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Wednesday, August 31, 2016
UPDATED: Judge denies Pauly Measure S petition
Judge denies Deborah Pauly petition against Measure S and rules on OC Supervisors request on Rocco statement
Post updated based on more correct information on 9/2/16
Sources
report that in a Wednesday September 31st court hearing, Orange County Superior Court Judge Andrew
Banks denied the petition from Deborah Pauly against Orange County Registrar
of Voters Neal Kelly over the opposition ballot statement for OUSD's Measure S
Facilities Bond.
After
loosing a drawing held by the Orange County Registrar of Voters to be the official
anti-OUSD Measure S statement to appear on the ballot, Deborah Pauly went to
court today to have her ballot statement replace former OUSD Trustee Steve Rocco's
ballot statement. Both Pauly and Rocco
had submitted opposition ballot statements.
Pauly
had sought a ruling based on the content of the Rocco Ballot Statement. Lawyers for the Registrar of Voters argued that the Registrar of
Voters could not make a content based determination of which argument should
get priority. Judge Banks ruled that a content based determination for the
ballot was unauthorized by statue and not appropriate in light of the First
Amendment.
Pauly,
a Republican Central Committee Member and head of the Stop the Rip-off! No on Measure S campaign, filed the case last
week against the Orange County Registrar of Voters Neal Kelley attempting to
remove Rooco's statement and replace it with her own. Pauly's case
asserted that Rocco's Committee Against the Orange Unified School District Bond is not a true committee and the content of
the Rocco statement will harm the election process.
While
county lawyers defended Kelley in court, other county lawyers were also in court
representing the Board of Supervisors. Those lawyers were sucessful in having two sentences in the Rocco argument concerning Public Adimistrator Peggi Buff and former Orange County D.A. Tony Rackaukus removed.
Rocco's Measure S ballot statement has numerous references to county and local officials weaved into a classic Rocco personal conspiracy writing that long-time Greater Orange residents are more than familiar.
Rocco's Measure S ballot statement has numerous references to county and local officials weaved into a classic Rocco personal conspiracy writing that long-time Greater Orange residents are more than familiar.
As the opposition to Measure
S fights, the well-organized broad-based pro-Measure S forces led by a community coalition called the Yes on Measure S Campaign 2016 has
previewed their new logo for its campaign:
The
ballot argument in favor of Measure S is signed by former Orange County
Supervisor Bill Campbell, Orange Mayor Tita Smith, Villa Park City Councilwomen
Diana Fascenelli, City of Anaheim City
Councilwomen Kris Murray
