2018 Vote #8: Water Boards and Other Boards (Including My Race)

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WATER BOARDS!

This is a truly extraordinary year for reformist Water Board candidates.  I’m one of them — and of the major boards, my race is the least important.  Let’s get to the ones that matter more!

MESA WATER DISTRICT

Support Anna Vrska over slimy Shawn Dewane!

Yes, this is Anna Vrska!

ORANGE COUNTY WATER DISTRICT

District 1:   Support Linda Zamora over useless Poseidon shill Dina Nguyen!

District 7: Support Water Scientist Kelly Rowe over even-more-useless-here Shawn Dewane!

MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT

Division 1: Yes, you should vote for me over self-serving Brett Barbre.  But the others are running real campaigns, so focus on those more!

ANAHEIM CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 2

Both James Vanderbilt and Jordan Brandman have represented Anaheim on the county’s Water Board.  Vanderbilt has been quite good and appropriately skeptical.  Brandman has been, unsurprisingly, lousy and a shill for Poseidon.  Yet another reason to support Vanderbilt.

IRVINE RANCH WATER DISTRICT DIRECTOR

Reelect Peer Swan

AND VOTE AGAINST, BECAUSE I REALLY DON’T TRUST THE OCGOP RECOMMENDATIONS ON WATER BOARDS, THESE CANDIDATES:

Marice De Pasquale for Mesa Water District, Division 3 
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Kelly Jennings for Moulton Niguel Water District

Bill Green for South Coast Water District

SELECTED SCHOOLS BOARDS

ANAHEIM ELEMENTARY

Area 2: Juan Gabriel Alvarez
Area 4: Norma Campos-Kurtz
Area 5: Ryan Ruelas

ANAHEIM UNION HIGH SCHOOL

Area 1: Al Jabbar
Area 2: Annemarie Randle-Trejo
Area 5: Anna Piercy

BREA OLINDA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

Joseph Covey

BUENA PARK SCHOOL DISTRICT

Area 1: Joe Pak

COAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT

Seat 1: Jim Moreno

FOUNTAIN VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT

Sandra Crandall
Jennifer Weimer
Lisa Schultz

FULLERTON JOINT UNION HIGH SCHOOL

District 1: Regina Cuadra
District 4: Lauren Klatzler
District 5: Bridget Vornholt

FULLERTON SCHOOL BOARD

District 3: Jennifer Harris
District 4: Shana Charles 

LAGUNA BEACH UNIFIED

Dee Namba Perry

GARDEN GROVE SCHOOL DISTRICT

Area 4: Katelyn Brazer

HUNTINGTON BEACH UNION HIGH SCHOOL

Martin Salgado

LOS ALAMITOS UNIFIED

Olaina Anderson
Marlys Davidson

NEWPORT MESA 

Area 2: Michele Murphy
Area 4: Karen Yelsey
Area 5: Paul Hillson
Area 7: Ashley Anderson

OCEAN VIEW

Jack Souders
Patricia Singer
John Briscoe

SANTA ANA UNIFIED

Valeria Amezcua, John Palacio — best of viable alternatives

WESTMINSTER SCHOOL DISTRICT

Penny Loomer


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.)