Might As Well Post ‘Em While We Still Got ‘Em: Real Orange/VOC on Pulido’s Property Swap

Pulido gives an award to Akoubian

Pulido gives an award to NAPA OC owner Rupen Jim Akoubian, with whom he had had profitable real estate dealings, and who coincidentally just got a huge and juicy solo source contract to supply auto parts.

A friend rattles our cage with the implicit suggestion that this deserves to be posted.  Yeah, I’d say so.

For coverage, go check out the story at the Voice of OC — which, unlike Real Orange, will still be around in 2014.

Regarding the continuing saga of Pulido’s financial dealings: I of course don’t speak for the Democratic Party of Orange County in mentioning them here — but I do note that DPOC endorsed David Benavides last year!  Just sayin’.


About Greg Diamond

Somewhat verbose attorney, semi-disabled and semi-retired, residing in northwest Brea. Occasionally ran for office against jerks who otherwise would have gonr unopposed. Got 45% of the vote against Bob Huff for State Senate in 2012; Josh Newman then won the seat in 2016. In 2014 became the first attorney to challenge OCDA Tony Rackauckas since 2002; Todd Spitzer then won that seat in 2018. Every time he's run against some rotten incumbent, the *next* person to challenge them wins! He's OK with that. Corrupt party hacks hate him. He's OK with that too. He does advise some local campaigns informally and (so far) without compensation. (If that last bit changes, he will declare the interest.) His daughter is a professional campaign treasurer. He doesn't usually know whom she and her firm represent. Whether they do so never influences his endorsements or coverage. (He does have his own strong opinions.) But when he does check campaign finance forms, he is often happily surprised to learn that good candidates he respects often DO hire her firm. (Maybe bad ones are scared off by his relationship with her, but they needn't be.)