Santa Ana resident Tim Whitacre has announced that he is challenging attorney and lobbyist Scott Baugh for the Chairmanship of the Republican Party of Orange County (OC GOP). Whitacre is…
We started a new decade this year - and a lot of political change came to Santa Ana in the previous ten years. We now have an all-Latino City Council.…
An old friend of mine got really upset at me this week for something I wrote about failed Santa Ana Mayoral candidate Alfredo Amezcua. I told him that Amezcua lied…
Assemblyman Jose Solorio won reelection easily in November, as he always has. But he is going to term out of his seat in the 69th Assembly District in 2012. It…
Matt Cunningham, a Republican blogger at the Red County blog, thinks that State Senator Lou Correa, who just won reelection, is going to run against Supervisor Janet Nguyen in 2012.…
This year's Santa Ana City Council elections were a mixed bag. On the one hand, mayoral challenger Alfredo Amezcua proved he could run a serious campaign - but he lost…
Upcoming "Capitol in Your Corner" Events Please accept this opportunity to meet one-on-one with Assemblyman Solorio and other local elected officials to talk about important legislative, city and school issues…
When Jerry Brown came to Santa Ana, to speak at the O.C. Labor Day event, he first stopped to visit at Mayor Miguel Pulido's home. Now that both Brown and…
The ballots have been cast and the votes tallied and Santa Ana voters sent a message that was loud and clear. The people of the "Golden City" soundly reject Alfredo…
The O.C. Voter Registrar has just about processed all the votes. Here are a few of the more interesting results: Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez beat Van Tran, by 8 points. The…
In a sign of growing desperation, Alfredo Amezcua's mayoral campaign has hired human signs to stand on the corner of 17th and Main St., in front of the Norm's Restaurant.…
The Orange County Labor Federation is going to be conducting Get out the Vote (GOTV) activities on Nov. 1 and 2. To view their GOTV schedule click HERE. After the polls…
Apparently Santa Ana Police Department Chief Paul Walters called voters, using a robo-call service, this week to warn them about mayoral candidate Alfredo Amezcua. Amezcua and his Usual Suspect acolytes…
Amezcua tells Hart, thanks for splitting the vote! Alas, poor Charles Hart. The Santa Ana mayoral candidate has finally figured out that he was used by the Usual Suspects. They…
We often forget our history - and you know what that means - we are doomed to repeat it. That cycle is happening right now, here in Santa Ana. It…