Leading Assembly candidate Michele Martinez lands big endorsements

While the Disney Company, through the SOAR PAC, has been propping up Tom Daly’s lame campaign for the 69th Assembly District, he is being outworked by his leading opponent – Santa Ana Councilwoman Michele Martinez.  Just look at the endorsements she has racked up thus far:

  • Assemblyman Ben Hueso
  • Assemblyman Roger Hernandez
  • Assemblyman Ricardo Lara
  • Assemblyman Henry Perea
  • Assemblyman Jose Solorio
  • Ret. Senator Martha Escuita
  • Ret. Assemblywoman Cindy Montanez
  • Ret. Assemblyman Alberto Torrico
  • Santa Ana, Mayor Miguel Pulido
  • Santa Ana, Councilmember David Benavides
  • Santa Ana, Councilmember Sal Tinajero
  • Santa Ana, Councilmember, Vince Sarmiento
  • Garden Grove, Councilmember, Dina Nguyen
  • Garden Grove, Former Councilmember, Mark Rosen
  • Brea, Councilmember, Ron Garcia
  • Lake Forest, Councilmember, Kathryn McCullough
  • San Juan Capistrano, Councilmember, Laura Freese
  • Montebello School Board, Gerri Guzman
  • Cudahy, Mayor Josue Barrios
  • El Monte, Councilmember, Joseph Gonzalez
  • Bell Gardens, Sergio Infanzon
  • Southgate, Jorge Morales
  • Hawthorne, Mayor Protem, Alex Vargas
  • Hawthorne, School Board, John Vargas
  • Santa Ana, Planning Commissioner, Eric Adelrete
  • Santa Ana, Planning Commissioner, Patrick Correa
  • Santa Ana, Planning Commissioner, Sean Mill
  • Santa Ana, Housing and Redevelopment Commissioner, Lynnette Verino
  • Santa Ana, Housing and Redevelopment Commissioner, Monica Garcia
  • Santa Ana, Parks and Recreation Commissioner, Ken Nguyen
  • Santa Ana, Parks and Recreation Commissioner, Max Madrid
  • Santa Ana, Youth Chair Commissioner, Jonathan Espinoza
  • Santa Ana, Environmental and Transportation Commissioner, Don Cribb
  • Santa Ana, Environmental and Transportation Commissioner, Kim Olson
  • HOPE, PAC
  • (Partial Listing)
Impressive!  And I hear she has a good shot at landing the endorsement of the California Assembly Latino Caucus.
Martinez notes on her website that “the newly reapportioned Assembly district is extremely diverse- it has a population that is 78.3% Latino, 9.7% Asian and 1.5% African American (2010 Census). ”  All the more reason to elect Martinez, not Daly.
Click here to get involved in her campaign and click here to contribute to the effort.
What about the other Democratic candidate?  Well, Julio Perez continues to be unknown in the district and the Disney Company took away his biggest campaign issue when they settled their contract with their hotel workers.  Game over for Perez!
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Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.
Art Pedroza

Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.

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  • Well, once again, you think I'm in charge of the Liberal OC. I am not. I have little to do with them. They're trying to get money from me too. Maybe what you say is true, about them.

    Can you tell that we're two different blogs, two different groups of people?

  • @Sean: Why the great fascination with the County Seat, 2nd-largest and most Democratic city in OC, which sends the county's sole Democrats to Congress and the state legislature? Yeah, it's all you, obviously. Here's a hint: don't say that only qualified journalists get to talk to Santa Anans. For the record, I have no problem (that I know of) with Tinajero except for the bad things I read about him from Art regarding, as I recall, Vince Sarmiento's appointment. (I have even fewer problems with Sarmiento.)

    Now why are you attacking me for what LibOC does? Doesn't that strike you as a bit odd? I have never read about Tinajero in Lib OC. Maybe I'm not fascinated enough with Santa Ana.

    @Vern: Ruh-Roh! Rorry, Rern!

    @KLND: AD-69 is part of the state legislature! It's not City Council! I have to live with the AD-69 rep's votes and every other legislator's votes -- and so does everyone else.

    I've blogged for years on Daily Kos and (to a lesser extent) Calitics. I've rarely commented in OC blogs before this year. Too much vitriol.

  • Kenlaysnotdead:

    1. On your side note - is that true? Dozens of fake KLND comments up? That's f--d up - dozens of BS comments affecting our opinion of KLND! Are some of those on this thread? You really should let Art, and me, know when that happens, so we can either remove them or change the name to something like "Fake Kenlaysnotdead Impersonator Douchebag."

    2. On your main point, I won't answer for Greg but for myself - I assume you left me out of your comments because you and I are somewhat friends (by e-mail at least.) Yes, I DO have to live with the votes of Perez or Daly or Michele, whether I'm in HB, Fountain Valley, or wherever I'm hanging my hat that month. THE DECISIONS THEY MAKE ARE MOSTLY STATEWIDE. (Now, if Greg or I were obsessed with the Santa Ana COUNCIL the way Dan and Chris are, you might have a point.)

    3. Don't be so freaked out by Greg. He's a good guy. Trust me!

  • "Don’t be so freaked out by Greg. He’s a good guy. Trust me!"....... Hmmmmm

    He will be even better after the State Bar administrative process.

  • Thank you for this list of endorsements by the way. I am so glad to see all of the Latino Dbag puppets that have been bought off by the Democratic party and Irvine Co. developers.

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