Fred Jung Running For County Supervisor
Here’s a video put out by Fullerton Mayor, Fred Jung, announcing a run for 4th District County Supervisor. The winner will replace thankfully (for us) termed-out Doug “Bud” Chaffee, another in a very long line of do-nothing, accomplish-nothing office holders. The primary is in the spring of 2026 – still over a year away. The top two will advance to a November runoff if nobody gets 50% (I think that’s how it works).
The video’s not bad, although it’s sort of low energy.
A Jung opponent for the job, is the nebbish Connor Traut of Buena Park, who announced last year. The poor Troutlet immediately announced a $100,000 fundraising bonanza that turned out to be nothing but a transfer of money form a city council account. Jung is doing the same thing, but has twice as much in the bank – an impressive $200K.
Both are Democrats, and it sounds like Jung is going after the same demographic that elected Bud Chaffee – conservative Dems and Republicans with no place else to go.
It remains to be seen if the Republicans will even bother to run anybody. Some guy named Vargas from Brea ran before and did poorly. Then there’s Tim Shaw who ran against and lost to Chaffee in 2018. In 2022 two Democrats made the playoffs so there may not even be a Republican horse in the race.
On the Democrat side it’s hard to see any other serious candidates emerging at this point.
Have to say, I had really high hopes for Jung, but has been much of a let down.
That’s not to say he hasn’t had his high points, I’ll give him that.
He needs to shitcan the imbecilic Trail to Nowehre and the dumbass “boutique hotel”.
Well, that and the OCPA and putting that dunce Castaneda on committees and now it seems to have gotten a side kick elected.
Traut can’t compete in fundraising. He has his 100K and a bunch of endorsements from Dem school board members. I doubt if he could win Buena Park.
Jung is not a superstar but he is 1,000 times better than Connor “Carpetbagger” Traut.
Traut is the worst sort. He is a power hungry, scheming, conniving, and dishonest politician who would pimp his mom for a nickel if it meant climbing up one more rung on the ladder.
Fred Jung has tarnished his career aspirations by his role on the failing Orange County Power Authority. His lack of transparency by cutting checks behind closed doors is bad enough, but using ratepayer funds to support Fullerton events, that he likes, and that have nothing to do with clean energy projects, is appalling! For example, he used OCPA ratepayer funds of $5,000 to give to a Tommy Lasorda Day Event in Fullerton, $4,000 to a football league in Fullerton, $3,000 for a tree lighting event in Fullerton, and $5,000 to Museum Center Punk Exhibit. And those are just a few of the expenditures he has frivolously given away at the expense of the cities ratepayers that were AUTOMATICALLY ENROLLED in this organization, and removed from Southern California Edison. The use of ratepayer funds are to go before the board, but they never do. The OCPA is a not for profit organization, but he runs it like his own personal slush fund. And this is the main reason why the City of Irvine is considering pulling out. Fred Jung is arrogant and thinks he can make up his own rules. Can you imagine him on the OC Board of Supervisors? He had a long publicized affair with now disgraced Irvine City Council member, Tammy Kim. The two of them on the board of the OCPA ran it into the ground, and took away public trust!
This right here.
And I didn’t want to bring up that last part, though I suppose it’s not new news.
Oh, and that $200k Jung has, look no further than the OCPA funneled through various organizations. He used OCPA funds to give, Glenn Grandis from Fountain Valley, a re-election ball, and that city didn’t decide to become a member of the OCPA until a few days later. I call it a bribe since his residents knew nothing about it! Jung has been around forever and knows how to play the games, but he needs to go! He needs to stay home and be a dad and get his life together, and stop abusing his power!!
Again, a disappointment.