “Attention Republicans” was mailed to registered Republicans and also distributed by canvassers who called themselves [...]
Libertarian Party VP Nominee Judge Jim Gray to be honored in OC on 5/12
Posted by Admin on May 12th, 2012
[ May 12, 2012; 10:00 am to 11:00 am. ]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Rich Hudson, 619.916.1249
JUDGE JIM GRAY TO BE HONORED AS LIBERTARIAN PARTY VP NOMINEE
Returns Home to Orange County for Saturday Rally
May 11, 2012, Newport Beach, CA – Fresh from winning the Vice Presidential nomination at the Libertarian Party annual convention last weekend in Las Vegas, Newport Beach Judge Jim Gray returns home to begin his campaign [...]
Will 69th A.D. candidate Tom Daly’s 7 page homage to himself backfire?
Posted by Admin on May 11th, 2012
Career politician Tom Daly mailed a ridiculous seven page homage to himself to voters in the 69th Assembly District yesterday. The mailer is a celebration of everything Daly and even goes back to his days in Little League baseball. If you are to believe Daly, the people of Anaheim owe their lives to him!
Will this [...]
Special interests spend over $475K to help Daly and Perez in the 69th A.D.
Posted by Art Pedroza on May 10th, 2012
Special interestes have now poured over $350,000 in Independent Expenditures into the race for the 69th Assembly District, on behalf of O.C. Clerk-Recorder Tom Daly. Click here to see for yourself.
Special interests have also poured over $120,000 in Independent Expencitures into the race on behalf of liberal union hack Julio Perez.
Yet bloggers at the Liberal [...]
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 [...]
The Voice of OC’s latest attack on Martinez goes beyond bad journalism
Posted by Admin on May 6th, 2012
I paid for the Voice of the OCEA!
When the Voice of OC started reporting on Orange County politics we all hoped they were serious about their mission. However they were funded by the Orange County Employees Association, a union, and now it is more obvious than ever that they are less about reporting objectively and [...]
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 »
