Posted by Former Blogger Chris Emami on October 27, 2012
Apparently some people really don’t like Tracy Worley and David Waldram in the Tustin City Council race. A reader sent me three hit pieces that they have recently received against Worley and Waldram. We have put all 3 mailers below for you to view.
Here is the first one:
Here is the second one:
Here is the third piece:
Posted in Mail, Tustin | Tagged: David Waldram, Tracy Worley | 3 Comments »
Posted by Former Blogger Chris Emami on October 27, 2012
I received 3 mailers on behalf of candidates that are running for Anaheim City Council. A puff piece on John Leos that points out his military experience, joint piece supporting Steve Chavez Lodge and Jordan Brandman, and a hit piece on Jordan Brandman from the OC GOP.
Here is the Leos piece:
Here is the Brandman/Lodge joint piece:
Lastly, here is the Jordan Brandman hit piece:
Posted in Anaheim, Mail | Tagged: John Leos, Jordan Brandman, Steve Lodge | 2 Comments »
Posted by Former Blogger Chris Emami on October 26, 2012
The most important question: why am I finding out Norby news from the OC Weekly and Fullerton’s Future instead of from my OC Political co-founder? Oh well, it is what it is.
The OC Weekly ran a piece this morning called “Is Challenger Sharon Quirk-Silva Afraid to Debate Assemblyman Chris Norby?”
http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/2012/10/chris_norby_sharon_quirk_silva.php
Fullerton’s Future broke the story first (but I somehow didn’t see their post until I saw it linked from the Weekly): http://www.fullertonsfuture.org/2012/quirk-is-afraid-of-would-be-anaheim-constituents-blows-off-meeting/
They had a link to the website of the West Island Neighbors, the community group for the large unincorporated Anaheim Island, who had this posted on their web site:
“The West Island Neighbors will be holding a special Election 2012 meeting on Friday, October 26 @ 7:00PM. Our Assemblyman Chris Norby will explain the ballot initiatives and let us know why he deserves to be reelected as our Assemblyman. We invited his challenger, Sharon Quirk-Silva, to attend but she declined.”
The OC Weekly article had this quote:
“To the best of my knowledge, we’ve had two requests,” said Bill Wachob, a Quirk-Silva campaign spokesman. “(One) was from Anaheim on a night that Sharon had a council meeting. We told them she wouldn’t be available and we never heard back.”
I didn’t know Fullerton had City Council meetings on Friday nights. And apparently neither does Fullerton’s webmaster: http://ci.fullerton.ca.us/about/meetings_live.asp
The OC Weekly pointed that out to Quirk-Silva’s spokesman, and well:
But when the Weekly mentioned the message on the WIN group’s website, whose event timing does not conflict with Fullerton City Council Meetings (held on Tuesdays), Wachob seemed perplexed.
“I guess I’d be surprised if they had it on their web site that she declined the opportunity to attend,” he said.
There was also an attempt by the Cypress Chamber of Commerce to hold a candidate forum:
He explained that Quirk-Silva, who works a teacher with the Fullerton School District and is currently mayor of Fullerton, spends her free time vigorously campaigning, personally drumming up support by going door to door and meeting groups.
“The Cypress Chamber of Commerce had given us two or three dates and they cleared those dates with Norby,” Wachob said. “They happened to be dates that Sharon was working.”
Wait a minute: Quirk-Silva teaches at Richman Elementary, which according to their bell schedule ends the day at 2:24 PM (http://fsd.k12.ca.us/richman/staff.html and http://fsd.k12.ca.us/richman/dailySchedule.html).
How could she be working all the dates that the Cypress Chamber offered as candidate forum dates when those candidate forums would be at night?
Maybe Norby’s spokesman, former Senator John Lewis, has it figured out:
“It’s not a fair fight intellectually,” said Lewis. “Chris is a brilliant guy, he understands government, he understands public policy, and Sharon Quirk Silva’s just not as good on the uptick.”
Posted in 65th Assembly District, Cypress, Fullerton, Fullerton School District | Tagged: Bill Wachob, Chris Norby, John Lewis, Sharon Quirk-Silva | 6 Comments »
Posted by Former Blogger Chris Emami on October 26, 2012
Yesterday evening I had the privilege of speaking to a group of students at Chapman University about the upcoming election on a Republican perspective. Liberal OC editor Dan Chmielewski was there presenting the Democrat perspective on these issues.
We were able to give a brief introduction and then were asked a number of questions from the students. These students were extremely bright and came up with some excellent questions on topics ranging from bipartisanship to immigration reform.
Every Thursday night they doa blog post analyzing the Presidential race and what happened that week. I took the time to read the blog they have put together http://chapmanelectionwatch.wordpress.com/ and based on what I have been reading these students have a very proising future in the field of politics and communication.
Posted in Orange, Orange County | Tagged: Chapman University | 3 Comments »
Posted by Lassie on October 26, 2012
I’d like to say, WTF to my fellow OC Political blogger, OC Insider. This post is ridiculous: https://ocpolitical.com/2012/10/23/is-lucille-kring-in-it-to-win-it/
He/she/it writes:
OC Political readers have already seen a couple of Anaheim council candidate Lucille Kring’s mailers, which make it clear she considers Democrat Jordan Brandman her biggest competition. She’s hitting him for being a Democrat and taking union money, both of which are true.
It is a little much for Kring to blast Brandman for being “funded by the unions” when she was very happy to take the money of the Anaheim police officers union…
First off, OC Insider seems to be having literacy issues, as it isn’t the Kring campaign that’s sending those mailers, it’s the Republican Party of Orange County. Kring is one of the Republican Party’s officially-endorsed candidates, and Brandman is officially endorsed by the Democratic Party of Orange County. It’s the Republican Party’s job to elect Republicans and defeat Democrats, just like it’s the Democratic Party’s job to elect Democrats and defeat Republicans: it’s that simple!
OC Insider complains that it’s “a little much for Kring to blast Brandman for being ‘funded by the union'” (I’d note it’s the OC GOP blasting Brandman, not Kring blasting Brandman, but that’s beside the point). I ran the analysis of the money: https://ocpolitical.com/2012/10/11/unions-give-money-to-all-major-anaheim-city-council-candidates-kring-got-least/
Kring got $500, Brandman got $20,700. Brandman got more than 41 times the union money that Kring did. Who on earth could be bought with $500? But $20,700 is a nice chunk of change. And who knows how much more Brandman is getting in union IEs.
Kring is officially endorsed by the Republican Party of Orange County, the Orange County Register, and Mayor Tom Tait. Brandman is officially endorsed by the Democratic Party of Orange County, numerous labor unions, and Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez. It’s that simple.
Posted in Anaheim, Democrat Central Committee, Republican Central Committee | Tagged: Jordan Brandman, Loretta Sanchez, Lucille Kring, Orange County Register, Tom Tait | 2 Comments »
Posted by Former Blogger Chris Emami on October 25, 2012
This just came across the wire from the Tim Jemal for SOCCCD campaign:
Ex Supporters of Former Orange County Public Administrator/Public Guardian John Williams Voice Strong Opposition to his Bid to Return to Public Office
Key Orange County Leaders Unite in Support of Tim Jemal for South Orange County Community College Trustee Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in South Orange County Community College District | Tagged: Frank Ury, Gila Jones, John Williams, Tim Jemal, Todd Spitzer | Leave a Comment »
Posted by Former Blogger Chris Emami on October 25, 2012
A couple more slate mailers rolled into my mailbox yesterday. The Cal Voter Guide and the Democratic Voter Guide. I always find it interesting to see who buys onto the different slates. See what you think about those that are on the Republican vs Democrat mailer.
Here is the Republican version of Cal Voter Guide:
Here is the Democrat Voter Guide:
Posted in California, Mail | Leave a Comment »
Posted by Former Blogger Chris Emami on October 24, 2012
A busy day in the mail yesterday as John Leos had 2 independent expenditures arrive in my mailbox. Leos has a very good chance at being elected, with endorsements from the Orange County Register and also popular Anaheim Mayor Tom Tait
Here is the first piece:
Here is the second piece:
Posted in Anaheim, Mail | Tagged: John Leos | 2 Comments »
Posted by Former Blogger Chris Emami on October 24, 2012
I also got a piece yesterday from the Jordan Brandman for Anaheim City Council Campaign. This piece appears to be targeting conservative voters with a very strong fiscal conservatism message. The question though is whether or not the recent GOP hit pieces have inoculated against these pieces.
Posted in Anaheim, Mail | Tagged: Jordan Brandman | 1 Comment »
Posted by Former Blogger Chris Emami on October 24, 2012
The Small Business Action Committee has sent out another awesome mailer for No on Proposition 30 and Yes on Proposition 32. It was another well done piece that gets the message across to voters. Take a look at the piece below:
Posted in California, Mail | 1 Comment »
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