The Leslie Daigle Incident

Some readers have interpreted my two posts (here and here) about Newport Beach council candidate Barbara Venezia as signs that I support her opponent, Councilwoman Leslie Daigle.

As I've said, I don't know either candidate, and have no connection to either one's campaign. I have no interest in the Newport Beach Council races other than an intense desire, on philosophical grounds, for the defeat of Measure X and any candidates who support it.

Like every other reader of this blog, I read Frank Mickadeit's column on the Councilwoman Daigle's incident at the Corona Del Mar High School track. Even with the addition of today's Daily Pilot story, it comes down to (as Frank stated) a classic case of he said/she said, since no other witnesses to the incident have spoken about. I don't entirely believe either Daigle's or Ospina's account, and my hunch is the truth lies somewhere in the middle.

The incident occurred in more than four months ago, but I gather it has been making the rounds of Newport Beach political circles -- Barbara Venezia alluded to it in a comment she posted on this blog three days before the Mickadeit column:

One wonders what other secrets are in Leslie Diagle's closet...maybe her behavior at CDM high school or in the alleys on Balboa Island....

Classy.

One commenter has written that Daigle's campaign website shows her to be soft on property rights, but since I can't find her campaign webiste via Google and the commenter didn't provide the webiste URL, I can't verify what the commenter says.

Based on what I've seen thus far, I agree with Art Pedroza that neither candidate is very impressive (at least from my libertarian-conservative perspective) -- but that's not their problem, because it NB voters they have to impress, not me.

Comments

The word on the street is that the other security guard, some students, and a school neighbor are coming forward with information.

It looks like someone may have lied about what she said happened.

Besides, didn't Jubal blast a candidate from Tustin who used his position on the board to get his kid into a non-public used toilet at KFC.

Now he's backing someone who used her position to apparently intimidate a security from protecting high school kids.

If the lastest turn of events from Colorado tell us anything, we need the Newport beach police department to investigate this incident. There was a crime that occured and someone evidently used their position of authority to get preferential treatment.

The fact is that the school district and the NBPD now know of this incident and anything less than a proper investigations adds liability to those agencies. If a similar breach of school security happens in the near future, the school, city government, and the police should be blamed.

[Jubal]

Anon:

1) For the thinking-impaired, I'll re-state for the umpteenth time: I'm not supporting either candidate.

2) As for Menard: http://www.ocblog.net/ocblog/2006/07/phil_paule_to_r.html

And what does the Colorado incident have to do with this. Are you actually suggesting Daigle is going to charge onto a school campus, guns blazing.

This is a case where anonymity enables stupidity.

Jubal,

Two links for you:

http://www.city.newport-beach.ca.us/ClerkNotices/Election2006/mainElectionpage.htm

http://www.lesliedaigle.com/default.asp

What ridiculous campaign pictures. Can't imagine these two making it thru the Sunday edition of the New York Times.

[Bill Whalen is my hero]

I want to be just like Bill Whalen.

[Joe Monroe fan]

Joe Monroe is my hero.

[Monroe rocks]

I Love Joe Monroe.

As to whether or not the Police will look into the matter, one needs only to look at the fact that the Police endorsed Barabara Venezia against Daigle (the un-elected incumbent). I don't buy that this is a crime, but the content of Daigle's comments should be dealt with by the GOP (and quickly).