Will Hugh Nguyen challenge Tom Daly for the 69th A.D.?
The OC GOP finally has a chance to pick up the 69th Assembly District - but they surely won't be able to do that behind uber-conservative Robert Hammond, who already…
Who would hire Bustamante to work in the private sector and what can he do?
Well, talk about adding insult to injury. Yes, Santa Ana Carlos Bustamante quit his high-paying County of Orange job, after being suspended while he was investigated for charges that allegedly…
Bustamante quits his County job – will he resign from the Council too?
"County executive manager Carlos Bustamante, the target of an internal investigation into accusations that he had sexual encounters with his employees, resigned from his ($178,000) job Tuesday afternoon," according to the…
Could alleged tampering with witnesses be Bustamante’s downfall?
The Voice of OC reported on Sep. 16, that Santa Ana Councilman and County of Orange Public Works Administrator Carlos Bustamante, "who first began working at the county in 2000,…
2012 Elections
Elections
Janet Nguyen
Loretta Sanchez
Orange County
Politics
Public Safety
Republican Party
Santa Ana
Could Tran defeat Supervisor Nguyen in 2012, if the County goes bankrupt?
The honeymoon might be over between Van Tran and Janet Nguyen If the County of Orange declares bankruptcy - again (due in part to Assemblyman Jose Solorio's vote to take…
Connect to Council’s next meeting is on 9/28, in Santa Ana’s Ward 6
Connect to Council is holding what they call a "Resource Event" on Wed., Sep. 28, at 6 pm., for the neighborhoods in Ward 6, which include: Riverview West Windsor Village…
What if Bustamante were still on the state’s anti-harassment commission?
When Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced, back on Jan. 2, 2008, that he was appointing Santa Ana Carlos Bustamante to the California Fair Employment and Housing Commission, I could not believe…
Is Bustamante qualified to serve as an O.C. Public Works manager?
Santa Ana Council Member Carlos Bustamante once told an audience at a fundraiser (for his failed Supervisorial campaign) that his life was like Forrest Gump - a movie character who…
Carlos Bustamante’s last stand was an epic fail
Does Santa Ana Council Member Carlos Bustamante realize he is up for reelection next year? He sure isn't acting like it. He went off on the Latino residents and businessmen…
Santa Ana artist Theo Hirsch explains why Alvarez was right about Chase
Santa Ana artist and musician Theo Hirsch unloaded on the Republicans and fake liberals who have been attacking Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez this week, in a hard…
How can Alvarez be anti-Semitic when her ancestors faced a Holocaust too?
I got a phone call tonight, on my cell phone, from a young lady who said that Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez should "learn English" and "go back…
2012 Elections
Elections
Fountain Valley
Janet Nguyen
Latinos
Orange County
Politics
Republican Party
Santa Ana
Vietnamese
O.C. Supervisors add Fountain Valley’s Viet voters to Nguyen’s 1st District
The O.C. Board of Supervisors approved by a 4-1 vote a redistricting plan this week, that was put forward by Board Chairman Bill Campbell. The plan moves a portion of Fountain…
Santa Ana Political Chismes: Will Brandman be the next O.C. Clerk-Recorder?
Jordan Brandman went to work for Tom Daly, the O.C. Clerk-Recorder, in January of this year, as his "Director of External Affairs." Yes, that sort of government job usually comes…
2012 Elections
Anaheim
Claudia Alvarez
David Benavides
Democratic Party
Elections
Jose Solorio
Latinos
Michele Martinez
Orange County
Politics
Republican Party
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
Santa Ana continues to dominate redistricted 69th Assembly District
Santa Ana will continue to dominate the 69th Assembly District, in the latest redistricting proposal that is now headed for public comment. The new district map includes all of Santa…
Anaheim
Democratic Party
Elections
Garden Grove
Janet Nguyen
Little Saigon
Loretta Sanchez
Orange County
Politics
Republican Party
Santa Ana
Vietnamese
Little Saigon gets redistricted into two congressional districts
The last round of redistricting deliberations has split Little Saigon into two Congressional districts - and then splits the Viet vote even further by putting Fountain Valley into a third…