Adios Daly!
Multiple sources are reporting that Orange County Clerk-Recorder Tom Daly is pulling out of the race for the 4th Supervisorial District – perhaps as soon as next week.
Apparently Daly knew it was over when termed out Supervisor Chris Norby, who is the incumbent in the 4th District, decided to endorse Republican Shawn Nelson, who is on the Fullerton City Council. Daly thought he might get Norby’s endorsement, but Norby was not allowed to endorse Daly, by his handlers.
Everything changed when Norby deated Linda Ackerman in this month’s special election in the 72nd Assembly District. Norby will win the seat outright in January, when he heads to the run-off election. Norby’s handlers told him to endorse Nelson now that he is in position to become a Republican legislator.
Daly will presumably run for reelection as Clerk-Recorder. There have been signs of this in recent days as Daly has been busy hiring more of his hack buddies.
So the question now is, can Republican Hugh Nguyen defeat Daly when they face off in the next Clerk-Recorder election? It is likely that the other candidates for Clerk-Recorder, which include Democrats Art Brown and Katrina Foley and Republican Jon Dumitru, will all pull out if Daly stays put. The same goes for Daly’s newly Republican assistant, Renee Ramirez.
As for Daly, this has to be a most bitter pill for him to swallow. He has openly lusted for a seat on the Board of Supervisors for years. Now his dreams are apparently thwarted again.
Daly could have hung in there and run for Supervisor, but Democrat Lorri Galloway and Republican Harry Sidhu, who are both on the Anaheim City Council, are also running for the 4th District. They would have diluted Daly’s base in Anaheim.
The clear winner in all this is Nelson, who now is the favorite to replace Norby in the 4th District.
Please explain the comment that Norby’s handlers wouldn’t allow him to endorse Daly. I thought Norby’s handlers were John Lewis and his crew. Isn’t Norby’s campaign consultant (John Lewis) the same one who is working for Daly?
I’d say Norby would have enough sense on his own not to endorse Daly, and his handlers wouldn’t like it.
#1,
You would hope so, but Norby likes Daly. In this case Lewis and company did not want him to back Daly as it would be damaging to Norby.
Norby did not, for example, tell the crowd at his victory party, that he was endorsing Nelson. He could have done so.
And Daly was there that night…
This is a sad day for Clerk Recorder employees. We were all hoping for a change. Tom Daly and Renee Ramirez are two idiots, they dont give a damm about any of the employees. I have been working here for over 5 years and morale is so bad that we all hate coming to work. Renee has been trying so hard to boost morale, but we feel it’s a little too late.
Renee you are such a fake and Tom Daly is so stupid to have you as his assistant Clerk Recorder. You and Tom Daly are the problems in this department. I wish the public can see what is really going on in this department.
The sad part is that Tom Daly only talks to the young girls and he is married. Tom Daly hired all his friends and that is just as bad as nepotism that Renee use to do.
It’s unethical for an elected official to hired all his friends. This department needs a change and TOM DALY and RENEE RAMIREZ must GO!!!!!
Please stop trying to kiss our ass because we know the truth and we will not play your games.
Recalled TOM DALY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I will vote for anyone else except TOM DALY and I encouraged all employees in our office to fight back and stand up for your rights. Tell friends and families not to vote for TOM DALY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Daly’s world is a confusing one, filled with broken promises of support from Norby, Lewis’s game plan in shambles, employees that loath him for his proclivity to give the younger girls attention and hiring inept friends. Now he has the Dem gals splitting his Dem vote and a guy named Nelson who has been quietly building support throughout the 4th district and who has garned Norby’s endorsement.
Will Daly’s political ego overtake and subdue his political cautiousness or will he ensure his search for employment after he losses the election for the 4th District in June?
Last I heard, Daly has still failed to open up a Supervisor campaign account, opting to stuff all that lobbyist money into his clerk-recorder account. Not a real big problem as he can transfer the money to another account, but it sure must be making all those lobbyists pissed off about their wasted payoff, er ah, I mean donations going to a guy that won’t be able to vote on their pet projects.
We can only hope he stays in the race for Supe and splits the dem vote three ways.
Daly either way you slice it, he is one over-cooked bird.
Who are the lobbyists who donated to Daly’s campaign? If you have seen the money going into his account, please name examples of donors. It would be a public service.
Our department is a joke. Tom Daly walks around like he has a stick up his ass. He looks at us like we are noboby. Tom Daly is a waste of taxpayers money. He should not get pay because he doesn’t do anything.
This department needs a change. Morale is so bad everyone is always watching there back. We have supervisors that don’t know what the hell they are doing. They get promoted becasue Renee Ramirez knows she can control them.
I will let all my friends know to vote for anyone else except Tom Daly or Renee Ramirez.
This administration must go and we all need to speak up and let the outside world know what is really going on. Please don’t be afraid because if they win we are stuck with them again. We need to write letters to the Board of Supervisors and let them know what an idiot Tom Daly really is. He lies and he is the worst boss anyone can have.
Just because you are elected Tom Daly you can’t just treat people like shit and isolated you and Renee from everyone else. You guys are trying to hard to boost norale. The problems here is not the employees but I blame it on management and this administration!!!!!
Tom Daly I hope you get your ass kick in the election next year. We hate working in your department because you are a terrible elected official. You hide in your office behind close door with your dumb ass assistant Renee Ramirez. We see it at work everyday. People are not blind and stupid like you think we are.
It’s not that we are all unhappy but it’s the way we get treated. Alot of yours friends work here and they brag about it to us. This is a great way to boost morale Tom.
You are a big waste of taxpayers money and you should resigned immediately!!!!
Recall TOM DALY and FIRE RENEE RAMIREZ!!!!!
Maybe if all you employees in the Clerk Recorder’s office dyed your hair blond and changed your name to “Debbie”, Tom Daly might be nice to you.
I deal with the Clerk-Recorder’s office all the time in my profession, and I cannot imagine that the ignorant butchery of the English language posted here is at all related to that staff. While someone desperately wants us to believe that malcontents populate the C-R office, I do not believe it. A review of the spelling and grammar posted here reveals this to be the same person posting again and again in an attempt to appear as Legion. Nobody actually buys this sock puppet act do they?
Tom Daly will have my support for any office he chooses to pursue. He was an excellent Mayor of Anaheim, and he has done an exemplary job as Clerk-Recorder. Prior to Tom’s work at the County, I would frankly rather shove bamboo shoots under my nails than deal with the arrogant “it’s not my job” staff over there. After Tom came to Santa Ana, staff became much more responsive to patron service. Heck, there is even someone at the Help desk now. My favorite move was taking the Archives out of mothballs! I can point to multiple historic properties that have been saved and rehabilitated thanks to the research we can now do in the Old Courthouse; research we were unable to manage prior to Tom Daly’s election to Clerk Recorder.
If anyone posting here is indeed an employee of the Clerk-Recorder’s office, their ignorant misuse of language shows that they are woefully unqualified for their professional positions, and it is that poor fit of skill to task that creates an unhappy work environment, not the employer.
If Tom chooses to stay at the C-R office, I will rejoice that my professional visits will continue to be handled with the courtesy and efficiency I have come to expect under his supervision. Should he choose to take that management skill to the County Supe’s office, I will support that race as well. As for Tom running against Lorri and Harry, remember that neither of them actually lives in the 4th District, nor are they popular here. Tom Daly is Anaheim’s favorite son, and the fact that his opposition is so desperate to undermine him that they have to pretend to be many other people is telling of the defeat ahead. If Tom really had that much opposition, at least a few of them would be capable of stringing together a coherent sentence. Try harder next time.
Colony Rabble you are either blind or stupid. The office morale is terrible. Give me a damm break Tom Daly hasn’t done shit for this office. He hides in his office and barely shows up to work. He is a waste of taxpayers money.
He is beloved in Anaheim that bunch of bullshit. He can’t get any support that’s why he is going to stay at the Clerk Recorder’s office. Even Chris Norby didn’t endorse Tom Daly. He endorsed Shawn Nelson.
Tom Daly will get his ass kick in his next election!!!!!
Colony Rabble you must Renee Ramirez or a friend of Tom Daly. You should work at the office and you will understand what is really going on you idiot!
Tom Daly is not like by his staff and it’s all his fault not the employees. We always get blamed for being bad employees but for once it’s the administration.
Colony Rabble. Are you one of Tom Daly’s neighbors? Perhaps you are his father? Debbie Trabattoni aka Debbie #2 are you Colony Rabble? Whomever you are, you don’t know the Tom Daly I know. He is an elitist, pompous pendejo who is a waste of taxpayer money. Anaheim is what it is today because of Curt Pringle, Richard Chavez and Tom Tait. He doesn’t like minorities unless he can use you and you’re stupid enough to believe his bullshit and believe him when he says “You’re different. You’re not like the other hispanics I know”. I hope Philis Bacerra and Claudia Gallegos work on his campaign, stab him in the back and run Daly’s campaign into the ground. Now that ScUMBERG has no political career, Daly is the last white hope for the Dems. Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
My name is Cynthia Ward, I am a lifelong resident of Anaheim, and I am a huge fan of Tom Daly simply because he is an excellent leader. I also work as an architectural historian, so I am in the office all the time for research, both at the Archives/Courthouse and in the main building. I see the work ethic of the department, I see who the slackers are, and I see who works hard to get information to the public. I suspect I know which of those categories you belong in.
As requested, I have shared who I am, although I never thought it was a secret. Your turn now. Who are you? The disgruntled janitor?
Colony Rabble. Why would I show you my cards? I am sure Tom Weakly oops I mean Tom Daly is happy to have you as a cheerleader and will appreciate your vote. I am no fan of Tom Weakly and will work very hard to make sure his inability to control his department is shared with the voters of the 4th Supervisorial District. The widespread low morale in the Clerk Recorders Office is just one of the testaments to his lack of leadership skills.
I wonder if anyone was recently laid-off or fired at the C-R’s office? I would increase the security there with lunatics like Fruitty Pebbles allegedly working there. If not laid-off or fired, he/she is probably a low-life who is overpaid getting minimum wage. It is sad that he/she cannot put together 2-3 sentences without cursing and making egregious grammatical or spelling errors.
It is spelled Fruity not Fruitty by the way.
#14. Your comments made me laugh so hard, I almost peed on myself.
BTW: Fruity is to Fruitty as Supe is to Soup. Oh and Tom Daly is still a weak candidate.
At #6, Hector. You should probably learn a bit of grammar before you post rants on public websites. “Morale is so bad everyone is always watching there back,” shows poor judgment. Of course, people watch their back.
Bob, that’s not grammar, that’s spelling. Good grammar dictates that “everyone watches his back.”
I hear Tom Daly was at the Truman Dinner and so was Lorri Galloway and Rose Espinosa. Glad to hear the ladies haven’t dropped out of the Supervisor Race. I also hear Tom Daly can’t decide which is more embarrassing; Dropping out of the 4th supervisor race and running for reelection or losing to Shawn Nelson and having no job/income.
Fruitty Pebbles:
“BTW: Fruity is to Fruitty as Supe is to Soup.”
I don’t understand your analogy. Is this the best that 2 1/2 semesters at Santa Ana College can do?
p.s. I think I know your true identity.
#19. Nice try.
#19. P.S. I don’t curse in my postings.
Uh…see #11 for examples of cursing in your posts genius.
p.s. I know you are a male hispanic between the ages of 18 and 35.
OMG! Supe View you are so funny and apparently do not know the definition of “curse” words. Were you projecting your 2.5 semester education at SAC onto me? Puhleeese. Tom Daly still has a fight on his hands for the 4th Supervisorial District and I am so glad Lorri Galloway is going to take away his votes. Doesn’t she look cute in her latest picture holding a fortune cookie? Shawn Nelson is going to make a great Supervisor.
Tom Daly lacks leadership and is a friend to no one. Thank God Curt Pringle has made Anaheim the great city that it is today!
Fruitty [sic] Pebbles –
What do you think “bullsh!t” is? A non-expletive? I gave you the 18-35 age range, but after your last post I am thinking it is more like 15-20.
I doubt if Daly pulls out of the race, but I do think that Nelson will put up a very good fight and it will be very close in the end between these two. I just think Daly has the District-wide name recognition over Nelson and will therefore edge him out.