I have been told that a LOT of Republicans, some of whom would surprise me, are privately going to be voting for me tomorrow, because they think that Tony Rackauckas has just gone too far and the notion of his leaving office early to be replaced by Susan Kang Schroeder, so that she can run in 2018 as an incumbent, offends them. (After all, I’m going to have my hands full just trying to clean up the place, so I will have neither the time to push any sort of ideological agenda nor the inclination to pursue a partisan one. It’s “good government policies” all the way, folks! You’ll get use to it.)
Well, if enough people read what’s going on in the Anaheim Blog today, there will be even more Republicans voting for me than I expected. Here’s their story:
There was a strong turnout last Thursday at Lucille Kring’s mayor campaign fundraiser at Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse in the Resort area, out on the patio with the results of 20 years of bond-financed investment in the Resort in full view.
Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackackaus headlined Kring’s fundraiser. He talked about the great work being done to crack down on criminal gangs in Anaheim, praising the city’s police department as “one of the best” and originators of the GRIP (Gang Reduction and Intervention Program) program that is now used county-wide. He talked to the crowd about using gang injunctions, cracking down on the worst perpetrators, and working hand-in-hand with the Anaheim Police Department to do some very hard and needed work to protect neighborhoods and families.
“I don’t like to be negative,” Rackauckus told those in attendance, “But I’m sorry to say that in this effort we have gotten no help from the office of the Mayor.”
Those gang injunctions that Racky is bragging about? They were ILLEGAL. They were recently found to be UNCONSTITUTIONAL — because he pushed them too far. Where Anaheim’s GOP-endorsed Mayor wouldn’t support them, THAT WOULD BE WHY.
Does Racky not get that, or does he get it and just not care?
And recent improvements in the Anaheim Police Department — and I think that there have been some — have come from courageous pushback by mothers and other relatives of young men killed by police — who finally got the world’s attention and got the Department to back off a bit out of concern for the city’s reputation.
Anyway, Tony thanks for going after the far-more-popular-than-you Tom Tait! If I do defeat you tomorrow, this stupid and pointless gaffe of yours — trying to appeal to the very people whom your office ought to be investigating, such as Lyin’ Lucy Kring, rather than leaving the heavy lifting to groups like CATER, for which I work — will be the major reason why!
(So does anyone know if I have to list Racky’s participation in the Kring fundraiser on my campaign finance forms as an in-kind contribution?)
Did anyone have a chance to ask Tony if he agrees with Lucille that summary execution of suspects is a good thing because it “saves us the cost of a trial, always a good outcome?”
“Government Accountability Attorney” – what a CROCK!
So you’re saying that Rackauckas should have challenged my ballot designation, but failed to do so?
OK, fine. That would be one in a long line of his failures.
No – I think he figured there is no reason he should he give you any oxygen.
That you think that makes perfect sense. Lack of oxygen has apparently done wonders for your critical thinking ability.
I can tell when I win a debating point with you Diamond – that is the only time you sink to the level of a personal disparaging comment.
Says pot to fucking kettle.
Nah — it’s more that I have a hard time resisting a good joke.
Vern Nelson
Posted June 3, 2014 at 12:20 PM
“Says pot to fucking kettle.”
I am aware that I have thus sinned – I was just making an observation …..
Go forth and sin no more my son.
I deleted your comment with what you probably don’t even recognize is an offensive joke. The part where you say I’m going to get my “ass kicked” was not the problem.
You seem to be feeling too frisky today, so you have to sit in the penalty box for a while. Any appeal should be made to Vern. Go talk to Dan in the meantime.
I wonder (aloud) if maybe Tony’s gears aren’t starting to slip a little. Lucille Kring? Liar, opportunist, incompetent, flea-brained? That’s the Rackauckas formula for good leadership?
“That’s the Rackauckas formula for good leadership?”
Is that a trick question?
The question was purely rhetorical.
On reflection I think that the worst Raccoon was the prosecution of those Muslims at UCI. He took what should have been handled by UCI’s administration and criminalized rude, obstreperous behavior. I wonder if anybody ever tallied the cost of that little myopic exercise in self-indulgence.
No, I take that back. The worst Raccoon was the Kelly Thomas fiasco – from start to shameful finish.
“Racoon” ? How about “Rackauk-up” ?
Rackaca?