Looks like I was right about Tom Umberg. The OC Democrat Party endorsed him last night – and the Central Labor Council followed suit, according to a Total Buzz blog post. I heard about the OC Democrat endorsement last night from my co-blogger Claudio Gallegos, and from other sources as well. You can read more about it at Red County/OC Blog. I’m sure Claudio will write about it at some point as well.
Claudio did tell me that he was surprised at how negative Mark Rosen went in his comments last night to the Democrat Party. Rosen also appeared to be rambling. Umberg ended up with 67% of the vote in what amounted to a coronation.
Expect a full-court press from the Democrats and the labor unions on behalf of Umberg. I understand that the sheriff’s deputies (AOCDS) have yet to weigh in. They will. Interestingly, Wayne Quint, the president of the AOCDS, emailed me the day of the filing deadline wanting to know how to contact Lupe Moreno. It felt like they were moving quickly to interview the candidates and issue an endorsement. I will be shocked if they do not endorse Umberg.
Umberg also has the best ballot designation (California State Assemblyman) of all the candidates. You can check out all of their ballot designations at this link. Some of the designations are pretty funny.
Carlos Bustamante describes himself as a “Santa Ana Councilman.” However, doesn’t he work as a mid-level manager in the county planning department? Why is he hiding that fact?
Former Santa Ana Councilman Brett Franklin calls himself an “Orange County Businessman.” C’mon Brett – it’s alright to say you are a realtor. So was Lou Correa, a long time ago.
Larry Phan says he is a Television Producer. Then he says he has worked for the county for 25 yerars. Which is it Larry? And shouldn’t he tell us the county he has worked for is L.A. County – not Orange County? If a guy cannot be honest in his candidate’s statement, he certainly won’t be honest if he gets elected.
How about Kermit Marsh? His designation reads “Councilman/Hospital Chairman.” Kermit – you’re a lawyer! Why not just admit the truth? Not all lawyers are bad. Well, most of them are. But there is no way Kermit makes more money chairing a hospital board than he does as an attorney.
My old friend Lupe Moreno pulls the same stunt when she describes herself as a Santa Ana Library Commissioner. Yes, she is. But she also works for the county, in their immunizations department. Nothing wrong with that – but maybe it didn’t fit in the designation?
Benny Diaz, over in Garden Grove, sells himself as a “City Commissioner.” What city? What commission? Hmmm…methinks that Benny is going for the Santa Ana vote.
Janet Nguyen used the designation “Hospital Boardmember/Councilwoman.” I think I would have led with “Councilwoman.”
Mark Rosen pulled the same stunt as Kermit – he did not mention he is a lawyer. Instead he went with “City Councilman, City of Garden Grove.” Not bad. Certainly long.
And that brings us to Trung Nguyen. I half-expected his designation to say “Professional Victim,” but instead he went with “Engineer/School Boardmember.” I don’t think it was wise to lead with “Engineer.” Or to mention it at all.
Tom Umberg is what you might call
the known commodity. He has been
elected and elected and no doubt
will be elected in the 1st Supervisorial
district as well.
He is the token Democrat….which
shows so-called diversity….although
he isn’t a minority. Hey, he knows
everyone and everyone knows him.
Heck, he is so mainstream that he
might even invite us to his
Inaugural.
The Democrat’s have a history of loving candidates who put their penis first.
So much for women’s rights.
Just line up behind a serial womanizer………again.
this woman says ..
if Robin Umburg can forgive her husband for his indiscretions, then that’s good enough for me.
It always amazes me how the electorate demands sainthood status of its elected officials.
Man – Dem, Rep, Green, Peace or Libertarian – has the long history of putting his penis first.
At least he was with a woman..the Republicans having been batting the other direction of late.
“the Republicans having been batting the other direction of late.”
*sarcasm* I know, and the gay community still isn’t happy! Geez, what more do they want from us?
The last thing we need is a supervisor who is bought and paid for by the primmadonnas in the cop and firefighter unions. We need a solid candidate who will team up with Norby and Moorlach to crush organized labor in this county and bring back a sense of fiscal responsibility to local government.
Unions are an old, outdated concept – much like the typewriter. Their sole reason for existing is to maximize the benefits and salaries of their members while reducing their responsibilities. They take, take, take and give nothing to the taxpayer in return.
Amen to Anon 4:02’s comments.
Dear #7 Annonymous,
Ask the residents of Oceanside and the two month old child of the Oceanside Police Officer that was murdered by gunfire in the line of duty…
Ask the residents of San Francisco about their police officer that was murdered by gunfire in the line of duty…
Ask the residents of Long Beach about their two police officers that were shot numerous times while attempting to make a “routine” traffic stop…
I guarantee the likes of you would never do what we do for what we get paid in salary and benefits.
#7
How much have these officers taken from you?
How much can their families be given back?
You are a sorry excuse for a human being!
-I guarantee the likes of you would never do what we do for what we get paid in salary and benefits-
I love when someone CHOOSES a career and then pisses and moans about pay and benefits and how your to big a wuss to do it and they should make 200 thousand and retire at 40.
If it’s so dangerous and your so underpaid, change jobs loser.
Poster #11 & #12
Okay, let’s just give fire and police whatever they want. Sorry, that
No. 7 – have you any statistics on the number of minimum wage convenience store clerks that have been killed in the line of duty? Might be an interesting comparison —–
No. 7 – apologies. That should have been directed to No. 9.