Does Michele Martinez really need to worry about what out of town bloggers are saying?
A ruckus has broken out on two Orange County political blogs that are staffed by bloggers who do not live in Santa Ana. They are all upset because Santa Ana Councilwoman Michele Martinez isn’t answering their questions about her campaign for the 69th Assembly District, but really – why should she?
One of the blogs is run by a pair of bloggers who live in Irvine and Long Beach. The Irvine blogger was questioned earlier this year by the Santa Ana Police Department after they caught him sending creepy anonymous packages to a Santa Ana appointed official. He and the Long Beach blogger also stalked Irvine Councilman Steven Choi when he was running for the State Assembly – creeping up to and taking pictures through the windows of his house!
The other blogger lives in Brea – and his editor lives in Huntington Beach. Both of them are openly supporting one of Martinez’ opponents, Julio Perez. I am told that they are now “occupying” a foreclosed home. Good grief! Isn’t that trespassing – or at least breaking and entering?
Why should Martinez talk to such people? They aren’t respectable journalists. They are just bloggers and nutty ones at that. None of them have anything to do with Santa Ana. She is right to ignore them.
If they lived here in Santa Ana they might already know who she is and what she is about. But they could always visit her website and her Facebook page if they wanted to know more about her.
Why is she running? Here is what she has to say on her website, “Our state is facing unprecedented challenges, and I believe that now, more than ever, Sacramento needs local leaders who have experience making tough decisions in diverse communities to help solve our current issues. I am confident that my experience building collaborations to address complex issues will be an asset in our State Capitol as leaders work together to address California’s most important issues. I believe job creation, education, public safety and fiscal responsibility should be our top priorities.”
What has she accomplished? Again, from her website, “I am proud that during my tenure as a City Councilwoman, Santa Ana has managed to make notable progress during these difficult times. We have seen a decrease in crime by 32%, created thousands of jobs through our enterprise and empowerment zones, invested $100 million in new street repairs and safety improvements, helped secure $320 million through Measure G bonds to modernize Santa Ana schools, and we made some strategic additions to our open-space and bikeway trails. These improvements have made our community a healthier, safer place for families and businesses to thrive.”
Why does she think she can be an effective state legislator? Again, from her website, “I believe my role in regional collaborations will make me an effective State Assemblymember. I have been fortunate to serve all Orange County residents as a board member on the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG), the nation’s largest metropolitan planning organization, which encompasses our six southern counties. As part of that, I work to represent the interests of Orange County Council of Governments (OCCOG) in the consideration of SCAG plans, policies and legislative platforms. On a statewide level, I also represent the City of Santa Ana on the State Workforce Investment Board (WIB). The WIB develops new workforce development policies that support economic development throughout California, in collaboration with county and city WIBs.”
Who supports her? Click here to see for yourself. You will see that she has broad support from state legislators, local elected and appointed officials, and business owners.
You see the ridiculous yahoos on the out of town blogs could have just read what she had to say on her website, rather than harass and pester her. But maybe they just have an axe to grind with Martinez because if elected she is NOT going to answer to them. No, she will be answering to the residents of the 69th Assembly District – which do not include any of the crazed bloggers who are currently stalking her.
I surely didn’t have to call their boy Perez to find out what a left-wing whack job he is. I wrote this post just based on other articles about him and his website. It is all you need to know about who Julio Perez is.
And I certainly didn’t have to interview Tom Daly to find out who he is. I already knew he, like Perez, was the wrong choice for the 69th Assembly District.
For the record, I don’t call politicians – ever. I don’t demand they talk to me. I don’t harass them via email. Once in awhile I email my City Council regarding local issues that are of importance to me. And I leave it at that. I know my place. I am not a journalist. I am a citizen blogger. I get a lot done on this blog. But I know my limitations. Too bad the out of town bloggers have no such constraints. Kudos to Martinez for blowing them off!
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"Thanks for the head’s up, I’ll go abuse him directly"..... Hmmmmmm
Sexually?
Molest too?
Stanley -- no, although I can see why you would think so. (Not "why one would think so" -- just specifically you.)
Oh...wow,..... hey,... Man, for a minute there, I thought I was on the FFFF blog. Then I realized, no one used the f-bomb or take my nambla-ass back to where I came from.
Thanks for keeping it civil, guys.
Again,
Ms. Martinez would have to be out of her mind. "Rick Perry" out of her mind to think that anything good would come from even returning Chmilewinskis phone calls.
Dan is twisted, cleary biased against anything "AP" supports and he is reckless and could be considered dangerous (although I KNOW he's a paper tiger).
Greg, your public support of Perez makes you the least likely delivery system.
Tom Daly is the wild card, I am not sure what this guy is doing other than trying desperately not to work. Maybe he should marry and LA Times reporter or at least somebody who speaks "Mexican". That seems to work for for the other losers around here!
Having spent some time now around OC blogs, I can see how you might think that I'd be dishonorable, but if I said I would publish it verbatim than that's what I'd do. It would be easy enough to cc whatever she sent to me to someone else who could verify that I reproduced it faithfully.
I've said here and elsewhere that if Julio somehow doesn't make the runoff then I'd support Michelle over Daly (and Daly over the Republican.) So I don't have any reason to tear her down. That will happen on its own in any debate.
I won't express an opinion on Dan. We haven't met or even spoken by phone. I've had some better and worse interactions with him online and liked some of his writing more and some less.
As I've said, if Michele doesn't want to send me those answers that fine with me; I was just offering to do her a small service as a courtesy. It's the proprietors here who started shrieking over it.
It was no courtesy. All you did was give new life to the ridiculous LOC post. You are a Perez backer, by your own admission. Martinez would do well to steer clear of you.
"New life"? Art, without looking it up, how many days would you say elapsed between when the LibOC story went up and when I issued my invitation?
And how many days would you say would need to elapse before you could say that I was giving something "new life."
You seem not to even care whether things are true. If you think them, that's enough for you to accept their truth.
Whether or not she responded to them was their problem, not yours. They're quite capable of stalking candidates on their own. Face it Greg you blew it. If she wins you'll be on the outside looking in.
"Face it Greg you blew it. If she wins you’ll be on the outside looking in.".... Hmmmmmmm
Interesting concept Art; like if you lose your toys in the storm drain?
Maybe I should run for 69th district.
Michele Bachmann got 6,073 in the entire state of Iowa and I got about 10,000 in City of Santa Ana alone.
Impressive.... Huh?
In which case the LibOC and Bolsheviks from OJB mind-numbingly-boring-frothy-fellatio should send any question regarding the OC state of politic to me.
I will answer..... trust me!
It was no one's "problem," Art. It was just a matter of the voting public being better or less-well served. I think that, at least when it comes to these sorts of benign, general, "softball" questions, it's good for people to be able to see them near each other, to make comparisons. (I think that seeing Perez's and Daly's answers next to each other, for example, is useful.) That's why I wanted to get all three of them published, in the same format, in proximity. It's not complicated.
As for this:
"Face it Greg you blew it. If she wins you’ll be on the outside looking in."
That's truly discrediting, Art. If Michele wins, it will be a significant step up from Solorio, so I'll be happy about it although disappointed at what could have been. But I'm not writing to try to make sure that I'm not "on the outside looking in." That's ugly -- and I don't really need to, anyway.
I was going to ask if that's why you write, but the question answer itself: it is. What a shame.
Stanley, I would honestly love to see you run the the 69th district, given the presence of another Republican in the race. Impressive ... yes! Hmmmm....
"given the presence of another Republican in the race"..... Hmmmmm
FYI, I am not a Republican; Diamond.
As to your statement (I think that seeing Perez’s and Daly’s answers next to each other, for example, is useful.) I am sure that Daly feels like an idiot now after Michele "Evita" Martinez poo poo it.
She clearly shown political maturity in this matter as I would expect as a OC political tutor.
"It was just a matter of the voting public being better or less-well served."
The ego's on these bloggers never ceases to amaze me. 99.99% of the voting public don't even know about the OJ, NSA or LibOC and they certainly don't care what Dan, Chris, Vern, Greg, Art or Sean have to say.
These blogs are just inside baseball for those who have taken an interest in the subject matter. I doubt there are undecided voters eagerly awaiting Greg Diamond's next 10,000 word missive before deciding how to vote.
The belief that the voters are tuned into to these blogs is as funny as Vern and Diamond thinking that Moxley even knows who they are or spends any time worrying about what they think.