New Majority registration efforts unravelling in the 34th State Senate District
My sources tell me that part of the reason that Republican State Senate Leader Dick Ackerman is so adamant about running liberal Repbulican Lynn Daucher for the 34th State Senate District is that the leaders of the Republicans for a New Majority spent a lot of money registering voters in that district.
We are now finding out however, as my co-blogger Claudio Gallegos has hinted in the past, that many of the registrations that the GOP paid $10 each for were fraudulent. If that is the case, then perhaps Ackerman should not feel so invested in the candidate preferred by the New Majority. However, he already pushed Van Tran out of the race, and now Lupe Moreno is starting to get a lot of media attention.
I think Ackerman might be asking for a mulligan if all this keeps up. You can read about the fraudulent registratons at http://www.latimes.com/news/local/orange/la-me-gop2mar02,1,5131474.story?coll=la-editions-orange.
I will putting something more in dephth later today on this subject. I want to take a moment to thank Martin Wisckol for getting the ball rolling on this. I believe his Buzz article was the instrument that lit the match in the mass media.
It interesting to see these illegal signatures being gathered since this was the very same tactic used by Mr. Whitacre during the recall election. Many times I encountered signature gatherers paid, when asked about the situation they knew nothing. In fact, they thought the very same names that appear on the petition were the school board(they were really the authors of the petition) none of the men who I spoke with lived in the city of Santa Ana, making it illegal to circulate a petition.
I was hoping Mr. Whitacre would bring this up in his posts but has not, so I felt I needed to bring it out.
Mr. Whitacre, this is why I am concerned about voting for Lt. Hunt. Integrity seems to be of importance to you, but I remember the antics used during the recall.
illegal, illegal, illegal.
Do you not mean undocumented signatures or undocumented to circulate a petition?
Members outside the electorate are not allowed to circulate a petition. Since this was a SAUSD recall, only those residents reciding in SAUSD are allowed to circulate a petition. However, this was not the case, groups from other cities, states, and counties were out there gathering signatures, thus making the collection of the signatures illegal.
anonymous –
You are an illegal poster because
you hide behind your animinty, and
you’re sense of humor stinks!
If have nothing substantial to contribute, go play elsewhere.
Luis –
Someone posted this archived OC Blog post on OJ earlier today. Since you are familiar with the recall maybe you can answer this question for me: was there plenty of information available in Spanish?
The post reads …
Having led the Recall of Larry “Nativo” Lopez. I can tell you that we had plenty of information in Spanish to properly inform the voters of Santa Ana.
Additionally, all the major Spanish Newspapers were constantly monitering the process from beginning to end.
Regardless, Mr. Lopez and his minions were a constant presence wherever my troops went. I guarantee you that everyone in my fine City of Santa Ana new the issue VERY WELL.
Finally, at the ballot box, it wasn’t even close. When the dust settled, Lopez, was recalled by a 2 to 1 margin in every precinct in the City.
Most importantly, the Recall of Lopez was started by a small group of Hispanic Mothers who wanted their children taught English in the school district. Obviously, this desire resonated throughout the Hispanic Community since Lopez suffered such a resounding defeat from those he purported to represent.
The 9th Circuit once again, proves it is incapable of rendering a reasoned, well-supported decision.
Semper Fi,
Tim Whitacre
Posted by: Tim Whitacre | November 23, 2005 at 07:46 PM
Sophia,
My honest opinion to your question is no. Not only were the petitions in English, the wording on the ballot, after the signatures were collected (illegally in my opinion), was difficult to read. Voters were asked to mark yes if they wanted to recall Nativo Lopez and NN if they wanted him to stay. When I went aroung neighborhoods after the election many voters I encountered stated they voted yes in favor of Nativo. This leads me to believe they were not sure of the wording and thought yes was in support of Mr. Lopez. I am sure I will receive a lot of counters to this, but this is my opinion of what happened. I do speak from first hand experience.
Luis –
I was a new resident to Santa Ana when the recall was in full swing. Acquaintances of neighbors were very involved and I remember hearing war stories of red and blue shirts. I was put off by the so called community debate because a.) I was new to the community and b) these two guys were possessed beyond reason about the recall. The antics they freely shared about undermining the opposition was downright scary.
During the last election I heard that they were taking photographs of homes that displayed campaign signs that featured a few candidates they were in opposition to. My friends who are neighbors of these men did not display a lawn sign because they were fearful of what would happen to them or their property. That’s frightening.
Thanks for your response.
Sophia
The neighbors you speak of live in Morrison Park. Yes they were taking pictures of homes of people they claimed were Nativo supporters and had signs of candidates running against Claudia Alvarez in the City Council election.
No doubt she gave the order, or at least was in on their little scheme. She has an almost demented way of conducting business. Mark my words she will try to do the same once again in this election with her little hit squad. She loves to play the Nativo card, even now.
Prout Trial Lawyer –
I’ve never understoond the segmenting of Santa Ana by the neighborhood name designations and
traffic plans that “appear” to keep a certain element out of neighborhoods. I thought we all paid taxes for streets and should have full access to them.
I realize some residents have been here for a very long time, but when you drive the north end of town and then drive through the south end, it is very apparent were the city resources are being spent. Do the residents in the north pay more in taxes than our neighbors to the south?