The Five Best Wins for Democracy in Orange County Last Night

GregDiamond

Wow -- I agree with 4 out of 5 items, all but on Agran. (I think that Irvine, and probably the Weekly as well, will come to regret this result within a year. Time will tell.)

I also agree that, with a mere 43.6% of the vote (probably 44% or so when the provisionals are counted) in SD-29, after spending less on my campaign (not including $5500 on ballot statements) than my opponent did on post-primary campaign literature alone, I have indeed proven myself to be the Worst. Candidate. Ever.

I do hope that you patch things up with Sharon, though. She deserves your fair coverage. And these are great times ahead for north OC.

909Jeff topcommenter

We all need to be mor afraid that the dems have a supermajority in both houses in the state legislature.... Every fucked up social issue is gonna get rammed through and go ahead and kiss prop 13 goodbye... They will start with corporate property taxes forcing more businesses to leave the state... pushing unemployment higher and in turn voting for more entitlements for the unemployed. And then after they wring corporate owned property dry they'll come after private property which will CRUSH the housing market and price old people out of their homes...

ageofknowledge

Obama and his retard minions will deliver the following: Iran will go nuclear, even more of the 67% of all new job growth in the U.S. currently going to immigrants (instead of U.S. citizens) will increase, the sprawling welfare state will expand further, the deficit will increase another $4-$6 trillion over the next four years while cities across the nation begin to consider bankruptcy, trade will stay broken and work against American workers, morality will break down further, secret treaties under negotiation will be passed dramatically curbing your liberty, higher taxes, etc... You obviously want ALL of this if you voted for the obummer and he's going to make sure you get it.... in memory of his dead anti-American absent father.

Mitchell_Young

The strange thing is I agree with three things here (W, V, Agran), don't know enough about Chavez, and am not too upset at seeing Norby go down, if he does.

The usual paradoxes apply -- Republicans love to 'privatize' (V), but those private contractors hire illegals who will vote out the Republicans (or their children will). Progressives want 'high wage'/good benefits jobs, but somehow have convinced themselves that adding to the labor supply via mass immigration doesn't force down wages.

Likewise, 'Progressives' want to preserve open space (W), but somehow forget that people need to live somewhere, and that adding millions of immigrants means more hills graded.

Spanky

@Mitchell_Young"people need to live somewhere, and that adding millions of immigrants means more hills graded."

a) Immigrants don't live in the hills

b) there are no hills left to grade (thank God we saved the last few, for now)

Problem solved.

Mitchell_Young

@Spanky @Mitchell_Young "

"there are no hills left to grade (thank God we saved the last few, for now)"

Maybe in Fullerton, but that just pushes the problem out to, say, Silverado Canyon. As a county resident, it seems to me more important to preserve the larger sections of undeveloped land out there than an isolated hill in Fullerton.

Mitchell_Young

@Spanky @Mitchell_Young "Immigrants don't live in the hills"

I've explained this before. The Brits even have a word for it -- 'knock on effect'.

Sure it will be the mostly native born moving to the new development. But part of the reason they do that --a big part -- is that their aging flatland neighborhoods become barrios, rather than, say, undergoing redevelopment for the people, and children of people, who lived there in the 1970s, 80s etc.

It's really not that complex, more people need more houses, as even immigrants aren't going to want to squeeze 2-3-4 families into a house, a la Santa Ana.

merijoe

Now, (with all due respect to Sharon) if she will just lead with a spine in place.

Mitchell_Young

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" It will mean that Democratic Party of Orange County chair Frank Barbaro will have to admit that the future of his party is Latino"

So racialism is okay for 'Latinos', but god forbid some anonymous twitter user make a #votewhite hashtag.

lowkey949

@Mitchell_Young Doesn't mean Latinos have to vote democrat every year.

...

Right?

Mitchell_Young

@lowkey949 Of course they will, they are heavily reliant on government spending.

GustavoArellano moderator editortopcommenter

@Mitchell_Young Your kind is doomed HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Mitchell_Young

@GustavoArellano @Mitchell_Young No, but white Democrat politicians are doomed.

BTW is she even 'Latina' -- Silva is a Portugese name, and looking at her campaign page, her four kids ( maybe that makes her Latina!) look decidedly caucasian.

Mitchell_Young

@GustavoArellano What's 'Quirk' short for? Quirkocoyotl, Aztec God of Gitomates?

GustavoArellano moderator editortopcommenter

@Mitchell_Young She's full-on Chicana, moron—wrong like always!

Mitchell_Young

@merijoe @GustavoArellano Yes, do it all the time -- everyone does, I'm just honest.

merijoe

@Mitchell_Young @GustavoArellano

@Mitchell_Young, you aren't racially profiling, are you?

merijoe

@GustavoArellano @Mitchell_Young

@GustavoArellano, your comment above has me cracking up...you are great, I needed a good story with some positive spin and your comment is icing on the donut. Thanks!