About two weeks ago, select Irvine voters got a telephone poll with questions about the direction the city was headed and questions about the city council candidates. The poll was done by some out of town outfit that mispronounced the name of the city and the names of various candidates, and is believed to have been paid…
Garden Grove, Calif. – The Democratic Foundation of Orange County has endorsed Kim Nguyen for Garden Grove City Council, District 6. The Democratic Foundation of Orange County’s mission is to elect Democrats locally throughout Orange County. Founded in 1983, the DFOC is comprised of a broad coalition of professional, business, labor, environmental, civil rights and…
Off the press from the Sanches for US Senate campaign: This week, the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) released a statewide poll surveying the U.S. Senate race and found that support for Attorney General Kamala Harris has decreased and that support for Loretta Sanchez has increased since their last poll in July 2016. The…
You can’t drive down a street in Irvine without seeing a clutter of candidate signs for the coming November election. Signs for City Council, Mayor, and State Assembly are everywhere — including these two posted above that are anti-Don Wagner and anti-Mary Ann Gaido. There are no committee IDs on these signs so if you’re…
From the Correra for Congress campaign: Atrocious Living Conditions, Mental and Sexual Abuse, and Wrongful Deaths Associated with the GEO Group Santa Ana, CA – Following newspaper reports by the Orange County Register, former State Senator Lou Correa slams Congressional candidate Bao Nguyen for inviting disgraced jail operator GEO Group into Garden Grove. On June 23…
Garden Grove, Calif. – The Los Angeles/Orange Counties Building and Construction Trades Council have endorsed Kim Nguyen for Garden Grove City Council, District 6. This organization represents 48 local unions and district councils in 14 Trades. Membership in these unions totals more than 140,000 skilled men and women. The Los Angeles/Orange Counties Building and…
Fullerton, CA – A half-dozen State Senators announced their endorsements of Josh Newman’s campaign to represent California’s 29th Senate District. The list of upper-house legislators includes Senators Jim Beall, Ed Hernandez, Ricardo Lara, Connie Leyva, Tony Mendoza, and Bob Wieckowski. In announcing their endorsements, Senator Ed Hernandez, whose district borders the seat Newman is seeking,…
After 111 years, the Register will move its headquarters and editorial offices to Anaheim, just south of Angels Stadium off the 57 freeway. The paper will continue to be published in Santa Ana but will eventually be printed at the chain’s press based in Riverside County. Here’s some details from the Register itself: “The Register’s…
There was no election for DPOC Central Committee members in AD-72 last June; six seats open and only six candidates running, so one of those elected/appointed was Vong Nguyen, who is also a candidate for a seat on the Coast Community College Board. Last week, citing poor support from Democrats for his race, Nguyen re-registered…
We reported in August that Starpointe Ventures in Irvine, a “consulting firm” in Irvine that in recent years seemed to benefit the Republicans in Irvine and OC, had contributed $50,000 to the state Democratic Party; we were curious with what they thought they’d be buying. Now comes word that Starpointe has hedged their bets and…
