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- 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.)
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![. . . We’ll list offices and names and ballot measures here, and link to endorsements elsewhere. See the link just below.) This post is essentially your scorecard for who’s […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Racing-Form-115x115.jpg "2020 VOTE #3: A Complete List of Candidates and Measures")
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Natalie Rubacabra, has done, what past councils, were too afraid to do, challenge the "magic kingdom". The Gate Tax or"Entertainment…