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Friday, August 08, 2014
SPECIAL REPORT: Surprise candidates
eLECTION Watch 2014
a service of Orange Net News /O/N/N/
SPECIAL REPORT
GreaterOrange Complete list of November candidates -
Greater
Friday's filing deadline produces surprises...
with two last minute OUSD candidates
Two last minute candidates pulled and filed in two Orange Unified races today, Friday August 8, the last day of filing.
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| Florice Hoffman, Esq |
Orange Attorney Florice Hoffman pulled and filed to run in OUSD Trustee Area 5 against Trustee Timothy Surridge. Hoffman had run in 2008 (CLICK HERE: HOFFMAN) in Trustee Area 3 in a three person race against Dr. Alexia Deligianni and Jerry Winant. Hoffman came in third with 31.5%. Her vote, together with Winant's 33.5%, meant 65% of the voters cast ballots for someone other than the winner Deligianni who won with 35% of the vote.
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| Dr. Tim Perez |
Pulling papers and filing in Trustee Area 7 to face Trustee Rick Ledesma and controversial former OUSD Trustee Steve Rocco is Dr. Tim Perez, an Assistant Professor of Information Management Systems at Brandam University-
Perez is clearly Orange Unified's first 21st Century Trustee candidate.
Perez is clearly Orange Unified's first 21st Century Trustee candidate.
A highly regarded renown IT specialist, Perez has an impressive resume that includes: graduating from Santiago Canyon College with an Associate in Science Degree in Computer Information Systems; a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Information Systems from Chapman University; a Master of Science Degree in Information Systems from National University; and a Doctor of Science Degree in Information Systems with a specialization in Information Assurance and Computer Security from Dakota State University.
Also filing last minute, and also an educator at Brandam University
Pulling papers and filing on the last day requires an enormous amount of planning and organization. With the control of the OUSD Board majority at stake after four years of controversy, the introduction of the two highly educated and qualified candidates on the last day is sure to create a major buzz and appears to have been highly coordinated.
Surridge who worked hard in two years as Board President to develop the Peralta Site property caused wide-spread push back from across the Greater Orange Communities. Surridge's announced second term agenda that included exploring eliminating two trustee seats was widely panned and got nowhere. In addition, his Board Presidencies have been widely characterized as condescending to the women trustees and numerous community leaders. Now, having a well connected women as an opponent could prove to be a big problem for someone who often appeared as a bully toward women during Board meetings.
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| Trustee Rick Ledesma |
Meanwhile, Ledesma, one of two Hispanic males and the longest serving Trustee currently on the Board, now has a young, smart, handsome, high tech 21st Century opponent with more education than most of the current top OUSD Administrators-who also happens to be Hispanic. In an election widely expected to have a large number of women voters, this could be the Hispanic version of the Kennedy-Nixon election.
The potential problems of both Ledesma and Surridge can be seen in this video:
The potential problems of both Ledesma and Surridge can be seen in this video:
In other races, Eugene Fields did file for a run for Orange Mayor against popular Mayor Tita Smith. Two of the five candidates running for Orange City Council are women.
In Villa Park, incumbent Councilwomen Diana Fascenelli is running for reelection with five men competing for 3 seats.
Orange Net News would like to thank the following indispensable public servants for making these vital candidate updates possible and helping our democracy work: Orange City Clerk Mary Murphy and her staff; Villa Park City Manager and City Clerk Jarad Hildenbrand and his staff; and the Orange County Registrar of Voters office.
eLECTION Watch 2014
Finale summary
Orange Mayor's Race
Tita Smith- Filed Papers
Eugene Fields-Filed Papers
Orange City Council Seats (2)
Jon Dumitru -Filed Papers
Kimberlee "Kim"Nichols -Filed Papers
Fred Whitaker-Filed Papers
Gayle Merino-Filed Papers
Ray Grangoff- Filed Papers
Diana Fascenelli-Filed Papers
Robert "Bob" Collacott- Filed Papers
Bill Nelson-Filed Papers
Sanjay Khetani- Pulled Papers
Stephen Miller- Pulled Papers
Karl Kreutziger-Pulled Papers
Tony Murray-Pulled Papers
Trustee Area 1
Diane Singer- Filed Papers
Trustee Area 4
Kathy Moffat- Filed Papers
Brian G. Harrington-Filed Papers
Larry Cohn- Filed Papers
Zachary Collins-Pulled Papers
Trustee Area 5
Timothy Surridge- Filed Papers
Trustee Area 7
Rick Ledesma -Filed Papers
Steve Rocco- Filed Papers
Tim Perez-Filed Papers
Rancho Santiago College District Seat 4
Robert Douglas - Filed Papers
Trung Quang Nguyen- Filed Papers
Serrano Water Dist, Div. 1 Seat
RICHARD A. "RICH" FRESCHI- Filed Papers
BRAD REESE- Filed Papers
Silverado-Modjeska, Recreation and Park Dist Seats (3)
GREG BATES - Filed Papers
JOANNE HUBBLE - Filed Papers
DEBORAH JOHNSON - Filed Papers
LINDA KEARNS - Filed Papers
PHIL MCWILLIAMS - Filed Papers
RON SHEPSTON - Filed Papers
KEVIN W. TOPP - Filed Papers
Silverado-Modjeska, Rec/Pk Dist, Short Term Seat
LISA COLLINS- Filed Papers
JOHN OLSON- Filed Papers
ED MANDICH- Filed Papers
MIKE SAFRANSKI- Filed Papers
GLEN ACOSTA-Filed Papers
