City Council Campaign Tidbits
Well here's a couple of little tidbits about a few different campaign items that I thought I'd just through in to one piece. The last one in the piece is about Rosa Cabrera (Arellano), so stick around.
A couple weeks back David K gave me a public lecture and scolding. I guess its my turn to return the favor. He really doesn't want Svarzbein to win for whatever reason. So The Juice has not taken his foot off the gas when it comes to the Svarzbein campaign finance reporting stuff and I think it irritates him that no one else seems to really care much about the issue. Here's why...its not illegal.
DK, time to take your medicine buddy. You are trying to allege corruption about something that is completely and totally legal. Sure its really silly that he filed that way, but its not illegal and you shouldn't be giving people the impression that it is. Unless you know that there is a specific crime being committed, in which case you have an obligation to report it to the authorities. DK also made a pretty serious allegation but never followed up on it. He alluded to Svarzbein's staff being paid directly by donors and not reporting it. Thats a serious allegation and if you've got the goods you should come forward with it. If not, I think you owe an apology.
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Speaking of Svarzbein, two more tidbits. Both involve former opponents. Lets start with Daniel Lopez. His tone has changed pretty drastically following the election and it seems like he has every intention of running for office again so don't be surprised if you see his name pop up again. He's been pretty supportive of Al Weisenberger for the run-off. Interestingly he made one social media post that I found interesting. He predicted Svarzbein would win, somehow compared him to Luther Jones of all people, and then referred to Svarzbein as "a simple photographer". Kind of weird to see a class ware break out in a city rep campaign on the westside. even more strange to have a guy originally from the lower valley be the one involved in the class war and refer to someone's occupation as "simple".
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Another former opponent is apparently block walking with Svarzbein, Rick Bonart. I ran across this photo late last week and the two were presumably walking areas that Bonart did well in and showing his support for Svarzbein in the run off.
Speaking of which, don't look now but early voting is just one week away.
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Heard this one from a member of the media. Apparently on election night Rosa Cabrera (Arellano) didn't even attend her own election night event. That is pretty terrible considering there were lots of friends, family, supporters, and volunteers waiting at the Julio's restaurant to hear from her.
In Cabrera (Arellano) defense, she was defeated pretty solidly. But you should still go if for no other reason than to thank your supporters.
A couple weeks back David K gave me a public lecture and scolding. I guess its my turn to return the favor. He really doesn't want Svarzbein to win for whatever reason. So The Juice has not taken his foot off the gas when it comes to the Svarzbein campaign finance reporting stuff and I think it irritates him that no one else seems to really care much about the issue. Here's why...its not illegal.
DK, time to take your medicine buddy. You are trying to allege corruption about something that is completely and totally legal. Sure its really silly that he filed that way, but its not illegal and you shouldn't be giving people the impression that it is. Unless you know that there is a specific crime being committed, in which case you have an obligation to report it to the authorities. DK also made a pretty serious allegation but never followed up on it. He alluded to Svarzbein's staff being paid directly by donors and not reporting it. Thats a serious allegation and if you've got the goods you should come forward with it. If not, I think you owe an apology.
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Speaking of Svarzbein, two more tidbits. Both involve former opponents. Lets start with Daniel Lopez. His tone has changed pretty drastically following the election and it seems like he has every intention of running for office again so don't be surprised if you see his name pop up again. He's been pretty supportive of Al Weisenberger for the run-off. Interestingly he made one social media post that I found interesting. He predicted Svarzbein would win, somehow compared him to Luther Jones of all people, and then referred to Svarzbein as "a simple photographer". Kind of weird to see a class ware break out in a city rep campaign on the westside. even more strange to have a guy originally from the lower valley be the one involved in the class war and refer to someone's occupation as "simple".
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Speaking of which, don't look now but early voting is just one week away.
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Heard this one from a member of the media. Apparently on election night Rosa Cabrera (Arellano) didn't even attend her own election night event. That is pretty terrible considering there were lots of friends, family, supporters, and volunteers waiting at the Julio's restaurant to hear from her.
In Cabrera (Arellano) defense, she was defeated pretty solidly. But you should still go if for no other reason than to thank your supporters.
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