Pedroza Versus Prevatt – a history and a call for peace

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The OC blogosphere has seen much squabbling between Art Pedroza and Chris Prevatt.   The latest argument involves whether or not the story broken by Art that questions whether Janet Nguyen’s vote on restaurant ratings is a conflict of interest as Janet and her husband are involved in the restaurant business.

A lot of the discussion involves motives of the bloggers.  Chris and the OCEA being accused of being pro Janet Nguyen and Art being anti as Janet did not endorse Art.

The Shadow does not understand why all the animus between the two.   Why would Prevatt and the OCEA give money to a Republican lead effort against Pedroza?  Carlos Bustamante seems far from progressive.  Why does Prevatt seem to dislike Pedroza?  Why is Pedroza quick to make fun of Prevatt?

Both have run for City Council.  The results are below.  Not too good for either but they have to be given credit for throwing their hat into the ring, Chris against Van Tran one time and Art against Bustamante.  So in a sense they are both progressives and instigators yet are like oil and water.

The Shadow propose a peace treaty and a mending of fences between Art and Chris and the Liberal OC and the Orange Juice.  During this holiday season perhaps we could lay down our pens and swords and point our criticisms at the real injustices that go on everyday in Orange County.

2000 City Council Results

Vote For: 2
Completed Precincts: 92 of 92
Vote Count Percentage
VAN TRAN 17,908 27.1%
MARK ROSEN 14,444 21.8%
GEORGE BRIETIGAM, III 9,990 15.1%
ANTHONY JOSEPH FLORES 8,141 12.3%
FRANCIS NICKLUS 5,336 8.1%
JASON R EDWARDS 3,724 5.6%
DAVID L DUNBAR, JR 2,478 3.7%
CHRISTOPHER PREVATT 2,089 3.2%
RICHARD R RAHDER 2,064 3.1%

2002 Election Results

Vote Count perecntage
William Dalton 14,984 32.2%
Mark Leyes 13,692 29.4%
Joseph Pak 10,731 23.0%
Pedro Mendoza 4,096 8.8%
Chris Prevatt 3,100 6.7%

2008 Election Results

Completed Precincts: 127 of 127
Vote Count Percentage
CARLOS BUSTAMANTE 26,258 49.9%
ARTURO “ART” PEDROZA 10,231 19.4%
STEVE ROCCO 9,344 17.8%
ANA REBECCA “BECKY” VALENCIA-VERDIN 6,773 12.9%


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