Register Endorses Jung, Dunlap, and Valencia
Today the OC Register Editorial Board endorsed Fred Jung and Nick Dunlap for re-election and newcomer Jamie Valencia in the 4th District against Vivian Jaramillo and Linda Whitaker.
Reproduced from the Orange County Register:
The city of Fullerton has three City Council seats up for grabs and the choices – at least in two of them – are fairly clear cut. Issues there center on the same kind of major issues that confront many older north Orange County cities: housing development, homelessness, crime and budgets.
District 1 pits incumbent Fred Jung against IT consultant Matt Truxaw. District 2 in pits current Mayor Nicholas Dunlap against Jan Flory, who previously served on the council. District 4 in the city’s less-affluent southwest corner has a crowded field for an open seat vacated by Councilman Bruce Whitaker.
His wife, former campaign manager Linda Whitaker, is running against retired community preservation officer Vivian “Kitty” Jaramillo, registered nurse Jamie Valencia and data analyst, Scott Markowitz.
We endorse Jung for the District 1 race. We endorsed him in the previous race because of his nuts-and-bolts approach. He’s been solid on key budget, development and public-service issues. Truxaw and Jung both offered reasonable answers to our survey questions, but we see no reason to change course.
We endorse Dunlap for District 2. We like his libertarian-leaning approach and have been impressed by his time on the council. Flory did not respond to our survey, but she has a long record in Democratic politics. This is an easy call.
“I will continue to fight for taxpayers and a fiscally conservative approach to governance, so I will oppose new taxes and any tax increases,” Dunlap told us. “During her 14 years on the council, my opponent voted for the 3% at 50 pension plan, to raise the city’s sales tax rate and also voted to maintain an illegal water tax. Poor decision making and failed leadership (like this) is part of the reason we have the issues we do today.”
In District 4, we quickly eliminated two candidates from consideration. Markowitz has no apparent campaign presence. His campaign statement calls on “America First patriots” to get involved, but he appears to be backed by some Democrats. We have no use for alleged ghost candidates. Jaramillo is the Democratic Party’s choice. As a self-described “advocate for city employees,” we suspect she won’t be the best person to negotiate local union contracts.
Whitaker would be a reliable and sensible conservative voice on budget issues, but in our survey she wrote that Fullerton is “almost built out” and opposed new affordable-housing projects.
Valencia also seems good on budget issues and called for expedited housing construction.
“I want to make building and plan check processes more efficient and streamline to save small business owners money and time,” Valencia told us. “Fullerton will be known as a business friendly city and encourage entrepreneurs to invest.”
Housing remains perhaps the top issue in our cities, so for that reason we endorse Valencia for District 4.
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There you have it, including a shout-out link to FFFF, detailing the phony candidate Scott Markowitz and the lying Democrat operatives who created him. What effect this endorsement will have remains speculative, but in North Fullerton it’s worth something; and in District 4 it may carry some weight with the minority Republican and independent voters.
My favorite part of the story is Dunlap’s pithy takedown of the dreadful Jan Flory, who just can’t seem to go away once and for all.
Congrats to all three.
Jaramillo and Flory would be total disasters. Hasn’t Flory done enough to hurt Fullerton? All our economic problems have her fingerprints on them.
Flory is 80. Jaramillo and Whitaker are 70. It’s these geriatric types who have done so much damage over the years.
Think Buck Catlin, Don Bankhead, Doc Heehaw Jones, Flory (enough already) and the dismal Bud Chaffee.
Hmm. Not that the younger ones like Clesceri, Wilson, Nelson, Quirk and Kellar were worth a damn, either. Maybe it’s just Fullerton.
Haha. You left out Whitaker who’s been acting like a tired old man for 14 years.
As a self-described “advocate for city employees,” we suspect she won’t be the best person to negotiate local union contracts.
Jaramillo and Flory are all about City Hall.
Jabamillo will eat Fullerton.
Non partisan seats lol. I think the register figured it out.
I see they spotted your buddy Scott Markowitz right out of the gate.
They basically said Valencia is the least shittiest of a shitty candidate pool….not exactly a ringing endorsement. They also forget to mention her campaign is bankrolled by the fire union goons – never a good sign of things to come. She’ll be a reliable vote to gin up pay and benefits for the heroes.
At last she isn’t Jaramillo. And that’s a great thing.
She’s easier to look at than Jabbamillo.
The Fire and Police Bros Organized Crime Syndicate want Nurse Valencia to be their Sugar Mommy.
Can you blame them? I can’t.
Larry wants Jabamillo to be his Sugar Mommy.
Always vote opposite of whatever or whoever the “heroes” are endorsing and funding. Anytime the “heroes” shill for something or someone it ends up cost taxpayers dearly.
Normally I would agree. Except Jaramillo wants rent control, dope stores, taxes and more incompetents in City Hall. As the register said: she represents the interests of the public employees.
Linda Whitaker doesn’t have much of a chance of winning.
I suspect Linda is behind most of her husband’s lame votes.
When you take the ideology away from the Whitakers there’s no judgment at all.
I’d rather have Jamie than the fossilized Jaramillo; or Linda Whitaker with her lame ass “boutique” hotel and her “al fresco dining.”
The Monster on Santa Fe is a tribute to Whitaker Brain Damage.
Is Fullerton’s political landscape irreparably tainted by a cycle of corruption that stifles community engagement? What specific instances of corruption have shaped public perception, and how can residents reclaim their voice to demand transparency and accountability from local leaders?”,
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Cycle of corruption? What are you talking about?
Keep things in perspective. Maybe look into towns with actual corruption scandals like Bell for comparison.
This blog makes anything government does that seem people like and the bloggers here don’t out to be a scandal.
Losing political fights is distinct from corruption. Sometimes it is just democracy in action. You lick your wounds and marshall your resources for the next fight. But pretending you can only lose if someone else is cheating disrespects the process and your fellow citizens. It is caustic to our system to see everything in terms of good and evil when it’s all just fellow citizens competing for limited resources.
And you don’t know what you’re talking about.
The FPD all by itself is a poster child for unreformed corruption. You could use the search words “culture of corruption” on FFFF and educate yourself.
But education isn’t your strong suit, if you even have a strong suit.
Yeah we probably have just have different definitions of corruption. Where mine is real and yours is pulled out of your ass.
Hoogerbooger you obviously haven’t been paying attention to what’s been going on with the Fullerton Police Department and Fullerton City Hall over the past 15-20 years, you cunty piss flap.
We have published lists of the Fullerton Cops who were busted, caught in perjury, beat up members of the public for fun, etc.
Then there were the Chiefs who faked disability retirement and who attacked EMS workers.
The whole Joe Felz drunk driving episode and cover up was so seamy that it deserves special notice. Hogerbooger is just a lonely asshole defending the indefensible. He’s a troll, of course.
And by that I’d guess you have to go back 15- 20 years to find your *incident* which you claim confirms an extant “culture of corruption.”
In any event this article is about the oc register using its investigative skills to help Fullerton find partisan Republicans to vote for in our non partisan election. Nothing to do with FPD. And the post I was replying to was about leadership not fpd.
That was just PB changing the subject.
15 years? How about the murder of Hector Hernandez in 2020 you miserable piece of excrement. The cop is still employed. Look it up, turd.
I looked it up. Not sure what the fuck you wanted the cops to do.
Not every shooting by a cop is a crime.
Oh, yes, your Heroes in blue were immaculate. Cost the City $8,000,000. And the cop is still on the force. You aren’t even paying attention.
I think it’s time to pull the plug on this asshole.
And your head is stuck firmly up your ass. You wink at corruption when it suits your purpose. You should write for the Fullerton Observer.
What corruption? So conveniently vague.
Don’t know the history of the FPD, and yet you spout off. Sad, really, but not surprising. You love fascist cops.
Radical libertarians every one of you. You’re sharing your ideology not facts. You think anyone with power is a fascist. There are bad cops and bad politicians. But I think most go to serve.
Shut up fascist cop lover.
No matter who you vote for and elect to the Fullerton City Council, it’s a safe bet their be spending eternity at my Lake of Fire Luxury Resort when they’re finished carrying out my work here.
Nurse Valencia will administer regular, large cash injections to the police and fire “hero” unions because that’s what they paid her to do. The PD and FD unions have a reverse Hippocratic oath when it comes to public money, “First, do harm.”
Would you be happy with Cannabis Kitty? Talk about harm.
I would be. Cannabis Kitty will cause far less harm than a union stooge like Valencia. At least Kitty’s lame idea to bring in pot shops will generate some additional revenue. Valencia will simply bend over and allow the heroes to violate her and the City’s coffers.
Well, then, go for it.
BTW, Jaramillo would do any deal Jamie would so you don’t know what you’re talking about.
Don’t let a pretty face get into your wallet. A union stooge like Jamie will let the heroes run amok.
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