The Morning After Pill
The results of the November 2024 Fullerton elections are almost settled.
School bonds L and N passed comfortably. And why not? The districts used your money to educate you, and the beholden contractors, trades, architects et al. spent $300,000 to put us all farther into debt. Yea! Property taxes and rents and the cost of commerce are going up. But, hey, it’s all for the kids, right?
In the City Council 2nd District election, Mayor Nick Dunlap pummeled the old warhorse, Jan Flory, whose try at a 4th time around the track came out of the gate without a rider. The result so far is a massive 28 point victory.
In the 1st District, incumbent Fred Jung walloped a guy named Matt Truxaw, who can now retreat back into the murky obscurity from which he was trolled by Ahmad Zahra. This one wasn’t close, either – a 44 point gap
The 4th District is close – real close. Newcomer Jamie Valencia leads OC Dem Central darling Vivian “Kitty” Jaramillo, a woman whose candidacy was so shaky the Dem Party created a phony non-Latino candidate to help her out. Right now the difference is about 130 votes in Valencia’s favor. Can late mail-in ballots save Kitty’s litter? We’ll probably know by the end of the day. Linda Whitaker, who didn’t seem to campaign at all finished a distant third. But we see you there, Scott Markowitz, the perjurer set up to help Jaramillo. He has 766 votes right now, enough to suggest that his phony candidacy could be considered to be an effective element in the election. Cause for legal action? That would be fun.
A Valencia victory would certainly be the bitterest pill for Ahmad Zahra and Shana Charles and all the other Dem small fry like Sharon Quirk and Josh Newman. More importantly, it would solidify a common sense approach to the stupidity and turbidity of City Hall inventions like the Trail to Nowhere, the Wank on Wilshire, the boutique hotel disaster, etc. Even more significantly it will affect the issue of liberal marijuana dispensaries in Fullerton – Zahra’s pet cause.
The Fullerton Observer Sisters can be counted on to bemoan a Jaramillo loss and blame evil developer influences for having the temerity to tell the truth about poor Kitty.
Speaking of Newman, he is currently losing his State Senate job to the dopey librarian from Irvine, Steven Choi, for which we would be eternally grateful if it holds. He would leave a ridiculous, gerrymandered district he couldn’t win as his lasting legacy. He’s 14,000 votes behind, which is a lot, but of course late ballot counts could change that over the days ahead – like they did for him in 2016.
Quirk won as expected, but with a Jaramillo loss and the possible defeat of her hand-picked elementary school board candidate, Vanesa Estrella, she may have some political throw-weight problems, especially in a run for County Supervisor in two years. But that school board election is close. Incumbent Leonel Talavares is only ahead by 46 votes this morning.
Another bright note is the victory of some guy named James Cho in another elementary school board race. He crushed forever incumbent Hilda Sugarman, and good riddance there, too. There may not be much of a practical difference but cleaning out the cobwebs is always a good idea.
Does this mean no Mayor Zahra in 2025?
Or 2026!
Have we gotten rid of Flory AND Jaramillo? Bestill my beating heart.
The State Senate district is huge so late ballots could have a big impact. However Newman doesn’t have the LA County boost he got in 2016.
Newman is toast because he doesn’t have a clue who’s who in the zoo. Boohoo to the North OC Democrats who anointed Newman as the savior of progressive “values”. There won’t be a next time Josh, but in case you have amnesia and the stench of being a loser fades and you decide to run for something else, remember who’s who in the zoo.
Oh the irony of Jaba having to lawyer up to try to grab the Markowitzs votes.
Needless to say, although I was in Whitakers camp, I am much happier this morning than when I went to bed last night….well, except for that other thing.
That would be funny! Not gonna happen. All roads lead to Jabamillo and her pals at OC Dem HQ.
The Jaramillo election was stolen from us. Everything was fixed for a big splendiferous win.
Fullerton BooHoo was robbed.
Ding dong the witch is dead.
lolololol
valencia sure is
City Hall IP address.
Hey!
I still want one of those ” Jaramillo Team Fraud” signs for my garage!
Why doesn’t he just anoint himself mayor? Just like he seems to have done for everything else he has done in his life?
Well, why not. He tried last year.
https://www.fullertonsfuture.org/2023/away-from-home-alone/
Nothing. The Kennedy sisters decided the election outcome’s not news worthy to all 25 of her readers.
Are the sisters in mourning?
One can only hope.
Did Your Candidate Win or Lose? Too Early to Tell.
By Sharon Kennedy on November 6, 2024 • ( Leave a comment )
No, it’s not too early early to tell. Flory lost. Old nag bites dust.
Did any of your candidate win Suckia Kennedy? Can we call you a WHAMMMMUBLANCE?
Sharon K
November 7, 2024 at 6:55 am
Mike, the paper provided information on all candidates, invited all to be interviewed, and made no endorsements. The citizens of Fullerton chose the candidates they preferred through their votes.
The startling hypocrisy of constantly confusing editorial with what is supposed to be news. The Kennedy sisters can’t even see their how their everyday loony-bias works.
Who were they endorsing when they selectively ignored certain candidates improper signage placement?
What utter fools.
That’s what I was thinking. But they have also been attacking incumbents Jung and Dunlap for years at the behest of the Marriage/Immigrant fraud, fake doctor, fake film producer, fake water expert, Ahmad Zahra.