For the past several weeks there has been an organized and concerted effort to attack and undermine the candidacy of the sole Democrat running for the First District Supervisorial seat. The smear campaign leveled at Hoa Van Tran and those…
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Hoa Clock Ticking
by Chris Prevatt • • 87 Comments
 Tick, tock, tick, tock; the accountability clock is ticking. Word on the street is there are some members of the Democratic Party of Orange County who will ask the Party Central Committee to reconsider its endorsement last month of Hoa…
Hoa Van Tran UPDATE: Grindle files complaint with AG
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I found the following in the comments to the Total Buzz post about our investigation of Hoa Van Tran’s campaign disclosure reports and Matt Cunningham’s complaint to the DA. Here is the Total Buzz story. (OCRegister Photo) shirley grindle Says: May 10th,…
Blog Investigations Lead to Formal Complaint Against Hoa Van Tran
by Chris Prevatt • • 2 Comments
I reported earlier today about my investigation of campaign finance reporting problems with the Hoa Van Tran for Supervisor Campaign. Both TheLiberalOC.com and Red County/OC Blog have been running a countdown since Red County first raised the issue of possible…
Why’s it so hard for Hoa Van Tran to report expenses?
by Chris Prevatt • • 7 Comments
For the last couple of weeks Red County/OC Blog and The LiberalOC.com have been calling on Orange County First District Supervisor candidate Hoa Van Tran to file amendments to the campaign finance returns he filed for the period ending March…
Hoa Van Tran – Desperately Implying Endorsements
by Chris Prevatt • • 29 Comments
Hoa Van Tran’s first mail piece hit the First Supes District on Thursday. The mailer touted his commitment to serving the people of the first district and his “no-nonsense leadership for Central Orange County.â€Â There are several pictures on the mailer,…
Street Swept Under The Rug. AGAIN!
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The Orange County Register’s Peggy Lowe reports today that Treasurer Chriss Street has been cleared in a contract probe by County CEO Tom Mauk, but several county workers are disciplined after purchasing process violations. Go Figure. The executives at the top…
