Red County readers finally know that GOP consultant John Lewis has endorsed Democrat Tom Daly
The countdown is finally over. After three long weeks Red County readers finally know that former State Senator John Lewis, who is a GOP consultant, has endorsed Democrat Tom Daly over conservative Republican Shawn Nelson, in the race to replace outgoing Orange County Supervisor Chris Norby. But Red County editor Matt/Jubal Cunningham wussed out of this story altogether. Instead, our former blogger, Chris Emami, was the one to “break” this story on Red County.
And Emami is not happy about Lewis’ decision to screw his party over. Emami had this to say about Lewis’ betrayal:
“Tom Daly- It looks like he is the best chance for the Democrats to win back this seat. He does have the endorsement of former Senator John Lewis and that is a big deal. On top of that he is also the former Anaheim Mayor which will give him high name id in this race. I want to preface what I am about to say by clarifying that I like John Lewis and Matt Holder and think that they have done a great deal of good for the OCGOP, however I really wish they had chosen to support either of the two Republicans for this race, losing this seat to the Democrats would be a huge step back for the Republican Party.”
Emami wrote about some of the candidates to replace Daly, but he forgot about the wild card that is Anaheim Councilwoman Lorri Galloway. Her presence in this race is a real problem for Daly, who also has to contend with Anaheim Councilman Harry Sidhu. Simply put, there are too many Anaheim based candidates in this race. And that is good news for Nelson, who is a Council Member in Fullerton.
Kudos to Emami for finally telling Red County’s readers about Lewis’ abandonment of principles – and a big raspberry to Jubal for being so completely gutless that he sat on this story for almost a month.
So John Lewis is a politician turned whore. So the Red-faced blog is comprised of whores trying to look like politicians. Eventually, everyone will figure this out.
Jerbal’s probably sleuthing out why Deb Carona is MIA at the OC Faire Board meetings and if he can have her cut of the freebies if she doesn’t come back.
Chris Emami said it best, “…huge step back for the Republican Party.”
What else to expect from a POLITICAL CONSULTANT/LOBBYIST.
Political Consultant/Lobbyist = Professional Liar.
Something stinks in the OC GOP.
“Jubal” let the proverbial cat out of the bag a couple of weeks ago when he “heard” (yeah, heard from Lewis!) that Republicans were lining up behind Daly. I have no doubt that Lewis is trying to get his “stable” of creatures behind Daly, and the only reason why is not pretty – Lewis is a lobbyist for what ever interest has business before the County.
The acid test is this: do you believe in conservative principles or not?
Great for John Lewis. He endorsed the person who has more experience and a positive track record instead of someone anointed by “the party”.
That is what we Republicans will continue to do until the GOP wakes from a self-imposed coma and starts smelling the coffee and stops drinking the kool-aid. And so I continue to be “Declined to State”.
Declined to state, since you are convinced Mr. Daly has “more experience” please tell me what it is that he does for a living if not working for the government as an elected?
As a fiscal conservative, I was impressed that he was one of the few electeds who generated resources by combining the Recorder/County Clerk functions, utilized pro-business approaches to modernize, streamline and actually provide increased service to the tax payers.
Managing a multi-million budget successfully must count for something unless you discount that because of a partisan label.
Declined to State gives credit to Daly for combining the County Recorder and County Clerk functions? Credit instead should belong to Gary Granville who was the first County Clerk/Recorder because he led the way to combine those functions. Maybe there is an opening for a County Credit Usurper?
I hope Lorri Galloway gets in the race. She has proven to be an effective leader for the residents of Anaheim. Si Se Puede Lorri! Throw your sombrero in the ring and kick some booty. And don’t worry about Clueless Lou. His annointed candidate for Anaheim City Council didn’t come close to beating you.
SI SE PUEDE LORRI GALLOWAY!
“Declined to State” those were wonderful little speeches you were given to pass along to us.
When the chips are down who will:
Side with the unions?
Go along with the lobbyists (see above)?
BTW, DTS, if you were a real “fiscal conservative” you would not be impressed by a government office “generating revenue.” That’s RINO talk.
“Declined to State” you sound like a sunday morning talk show. What is it that Daly does for a living when not running for office? The answer is : Nothing. He is a hack that has accomplished zero in his life aside from being the govt affairs hack as some lacky on a staff. Of course he was probably a good forklift driver as his last actual job in the private sector.
By the way, word is that Daly doesn’t exactly spend a lot of time at work. You may want to spread the thanks to the people that actually do something at the Recorders office.
Daly had a great opportunity to shrink the size of his office by going to e-filings and downloadable marriage licenses. Instead he has obligated all of us to pay for a new office in Fullerton so he can raise his profile in NOC.
You may love him but the facts are not kind to Daly.
Hey Phil Bacerra aka Decline to State. Are you still trying to get on Daly’s campaign?
We pray that Tom Daly does run for 4th District Supervisor office. We need someone new to come in who will come to work everyday and show some appreciation for his staff. Working under Daly can be a challenge. The Assistant Clerk-Recorder is an idiot and is not even qualified to do her job, but since she sucks up to Tom Daly she gets to do whatever the hell she wants. This office needs a new start hopefully someone who will appreciate his or her staff and most of all not take sides nor play favoritism. Lets just hope that luck is on our side!
Phil Becrrra is working his tight lil butt off to suck up to Tom Daly so he can get a job. Word is that he is acing as a liason between his handler Janet Nguyen and Melahat the ED of the DPOC to garner complicity from janet Nguyen and the OC GOP to help Tom Daly get elected over a conservative from Fullerton.
Does anyone realize that Janet Nguyen has her own little mole inside the DPOC in the form of this guy Phil Beceraa? How does chairman Baugh feel about this unholy alliance to scuttle the efforts of a conservative in favor of a Democrat? When will the DPOC wake up and get rid of this guy Phil Beceraa from theor ranks? can he be censured or recalled from the DPOC?
Didn’t Daly have Phil Tsunoda as “chief of staff”? Didnt he hire a reporter from the LA Times named Jean Pasco (sp?)? The salaries for either of these people could be cut with no affect what so ever on the working of the clerks office.
Any fool that can not see Daly is a career government hack that has no idea how to actually save taxpayer money is a shill or mentaly disabled.
All of us have been saying that for months. Robspierre is absolutely correct. He hired Jean Pasco just to help him get his name out there for the up coming election.
It’s such a joke that Daly can work on his campaign at his Clerk-Recorder office. We were told this by someone in the office who overheard Renee Ramirez talking about Daly to another staff. No wonder she gets to do whatever she wants. He is afraid she might rat him out.
Is this legal for Daly to campaign in his office? Someone needs to investigate this! Tom Daly should resign immediately for wasting county tax payer money.
We are all praying that he leaves soon, hopefully the new Clerk-Recorder will get rid of Renee Ramirez, and Cyndi Viall. They are the dumbest and power hungry people in this office.