Team Solorio with Key Supporters
The Jose Solorio campaign for the 34th State Senate District is hosting “Solorio Super Saturday,” their Fall Campaign Kick-Off, on Saturday, Sept. 6, 2014, from 9 am to 2 pm, at their Campaign Office, located at 1325 W. Warner Ave., in Santa Ana.
The Fall campaign kick-off will include breakfast snacks, lunch from Maggiano’s, precinct walks, phone banking, lawn sign pick up and deliveries, and DJ music. Continue reading
The Orange County Labor Federation’s granted their COPE (Committee on Political Education) General Election endorsements to the three incumbents running for the Santa Ana City Council – Michele Martinez (Ward 2), David Benavides (Ward 4) and Sal Tinajero (Ward 6) but they also endorsed Ward 2 challenger Mirna Velasquez.
All of these incumbent candidates are Democrats and OC Labor tends to stick to the blue party. But Velasquez, the last time I heard, is a Decline to State voter. That she received a co-endorsement is pretty astounding and a good sign that she is indeed an electable City Council candidate.
Mirna’s bio: Continue reading
For Immediate Release: July 31, 2014
For More Information Contact: Maria Unzueta – mobile: (657) 464-4742
JOSE SOLORIO FOR STATE SENATE CAMPAIGN STARTS GENERAL ELECTION WITH OVER $625,000 CASH-ON-HAND
Campaign Raises Additional $300,000 During Recent Primary Campaign
SANTA ANA – The Solorio for State Senate Campaign announced today that after raising more than $300,000 during the recent June Primary time period, it will report a total of $625,211.34 cash-on-hand on its semi-annual campaign finance report which is due on July 31. Former State Assemblyman Jose Solorio is running to replace outgoing State Senator Lou Correa in the 34th State Senate District.
“Our campaign’s momentum has grown dramatically over the last few months and I am very humbled to have a large and very diverse group of donors from business, labor, Democrats, and Republicans,” said Solorio, who presently serves as a President of the Rancho Santiago Community College District Board of Trustees. “The response to our fundraising effort has been incredible and we are fully on track to fund our aggressive campaign plan in its entirety for this fall.” Continue reading
Kinde Durkee
Prominent California politicians swindled of $8 million by Democratic campaign treasurer Kinde Durkee will get back about half that money under a settlement reached this week with Durkee’s bank, according to the O.C. Register.
Politicians who will get some of the $4 million dollar settlement from First California Bank include United States Senator Dianne Feinstein, Reps. Loretta Sanchez, Linda Sanchez and Susan Davis, as well as state Sen. Lou Correa. Continue reading
Governor Jerry Brown
7-16-2014
GOVERNOR BROWN APPOINTS TWO TO ORANGE COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT
SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the appointment of Thomas A. Delaney and Nancy E. Zeltzer to judgeships in the Orange County Superior Court.
Delaney, 47, of Santa Ana, has been a partner at Sedgwick LLP since 2002. He was an associate attorney at Sedgwick Detert Moran and Arnold LLP from 1995 to 2001 and at Bodkin McCarthy Sargent and Smith from 1992 to 1995. Delaney is founder and chair of the Sedgwick LLP Hispanic Lawyers Forum. He earned a Juris Doctor degree from Loyola Law School Los Angeles and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Loyola Marymount University. Delaney fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge B. Tam Nomoto Schumann. Delaney is a Democrat. Continue reading
The Orange County Young Democrats are hosting their monthly mixer on July 9, 2014, at 7 pm, at Bistro 400, in Downtown Santa Ana. The meeting will feature guest speaker Tom Dominguez, the President of the Association of OC Deputy Sheriffs, who are in the process of getting a raise from the Orange County Board of Supervisors. Perhaps Dominguez will be buying everyone drinks?
The proposed two-year labor deal from county supervisors includes a pay hike and improved health coverage to partly cover the requirement that deputies pay all of their employee pension payments in year 2 of the deal, according to the OC Register. Continue reading
It turns out that both Democrats and Republicans are screwing us by siding with the big cable and phone operators who are overcharging us for Internet use and are conspiring to slow down services, such as Netflix, unless they fork over more money. And of course the issue here is campaign contributions from this industry to Congressional representatives including Loretta Sanchez and John Boehner.
Here are the gory details courtesy of the Los Angeles Times:
Party doesn’t govern lawmakers’ stance on net neutrality — money does
By: Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times
It’s tempting to think of the network neutrality battle as one fought in Washington along party lines — after all, that’s true of almost everything in the capital.
But recent research by the campaign finance analysts at MapLight show that the reality is rather more complicated. And for advocates of the open Internet, it’s discouraging. It turns out that the views of members of Congress on net neutrality may be dependent less on party alignments than on money. Specifically, contributions from the cable industry. Continue reading
Lake Forest couple Sherry Walker and Adam Nick
Who in the world are Sherry Walker and Adam Nick? They are Orange County political candidates with minute social media profiles. Nick was elected to the Lake Forest City Council in 2012. He is pictured with his wife Sherry on his Facebook page. But Sherry is running for the 69th Assembly District, which includes parts of Santa Ana and Anaheim, while Nick is running for the 46th Congressional District, which includes the same areas. These are carpetbaggers – the question is who are they and what are the up to?
My sources tell me that Walker and Nick are reportedly Iranians who changed their names. Nick owns a gas station and actually sued his own city in a fit because the city granted an alcohol license to a 7-11 but Nick wanted to monopolize alcohol sales in his area. What sort of Councilman sues his own city – forcing taxpayers to waste money in the legal defense process? Continue reading
Celebrate an Early Cinco de Mayo with State Senate Candidate Jose Solorio and his Democratic Party supporters today at noon.
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WHEN: Friday, May 2, 2014, from 12:00 pm — 1:30 pm Continue reading
The Democratic Leaders of Southern California is hosting a fundraiser for Democratic candidate for OC Auditor-Controller Mike Dalati on May 1st, 2014 from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm at the Knowlwood Restaurant, located at 2107 East 17th St., in Santa Ana.
Tickets are being sold for $50. Call 714-561-5520 or click here to message on Facebook. Continue reading
Tom Daly and Francisco Barragan
When SAUSD School Board Member Cecilia Iglesias ran for Congress back in 2010, she gathered over 10,000 signatures so that she could qualify for the ballot as an independent candidate. While she did not prevail in the election she showed us all that she was a viable candidate in Santa Ana, in a race that featured the powerhouse that is Democratic U.S. Representative Loretta Sanchez and a former State Assemblyman, Van Tran, who was at the time still a dominant player in central Orange County.
Iglesias confirmed this when she ran for the SAUSD School Board in 2012, this time as Republican. While at the time I was unsure that she would do well in our city as a member of the GOP, she proved me wrong by becoming the top vote-getter in that election – she garnered more votes than two incumbents, Rob Richardson and Jose Alfredo Hernandez. That surely was a wake-up call for them as well.
Now Iglesias is challenging a Democrat, Tom Daly, who was elected to the 69th Assembly District in 2012 when three Latino Democrats split the Hispanic vote in that year’s Open Primary. Those candidates included Santa Ana Councilwoman Michele Martinez; labor organizer Julio Perez and an accountant named Francisco Barragan. While Martinez is still in power and Perez recently got appointed to a top labor post, Barragan has resorted to stalking candidates he doesn’t like, on their Facebook pages. Continue reading
We will know by Monday who it is that signed Sherry Walker’s nomination papers to put her on the ballot for the 69th Assembly District. A friend of mine is going to retrieve the nomination signatures from the Orange County Registrar of Voters.
Walker, an unknown Republican, came out of nowhere to challenge for the seat that is currently held by Tom Daly, a career politician, and Democrat, who has previously serves as the Mayor of Anaheim and the O.C. Clerk-Recorder. Wherever he has gone he as reveled in political favors, nepotism and the wanton waste of taxpayer money. Continue reading
For Immediate Release: January 17, 2014
For More Information Contact: Maricela Taylor – mobile: (714) 794-8431
STATE SENATE PRO TEM DARRELL STEINBERG & SUCCESSOR SENATOR KEVIN DE LEON ENDORSE JOSE SOLORIO FOR STATE SENATE AND SAY THE 34TH DISTRICT RACE IS A “TOP CANDIDATE PRIORITY”
Sacramento, CA – State Senate Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg has endorsed Community College Trustee, and former State Assemblyman, Jose Solorio in his campaign bid for the open 34th State Senate district seat in Orange County and Long Beach. Steinberg plans to make the race a Senate Democratic Caucus top candidate priority for this 2014 election cycle. Continue reading
Bill Lockyer, an evergreen of California politics, is retiring next year after 41 years in public office, and he’ll be chief honoree at the Democratic Foundation of Orange County’s annual awards dinner on Nov. 17, according to the O.C. Register.
The Register also reported something far more important than Lockyer’s retirement – he has apparently reoncicled with his wife, former SAUSD School Board Member Nadia Maria Davis. That is big news given the awful times she has had since she became an alcoholic, got elected to the Alameda County Board of Supervisors, went to rehab, had an affair with a meth addict, Steve Chikhani, a San Jose construction worker, and ultimately became a meth addict herself.
Dan Noyes, the Chief Investigative Reporter at ABC7, sat down with Nadia for two stunning interviews that turned into two articles. Click here to read his first article and here to read the second one. Here are a few excerpts from the first article: Continue reading
Two lame Huntington Beach Councilmembers, Connie Boardman and Joe Shaw (both Democrats) have sued to stop a beach party that is sponsored by the State of California – and will be held at the Huntington Beach State Beach on September 14, 2013. The lawsuit has no merit as the beach belongs to the state, and by extension to us. If you have nothing better to do on the 14th I encourage you to go have fun at this party and stick it to the H.B. Council party poopers, who sued the event promoter even though the event will be safe, with plenty of state police and security guards, and proceeds will benefit a charity for sick children. It is pretty obvious that Shaw and Boardman just want to keep minorities out of Huntington Beach.
Here are the details about Wet Electric: The original creators of the waterpark music festival and pool party are returning to Southern California with the ultimate daytime music festival. This years Wet Electric is an extra special one as we will be hosting our event right on the beautiful sandy beaches of Huntington State Beach. This will be the biggest and most memorable 21+ event of the summer! Continue reading