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Judicial Candidate Hasn't Been Following Campaign Rules

By Nick Naylor | 07/07/08

I spotted this interesting post by Martin Wisckol over at Total Buzz today on Westminster Councilman and judicial candidate Kermit Marsh: JUDICIAL CANDIDATE VIOLATED CAMPAIGN LAW 26 TIMES Judicial candidate Kermit Marsh knows what it's like to run afoul of the law - specifically, election law.The Westminster councilman, who faces a November runoff for a Superior Court judgeship, has paid more than $7,000 in fines for being late 21 times in... read more »

Miller Goes After Dems For Strangling e-Verify

By Nick Naylor | 06/27/08

I really liked this column by Assemblyman-to-be Jeff Miller from the FlashReport earlier this week.   Anybody who has done their own gardening understands hard work.  Anyone who has fought illegal immigration understands that while landscape contractors make their living working extremely hard, they probably aren't people you would turn to for policy advice.   So when I saw that the groups supporting the Democrat Assembly... read more »

Why Are Scott Baugh's Favorite Slates Silent On Prop 98?

By Nick Naylor | 06/02/08

There's a certain bit of irony to a drama that has been unfolding within the Slate Mail world over the past month.About a month ago, OCGOP Chairman Scott Baugh sent out an email to a group of Republican activists, donors, and elected officials urging them to buy onto the group of slates put out by the firm Citadel Campaigns out of northern California, saying that their slates "Unlike many other slates - they actually stand for conservative... read more »

Who's With Who - Volume 3: Spitzer and Duvall

By Nick Naylor | 05/21/08

Previously, I'd taken a look at who our Supervisors and a first batch of our Assemblymen had endorsed for the different Primary races around the County.Today, it's Spitzer and Duvall.Todd Spitzer finds himself in a precarious position. He's termed out of office and logic would hold that he'd want to use his last endorsements on his way out of office to pick winners who could in turn support him when he makes his eventual return.Mike... read more »

Neil's Real Deal Vol 2: No Show Neil Talks About a Non-Issue

By Nick Naylor | 05/09/08

In the eight years he has served on Council, Neil Blais has missed over a year and a half of meetings.  In the three years he has served on the Fire Authority board, he has missed a year of meetings.   That's why his colleagues call him "No-Show Neil". After all of those absences, in the midst of an issue based campaign, Blais believes his best source of traction with voters is trying to dredge up an issue on his opponent.   The... read more »

A Question for Our Next Sheriff

By Nick Naylor | 05/05/08

There have been a lot of reasonable questions publicly posed for anyone seeking to become our next Sheriff.   - How they'd manage the prisons.- What they'd do to clean up the department.- What they'd do to increase transparency.- What they'd do in response to the Chamberlain murder.   Etc, etc, etc.   But I have another line of questions I hope are explored.   Do you believe the 2nd Amendment gives every... read more »

Who's With Who? Part 2 - First Group of Assemblymen

By Nick Naylor | 04/30/08

Before a lunch appointment pulls me away from the computer for a while, I found the endorsements of these first few Assemblymen especially interesting.   You have Jim Silva exactly mirroring the endorsements of Bates and Campbell.   You have Chuck DeVore taking a very cautious, and probably very smart approach, only having endorsed Bob Huff and Mimi Walters out of the 5 races so far.   And you have Van Tran doing... I can't... read more »

Who's With Who? Part 1 - Supervisors

By Nick Naylor | 04/30/08

After each election inevitably comes the water cooler talk of who were the winners and the losers. I thought it might be worthwhile to set a framework for this discussion, an objective look at who each of OC's elected officials has backed in each of the County's competitive races. Today, I'll start with the Supervisors. Soon, I'll take a look at some of our Assemblymen, Senators, and Congressional delegation.   For argument's sake, I'll be... read more »

Blais Endorsed by Log Cabin Club

By Nick Naylor | 04/29/08

In the past, Republicans have elected conservatives to the State Assembly who 'grow' into liberals.  On other occasions, the Republicans OC elects to the State Assembly embrace liberal ideas after having them 'thrust' upon them by Sacramento.  But Neil Blais is that rare Republican who can campaign 'both ways', conservative and liberal.   Today, the Log Cabin Club of California, the cabana of liberal Republicana announced their... read more »

Neil's Real Deal: Part 1

By Nick Naylor | 04/24/08

Meeting Neil Blais is a nice enough experience, but his candidacy, like reality television, has not aged well.You know what I mean.  For the first year or two, Survivor was interesting, and so was Neil during those salad days of 2007 when he started to stand out at events for the first time.  And that is when I got curious. So I began to look into his record, at his priorities and accomplishments.And I have to say, like a lot of... read more »