About half the votes in Santa Ana have been counted. The No on Measure D campaign has picked up some ground, but the Yes side is still leading by just over ten percent.
I wonder how folks will feel when they find out that developers funded the Measure D campaign – the same campaign that promised to stop the developers?
I think the No side will get closer before this is done. But the Yes side looks like it has prevailed. That means Claudia Alvarez will be able to run for a third term in November. However, she won’t get a free pass.
Irene Ibarra, a very successful businesswoman who worked for the City of Santa Ana years ago, has told me that she will definitely be taking on Alvarez. Ibarra won’t have any problem raising money. And she already has the support of leading Democrats throughout California. One way or another, we will finish off Alvarez…
The No on Measure D campaign has nothing to be ashamed about. We were outspent by the Pulido hacks behind Measure D by ten to one. What they paid per vote was unimaginable. But now there is a huge coalition in Santa Ana that is opposed to Pulido and our dirty City Council. We just need to keep working and start collecting signatures for our own ballot measures…
Art:
Your talk of Measure D’s demise was, as usual, grossly over-exagerated. Your 15 minutes are up.
I’m sure Michele’s opposition to the will of the voters will be remembered come election time. And, if there was ever any doubt, her run for Mayor is over.
Miguel Pulido is on top, and you and Michele are again on the bottom.
It never ceases to amaze me how quickly the voters will shoot themselves in the foot. If I thought I could sell my house, I would move!
To anonymous number 1
“Grossly over-exaggerated” my behind did you look at the final count the margin was slim. The NO voters put up a nice fight.
Now that the developers and waste management interests in the city have weighed in heavily in support of passing Measure D, the question now facing Santa Ana is what will be in the adopted “Code of Ethics and Conduct” According to Measure D, “these new standards be adopted
within six months of the effective date of this Charter amendment”.
If voters were really supportive of this measure because of the inclusion of a “Code of Ethics and Conduct” that was promised to them in Measure D, let’s see what the City Council comes up with.
It probably will not look anything like the Oaks Initiative in Santa Monica and Pasadena: http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/advocacy/nw/?postId=6682