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GOP consultant John Lewis commented today on our post about Tom Daly’s assistant, Renee Ramirez, running for Clerk Recorder. Lewis wanted to let us all know that he is not supporting Ramirez. He is endorsing instead Laura “Mrs. Jerbal” Saucedo-Cunningham for Orange County Clerk-Recorder.
I think that is great! now Laura and Renee can split the female vote and Hugh Nguyen, the most qualified candidate for O.C. Clerk-Recorder, can waltz to victory.
Even better, now I can remind everyone that Mrs. Jerbal was paid to hate last year as director of Latino outreach for Prop. 8. If she wins this race, and gay marriage is eventually legalized, will she be able to issue marriage certificates to gay couples or will the very thought of that give her a stroke?
Well, at least she’s better looking than Mr. Jerbal!
Mrs. Jerbal is of course completely unqualified to run for O.C. Clerk-Recorder. But that has never stopped Republican hacks in the past. Remember that Lewis also got behind Mike Carona for Sheriff. At the time Carona was a bailiff with zero crime-fighting experience and Lewis helped him become our Sheriff. We know how THAT worked out…
UPDATE: Click here to read Mrs. Jerbal’s bio. Yes, she worked for John Lewis.
How true is the rumor that Laura was fired by Scott Baugh?
What qualifies her for this position? What an absolute joke of a candidacy!
As someone who works in the title industry we want to make sure that we have someone qualified in the position of Clerk-Recorder. We have not had a person like that since the late Gary Granville.
Clearly the most qualified candidate is Hieu Nguyen, Granville’s right hand man.
If we were a job posting and we were interviewing potential candidates for the job I doubt, based on her resume, that “Mrs. Jerbal” would even get a call.
It will be interesting to see if she uses her Latino surname rather than Cunningham in an attempt to steal some Latino votes.
Hieu is the man for the job!
“Mrs. Jerbal’s” candidacy is just another Republican joke.
Mrs. Gerbalita was fired from her Executive Director position with the Republican Party and now she wants to be a County Administrator? Is she for real?
Is Daly double dipping? Is he supporting both of these Mexican chicks.
Matt Cunningham outed sex abuse victims.
Art, Can you get us some more photos and info on Mrs Jerbal? It’s time to start digging up the dirt.
#5: you’re a sick individual. But what else should we expect when Art’s diseased mind encourages that type of sleazemongering.
ok number 6. was totally Mr. Jerbal standing up for his wife.
What about the certificates and documents on file? Will she toss out those she does not like?
The Cunningham clan must realize that by her throwing her hat in the ring people are going to look into her and throw stones.
I can never understand why thin-skinned people would enter into the world of blogging or politics.
I’ll say one thing for Matt, he isn’t afraid to mix it up, unlike folks like Claudio and Thomas Gordon who cry and whine about everything.
What is her background?
Is she educated? Has she ever held a job in accounting or a tax based business?
How many people has she directly supervised?
Does her husbands position as a blogger affect her ability to be fair? (thats a loaded question)
How will she treat openly gay employees knowing she has taken an anti-homosexual stance.
Is she bilingual?
Have the cunninghams ever been delinquent on their property taxes.
These are just a few questions I would have FOR ANY CANIDATE, but I’ll focus them on her.
Good luck to all.
I’m real uncomfortable with this. I wish you guys have the dignity to criticize Laura Cunningham instead of “Mrs. Jerbal”. I can’t help but to think you’re going after her because of your hatred for her husband. Going after somebody’s wife just doesn’t sit well with me.
She is her own woman, can we focus our discussion on Laura Cunningham.
Lam,
Mrs. Jerbal has been right there with Jerbal, working for the same people, for years. Last year he even landed her a job on the Prop. 8 campaign – she was paid to hate.
Go to the Jerbal’s website, for their company – Pacific Strategies, and you will see that she worked for John Lewis.
If Mrs. Jerbal wants to be left alone then she ought to get the Hell out of politics. I have a real problem with a gay-basher running for Clerk-Recorder. When gay marriage is legalized I want a Clerk-Recorder who will issue marriage licenses to gay couples without having a sour look on her face.
“she was paid to hate”
That’s terrible Art. People have different views on prop 8. The fact that it passed tells me that most people in CA supported it. I’m open for discussion or debate on the issue, but refer to her as “paid to hate?”. That’s just name calling Art, no better than Republicans referring to any American who criticizes our system as someone who “hates this country”.
“When gay marriage is legalized I want a Clerk-Recorder who will issue marriage licenses to gay couples without having a sour look on her face.”
Really? So does the same standard applies to Doctors, police officers, firemen…. Are you saying they all have to be supporters of prop 8, because if not, then you would be suspicious of them when they interact with a gay person? I know you’re not saying that, are you Art?
Lam,
I stand by my statement. She was paid to conduct outreach for a hateful campaign. Ergo she was paid to hate.
And doctors and firemen don’t run for office. Clerk-Recorders do. Big difference! You can choose a different doctor. And firemen don’t have time to ask if you are gay when they are trying to do their job.
But Mrs. Jerbal has a problem with gay people. That is NOT someone I want in the Clerk-Recorder’s office, period.
And yes, if folks are against gay marriage I assume they dislike gays. Why else would you be against them being happy together?
Look at how many hater Republicans have had to resign their offices just this year after cheating on their wives. You think they give a damn about marriage when they cannot respect their own wives?
Lastly, I don’t care if a majority of my fellow voters did the wrong thing by voting for Prop. 8. A majority of Germans backed the Nazi regime too, but that didn’t mean Hitler was doing the right thing, did it?
Lam,
Should she get a free pass because she is someone’s wife?
She has put herself out in the public and thus is fair game. If she wants to be left alone she should get out of politics.
If you put yourself out there sometimes you’re gonna take some hits.
The fact that she is Matt’s wife is just icing on the cake.
I thought Mrs. Gerbalita was a blond or had light brown hair with blond highlights. This is an old picture of her. She’s pretty long in the tooth now. Post a current picture.
“Should she get a free pass because she is someone’s wife?”
Sean, did I say that? I said to go after Laura Cunningham and not “Mrs Jerbal” because you’re implying that her marriage has something to do with her qualification. I would tell you the same thing as I would to those that attack Obama; and that is to focus on the issue. Focus on the issue, because if you are unable to do that, you’ve already lost the battle. #10 has some good question, why don’t you talk about those?
Lastly, what exactly does an OC Recorder do? Do they make policies?
Lam,
Mrs. Jerbal isn’t just married to Jerbal – they both worked for/with John Lewis and they own a political consulting company together. And they both worked on Prop. 8.
You simply cannot separate one Jerbal from the other.
The issue is that it is ridiculous for a political consultant to run for Clerk-Recorder. This is a County administrative position with a lot of responsibilities.
Mrs. Jerbal was once an administrator. She was the Exec. Director of the OC GOP. That did not work out!
Why do you think she will be able to do the job of a Clerk-Recorder given that she knows NOTHING about what this job entails? She is simply looking for a six-figure payday.
I thought it was wrong for Norby to run for Clerk-Recorder for similar reasons. This is not a job for some politician. It is a job for a capable person – and that is Hugh Nguyen. He is not a politician. He is a pro with over 12 years experience in the O.C. Clerk-Recorder’s office. He instituted many of the programs that are credited to his boss, Gary Granville. Now Hugh will return and carry on Granville’s legacy.
Do you really think Mrs. Jerbal has anything to offer? I don’t and I will bet the voters won’t either.
“And doctors and firemen don’t run for office. Clerk-Recorders do. Big difference!”
No Art, the point is that you are questioning somebody’s ability to perform their job based on whether or not they supported prop 8. On that, your suspicion applies to all profession. If supporters of 8 = haters , then in your book, they shouldn’t qualify for any job. There goes more than half the police force and fire.
“You simply cannot separate one Jerbal from the other.”
Ok, now that’s funny!!!
Lam,
It is true. I question the ability of a political consultant, like Mrs. Jerbal, to do the job of Clerk-Recorder when she has ZERO experience in that field.
It is particularly disturbing that she worked on the Prop. 8 campaign, given that the Clerk-Recorder issues marriage licenses.
Prop. 8 will be overturned. When it is I want to make sure our Clerk-Recorder isn’t some Talibani Republican, like Mr. and Mrs. Jerbal.
Lam, your comments exemplify what I expect to see in this race, DIVERSION.
I’d like to see some response to Kens questions. I hope someone has the tenacity to ask them and the Cunninghams the curage to answer them.
It is naive to think that her husband is not working hand in hand with her, he is in fact a stategic political consultant.
I don’t care much for Matt’s politics, his manners or his drivel, but he put his money where his mouth is (or at least he threw his old lady out there) and is running for change. Society has a way of equalizing things.
We’ll see what happens but, they should be prepared to answer the most basic questions pf thier canidacy.
The best thing to do is to get all of these people in one room for a debate. If everyone is serious about running for the position they will accept, especially Hugh and Renee since they have both worked for the office they are running for. Lets see what the two of them know about examining a document.
Yeah!…the Jerbies are back!
“Well, at least she’s better looking than Mr. Jerbal!”
Yeah, I’d say.
…News Flash…… Mike Gonzalez is running for Clerk Recorder.
Wow.
I have a lot of respect for Matt. But I’ve always wondered how he could manage being married to Laura.
Matt is generally friendly and personable. Laura is cold and distant.
Matt (to Art’s great displeasure) is good at what he does and is effective. To say that Laura things didn’t work out when Laura was ED is an understatement. She was in way over her head.
To be clerk recorder you really only have to know how to manage. The deputies do all of the work. I think Matt would be good at this and would vote for him. The possibility that Laura could get elected makes me very cynical about the process and it nauseates me to think that I might not be strong enough to stand up to the arm twisting that might result in an OC GOP endorsement for Laura.