One of the more outrageous lies told by the folks backing Santa Ana’s Measure D is that voting for this fraudulent measure will somehow break the stranglehold that developers have on our city. Today Gustavo Arellano, over at the O.C. Weekly Navel Gazing Blog, revealed that the major donor on the Yes on D side is no other than Robert Bisno (pictured at left), who is a DEVELOPER!
Here is Gustavo’s article:
Only in SanTana can an effort to impose term limits on Papi Pulido transform into a ballot measure to extend term limits for councilmembers. But that’s exactly what happened with Measure D, which SanTana voters will decide on February 5 and is one of the most laughable pieces of crap to grace Orange County ballots since Tan Nguyen ran for office.
Measure D proposes to extend term limits for SanTana councilmembers from two terms to three. The person who would immediately benefit is councilmember Claudia Alvarez, who is termed out this November unless Measure D passes. The argument in favor of the measure–signed by Papi Pulido and councilmember Sal Tinajero, amongst others–reads like the typical little-man call for freedom. “Santa Ana community leaders strongly believe that ethics reform and term limits will make City government more honest, effective and accountable to voters,” it reads and from there it mentions “special interests” twice and “developers” three times, always negatively, always in the context of reducing their stranglehold over SanTana.
The most hilarious part about the Yes on Measure D crowd? Its principle donor is a developer–and man, do Robert Bisno and pals want their gal Claudia to stay!
Bisno is the developer behind City Place, the loft community across the street from MainPlace that’s as buzzing with life as a Kabul wine bar. In 2005, I wrote how Bisno and people associated with the City Place project donated $21,500 to Alvarez’s failed 2004 state assembly campaign. But the giving didn’t stop there. For Alvarez’ failed 2006 state assembly campaign, Bisno and amigos gave her $36,300–and this doesn’t count the $50,000 Bisno gave to Californians United, a PAC that spent $40,000 on Alvarez-friendly television commercials.
Bisno must have some kind of hard-on for Alvarez, because guess who’s the main contributor behind Measure D? Of the $29,000 raised by the Yes on Measure D pendejos, $20,000 of it came from Bisno. A developer. A special-interest whore. The very people the Yes on Measure D crowd says its proposal would eliminate. Bull-you-know-wha…ah, the hell with niceties-SHIT. For the folks at home, that’s over $100,000 Bisno and amigos gave to Alvarez in the last two elections that involved her political future.
And there you have it, folks. A vote for Measure D is a vote for Alvarez and her sugar papi Bisno. A vote against Measure D is a vote against such fools. The choice is yours!
PS: Bisno also gave $249 to councilmembers David Benavides and Tinajero for their 2006 SanTana council races. One dollar more, and the guys would’ve been in conflict-of-influenza territory. The choice is yours!
Thank you Gustavo for bringing this corruption to light! Be sure to visit Gustavo’s blog and let him know what you think of Bisno and his corrupt Santa Ana Council pals. Vote No on Measure D!
Here goes Art again acting like he got off his butt and did research and broke a big story, and it turns out that yet again he sat back and let others do the work while attempting to steal the glory. Stick to what you do best like hurling insults and race baiting.
Poster #1 is dreaming. I talked with Tim and he does not support Measure D. He is all for term limits on every elected office. Other than that, I agree it would be great if we could convince him to run for Ward 1.
Don
Thomas, thanks for exposing those who think that they can get away with being hypocrites, like Claudia Alvarez, and anybody else that takes developers money and then says that they are trying to keep developers interests out of City Hall.
Clownia was tagged “Ca$h & Carry Claudia” because of all the money Bisno & Hammerstein et all threw at her for her two failed assembly bids.
Apparently Bisno needs Clownia on the council 4 more years.
VOTE NO ON MEASURE D
I suggest we all follow the advice of the Yes on D supporters and DON
I think Gustavo came closest to solving this riddle when he says:
“Bisno must have some kind of hard-on for Alvarez”…Claudia dated Segerstrom wunderkind Paul Freeman for some time and she has a taste for the power and $$$ that having a “special friendship” with a developer brings. I’d like to see the text messageas, emails, and cell phone records between Claudia and Bobby Bisno. Me thinks they would be muy pero muy caliente!
It ain’t votes that Clownia “needs” from Bobby. It’s that clock inside that is ticking…
DUMP CRAZY CLOWNIA!! VOTE NO ON MEASURE D!!