Considering the dismal readership numbers garnered by the boys at “Blue County” I doubt that any of you have seen their response to this weeks biggest story in local politics, the public flogging of Janet Nguyen by her colleague John Moorlach. Being the team player that I am I took a few minutes to check out what they were writing about the issue and thus took one for the team. What I found was astounding.
FibOC publicly portrays itself as the Democratic Party voice of the blogosphere. Their slogan, “Challenging Orange County’s Right-Wing Noise Machine”, would have us believe that they take on Republican politicians and operatives and not cozy up to them and cover for them. “Fraudio” Gallegos post about the Janet/Moorlach feud clearly demonstrates that they are anything but the voice of Democrats in the blogosphere.
Rather than taking Republican pol Janet Nguyen to task for her bad behavior or Republican pol John Moorlach to task for airing dirty laundry in public “Fraudio” used this opportunity to attack a fellow Democrat, Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez. It was absolutely incredible to see that the only coverage of this story on the county’s “preeminent” Democratic blog was the reposting of a four year old story attacking a sitting Democratic official.
“Fraudio” and the others at “Blue County” like to portray themselves as pro-Democrat, pro-labor, pro-women and pro-Latino. However this silly attack on Mayor Pro Tem Alvarez exposes their true colors. Next to Councilman Sal Tinajero, Alvarez, a Latina Democratic, is perhaps labors strongest ally on the Santa Ana City Council.
Why attack her instead of Janet or Moorlach? I wonder what folks like the Teamsters Patrick Kelly think about DPOC operatives attacking a friend to labor like this? That’s right they don’t care about folks like Kelly, lets not forget that Chris Prevatt once attacked him as a “union thug”. Jubal and company should be proud.
The fact that FibOC has completely ignored the revelations about Janet Nguyen speaks volumes as to what their agenda is. The silence is deafening boys and plays right into the belief that you fellas are the ”Official Jannie Blog” of the local blogosphere. Dredging up four year old garbage to attack Claudia Alvarez while running interference for Janet Nguyen is quite pathetic even for the most pathetic blogger in local blogging history.
Thankfully Democrats have an alternative in the Orange County Progressive blog. You won’t find a bunch of shills for local Reeps masquerading as loyal Dems there. I would encourage you all to visit that blog when you want the honest scoop from a partisan Democratic perspective. Don’t be fooled by a fabricated slogan.
You rag on Claudio for some post, but you won’t even link to the post?
I have a responsibility to the Orange Juice readers and I don’t think that I would be very responsible if I posted a link to such horrific blogging. You see I am trying to protect you from garbage.
If you choose to venture into that cesspool on your own to read “Fraudio’s” horrid blog posts that is entirely up to you and that would absolve me of any liability.
#1,
They don’t link to us, why should we link to them?
Tsk Tsk Tsk. Doesn’t Fraudio know that Claudia is “THE MAYOR” of Santa Ana? I am guessing Chris Prevatt kisses Janet’s bum in order to keep his job at the County of Orange. But why does Fraudio do the same? Is he hoping to get a job at the County? Hell not even his BFF Count Chocula can get a job at the County. What a bunch of losers!
Fruitty,
For some reason Fraudio has visceral hatred for Mayor Pro Tem Alvarez. Maybe he is afraid of a “strong woman”. LOL!!!
I have even heard him go off rambling about Claudia keeping him from getting work. He blames Paul Lucas for calling immigration about his “undocumented” wife and Art and I are the boogeymen behind all of his other issues.
Perhaps he covers for Janet because like her he can never take personal responsibility for his shortcomings. He really needs to make to one of those 12 step programs that help you admit that you have a problem.
“calling immigration about his “undocumented” wife”
Can you really call ICE and get them to check out a guys wife? I don’t think it works that way does it?
Your readers need to walk a kilometro in Claudio’s hauraches by listening to this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn3JB51NH_M
How about all the “Clownia” Alvarez posts here on Orange Juice?
Just in case you don’t like the 1970′s Marty Robbins, here’s the 60′s version for your listening pleasure.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eChmlk44vO8&feature=related
#7,
Again with the spin. I, who is the author of this post, have never attacked Mayor Pro Tem Alvarez on this blog. So please take that up with those who were behind that on their posts.
This blog is not the “DPOC” voice of the blogosphere as the FibOC claims be. Authors on this blog come from all political persuasions so if there are posts critical of Dems so be it.
When a blog claims to be “Challenging Orange County’s Right-Wing Noise Machine” and instead rips a fellow Dem I for one am going to call “bullshit”.
“Can you really call ICE and get them to check out a guys wife?”
Marty,
I am with you on that. I doubt that ICE would spin their wheels because somebody calls them and says they suspect somebody is undocumented. However Fraudio has convinced himself that Paul Lucas did just that.
I guess instead of seeing pink elephants in his drunken stupors he hallucinates that Paul Lucas and Claudia Alvarez are out to get him.
PS- Love the Marty Robbins video.
Who knew that Fraudio’s troubles have been caused by his wife the Wicked Felina, Paul Lucas,and Claudia “the Mayor” Alvarez? So young and such a mental mess. Poor little Fraudio, he needs some professional help.
Can you please print a BIO on this Claudio guy? What’s his background? Where did he come from? Why is he so important?
#12,
Claudio grew up in Garden Grove. He went to grade school with Phil Bacerra.
Over time Claudio got involved with politics. He once worked for Janice Hahn, after she was elected to the LA City Council.
Claudio later worked for Planned Parenthood of OC. He told me that when he applied they thought he was a “Claudia.” They realized he was a guy when he interviewed, and then stuck with him.
Claudio has a wife and two kids. They live in Santa Ana.
Today he works as a law clerk.
He once was on the DPOC Central Committee. He is close to Assemblyman Jose Solorio. Ironically, he worked on the campaign of Armando Libertad, against Solorio. But there were rumors that he was a double agent. He certainly has been close to Solorio ever since.
I invited Claudio to blog for me, some years ago. He did. Eventually his friend Jordan Brandman convinced him that blogging for the Orange Juice was a bad idea, so Claudio quit.
Claudio later started his own blog, the Sunny D. He folded his first blog, when he came here to the OJ. Sunny D died too, but Dan C., of the Liberal OC, eventually bought out Sunny D, in August of this year.
The Liberal OC blog’s visits have crashed since they acquired Sunny D.
That’s about it…
… All of which begs the question, why do we spend so much time over here attacking him and his pals? Not that interesting to most of us. Just sayin’… (please don’t answer)
“Why do we spend so much time over here attacking him and his pals?”
Vern, you play fantastic honky tonk but your question begs the answer: It is a classical Mexican novella stile love/hate triangle. Pedroza – Mill – Gallegos.
It sells advertising.
Now, go back to your tonk.
Anon Dont answer 833pm
You couldnt be more off base. Claudio Gallegos suffered a severe series of setbacks due to his alcoholism whichg led to him lashing out at me, claudia alvarez and Pat Kelly.
Claudio believed that because I am friends with Kelly that I had some role in him losing a job at the UHW, and not being able to maintain a steady job.
I was unaware of any conflicts between him and pat kelly but claudio thought Pat Kelly and I were responsible for his employment woes. I found out recently hat he was also blaming Claudia gallegos for his employment woes. The fact is his alcoholism led to his problems.
Additionally, Claudio was calling me non-stop and leaving ranting voice messages crying shouting and running the whole spectrum of emotional crisis on my answering machine. His favorite one after he could no longer sell the story that I was having him blacklisted from employment in OC (Had no I dea I was so powerful) was that I was in cahoots with Dana Rohrabacher to have his wife denied entry back into the united states after she went to see some family in Mexico.
Im more inclined to believe that his wife didnt want to come back so soon to him if he was ahving such severe drinking problems. But instead he wants to blame me by saying I called the immigration department on her. (again didnt know I was so powerful).
So anon please dont answer, what sean and I are doing is exposing Claudio and his crew for who and what they are. Jannies working inside the DPOC. We need to have that element extracted from our county party.
While I understand that Vern and other Progressives would like to see these blogs full of liberal group hugs, that’s not good for our movement or truth seeking. It seems that Claudio is dealing with some serious issues in his personal life and through this process of honest dialog he may seek the help he needs. Thank you O.J. for again telling it like it is.
There are no “Do” vehicles at Garden Grove councilman Andrew Do’s Garden Grove house.(the one he took over ownership of 5 days after being caught still living in Santa Ana) I would bet good money there are some Do’s sleeping in Santa Ana tonight. Maybe even a Pham. Must be nice to have so much “dough” to be able to buy an additional house when political standing demands it.
Hey, at least DanC sticks to his guns when it comes to defending Larry Agran.
Just read the 19 previous posts. Some guy named Claude is an alcoholic, political wanna be, married an undoc. woman and sent her off to Mexico and laments she is having trouble getting back, and he can’t seem to hold a job or succeed in his own blogging enterprise. Sounds like he is a perpetual victim of his own bad decisions. Thought I was on the O Juice blog, but guess I hit the Jerry Springer show instead.