Who is Jamie Valencia?
I have to admit, I don’t know who Jamie Valencia is. But I know what she wants. She wants to be Fullerton’s 4th District Councilmember.
She is a serious candidate. Real serious. Here’s her website: https://www.jamievalencia.com/
There isn’t much to go on, issues wise, but according to her website Ms. Valencia has the endorsement of Fullerton’s power police union and the influential carpenter’s union. Because of the latter, I’m assuming she is a Democrat, and if so, is going to cause some real problems for the OCDEM establishment that went out of their way to slide Vivian Jaramillo into this office, even going so far as to create a fake candidate, Scott Markowitz, to help her do it.
Another candidate with a Latino name is the last thing they could have wanted.
Ms. Valencia is a registered nurse, a profession that garners respect; Jaramillo is a retired Fullerton municipal employee, a code inspector and a writer of parking tickets. The comparison is stark. Ms. Valencia says she is 41 on her ballot statement; she looks a lot younger. Jaramillo is at least 70 and looks her age. In an election where age and its attendant difficulties have become a big deal this could be really significant.
But even more significantly, Valencia has raised a startling amount of money for her campaign in a few short weeks. Somewhere between 15 and 20 grand, based on the 497 forms posted by the City Clerk. That borders on the fantastic, and it’s only the third week in August. She must know some important people who believe in her.
In a race that looked shaped up to be between the establishment Democrat and the wife of the well-known and well-like outgoing councilman, Bruce Whitaker, a whole new dimension has opened up.
The new dimension is name is Jaimie Valencia. When FFFF leans more about this newcomer we’ll be sure to share it.
Wow. I don’t know where she came from, but this puts a whole new spin on D4. I can’t imagine Zahra is very happy with the cops he’s been slurping up to all these years.
Who donated all that money? Is that all cop union money? Or did the paramedics kick in a big chunk too? Paramedics and nurses go together like peanut butter and jelly.
You don’t have to smell anything. She’s posted the support on her website. I already noted the cop union support on an earlier post. I can’t explain it, but somebody’s got some mojo working here and it isn’t Whitaker or Jarsamillo.
“Paramedics and nurses go together like peanut butter and jelly.”
That’s just dumb.
She’s young and attractive. Her competition is 70, 70, and the fake one is 67.
I think I’ll give odds.
She was a championship downhill skier in college. Probably very competitive. This could be fun.
With four people in this race it’s a near certainty that whoever wins will do so with less than 50% of the vote, meaning that most people will have voted for someone else. That’s not right, no matter who wins. Ranked Choice Voting would solve that problem by setting a winning percentage threshold of over 50% for a more democratic process.
Regarding Ms. Valencia’s campaign funds, the 497 forms are only required when contributions of $ 1,000 or more are received, meaning we are only seeing the totals of contributions at that level or higher.
Because she began her campaign after the required July 460 filing, which would show contributions of $ 100 or more, we don’t know how much she has raised in individual contributions in amounts between $ 100 and $ 1000 in addition to the $ 20k. We’ll find out in September when the next 460 filing is due.
Good point, Mr. Leslie. She may have more. And if the Carpenters gave her a donation she’s probably well over $20,000. That’s a boatload for a late start.
From shadows, she leaps
Obligated money flows
Fullerton’s new guard
This will not end well for Fullerton. It never does.
What won’t end well?
Electing a stooge of the local cop and firewhiner unions won’t end well. We’ve seen this side show before and it’s exactly the reason why Fullerton is a perpetual financial shit show. The next time you drive through a pothole be sure to thank a cop or a fireman.
They don’t fight fires much. 90%+ of their calls are paramedic.
Haha. Zahra is shitting his pants. Again.
The hissy fits must be spectacular!!