That squirelly Jerbal – he bashes carpetbaggers but gives Linda Ackerman a free pass
It figures that a guy nicknamed “Jerbal” would be rather squirelly, but Red County blogger Matt “Jerbal” Cunningham is in a rodent class all his own.
Jerbal has slammed carpetbaggers for years. He went after Tom Umberg , Carol Rudat, and Harry Sidhu, like a rabid gopher, because they were carpetbaggers. But Jerbal won’t go after Linda Ackerman for carpetbagging in the race for the 72nd Assembly District, which does NOT include Irvine, where Ackerman lives.
Jerbal wrote that “Voters like their local government representatives to be local. Tom Umberg ran into that dynamic when the 3rd District resident ran for the 1st District in the 2006 special election. So did Carol Rudat when she registered to vote in Orange after a 25-year absence, and then spent $200,000 on a failed run for Orange City Council.”
And here’s a Jerbal quote from 2007:
“I’ve heard from Democratic partisans who support Tom Umberg for supervisor who are upset that I point out that Umberg seems to really live in his Villa Park villa rather than in his Santa Ana condo. What about Republicans who are carpet-baggers? they ask. One used Lynn Daucher as an example. Am I being a hypocrite? Absolutely not. Anyone who has read this blog or my columns knows that I hammered Lynn Daucher early and often. Some of my criticism was directed at her policies, but I repeatedly called her a carpet-bagger who was not right for the district.
It’s a pet peeve of mine when candidates refuse to actually live in the district they represent. Sen. Lou Correa had deep roots in the 34th Senate District, which, in and of itself, made him more credible than Daucher, who — as a mailer for Lou pointed out — seemed to be shopping for a district.”
That was then. Now Jerbal writes, “Linda Ackerman will get hit with carpet-bagging charges. Those, in my opinion, are less damaging because the higher the officer, the less voters seem to care about residency. Although Linda Ackerman moved out of Fullerton several years ago, she and Dick have deep roots in the city where her husband represented for years on the city council, and in the Assembly and state Senate. On the other hand, Fullerton is an old school north-central OC city much less accustomed to transient residency than the cities of South County. Properly played, the carpet-bagging charge could take a bite.”
But Jerbal isn’t biting. And today he deleted a Red County post by Allan Bartlett today that featured the Ackerman carpetbagger video you can still see here at the Orange Juice, at this link.
The cover-up is on at Red County.
Shame on Jerbal for being even more of a hypocrite than usual! He said Daucher was “shopping for a district.” Well Jerbal, what about Hackerman?
In related news, the lame Republicans in the State Senate are bending over for Hackerman the carpetbagger. How many of these buffoons endorsed Mike Duvall? Here is their press release:
September 24, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Matt Rexroad, 916-648-1222
Senate Republicans Endorse Ackerman for Assembly
“…an experienced leader who has proven her dedication to the community time and time again”- State Senator Bob Huff
FULLERTON— Independent businesswoman and Metropolitan Water Board Director Linda Ackerman has announced a growing list of endorsements from Republican State Senators in her campaign for the vacant 72nd Assembly District. The list, comprising a majority of the Senate Republican Caucus, includes:
Senate Republican Leader Dennis Hollingsworth
Senator Mark Wyland
Senator Mimi Walters
Senator Bob Huff
Senator Bob Dutton
Senator George Runner
Senator Sam Aanestad
Senator John Benoit
Senator Abel Maldonado
Senator Dave Cogdill
Senator Tony Strickland
Senator Roy Ashburn
Former Senate Republican Leader Jim Brulte
Former Senate Republican Leader Dick Ackerman
Former Senator Marian Bergeson
Former Senator Jim Battin
Former Senator Bob Margett
“Linda Ackerman is an experienced leader who has proven her dedication to the community time and time again,” said State Senator Bob Huff. “I am proud to support her campaign for State Assembly because I know she will be ready to lead on the issues our state faces on day one after being elected.”
“I am honored by the outpouring of support from so many current and former members of the California State Senate,” said Ackerman. “I look forward to working with these individuals on the complex issues our state faces in the State Assembly.”
As a Director on the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Linda Ackerman has been a leader on water issues for one of the largest and most complex water districts in the nation. A successful businesswoman, Linda also sits on the board of UCSB Inc., a successful receivable and management company.
Mr. Matt Cunningham is also blind to the current carpetbagger, Garden Grove City Councilman Andrew Do. He lives in Santa Ana, works for Supervisor Janet Nguyen and appoints Janet’s husband to Garden Grove Planning Commission. The carpetbagging, cronyism and nepotism is republican corruption in action to our deteriment.
Well at least she got her own husband to endorse her. That was touch and go.
Forget Shill-boy Cunningham,
Someone needs to track down each one of these endorsers and ask them if they think it’s right for people outside their communities to represent them.
I’d love to hear ashburns response when Kobe Bryant announces his canidacy in Bako!
Technically it was Chip that deleted my post, not Matt.
Independent? Businesswoman? Of what? Press release from Fullerton? Did they fax it up here for release?
This is flat out absurd. If Linda wanted to live in Fullerton there is nothing that stopped her from doing so for the last 8 years. She loves it so much she bailed and moved to Irvine. When Dick retired there was no mention of “we’re moving back to our favorite town” speach. I am disgusted with this.
Allan,
I am sure Jerbal didn’t mind.
How can you stand blogging for those red-faced morons?
David,
But Dick gets to control the remote control at home for the next year! It’s all Three’s Company reruns now!
“How can you stand blogging for those red-faced morons?”
Because we’re decent and sane, Art.
Which is more than can be said for you.
Matt,
Decent and sane? I don’t think so. When you outed the names of molestation victims that pretty much destroyed any decency you had left.
And sane? Attacking a plethora of carpetbaggers but giving Hackerman a free pass? That’s insane Jerbal!
I made the point a while back that you just have to discount anything said by a member of this “profession.” They are always selling something or someone. If you want you can try to find out if there’s anything really meaningful in something they write, but that’s kind of laborious. It’s like cleaning your cat’s litter box. You have to sift through all the sand to fish out a few nuggets – and not because you really want to examine them!
Matt Cunningham outed sex abuse victims.
Mr. Matt did not explain his reasons for supporting Linda. Why?
so what is the statute of limitations on throwing the outing of sex abuse victims Art? You made many homophobic statements in the past. So wouls be considered hate speech. Why is it only your apologies matter?
Apple,
Good question! At one time I was a hater, just like Jerbal. Today I am 100% for gay rights. But Jerbal? Still a hater!
What’s the story about “outing of sex abuse victims”?