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Thursday, July 31, 2014
Candidates UPDATE 7/31/14
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Candidate UPDATE for July 31,2014
Orange Mayor's Race
Tita Smith- Pulled Papers
Orange City Council Seats (2)
Jon Dumitru -Pulled Papers
Ray Grangoff- Pulled Papers
Kimberlee "Kim"Nichols -Filed Papers
Fred Whitaker-Pulled Papers
Gayle Merino-Pulling Papers
Diana Fascenelli-Pulled Papers
Sanjay Khetani- Pulled Papers
Stephen Miller- Pulled Papers
Karl Kreutziger-Pulled Papers
Robert "Bob" Collacott- Pulled Papers
Robert "Bob" Collacott- Pulled Papers
- Trustee Area 1
Diane Singer- Pulled Papers
- Trustee Area 4
Zachary Collins-Pulled Papers
Kathy Moffat- Pulled Papers
- Trustee Area 5
Timothy Surridge- Filed Papers
- Trustee Area 7
Rick Ledesma -Filed Papers
Steve Rocco- Filed Papers
Rancho Santiago College District Seat 4
Robert Douglas - Filed Papers
Trung Quang Nguyen- Pulled Papers
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Nichols makes it official
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Nichols first to make her run official and another
potential Villa Park candidate pulls papers
Former Orange Unified
Trustee Kimberlee "Kim" Nichols has filed her paper work to run for
Orange City Council. Nichols was the
first of five potential candidates who have pulled papers to officially file.
In Villa
Park , another potential candidate has pulled papers. Robert
"Bob" Collacott has pulled papers -making five potential candidates
for the three seats up for election. Collacott is the Manager of Water Quality
and Permitting for URS, a San
Francisco
Orange Mayor's Race
Tita Smith- Pulled Papers
Orange City Council Seats (2)
Jon Dumitru -Pulled Papers
Ray Grangoff- Pulled Papers
Kimberlee "Kim"Nichols -Filed Papers
Fred Whitaker-Pulled Papers
Gayle Merino-Pulling Papers
Robert "Bob" Collacott- Pulled Papers
Robert "Bob" Collacott- Pulled Papers
Diana Fascenelli-Pulled Papers
Sanjay Khetani- Pulled Papers
Stephen Miller- Pulled Papers
Karl Kreutziger-Pulled Papers
Robert "Bob" Collacott- Pulled Papers
Robert "Bob" Collacott- Pulled Papers
- Trustee Area 1
Diane Singer- Pulled Papers
- Trustee Area 4
Zachary Collins-Pulled Papers
Kathy Moffat- Pulled Papers
- Trustee Area 5
Timothy Surridge- Filed Papers
- Trustee Area 7
Rick Ledesma -Filed Papers
Steve Rocco- Filed Papers
Rancho Santiago College District Seat 4
Robert Douglas - Filed Papers
Trung Quang Nguyen- Pulled Papers
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Two more potential candidates
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Two more pull papers for Orange
and Villa Park councils
Gayle
Merino has pulled papers for the Orange City Council. Merino works as the
office manager for her husband Michael's Orange
architecture firm. Gayle Merino has been
active in numerous community organizations.
Merino and her husband were honored on Veteran's Day in 2005 for
donating time, energy and services for the installation of a Veterans Memorial Flag Pole at the Depot
Park Orange Veteran Memorial site.
In Villa Park , Karl Kreutziger pulled papers for that city's
City Council. This year, Kreutziger was named President of Anaheim based
construction firm Driver
SPG a subsidiary of California Orange
County
eLECTION Watch 2014
Today's summary
Orange Mayor's Race
Tita Smith- Pulled Papers
Orange City Council Seats (2)
Jon Dumitru -Pulled Papers
Ray Grangoff- Pulled Papers
Kimberlee "Kim"Nichols -Pulled Papers
Fred Whitaker-Pulled Papers
Gayle Merino-Pulling Papers
Diana Fascenelli-Pulled Papers
Sanjay Khetani- Pulled Papers
Stephen Miller- Pulled Papers
Karl Kreutziger-Pulled Papers
- Trustee Area 1
Diane Singer- Pulled Papers
- Trustee Area 4
Zachary Collins-Pulled Papers
Kathy Moffat- Pulled Papers
- Trustee Area 5
Timothy Surridge- Filed Papers
- Trustee Area 7
Rick Ledesma -Filed Papers
Steve Rocco- Filed Papers
Rancho Santiago College District Seat 4
Robert Douglas - Filed Papers
Friday, July 25, 2014
Candidate UPDATE 7/25
eLECTION Watch 2014
Today's summary
Orange Mayor's Race
Tita Smith- Pulled Papers
Orange City Council Seats (2)
Jon Dumitru -Pulled Papers
Ray Grangoff- Pulled Papers
Kimberlee "Kim"Nichols -Pulled Papers
Fred Whitaker-Pulled Papers
Diana Fascenelli-Pulled Papers
Sanjay Khetani- Pulled Papers
Stephen Miller- Pulled Papers
- Trustee Area 1
Diane Singer- Pulled Papers
- Trustee Area 4
Zachary Collins-Pulled Papers
Kathy Moffat- Pulled Papers
- Trustee Area 5
Timothy Surridge- Filed Papers
- Trustee Area 7
Rick Ledesma -Filed
Steve Rocco- Filed
Rancho Santiago College District Seat 4
Robert Douglas - Filed Papers
Trung Quang Nguyen- Pulled Papers
Thursday, July 24, 2014
Moffat pulls papers as potential opponent alleges sex scandal
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Zachary Collins
explains alleged sex scandal prompted his potential OUSD campaign
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| Zachary Collins |
Moffat's
move for re-election comes two days after Zachary Collins pulled papers to run
for the Area 4 trustee seat.
In
his twenties, in 2010 Collins had declared in the California Lt. Governor race,
but then withdrew. In an email to Orange
Net News, Collins explained what led him to declare then later withdraw from
the race:
Yes
I did take a shot for the Lieutenant Governor position for our great State I
did so on the basis that all parties should never let any seat go un-contested.
That is my moral standpoint. If you allow an incumbent to win by default or
slide back into office with such ease, there is no campaigning and certainly no
light shed on key events that the public must be made aware of. Once a more
qualified candidate did throw his hat in the ring, I quietly and without
hesitation stood down.
Collins
further explains in his email that an
alleged sex scandal that he reported to someone in Orange Unified, but did not get a response to until 4 years later after hinting about an election, is what prompted his campaign for OUSD Trustee.
The
Collins' email states that the OUSD Board "did nothing about it, let alone
respond, for almost 4 years" to an alleged sex scandal involving teachers
and students. He writes that " Our board has explicit knowledge
and details that I (and many others) have provided to them about". Collin's in his email states he
provided "concrete evidence including photographic evidence". His email states that:
They
only responded, within an hour I might add, when I emailed them saying "I
understand 4 out of the 7 seats are up for re-election, good luck." That
shows their true colors and character, which is why I am running.
The
Collin's allegations of course go beyond a political attack and leave many
questions unanswered. Collins' email does not indicate who in Orange Unified he
reported his allegations to nor what the eventual alleged response was 4
years later. Nor does Collins indicate whether he reported his allegations to law enforcement authorities, which of course
seems like a logical step in an alleged sex scandal-complete with photographic
evidence.
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| Steve Rocco |
The
four year grand conspiracy cryptically outlined in the email from the self-
identifying Tea Party enthusiast Collins sounds akin to the many conspiracy theories
professed by another potential OUSD candidate who has also pulled papers to run
in November, former OUSD Trustee Steve Rocco.
Is this a political slate in the making?
eLECTION Watch 2014Is this a political slate in the making?
Today's summary
Orange Mayor's Race
Tita Smith- Pulled Papers
Orange City Council Seats (2)
Jon Dumitru -Pulled Papers
Ray Grangoff- Pulled Papers
Kimberlee "Kim"Nichols -Pulled Papers
Fred Whitaker-Pulled Papers
Diana Fascenelli-Pulled Papers
Sanjay Khetani- Pulled Papers
Stephen Miller- Pulled Papers
- Trustee Area 1
Diane Singer- Pulled Papers
- Trustee Area 4
Zachary Collins-Pulled Papers
Kathy Moffat- Pulled Papers
Kathy Moffat- Pulled Papers
- Trustee Area 5
Timothy Surridge- Filed
- Trustee Area 7
Rick Ledesma -Filed
Steve Rocco- Filed
Rancho Santiago College District Seat 4
Robert Douglas - Filed
Lawrence R "Larry" Labrado- Pulled Papers
Trung Quang Nguyen- Pulled Papers
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Orange Mayor Tita Smith pulls papers for re-election
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Orange mayor Tita Smith pulls papers for re-election
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Today's summary
Orange Mayor's Race
Tita Smith- Pulled Papers
Orange City Council Seats (2)
Jon Dumitru -Pulled Papers
Ray Grangoff- Pulled Papers
Kimberlee "Kim"Nichols
-Pulled Papers
Fred Whitaker-Pulled Papers
Diana Fascenelli-Pulled Papers
Sanjay Khetani- Pulled Papers
Stephen Miller- Pulled Papers
- Trustee Area 1
Diane Singer- Pulled Papers
- Trustee Area 4
Zachary Collins-Pulled Papers
- Trustee Area 5
Timothy Surridge- Filed
- Trustee Area 7
Rick Ledesma -Filed
Steve Rocco- Filed
Other Noteworthy developments:
Robert Douglas has filed for Rancho Santiago Community College
District Seat 4.
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
Three candidates have pulled for Villa Park races
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Two new candidates pull papers for Villa Park Council race
As of today, three candidates have pulled papers to run for the three Villa Park City Council seats in November. Villa Park Coucnilwomen Diana Fascenelli has pulled papers for relection. Also pulling papers are Sanjay Khetani and Stephen Miller.
none of the three have filed their papers yet, the filing deadline is August 8th unless Frascenelli fails to file which would then extend the deadline by one week.
Councilman Brad Reese and Coucnilwomen Deborah Pauly who's terms are ending are both termed out.
Villa Park City
Orange Unified School District
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Two new candidates pull papers for Villa Park Council race
As of today, three candidates have pulled papers to run for the three Villa Park City Council seats in November. Villa Park Coucnilwomen Diana Fascenelli has pulled papers for relection. Also pulling papers are Sanjay Khetani and Stephen Miller.
none of the three have filed their papers yet, the filing deadline is August 8th unless Frascenelli fails to file which would then extend the deadline by one week.
Councilman Brad Reese and Coucnilwomen Deborah Pauly who's terms are ending are both termed out.
eLECTION Watch 2014
Today's summary
Orange Mayor's Race
No candidates yet
Orange City Council Seats (2)
Jon Dumitru -Pulled Papers
Ray Grangoff- Pulled Papers
Kimberlee "Kim"Nichols -Pulled Papers
Fred Whitaker-Pulled Papers
Diana Fascenelli-Pulled Papers
Sanjay Khetani- Pulled Papers
Stephen Miller- Pulled Papers
Sanjay Khetani- Pulled Papers
Stephen Miller- Pulled Papers
- Trustee Area 1
Diane Singer- Pulled Papers
- Trustee Area 4
Zachary Collins-Pulled Papers
- Trustee Area 5
Timothy Surridge- Filed
- Trustee Area 7
Rick Ledesma -Filed
Steve Rocco- Filed
Other Noteworthy developments:
Monday, July 21, 2014
Candidate UPDATE 7/21
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Today's summary
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Today's summary
Orange Mayor's Race
No candidates yet
Orange City Council Seats (2)
Jon Dumitru -Pulled Papers
Ray Grangoff- Pulled Papers
Kimberlee "Kim"Nichols -Pulled Papers
Fred Whitaker-Pulled Papers
Diana Fascenelli-Pulled Papers
Sanjay Khetani- Pulled Papers
Sanjay Khetani- Pulled Papers
- Trustee Area 1
Diane Singer- Pulled Papers
- Trustee Area 4
Zachary Collins-Pulled Papers
- Trustee Area 5
Timothy Surridge- Filed
- Trustee Area 7
Rick Ledesma -Filed
Steve Rocco- Filed
Other Noteworthy developments:
Robert Douglas has filed for Rancho Santiago Community College District Seat 4.
Saturday, July 19, 2014
KKK in City of Orange
COMMUNITY
UPDATE
Anti- immigrant KKK message in Orange
While repulsive, the flyers are not illegal.
The flyers include this message:
"It's time to enforce immigration ... To put troops on the border with shoot-to-kill politics"
For more information from KNBC click on: RACIST FLIERS
The following news story appeared on KNBC.
Friday, July 18, 2014
Candidates Update
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Self-identified Tea Party enthusiast Zachary Collins has pulled papers for the Orange Unified Trustee Seat 4.
The 20 year old Collins who first ran an unsuccessful campaign to get on the 2014 Primary Ballot for California Lt. Governor has a trail of social media that is little used and little followed.
In his pulling papers the website listed- www. electzacharycollins.com- does not work.
Other Zachary Collins sites include (Click on):
As of Friday 7/18, after one week of filing the following is the Greater Orange 2014 candidate activity:
eLECTION Watch 2014
Today's summary
Orange Mayor's Race
No candidates yet
Orange City Council Seats (2)
Jon Dumitru -Pulled Papers
Ray Grangoff- Pulled Papers
Kimberlee "Kim"Nichols -Pulled Papers
Fred Whitaker-Pulled Papers
Diana Fascenelli-Pulled Papers
- Trustee Area 1
Diane Singer- Pulled Papers
- Trustee Area 4
Zachary Collins-Pulled Papers
- Trustee Area 5
Timothy Surridge- Filed
- Trustee Area 7
Rick Ledesma -Filed
Steve Rocco- Filed
Other Noteworthy developments:
Robert Douglas has filed for Rancho Santiago Community College District Seat 4.
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Thursday, July 17, 2014
eLECTION UPDATE 7/17/14
eLECTION Watch 2014
Today's summary
Orange Mayor's
Race
No candidates yet
Orange City
Council Seats (2)
Jon Dumitru -Pulled Papers
Ray Grangoff- Pulled Papers
Kimberlee "Kim"Nichols -Pulled Papers
Fred Whitaker-Pulled Papers
Diana Fascenelli-Pulled Papers
- Trustee Area 1
Diane Singer- Pulled Papers
- Trustee Area 4
No candidates yet
- Trustee Area 5
Timothy Surridge- Filed
- Trustee Area 7
Rick Ledesma -Filed
Steve Rocco- Filed
Other Noteworthy developments:
Robert Douglas has filed for Rancho Santiago Community
College District Seat 4.
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Election UPDATE July 16, 2014
eLECTION Watch 2014
Today's summary
Orange Mayor's
Race
No candidates yet
Orange City
Council Seats (2)
Jon Dumitru -Pulled Papers
Ray Grangoff- Pulled Papers
Kimberlee "Kim"Nichols -Pulled Papers
Fred Whitaker-Pulled Papers
Diana Fascenelli-Pulled Papers
- Trustee Area 1 No candidates yet
- Trustee Area 4 No candidates yet
- Trustee Area 5 No candidates yet
- Trustee Area 7
Rick Ledesma -Filed
Steve Rocco- Pulled Papers
Other Noteworthy developments:
Robert Douglas has filed for Rancho Santiago Community
College District Trustee Seat 4.
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Rocco, Nichols, Dumitru try comebacks
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He's back...Steve Rocco pulls papers for
OUSD seat and...
Jon Dumitru and Kimberlee "Kim" Nichols pull papers for
2014 Orange City
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| Former Trustee Steve Rocco |
Controversial perennial candidate Steve Rocco who once won
an OUSD Trustee seat by listing himself as an "educator" has pulled
papers to run for OUSD Area 7 Trustee seat. The Area 7 seat is currently held
by Rick Ledesma -who also pulled papers to run for re-election.
Two days into the filing period and three people so far have
pulled papers for two Orange City Council seats currently held by Councilman
and Mayor Pro Tem Fred Whitaker and Councilman Denis Bilodeau.
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| Former Councilman Jon Dumitru |
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| Former Trustee Kim Nichols |
Former Orange Unified Trustee Kimberlee "Kim "
Nichols, who has held numerous community
positions including President of the Orange Library Foundation, has also pulled
papers for the Orange City Council putting to rest the persistent rumor
that she might challenge the unpopular
OUSD Trustee Timothy Surridge who defeated her for the seat. (Click on: NICHOLS 2010 ) .
When Nichols was President of the OUSD Board, she was one of
the community leaders who tried to collect signatures to recall then Trustee Steve
Rocco. When that effort failed, Nichols
pushed through the realignment of the OUSD Trustee Areas which changed Rocco's
home out of his original Trustee area forcing him to run against Rick
Ledesma-but not as an incumbent. Rocco
lost.
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| Roy Grangoff |
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| Councilman Whitaker |
Meanwhile, perennial Orange City Council candidate Robert
Douglas will again be on the ballot -but not for Orange City Council. Douglas has pulled papers for the Area 4 Trustee Seat for
the Rancho Santiago Community College District currently held by Lawrence
Labrado. Trustee Labardo, a former
educator and Outreach Director for CSU Fullerton, was first appointed to a vacancy on
the RSCCD Board in 1994.
In Villa Park , three
council seats are open. Councilwomen
Diana Fascenelli has pulled papers for re-election. Councilman Brad Reese and Councilwomen
Deborah Pauly are termed out of their seats.
Pauly has recently been a regular fixture at Orange Unified School Board
meetings and there is widespread speculation that she will be running for the
OUSD Trustee Area 4 Seat currently held by Trustee Kathy Moffat.
The controversial Pauly, a self-professed proud Tea Party advocate, was
removed as OC Republican Party Vice Chair in 2012 ( Republican Party )
as she unsuccessfully ran for OC Supervisor (Click On: SUPERVISOR RACE ).
At the OUSD June 30, 2014 meeting, Pauly spoke against the 2014
Facilities Bond that was approved for the November ballot by the OUSD Board that night. It is widely believed that Pauly will be
leading the efforts against the OUSD 2014 Bond. On June 15th Pauly posted this on her
Facebook account:
This
is JUST what I wanted to do today...write ballot arguments! ARGH!
Villa Park City
Orange Unified School
District
Robert Douglas pulled papers for Rancho Santiago Community
College District Seat 4
eLECTION Watch 2014
Today's summary
Orange Mayor's
Race
No candidates yet
Orange City
Council Seats (2)
Jon Dumitru -Pulled Papers
Ray Grangoff- Pulled Papers
Kimberlee "Kim"Nichols -Pulled Papers
Fred Whitaker-Pulled Papers
Diana Fascenelli-Pulled Papers
- Trustee Area 1
No candidates yet
- Trustee Area 4
No candidates yet
- Trustee Area 5
No candidates yet
- Trustee Area 7
Rick Ledesma -Pulled Papers
Steve Rocco- Pulled Papers
Other Noteworthy developments:
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