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AD-72: Edgar 27.8%, Pham 21.4%, Dovinh 21.1%, Allen 15.9%, Ayala 13.8%
Posted by Chris Nguyen on June 5, 2012
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AD 72 Mailbox: Long Pham In The Mail
Posted by Former Blogger Chris Emami on June 2, 2012
It appears that Travis Allen is not the only one in the mail. Long Pham has also sent out a mailer to AD 72 voters:
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AD 72 Mailbox: Travis Allen Sends Out Brutal Hit Piece On Troy Edgar
Posted by Former Blogger Chris Emami on June 2, 2012
Instead of the normal newsletters that we run on weekends at OC Political we thought that we would get you all caught up on the mail that has gone out over the past week.
This hit piece came across the wire yesterday from a reader. Travis Allen has put down a piece of mail that makes Troy Edgar look really bad. Take a look at the piece posted below:
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Taxin Troy Edgar
Posted by OC Insider on June 2, 2012
Today, I received another great mail piece from Travis Allen for Assembly. This is the first hit piece that I received from Travis and I have to say it is probably the best hit piece have seen this cycle.
The image of Taxin Troy Edgar is definitely going to stick in my mind. I am attaching a scan of the piece to this post for people to check out.
Will this mail piece be enough to make the race competitive? I am not sure, but I a bet a lot of voters will have a picture of Taxin Troy Edgar in their heads when they vote on Tuesday.
Also, it looks like Travis has found one of Troy’s real weaknesses. Edgar’s horrible voting record on taxes and his refusal to sign the No New Tax Pledge might hunt him on Tuesday.
Here is a LINK to a Press Release that OC-Breeze posted about Edgar’s refusal to sign the No New Tax Pledge.
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Press Release: Travis Allen and Long Pham Agree to Debate: Troy Edgar Refuses to Debate
Posted by OC Insider on May 29, 2012
I received this press release on Friday, but didn’t have a chance to post it until today. I found it interesting that the press release quoted two candidates. I think this is the first time I have seen this. Also, the press release include a email chain showing the multiple attempts that were made to try to get Troy Edgar to debate.
Travis Allen and Long Pham Agree to Debate: Troy Edgar Refuses to Debate
May 25, 2012
Huntington Beach, CA – Candidates for the 72nd Assembly District Travis Allen and Long Pham have both agreed to have a debate. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in 72nd Assembly District, Fountain Valley, Garden Grove, Huntington Beach, Los Alamitos, Rossmoor, Rossmoor Community Services District, Santa Ana, State Assembly, Sunset Beach Sanitary District, Westminster | Tagged: Long Pham, Seal Beach, Travis Allen, Troy Edgar | 11 Comments »
AD-72 Spending: Edgar $232,000, Pham $106,000, Allen $62,000, Dovinh $16,000
Posted by Chris Nguyen on May 25, 2012
Mayor Troy Edgar (R-Los Alamitos), OC Board of Education Member Long Pham (R-Fountain Valley), Businessman Travis Allen (R-Huntington Beach), and Planning Commissioner Joe Dovinh (D-Garden Grove)
In the 72nd Assembly District race, Republican Los Alamitos Mayor Troy Edgar spent $212,250 during the March 18-May 19 reporting period. This brings his total spending in the AD-72 race to $231,974. Surprisingly, this leaves only $10,791 in his warchest. However, the independently wealthy Edgar can easily write a check to his own campaign (indeed, he put $400,000 into his Congressional warchest before deciding to run for the Assembly instead).
Republican Orange County Board of Education Member Long Pham spent $62,675 during the March 18-May 19 reporting period, bringing his total spending in the AD-72 race to $106,072. He has only $1,412 left in his warchest.
Republican Huntington Beach Businessman Travis Allen spent $54,233 during the March 18-May 19 reporting period, bringing his total spending in the AD-72 race to $62,406. He has $23,389 left in his warchest.
Democratic Garden Grove Planning Commissioner Joe Dovinh spent $6,699 during the March 18-May 19 reporting period, brining his total spending in the AD-72 race to $16,352. He has $5,493 left in his warchest.
Democratic Candidate Albert Ayala did not meet the $1,000 threshold to file a campaign finance report.
There are no reported independent expenditures in this race.
Edgar spent the bulk of his money on reaching actual voters. He spent $119,433 on campaign mail and literature. He spent another $30,595 on slate mailers. That’s $150,028 of his $231,974 (65%) of his spending going to voter communication.
Pham just had a lot of overhead expenses. He spent $25,115 on slate mailers, $3,500 on TV ads, and $1,548 on palm cards. The rest of his spending went into campaign consulting fees, miscellaneous personnel costs, a $1,748 photography expenditure, and other overhead. That’s $30,163 of his $106,072 (28%) of his spending going to voter communication.
Allen suffered much of the same spending problems that Pham did. He spent $15,860 on campaign mail and literature and $5,000 in print ads. The rest of his spending went into campaign consulting fees, miscellaneous personnel costs, a $12,650 poll, a $900 photography expenditure, and other overhead. That’s $20,860 of his $62,406 (33%) of his spending going to voter communication.
Dovinh spent $4,063 on the COPS Voter Guide slate mailer, $1,315 on print ads, and $765 on campaign literature. The rest of his spending went into various personnel expenses and the occasional other overhead. That’s $6,143 of his $16,352 (38%) of his spending going to voter communication.
For visual learners:
| Voter Communication |
Other Expenditures |
Total Expenditures |
Cash on Hand |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgar | $150,028 | $81,946 | $231,974 | $10,791 |
| Pham | $30,163 | $75,909 | $106,072 | $1,412 |
| Allen | $20,860 | $41,546 | $62,406 | $23,389 |
| Dovinh | $6,143 | $10,209 | $16,352 | $5,493 |
It’s interesting how close Edgar and Pham’s personnel/overhead costs are, but Edgar has spent five times as much on actually reaching voters.
It is clear that Edgar is dominating the voter communication in AD-72, with nearly three times as much as his opponents combined. Edgar will come in first by a comfortable margin. It’s probably already too late for any of the other candidates to catch him. While Dovinh spent the least of the four, he still remains the higher spending Democrat. With the Republican vote split three ways and the Democratic vote split only two ways, the top two candidates in June will be Edgar and Dovinh, who will advance to the November general election.
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Central Committee Meeting Literature Travis Allen In The Mail
Posted by Former Blogger Chris Emami on May 22, 2012
Chris Nguyen did an excellent job covering the Central Committee meeting from last night from his BlackBerry (Yes, I have told him to grow up and get an iPhone). He will likely be taking the day off today from blogging to rest his thumbs. I will try to pick up the slack a bit and write about a lesser noticed item from last nights meeting.
This blog has been a bit rough on Travis Allen over the past few weeks but he will be happy to know that he is going to be getting some positive press here. It appears that he has sent out a mail piece to AD 72 voters and left a copy of the pieces on chairs at the meeting last night.
It is actually one of the better pieces that I have seen so far this election:
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CRA Announces June Endorsements
Posted by Former Blogger Chris Emami on May 14, 2012
Since I already ran the endorsements sent out from the Lincoln Club, I thought that I would also take the time to publish the CRA newsletter that just came out with their list of endorsements. In the newsletter our very own Chris Nguyen got a shout out from Celeste Greig for being “A brilliant young man.” Hopefully this does not go to his head. (Full Disclosure: Custom Campaigns is the lead consultant on the Hammond and Williams races for County Board of Education)
Here are the endorsements:
| CRA ENDORSED CANDIDATES (As of 4/23/12) | |
| U.S. Senate: | Al Ramirez |
| U.S. Congress: | CD 39 Ed Royce CD 46 Jerry Hayden CD 48 Dana Rohrabacher CD 49 Darrell Issa |
| State Senate: | SD 29 Robert “Bob” Huff SD 37 Mimi Walters |
| State Assembly: | AD 55 Curt Hagman AD 65 Chris Norby AD 68 Donald P. “Don” Wagner AD 72 Troy Edgar AD 73 Diane L. Harkey AD 74 Allan R. Mansoor |
| Orange County | |
| Supervisor District 1 | Janet Nguyen |
| Supervisor District 3 | Todd Spitzer |
| Board of Ed. Area 1 | Robert Morris Hammond |
| Board of E. Area 3 | Ken L. Williams, Jr. |
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The Story of High Speed Rail Lobbyist Troy Edgar
Posted by OC Insider on April 25, 2012
As we’re still getting to know the candidates for Assembly in the 72nd District, one question I keep hearing people ask over and over again is: Does Troy Edgar still support wasting taxpayer dollars on fanciful high speed rail?
Just as importantly he should come clean about how much taxpayer money he spent traveling around the country lobbying for high speed rail.
Everyone knows that Troy Edgar was a lifelong Democrat and only switched parties when he decided to run for office. Unfortunately for Orange County, despite the ‘R’ next to his name he has governed like a Chicago Democrat. Edgar’s push for an illegal trash contract and constant desire to raise taxes and fees are well known.
What is a little less known is that, for a brief period of time, Los Alamitos paid a large sum in order to join the Orangeline Development Authority (OLDA). At the time, the mission of OLDA was promoting a high speed maglev rail line that would run from Irvine to Palmdale.
Troy Edgar was named Vice Chairman of OLDA and quickly became one of the most active proponents of this high speed rail boondoggle.
He quickly started lobbying Orange County cities and agencies. He frivolously worked on getting the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) on to support the project. Before presenting to OCTA, he bragged about “his previous lobbying efforts toward the OCTA to prepare for this event.”
Fortunately for Orange County and California, OCTA turned Troy Edgar and his levitating high speed train down. No doubt, by saying no to Troy Edgar, OCTA saved taxpayers billions.
Here are just a few of the problems that OCTA found with Troy’s Train.
From OCTA July 26, 2007 Staff Report:
“OCTA has not committed right of way”
“Financial plan appears extremely optimistic”
“$18 average fare is assumed for 20-mile trip”
From OCTA CEO Arthur Leahy, August 9, 2007 Memo:
“The Orangeline financial plan appears extremely optimistic.”
“Investors expressed concern about the Orangeline’s ability to secure right-of-way for the project and to receive the necessary environmental approvals.”
“Only one of the Orangeline’s 14 member cities, Los Alamitos, is located in Orange County, and none of the seven the seven Orange County cities directly bordering the PE Railroad right-of-way has joined the Orangeline.” (OLDA Minutes May 9, 2007)
“In March 2007, the La Palma City Council adopted a resolution explicitly opposing the use of the PE Railroad right-of-way for any future transit project, including the Orangeline.”
Furthermore, in true Chicago Democrat style, Troy Edgar could not take no for an answer and wanted OCTA to bully Orange County cities that did not want this project going through their town.
La Palma city councilman, Ralph Rodriguez spoke in opposition to the project.
“The City of La Palma opposes this particular project since it would be disruptive to the residential properties that are adjacent to the subject right-of-way” (OCTA Transit Planning and Operations Committee Meeting May 10, 2007)
How did Troy Edgar react? He urged OCTA to ignore the city of La Palma.
“Troy Edgar, Councilman, City of Los Alamitos, stated this is an opportunity to provide clean technology and asked staff to keep the Orangeline project as an option and append the Long-Range Transportation Plan to include this project. (OCTA Transit Planning and Operations Committee Meeting May 10, 2007)
Not being able to take a hint and realize that he is lobbying for a tax dollar black hole that is not wanted by either the impacted cities or the taxpayers who would have to foot the bill, Troy Edgar decided it was a good idea travel to New York and lobby private investors for this project. He even brags about it in the OC Register.
“He will talk later this month to potential investors in New York”
I wonder just how much this trip cost. In fact, I would like to know how much all of Edgar’s lobbying efforts cost. He traveled all over the state on behalf of this project. In addition to his OLDA per meeting stipend of $100 (yes, he took a stipend for his OLDA meetings), how much did taxpayers have to pay for all of his travel?
Can we trust Troy Edgar to oppose High Speed Rail if we send him to Sacramento? I would have to say, absolutely not! If this entire saga makes one thing clear, it is that Troy Edgar cannot be trusted with taxpayer funds.
Posted in 72nd Assembly District, Los Alamitos, Uncategorized | Tagged: High Speed Rail, Troy Edgar | 5 Comments »
Proven Tax Fighter Long Pham Just What the Doctor Ordered for 72nd Assembly District Taxpayers
Posted by Newsletter Reprint on April 21, 2012
This came across the wire from the Long Pham for Assembly campaign:
Proven Tax Fighter Long Pham Just What the Doctor Ordered for 72nd Assembly District Taxpayers
This tax day Orange County voters have a candidate with a proven record of fighting for lower taxes
(Fountain Valley, CA) – 72nd Assembly District GOP contender Dr. Long Pham continues to stand out as the proven conservative in a field of candidates for this Orange County seat. With his calls for renewing California’s commitment to limiting government and fostering economic growth to reduce burdensome regulations and taxes, Pham doesn’t just talk about it, he’s actually Read the rest of this entry »
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