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

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Art Pedroza 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 June 6, 2012 by Editor 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 June 5, 2012 by Art Pedroza 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 May 24, 2012 by Art Pedroza 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→

Special interests spend over $475K to help Daly and Perez in the 69th A.D.

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Editor Posted in 2012 Elections, Democratic Party, Julio Perez, Labor, Michele Martinez, Politics, Santa Ana, Tom Daly Leave a comment

Special interestes have now poured over $350,000 in Independent Expenditures into the race for the 69th Assembly District, on behalf of O.C. Clerk-Recorder Tom Daly. Click here to see for yourself.

Special interests have also poured over $120,000 in Independent Expencitures into the race on behalf of liberal union hack Julio Perez.

Yet bloggers at the Liberal OC, the Voice of OC and the Orange Juice blog, as well as the OC Political Blog (not to be confused with the blog you’re reading) have humored themselves by attacking the leading Hispanic candidate for the heavily Latino 69th A.D., Michele Martinez, because of a $250 contribution that she received. Amazing. Continue reading→

The Voice of OC’s latest attack on Martinez goes beyond bad journalism

Posted on May 6, 2012 by Art Pedroza Posted in 2012 Elections, Labor, Michele Martinez, Orange County, Politics, Santa Ana 3 Comments

I paid for the Voice of the OCEA!

When the Voice of OC started reporting on Orange County politics we all hoped they were serious about their mission. However they were funded by the Orange County Employees Association, a union, and now it is more obvious than ever that they are less about reporting objectively and more about doing what their union masters bid them to do. Case in point – their latest attack by Voice of OC reporter Adam Elmahrek on Santa Ana Council Member Michele Martinez, the leading Hispanic candidate for the 69th Assembly District. Elmahrek reported that “The Santa Ana City Council is scheduled to vote May 7 on striking down one of the strictest campaign finance laws in Orange County, apparently to help Councilwoman Michele Martinez in her race for the state Assembly.” How is that reporting? The last part of that sentence is clearly his opinion, masquerading as journalism! Continue reading→

Julio Perez supporter caught tearing down Michele Martinez’ signs

Posted on April 29, 2012 by Art Pedroza Posted in 2012 Elections, Democratic Party, Elections, Julio Perez, Labor, Latinos, Michele Martinez, Politics, Santa Ana 1 Comment

One of Santa Ana Council Member Michele Martinez’ supporters caught a Julio Perez supporter tearing down her campaign signs in Santa Ana today. Martinez and Perez are both running for the 69th Assembly District. The Perez supporter did not speak English, but when the Martinez supporter then queried him in Spanish, he ran off, as you can see in the video above.

The Martinez sign was on a private property which means that the Perez supporter was trespassing. He left his fingerprints behind on the sign he had torn down and ripped up. The sign has been turned over to the Santa Ana Police Department. Continue reading→

Martinez was on TV with Tran, but Arellano does TV with Republicans too

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Art Pedroza Posted in Democratic Party, Elections, Gustavo Arellano, Julio Perez, Michele Martinez, Politics, Republican Party, Santa Ana, Tom Daly, Van Tran, Vietnamese Leave a comment

You have to love Gustavo Arellano’s hyperbole. He reported this week that “I about spit out my Maker’s this evening when word came to me that SanTana councilwoman and 69th Assembly District hopeful Michele Martinez appeared on a Vietnamese-language channel here in Little Saigon, getting softball questions tossed at her by none other than former State Assembly member Van Thai Tran. Tran, the man who has long trashed Mexicans and tried to pit Vietnamese and Mexican voters against each other in a strategy only neo-Nazis and the Republican Party could love. Tran, the sworn enemy of Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez.”

Since when is Gustavo a Sanchez acolyte? She is the biggest phony ever. She was a Republican for most of her life before she switched to the Democratic Party, only after she got blown out in a race for the Anaheim City Council. Sanchez not only switched parties, she also dropped her married name, which at the time was “Brixey,” and rediscovered her Latina surname, “Sanchez.” Continue reading→

New 69th A.D. poll shows Martinez, Daly and Moreno on top

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Art Pedroza Posted in 2012 Elections, Democratic Party, Elections, Jose Moreno, Julio Perez, Labor, Michele Martinez, Politics, Republican Party, Santa Ana, Tom Daly 4 Comments

A new poll of voters in the 69th Assembly District might be the reason that Orange County Labor and the OC GOP machine are trying to squeeze Republican candidate Jose Moreno out of the 69th A.D. primary.

According to the survey memo, “Democrats Tom Daly and Michele Martinez and Republican Moreno lead the pack. Martinez leads all candidates among Latinos and leads Julio Perez, by 16 points. She also leads all candidates in Santa Ana – home to 60% of likely voters. Martinez is also likely to benefit disproportionately from the fact that Democratic women are among the most undecided subgroups in the district initially. And when voters were read profiles of the three major Democrats and a shorter profile of Republican Moreno, Martinez moved into the lead.” Continue reading→

Why is the OC GOP joining with OC Labor in attacking a Republican candidate?

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Art Pedroza Posted in 2012 Elections, Julio Perez, Labor, Latinos, Republican Party, Santa Ana, Tom Daly Leave a comment

Chris Nguyen, a Republican blogger at the OC Political blog (a blog that promotes the OC GOP machine, not to be confused with the blog you are currently reading) who is also a staffer at Assemblyman Chris Norby’s office, launched a direct attack today on Jose Moreno (pictured above), the only Republican candidate for the 69th Assembly District.

Nguyen accused Moreno of violating the Hatch Act, which prevents most federal employees from running for partisan offices. However, Moreno works for the County of Orange. Nguyen tried to make the case that Moreno’s agency is funded by the federal government, but Moreno’s agency also receives funding from the State of California, and from local sources as well. Continue reading→

If liberal 69th A.D. candidate Julio Perez is gay, does it really matter?

Posted on April 7, 2012 by Art Pedroza Posted in 2012 Elections, Democratic Party, Elections, Julio Perez, Labor, LGBT, Orange County, Politics, Santa Ana 8 Comments

Apparently one of my readers insinuated that liberal Democrat Julio Perez, who is running for the 69th Assembly District (in last place according to a recent poll) is gay.

I tried to find the comment but could not. However it appears to have set off Orange Juice bloggers Greg Diamond and Vern Nelson. Diamond in fact immediately began to threaten me and he said that he would use the courts to force me to give up the IP address of the commenter who apparently insinuated that Perez is gay. Continue reading→

Is Julio Perez breaking campaign laws regarding contributions from the SEIU?

Posted on March 24, 2012 by Art Pedroza Posted in 2012 Elections, Democratic Party, Elections, Julio Perez, Labor, Politics, Santa Ana 2 Comments

Liberal Democrat Julio Perez has already accepted the maximum campaign contributions from the SEIU (the Service Employees Union), for his 69th Assembly District campaign. And he touted their endorsement on his website. But the SEIU also appear to be allowing him to use their office space for his campaign office. That is called an in-kind contribution. Perez appears to be violating campaign finance laws by accepting the maximum cash contributions from the SEIU and free rent. That free rent could be worth thousands of dollars.

Click here to see the SEIU’s address in Santa Ana, on their website. You will find that it is 1651 E. 4th St. Santa Ana, CA. Continue reading→

Update: Julio Perez fails to prove that he is not a carpetbagger

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Art Pedroza Posted in 2012 Elections, Anaheim, Democratic Party, Elections, Julio Perez, Labor, Michele Martinez, Santa Ana 71 Comments

UPDATE: Perez was interviewed at his alleged home by O.C. Register reporter Andrew Galvin, who reported that Perez magically knew what sort of toothpaste was in his restroom and what sort of soda was in his refrigerator. Perez however did NOT provide any solid evidence that he has been living at the home in question – no driver’s license and no utility bills. His residence remains in doubt. Click here to read Galvin’s article.

Remember when Democrat Phu Nguyen ran for the 68th Assembly District, in 2010, and there was a scandal as to whether or not he was a carpetbagger? That may have ultimately cost him that election. Now he is running around promoting his fellow liberal, Julio Perez, who is running for the 69th Assembly District. And guess what? It looks like Perez might be an even bigger carpetbagger! Continue reading→

With Republican candidate out, the 69th A.D. is down to Martinez and Daly

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Art Pedroza Posted in 2012 Elections, Anaheim, Democratic Party, Elections, Jose Solorio, Julio Perez, Michele Martinez, Politics, Republican Party, Robert Hammond, Santa Ana 1 Comment

Republican Robert Hammond, a resident of Santa Ana, has withdrawn from the race for the 69th Assembly District, according to the OC Political blog. There are now four Democrats vying in the open primary, but only two of them have a shot at winning in June.

Santa Ana Couincil Member Michele Martinez has 13% of the vote, according to a poll conducted by the other leading Democratic candidate, Tom Daly, who currently is the O.C. Clerk-Recorder. Daly has a quarter of the vote, according to his poll. Continue reading→

Out of district white liberals losing it over Daly’s 69th A.D. poll

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Art Pedroza Posted in 2012 Elections, Anaheim, Democratic Party, Elections, Julio Perez, Michele Martinez, Politics, Santa Ana, Tom Daly 3 Comments

Ultra-liberal O.J. blogger Greg Diamond has publicly questioned the results of a poll recently conducted by Tom Daly’s campaign for the 69th Assembly District, in an Orange Juice blog post, and in comments he left over at the OC Political blog. Diamond was irked by the poll as it revealed that Diamond’s pick in that race, union hack Julio Perez, is the least popular of the five candidates who are running.

But now we have gotten a hold of the Daly poll press release. And guess what? Daly used a reputable pollster, David Binder Research, who has worked for some of the most liberal Democrats in California and elsewhere, including: Continue reading→