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Labor unions are supporting Santa Ana Council Member Vincent Sarmiento

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 28, 2012

CONTACT: Karia Salazar, PHONE: (714) 623-7185, EMAIL: salazar_karia@yahoo.com

Working Families Line Up in Support of Councilman Vincent Sarmiento for Re-election in Santa Ana City Council

Santa Ana, California – Councilman Vincent Sarmiento receives the backing of working families for his re-election to represent Santa Ana’s Ward -1.

“We are proud to endorse Councilman Sarmiento for re-election. Councilman Sarmiento has a proven record of delivering for working families in Santa Ana . We look forward to working with him to build a smart, transparent and vibrant city,” said Tefere Gebre, Executive Director of Orange County Labor Federation. Continue reading→

The Hatch Act ends Jose Moreno’s campaign for the 69th Assembly District

Posted on by Posted in 2012 Elections, Anaheim, Democratic Party, Elections, Jose Moreno, Labor, Politics, Republican Party, Santa Ana, Tom Daly 3 Comments

Jose Moreno’s campaign for the 69th Assembly District has ended – a result of a federal law, the Hatch Act, which prevents many employees of county governments from running for legislative seats – if federal funds are used by their departments. Moreno works for the Orange County Health Care Agency. As such his job was threatened – because union members and local liberal bloggers used the Hatch Act to attack him and to go after his job and his family’s well-being.

Moreno’s opponent, Orange County Clerk-Recorder Tom Daly, also appears to have a Hatch Act problem as his department takes federal money in order to fund their processing of U.S. passports. Daly is also embroiled in charges of sexual harassment.

Moreno will remain on the ballot and I will still be voting for him. Continue reading→

Mayor Miguel Pulido announces key endorsements for his re-election campaign

Posted on by Posted in 2012 Elections, Claudia Alvarez, Democratic Party, Elections, Frank Barbaro, Jose Hernandez, Jose Solorio, Labor, Miguel Pulido, Orange County, Politics 10 Comments

For Immediate Release: September 20, 2012
Contact: Lynn Norris, (714) 921-1181

Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido Announces Key Endorsements for his Re-Election Campaign

Mayor’s High Name Recognition, Plus Accomplishments & Key Endorsements will Lead Him to Victory

Santa Ana – Today Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido announced major endorsements in support of his re-election campaign this November. His new list of endorsements now includes: Continue reading→

Santa Ana painters dump their union!

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Workers for a Santa Ana painting company whose president’s San Clemente home was picketed last year, leading to a San Clemente ordinance limiting such demonstrations, have succeeded in dumping their union!

“The past year has seen a series of petitions and legal maneuvering. The home of GPS Painting & Wallcovering President Eliot Schneider was picketed repeatedly; in September, the San Clemente City Council adopted a disputed ordinance requiring that pickets targeting a residence stay at least 200 feet away.” according to the O.C. Register. Continue reading→

Santa Ana Police Officers Association endorses Alderete for Ward 3

Posted on by Posted in 2012 Elections, Eric Alderete, Labor, Politics, Public Safety, Santa Ana 7 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 10, 2012

CONTACT: Carlos Valenzuela, PHONE: (858) 220-2090, EMAIL: 714valenzuela@gmail.com

Santa Ana Police Officers Association Support Alderete with Powerful Endorsement

Santa Ana, California – Eric M. Alderete’s campaign for Santa Ana City Council (Ward 3) received another powerful endorsement. Alderete announced today that the Santa Ana Police Officers Association (SAPOA) endorsed his candidacy for Ward 3. The SAPOA joins other recent endorsements by the Orange County Labor Federation and the Democratic Party of Orange County. Continue reading→

The Orange County Labor Federation endorses Alderete for Ward 3

Posted on by Posted in 2012 Elections, Eric Alderete, Labor, Santa Ana 2 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 7, 2012

CONTACT: Carlos Valenzuela, PHONE: (858) 220-2090, EMAIL: 714valenzuela@gmail.com

The Orange County Labor Federation Believes Eric M. Alderete Is The Best Choice For Santa Ana City Council – Ward 3

Santa Ana, California – Eric M. Alderete’s campaign for Santa Ana City Council received a major vote of confidence from the Orange County Labor Federation with its recent endorsement of Alderete’s candidacy for the Santa Ana City Council – Ward 3.

The Orange County Labor Federation represents more than 200,000 working men and women and believes Alderete is the best and most capable candidate to honor working families. Continue reading→

69th A.D. candidate Tom Daly didn’t buy a candidate’s statement

Posted on by Posted in 2012 Elections, Anaheim, Jose Moreno, Labor, Santa Ana, Tom Daly 4 Comments

Tom Daly, the Orange County Clerk-Recorder who was accused late last week of committing sexual harassment in the workplace, didn’t buy a candidate’s statement for the November General Election. Obvioulsy Daly felt at the time that he had the victory in the bag. Now that appears to be in question.

Daly has been losing support among area Democratic leaders for the past month. The sexual harassment accusations will hurt him even more as many in his party were not happy that he won in the June primary to begin with. Continue reading→

O.C. Deputies paid more than SAPD police officers are

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Santa Ana’s police officers are not among the highest paid cops in Orange County, according to a new study commissioned by The Association of California Cities of Orange County.

The Orange County Sheriff’s Department, which provides service to a dozen cities as well as the unincorporated areas of the county, came in number two on a list ranking O.C.’s police departments — in order of total compensation, according to the O.C. Register.  The top base monthly salary for sheriff’s deputies was $7,308, with total comp of $13,968.

The top base monthly salary for Santa Ana’s cops is $7,039 per month and their total compensation comes to $12,348. Continue reading→

69th A.D. candidate Tom Daly rejected by the CA Labor Federation

Posted on by Posted in 2012 Elections, Anaheim, Democratic Party, Jose Moreno, Jose Solorio, Labor, Orange County, Politics, Santa Ana, Tom Daly 23 Comments

The hard hats aren’t with Tom Daly now!

The OC and CA Labor Federations held a meeting this week to meet the candidates for office here in Orange County.  As one might expect, Tom Daly, the Democratic nominee for the 69th Assembly District failed to show up but he asked for their endorsement anyway.  It turned out to be an epic fail for Daly.

Daly was completely rejected – and he should be. This two-faced hack says one thing to the Labor Federation then he goes over to the OC Taxpayers Association and says something else altogether. There is evidence, for example, that Daly has supported privatizing government jobs.  Well, the CA Labor Federation figured it out and gave him the boot.  Well, the CA Labor Federation figured it out and gave him the boot. Continue reading→

Tinajero running for Mayor, making Benavides an afterthought

Posted on by Posted in 2012 Elections, Carlos Bustamante, Civic Affairs, David Benavides, Democratic Party, Elections, Labor, Miguel Pulido, Politics, Sal Tinajero, Santa Ana 31 Comments

Popular Santa Ana Council Member Sal Tinajero pulled papers today to run for Mayor of Santa Ana.  Tinajero served on the SAUSD School Board before getting elected to the Santa Ana City Council in 2006, when he beat a candidate backed by Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido.  Tinajero won by just under a thousand votes against Jennifer Villasenor, according to Smart Voter.

Tinajero just missed being the top vote-getter when he won a seat on the SAUSD School Board in 2004.  He was the top vote-getter when he first won a school board seat in 2000. Continue reading→

O.C. Open Primary Election results updated and Perez is still losing

Posted on by Posted in 2012 Elections, Democratic Party, Jose Moreno, Julio Perez, Labor, Michele Martinez, Republican Party, Santa Ana, Tom Daly 9 Comments

The Orange County Voter Registrar updated the Open Primary Election results tonight at 5 pm and the bad news for liberal union hack Julio Perez is that he is still over 500 votes behind Republican Jose “Joe” Moreno, who spent almost no money on his campaign.  Perez spent thousands and also benefited from a multitude of independent expenditures spent on his behalf by unions.

It is becoming clear that Perez is going to lose as he is not making up any ground as the votes continue to be tallied.  This is no surprise to those of us who remember when the unions unloaded on behalf of former SAUSD Trustee Nativo Lopez, when he was facing a recall.  The union money failed then too as Lopez was indeed recalled. Continue reading→

Orange County liberals crashed and burned in primary election

Posted on by Posted in 2012 Elections, Democratic Party, Education, Eleazar Elizondo, Elections, Julio Perez, Labor, Michele Martinez, Orange County, Politics, Santa Ana 9 Comments

It was not a good night for Orange County’s liberals, who crashed and burned in California’s first Open Primary.

Labor spent hundreds of thousands on Julio Perez‘ campaign for the 69th Assembly District. The result? So far he is in third place – ahead of Santa Ana Council Member Michele Martinez, wjho had 3,316 votes, and wannabe candidate Francisco Barragan, who must have run so as to keep Perez out of last place. Perez has 3,554 votes. Tom Daly is leading that race with over 8,231 votes. A Republican who spent no money, Jose “Joe” Moreno, is in second place with 4,495 votes. Continue reading→

Orange County Labor owes all of Santa Ana an apology

Posted on by Posted in 2012 Elections, Democratic Party, Elections, Julio Perez, Labor, Michele Martinez, Miguel Pulido, Orange County, Politics, Santa Ana 18 Comments

It looks like Santa Ana Council Member Michele Martinez won’t be advancing in the race to replace Jose Solorio in the 69th Assembly District.  So far the top two in that race are Tom Daly, a Democrat, and Jose Moreno, a Republican.  Martinez is in fourth and the candidate that Orange County labor backed, Julio Perez, is in third. If you are not in the top two, it is game over!

Had labor backed Martinez she might well have made the top two.  Instead Democrats are now stuck with Daly, who has a distinctly anti-Latino record as the former Mayor of /Anaheim.  Moreno also is from Anaheim, which means that Santa Ana no longer has a horse in this race, thanks to labor and Perez, not to mention that other foolish Democrat, Francisco Barragan, who hardly got any votes at all.

I will be backing Moreno in November.  We have several months to let Daly have it.  He has a terrible record of wasting taxpayer resources, as the Orange County Clerk-Recorder.  We will be bringing all of that out for sure. Continue reading→

O.C. liberals set themselves up for failure when they got behind Julio Perez

Posted on by Posted in 2012 Elections, Democratic Party, Julio Perez, Labor, Michele Martinez, Politics, Santa Ana, Tom Daly 4 Comments

 

It is simply amazing how much mail the Julio Perez campaign and his friends in labor are sending out – daily.  I am receiving at least two pieces per day.  It reminds me of the recall of former SAUSD Trustee Nativo Lopez.  My mail box drowned in pro Lopez mail, because at the time my wife was working at Disney, at a union job.

Now I am the one in a union – a teacher’s union.  So this time I am being targeted by the unions.  And they are destined to fail again, as they did in the Lopez recall. Continue reading→

Public works contractor to be arraigned for embezzling wages & tax issues

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Orange County District Attorney Press Release, For Immediate Release: May 22, 2012

Contacts:
Susan Kang Schroeder, Chief of Staff, Office: 714-347-8408, Cell: 714-292-2718
Farrah Emami, Spokesperson, Office: 714-347-8405, Cell: 714-323-4486

MAN TO BE ARRAIGNED FOR EMBEZZLING OVER $350,000 IN EMPLOYEE WAGES FROM PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTS AND FILING FALSE TAX RETURNS TO HIDE THEFT
*This is the first prosecution in Orange County for fraud related to a public works contract

SANTA ANA – A man will be arraigned on an indictment tomorrow for embezzling over $350,000 in employee wages from public work contracts and filing false tax returns to hide his theft. This is the first prosecution of its kind in Orange County for fraud related to a public works contract. Reza Mohammedi, 57, Tustin, is charged with 15 felony counts of failing to file a return with the intent to evade tax, 15 felony counts of willful failure to pay tax, seven felony counts of taking and receiving a portion of a worker’s wage on public work, six felony counts of recording false and forged instruments, and three felony counts of filing false tax returns. He also faces sentencing enhancement allegations for loss exceeding $100,000 and property damage over $200,000 and a prior strike conviction for criminal threats in 1999. If convicted on all counts, he faces a maximum sentence of 48 years in state prison. The defendant is being held on $500,000 bail and must prove the money is from a legal and legitimate source before posting bond. Reza is scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow, May 23, 2012, at 9:00 a.m. in Department C-5, Central Justice Center, Santa Ana. Continue reading→