The Republican Candidate?? Are you F'ing Kidding Me?!?!

Following in the footsteps of his idol Dick Ackerman, Larry's nose continues to grow with tall tales and delusions of grandeur.  His latest little white lie is kind of big for Republicans.  You see Larry sent a message to Fullerton Republicans in which he claims to be "The Republican Candidate" which sounds a lot like a guy trying to claim an endorsement he could not get.

Larry asked the OC Republican Party, damn near begging them, for an endorsement.  No one would make the motion.  Not one Republican in the Orange County Central Committee would stand up and make a motion to endorse Larry.  Not one.  In fact Orange County Supervisor Shawn Nelson reportedly stood up at the meeting and recommended against any endorsement.

On the other hand, Sean Paden did receive a nomination and second.  He was supported by at least half of the Central Committee (OCGOP) but it takes a 2/3 vote of support to win the GOP endorsement.

In fact, there are 7 candidates running, two of which are not Republicans.  Larry is a member of the Party just like Bill Chaffee, Rick Alvarez, Greg Sebourn, and Sean Paden.  The only candidate to win the Republican Party endorsement was Sebourn.

Recently it has come to light that Bennett, the Ackerman Candidate, is working a police union slate with Democrat Doug Chaffee.  The self-proclaimed and anointed Republican is a union hack and Democrat supporter!

For Fullerton's Christian right-wing this will certainly be the last straw.  After being duped by the likes of current councilwoman Jennifer Fitzgerald two years ago and her constant support of the Democratic-led council, the BS meter is sufficiently pegged.

Larry Bennett:

• Not endorsed by the Republican Party
• Endorsed by the Fullerton Police Union
• Working with Democrat Doug Chaffee
• Ran the failed Recall No campaign 
• Endorsed by the same dipsticks you recalled in 2012
• Supported keeping the illegal water tax and $6-million in illegal revenue
• Supports high-density housing
• Supports Fullerton's Folly, a $140-million trolley down Commonwealth

 NO MORE REPUGLICANS - ONE IS ENOUGH!  Vote for anyone but Larry.

Ackerman Pulls Liberal Democrat's Wool Over Republican Party

Dick Ackerman, aka "Tricky Dicky",  vouched for the leftist Democrat Doug Chaffee at a recent fundraiser for Doug that was hosted by Renick Cadillac (James & Leonard Renick) .  Now Orange County Republicans are re-thinking the motives behind the heir-apparent chair of the OCGOP.

Ackerman, a career politician and member of the GOP's old guard, took some time off from helping his party so he could pinch hit for the Democrats on behalf of Fullerton's leftist mayor.

This image is worth a thousand words...but I'll spare you.

From left: Allyn Lean, Dick Ackerman, Mrs. Dick Ackerman, Doug Chaffee, Mrs. Doug Chaffe
~One Big Happy Family~

Maybe when current OCGOP chair Scott Baugh steps down the above image will be mounted on poster board for the Republican Central Committee.  They should know who the traitors are within their party.

As you might recall (pun intended), crony-capitalist Ackerman was the puppet master of Larry Bennett (currently running on a slate with Chaffee) who chaired the doomed RECALL NO campaign in 2012.  Ackerman has been known as the Fullerton King-Maker after giving us the dipsticks mentioned in the previous post- Don "I'm Just Resting My Eyes" Bankhead, Dick "Don't Step On Your Weeny" Jones, and Pat "Pat Down Pat" McKinley.  Ackerman was also the lobbyist behind the OC Fair Grounds land grab and the former taxpayer funded ($11.5-mill) RDA monstrosity of Saint Anton Partners on Santa Fe.  Its purported he was "let go" from the law firm shortly after these lobbying efforts came to light.

The next time you are in the market for a Cadillac or Subaru, you might want to think about whose pocket you are lining.

OC Register: Recount of Fullerton council race cancelled

By HEATHER McREA

THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

(re-posted here without permission)

FULLERTON – Doug Chaffee has called off the recount he requested for the Fullerton City Council four-year term race, the Orange County Registrar of Voters announced Tuesday.

Nearly 2,200 ballots had been counted in the first two days before Chaffee asked to end the recount, according to the announcement. The original results will stand, leaving former police chief Patrick McKinley as the second-place winner. Don Bankhead had held a clear majority all along.

McKinley took the oath of office on Dec. 7 along with Bankhead and Bruce Whitaker, who was elected to a two-year term left open when Shawn Nelson was elected to the county Board of Supervisors earlier this year.

According to the official election results, McKinley received 10,346 votes to Chaffee's 10,256.

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It is sad and unfortunate that Fullerton voters chose Pat McKinley and Doug Chaffee at nearly the same rate.  However, this was to be expected considering that both are fiscal liberals who are quite content to raise taxes. 

The 2012 election cycle will be starting up in just a few months and conservatives will have an opportunity to replace two liberal council members, F. Richard "Dick" Jones and Sharon Quirk-Silva. 

Jones, a registered Republican, and Quirk-Silva, a registered Democrat, are both fiscal liberals.  However, Quirk-Silva has voted NO on more expenditures than Jones, making her more conservative than the self-avowed conservative Jones.

Take time to know the candidates and then support them by volunteering your time and money.

Third-place finisher demands Fullerton recount

By MICHAEL MELLO
THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
(re-posted here without permission)

FULLERTON – The City Council race isn't over. At least, not in Doug Chaffee's mind.

Chaffee, a lawyer and the vice chairman on Fullerton's Planning Commission, has filed for a recount of the Nov. 2 election.

According to the registrar's tally, incumbent Don Bankhead and Pat McKinley won the two full-term seats that were up for grabs.

McKinley, who came in second, tallied 10,346 votes, or 18.1 percent, and Chaffee got 10,256 votes — 17.9 percent.

McKinley, a former Fullerton police chief, started out ahead on election night, but the lead for that second seat seesawed between them as elections officials counted remaining ballots.
Registrar of Voters Neal Kelley said Chaffee filed for the recount last week. He had until Saturday to do so.

Chaffee declined to give specifics about why he asked for the recount, but said he wanted more closely to examine data from the registrar's office.

"I want to test a few things," he said. "Depending on how that testing comes out, and if it looks like things won't change, I may not complete the recount."

"It's so close, that you want to be sure," Chaffee added.

In the meantime, Fullerton City Clerk Beverly White said the plan is to swear in Bankhead and McKinley at Tuesday’s City Council meeting because Kelley has signed off on the election results.
“We’re going to go along as if there’s no recount at this point,” White said.

And if a recount should change the results?

“My understanding is, if that should happen, then we would have to unseat McKinley, then give Doug the oath and seat him,” White said.

In 10 years as the city clerk, she’s never seen that happen, she added.

Based on past experience, the recount could cost Chaffee $1,200 to $3,000 a day, Kelley said.
Kelley's office and Chaffee are working out the details of the recount.

Chaffee said he's willing to have the recount start on or around Dec. 13 — even if that means McKinley is already seated. The registrar said that it could be more than a week before the recount starts.

Orange County has one other recount in a city race, in Los Alamitos.

There, Councilman Dean Zarkos' has requested a recount of the Nov. 2 election results. Zarkos came in fourth-place in the race for three open seats, with 24 votes separating him from third-place winner, Councilwoman Gerri Graham-Mejia.

Register correspondent Roxana Kopetman contributed to this report.

Contact the writer: 714-704-3796 or mmello@ocregister.com