Santa Ana Councilman Carlos Bustamante to host a fundraiser for Van Tran at his home

When I ran against Santa Ana Councilman Carlos Bustamante, in 2008, I did so primarily because the Democrats failed to recruit a challenger against the only Republican on the Santa Ana City Council.  I was incredulous when the Liberal OC bloggers (Chris Prevatt and Dan Chmielewski) and the Orange County Employees Association (OCEA) joined forces with Matt Cunningham, of the Republican-promoting Red County blog, as well as GOP consultant Mike Schroeder and various friends of Assemblyman Van Tran to mail out hit pieces against my campaign.

I got over ten thousand votes, but Bustamante won that race.

Well, today I received notice that Bustamante is going to be hosting a fundraiser for Tran, who is running against Lib OC darling Loretta Sanchez.  How do you like that?  I hope the OCEA and the Liberal OC are happy.  I would NEVER support Tran for ANY office, but Bustamante is all in for him.

Here are the event details in case you want to go see this mess for yourself:

THE VAN TRAN FOR CONGRESS HOST COMMITTEE

CORDIALLY INVITES YOU TO A RECEPTION

IN SUPPORT OF

ASSEMBLYMAN VAN TRAN, CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS, 47TH DISTRICT

With Special Guests

CONGRESSMAN KEVIN MCCARTHY, 22ND DISTRICT, CHIEF DEPUTY WHIP

& CHAIRMAN SCOTT BAUGH, REPUBLICAN PARTY OF ORANGE COUNTY

Friday, September 17, 2010, 5:30 p.m. TO 7:30 p.m.

At the Home of Adriana & Hon. Carlos Bustamante

1110 West Sharon Road, Santa Ana

R.S.V.P. to Phyllis at: Phone (714) 368-0260 § Facsimile (714) 368-0261

Art Pedroza Editor

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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