“I admit that this isn’t exactly the best seat,” said Mayor Pulido, “but the service here is absolutely terrific!”
The Democratic Foundation of Orange County (DFOC), among whose members I count some friends, is the private organization set up for “Business Democrats” and other large donors to sponsor speakers in more intimate settings than might otherwise be available and to endorse Democratic candidates. (Without applying for the honor, for example, I became one of their endorsed candidates in 2012. This year, not so much.) This year, while the Democratic Party of Orange County (DPOC) membership itself heavily favored Roman Reyna for Santa Ana Mayor, although not enough so to gain the supermajority needed for an endorsement, the DFOC did endorse in that race.
I was reminded today that, at the DFOC’s Annual Dinner on November 16, 2014, Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido was one of three awardees, receiving the “Excellence in Service Award.” (It’s actually named after a person, but that person is deceased and does not warrant being made sport of on this account.)
“Excellence in Service.” Your thoughts — and expansion on what a longer explanation for the award might be? Best reaction wins. Ready, go!
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.)
Sam Allevato.
Dear Lord, where to begin. I’ll get a proper post up later….
(I assume this is a bi-Partisan honor).
Janet Nguyen got GOP Local Elected of the Year. No other political fake-award obscenity can touch that.
“Excellence in service” … well, I don’t know who the other two awardees were, but judging from the choice of Pulido could that be code for “handiness in converting public service into personal wealth?”
Could be worse,…it’s NOT the Lincoln Club!
*First off, Tony always looks good. You run into him at a donut shop and he looks good. He is always open to chat it up and offers a quick smile. Janet…..you can’t argue with winners. They win and well, then you have to vett their performance from there. Notice how Carlos Boozer is unattractive….because he complains and Jeremy Lin….is just fine because he knows when to “Dummy Up”? Miguel is a smart guy. He answers e-mails from out of towners and he always keeps his “Gentleman’s Hat” securely on his head. He leaves early and always has something in-between to say. He votes for what he has to vote for and says nothing about Fire Rings, Veteran Cemetaries or Toll Road Lanes. How about Lisa Bartlett? She may be the next darling of “The OC”. Everyone seems to really like her. Michelle Steel will have her feet to the fire…..because she is married to Shawn, probably? We welcome our Newport Beach
City Council tonight. The item of discussion tonight? How to dress the cement bunnies!
*We did forget that Miguel seldom mentions anything about the Homeless situation around the County Buildings and we also forgot to mention that the New OC Board of Superivisors may have to deal with the Homeless problem, here in the OC – in the short term, even if it has to take the help of the State of California.
I think you forgot a LOT of things that Pulido and T-Rack and Janet have done, many of which you could have read in this blog over the years. *Sigh* to be so simple and sentimental.
*Hey Chariman Vern,
This is the Christmas Season….try to be more forgiving. Lord know those
without sin can cast the first stone…..but then not everyone is perfect. We love Lucille too…..
Anyway, Pat Bates and Janet are now on to the next thing. We like that. Maybe they will keep us in the loop and keep trying to do good…whether they do or not.
We just put our new City Council into place last night. Thank goodness….now another night at the opera can begin. We will keep you
informed. Meanwhile, where is Consent Degree for Fullerton? No change yet? Hmmn. NB may not have that many problems after all. Sentimental, simple and Naive….we stay…. Happy Holidays
“…and keep trying to do good”
Thank you for the most blissfully unaware statement of decade. Name just one time Janet Nguyen tried to do good. Just one.
*Dave boy, Janet got elected up….because she didn’t particularly upset
a bunch of folks. She may not have done much, but then she didn’t do something that upset her constituents. She might not have responded to every e-mail, but kept accepting them. Get it?
You said she wanted to keep doing good. I just asked you to provide a single example of her good works. Just one. One thing she ever did that wasn’t motivated by her own selfishness, cupidity and power lust. That shouldn’t be too hard.
Instead of adding long explanations, how about just edit the award name?
“Excellence in LIP Service”, Anyone?