Come Hear Many Different Tunes at Vern’s Concern Today at 4:00 in HB!

By

Greg Diamond

– May 25, 2014Posted in: "The OC", Fresh Juice

Vern’s Memorial Day Concert is this afternoon at 4, at the Huntington Beach Central Library!  As you can see below, musically it will bring together disparate artists operating in wonderful synchrony.  Politically, for a brief break, it will bring together political candidates operating in something less than synchrony: me, Helen Hayden, and Orly Taitz.  (I’m trying to get Assessor Candidate Jorge Lopez to come along as well, but I think that the idea may have occurred to me too late for it to happen.)

Vern’s concerts are always great — as are my speeches.  Plus, I’m sick right now (some sort of allergy thing settling into my chest), so if he needs a basso profundo to chime in at some point, I’m ready!

Vern and two of his special guest musicians for today’s 4:00 Memorial Day concert at the HB Library pose in front of one of the many murals that have been painted in various parts of the city, ones where Tony Rackauckas and his supporters never go, to support my candidacy for District Attorney. (Come on — I DARE you Racky guys to go find it!)

Guest musicians:
The ALLOY wind duo (James Barrera on saxophones, Janelle Barrera on flute.)
Loghman Adhami on violin.
Vocalists and percussionists to be announced.
Compositions by Beethoven, Debussy, Bartok… Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Queen … and everyone in between.

About Greg Diamond

Somewhat verbose attorney, semi-disabled and semi-retired, residing in northwest Brea. Occasionally ran for office against jerks who otherwise would have gonr unopposed. Got 45% of the vote against Bob Huff for State Senate in 2012; Josh Newman then won the seat in 2016. In 2014 became the first attorney to challenge OCDA Tony Rackauckas since 2002; Todd Spitzer then won that seat in 2018. Every time he's run against some rotten incumbent, the *next* person to challenge them wins! He's OK with that. Corrupt party hacks hate him. He's OK with that too. He does advise some local campaigns informally and (so far) without compensation. (If that last bit changes, he will declare the interest.) His daughter is a professional campaign treasurer. He doesn't usually know whom she and her firm represent. Whether they do so never influences his endorsements or coverage. (He does have his own strong opinions.) But when he does check campaign finance forms, he is often happily surprised to learn that good candidates he respects often DO hire her firm. (Maybe bad ones are scared off by his relationship with her, but they needn't be.)

4 Comments

1. Reply

   Laura "licks butthole" Longboobs

   Posted May 25, 2014 at 9:19 PM

   I hear enough of Vern’s concerns on this blog… don’t need to go to HB to hear more of his concerns.

2. Reply

   Ricardo Toro

   Posted May 25, 2014 at 10:30 PM

   Great concert! It was interesting listening to the speakers. I have to check out what Orly Taitz said about the fish causing the drought in the San Joaquin valley. Helen Hayden’s presentation convinced me to vote for her. It was nice meeting Greg’s wife and his campaign manager.

   You should video record your concerts. Your guest musicians are very unique.

   • Reply

     Vern Nelson

     Posted May 26, 2014 at 10:44 AM

     That was nonsense, Ricardo, about the fish causing the drought. It’s the rightwing “blame the Delta smelt” line. Look up Delta smelt, you’ll see the arguments on both sides. But it’s not about protecting the smelt, but a whole ecosystem based upon them that is killing off salmon fisheries etc.

3. Reply

   Paula Was Here

   Posted May 26, 2014 at 1:48 PM

   Somebody sounds petty.

   When i read any particular blog I expect I will be exposed to that blog’s (or blogger’s “concerns”). And the concert was really good! Talk about diversity! It was reflected in the format, performers, and speakers.

   So enough with your sniping 5 hours after the concert was over anyway.

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