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Steve Rocco To Benefit From Independent Expenditures

Posted by Former Blogger Chris Emami on April 1, 2012

In a shocking turn of events, candidate for Orange County Supervisor Steve Rocco is expected to benefit from numerous independent expenditures. The independent expenditures are expected to come from the Heinz Ketchup Company. Candidates in the 3rd District race Todd Spitzer and Deborah Pauly are both disappointed that Heinz will not be picking a side in this race.

Todd Spitzer, Deborah Pauly, Janet Nguyen, and Steve Rocco

The main reason for Rocco getting the support is his willingness to spell the product name as ketchup and not catsup.

However, concerned about Rocco being controlled by the special interest group, Kraft foods has apparently dumped money into an I.E. account to help support Janet Nguyen.

Disclaimer: This is an April Fools Day post.

Posted in Orange County Board of Supervisors | Tagged: , , , | 2 Comments »

Red County Buys OC Political

Posted by Former Blogger Chris Emami on April 1, 2012

We here at OC Political want to thank our readers for a great run that we have had here. Red County has made us an offer that we just couldn’t refuse.

I am sure that after seeing some of our great posts on local issues they realized that they could take us to the next level by focusing the blog on issues that readers truly care about, such as:

Pakistan;
Syria;
Afghanistan;
and North Korea.

We look forward to reading what news will come out of the blog when the ownership change is official. Also, we would like to wish our readers a very happy April Fools Day.

Posted in Orange County | 1 Comment »

CRA Literature: John Webb

Posted by Former Blogger Chris Emami on March 31, 2012

John Webb also did not have a great day with John Campbell managing to block his endorsement, despite not being there.

The vote total was I believe:

Campbell- 14
Webb- 14

Webb did have this piece in the back of the room:

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CRA Literature: Jorge Rocha

Posted by Former Blogger Chris Emami on March 30, 2012

Jerry Hayden dominated the endorsement for the 46th Congressional District garnering 11 of the 12 votes cast in this race.

Jorge Rocha had the only piece left of any candidate on the back table after the meeting was over. It was not the best piece I have seen, but at the same time not terrible:

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Capitol Alert: Assemblyman Suspected Of Drunk Driving

Posted by Former Blogger Chris Emami on March 29, 2012

In what could best be considered an idiot move if he is found guilty an Assemblyman has been arrested on suspicion of drunk driving (H/T Capitol Alert). Democrat Assemblyman Roger Hernandez was pulled over in Concord on suspicion of drunk driving.

He admits to having a couple of drinks, but he also claims that he did not have enough alcohol to impair him from driving. Whether he actually did it or not will not be known until after the results of a blood test come back. Hernandez apparently refused to take a breathalyzer test which does not look good, although I am not an expert on DUI procedure.

What could be the juiciest part of the story is that Hernandez refused to acknowledge whether or not somebody else was in the car with him. If indeed somebody was with him, I would be very interested in knowing who it was.

Hernandez joins a list of recent State Legislators to get pulled over for suspected DUI including all of the following:

Senator Roy Ashburn (R)
Assemblyman Martin Garrick (R)

Back when I used to write for Red County before it turned into a boring blog, I penned an article talking about getting much tougher on DUI penalties. Many people disagreed with me, and I respect that. My opinion stays the same in that a DUI should carry a mandatory jail sentence of at least 7 days even for first offenders.

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CRA Literature: Long Pham

Posted by Former Blogger Chris Emami on March 29, 2012

Long Pham definitely had one of the more disappointing days of any candidate vying for the CRA endorsement. After the first round of voting he finished just short of the 2/3 necessary for the endorsement. The second round of voting involved the wheels coming off the bus with Troy Edgar flipping the vote to get the 2/3 necessary for the endorsement himself.

Long Pham did however have a nice piece of literature with the front half in English and the back half in Vietnamese:

Posted in 72nd Assembly District | Tagged: | 2 Comments »

A Quick Note To Readers

Posted by Former Blogger Chris Emami on March 28, 2012

Recently we have received a lot of comments recently on the posts written by anonymous bloggers “HBK” and “The Rock of OC.” The majority of these comments have been blocked as they are simply making accusations as to who the real identities of these two individuals are.

The policy we have here at OC Political is one that allows current elected officials, past elected officials, and anyone else we have invited to blog the right to use a pseudonym if they provide a legitimate reason. We would prefer that people use real names but in certain circumstances we will make exceptions and allow an individual to use a pseudonym.

Any comments claiming to reveal the identity of a blogger will be blocked, regardless of whether the guess is right or wrong. At the same time I would encourage our bloggers to keep it civil, especially those that are using pseudonyms.

We thank you for your readership and look forward to continuing to keep our followers up to date on what is going on in OC, State, and National politics.

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CRA Literature: Todd Spitzer

Posted by Former Blogger Chris Emami on March 28, 2012

Todd Spitzer got the endorsement of CRA on Saturday and he had a couple of pieces of literature out on the table. His endorsement piece along with the handout that his opponent Deborah Pauly had placed were both gone by the end of the meeting.

Here is the piece of literature that Todd brought:

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CRA Literature: Allan Mansoor

Posted by Former Blogger Chris Emami on March 27, 2012

Allan Mansoor had a good fundraising period as referenced in this post. This might be why he was able to afford this nice piece of literature:

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CRA Literature: Ken Williams

Posted by Former Blogger Chris Emami on March 26, 2012

Many of you probably read the post recapping the crazy day of candidates being endorsed by CRA. Before Chris Nguyen and I left we grabbed as many different pieces of candidate literature as possible, although some pieces were definitely gone.

This week I will be posting a different piece each day starting with Ken Williams , candidate for Orange County Board of Education-District 3. In order to provide full disclosure, Ken Williams is a Custom Campaigns client.

Here is the piece:

Posted in Orange County Board of Education | Tagged: | Leave a Comment »

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