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Hey, I Thought Cassie Opposed The Tunnel?

As I mentioned in the post below, Cassie DeYoung has been lying about Pat Bates' stance on a possible Orange-Riverside tunnel through the Santa Ana Mountains -- most recently to high school students.

I suppose her rationalization would be that supporting studying the geo-technical feasibility of a tunnel is the same as supporting the tunnel.

By that standard, then Cassie DeYoung also supports "The Terrible Tunnel."

On December2, 2003, she voted for this resolution by the Laguna Niguel City Council which states:

WHEREAS, the Laguna Niguel City Council expressed interest in the proposed project [the Tri-Tunnel Express], and felt that it should be considered along with other alternatives.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Laguna Niguel City Council does hereby request Orange and Riverside County Transportation agencies to give full consideration to the proposed TriTunnel Express project when reviewing transportation alternatives to alleviate traffic congestion between Orange and Riverside counties.

Two weeks later, on December 18, 2003, Cassie DeYoung deposited the first $300,000 of her family fortune into her supervisor campaign account, and sometime during 2004 -- presumably after taking a poll -- decided to execute a flip-flop and began lambasting Pat Bates for remianing consistent in her support for a tunnel study. 

Now Cassie Is DeLying To High School Students

Last Friday, Cassie DeYoung spoke to a Mission Viejo High School humanities class. She spent most of her talk telling the students that "her opponent" supported building a tunnel from Riverside to Orange County through the Santa Ana Mountains.

DeYoung told the students she opposed the tunnel, claiming it would make traffic worse, hurt the environment, etc. 

DeYoung told these high school students Pat Bates supported the tunnel because she wanted to "jump on the bandwagon" and because Congressmen Gary Miller and Ken Cavlert were Republicans.

How pathetic is it that Cassie DeYoung will knowingly lie to a group of high school students? DeYoung is fully aware that Pat Bates has endorsed studying whether a tunnel is geo-technically feasible -- which is a far cry from supporting its construction. DeYoung is smart enough to know the difference -- yet her ambition to win election to the Board of Supervisors is so overweening she will stand in front of a group of high school students who are hoping to gain some insight into the political process, and then tell them a bald-faced lie.

Applying No-Growth Philosophy To Opponent's Signs

A reader sent me these photos of two citizens applying a no-growth philosophy to the existence of Newport Beach council candidates Michael Fenn and Keith Curry. They were taken this Sunday in the Mariner's Mile area of Newport Beach:

Such a carefree attitude towards the property of others!

Red County/OC Blog News Roundup -- October 31, 2006

Happy Halloween! Today's top stories from behind the Orange Curtain:

OC GOP Candidate Gets Democratic Help -- OCR
Write-in campaign is boosted by two mailers worth $30,000 -- paid for by Correa backers.

D.A. Readies Investigators -- OCR
A special strike force will respond to complaints of irregularities in next week's vote.

Trash Strike Continues As Workers Reject Mediator -- OCR and LAT
Taormina Industries says it served most Monday routes using replacement drivers.

Green Grass Of Measure M -- OCR
OCR analysis of pro-Measure M mailer.

Frank Mickadeit: Important Race Rates Little Notice -- OCR
Frank writes about judge races and the lack of coverage they receive.

Irvine Desalter Project -- OCR
Pumps soon will begin removing legacy of farm chemicals.

CUSD Negotiations Stall -- OCR
A state mediator will aid talks.

Hospital Owner At Issue -- OCR
Many at a county supervisors meeting share their concerns over Prem Reddy's business practices. He says his ways improve care.

A Resort To Rise From The Greens -- OCR
Amenities for military families would include a wedding pavilion, swimming, and spa and nail salon.

A Sure Sign It's Almost Time For Local Elections -- DP
Campaign signs have been blooming like perennials around Newport-Mesa in recent weeks, and some residents complain the signs are being trampled or uprooted like weeds.

Measures Top Debate In District 1 Race -- DP
With no incumbent running for the District 1 seat on the Newport Beach City Council, the four candidates on the Nov. 7 ballot have to slug it out based on their own merits.

Democrat Gets All-Star Support At Rally -- DP
Cindy Sheehan couldn't make it as planned to congressional candidate Steve Young's rally on Monday afternoon, but she sent her best wishes — along with her scratchy voice.

Newport's "War Zone" And Other Issues -- DP
The Daily Pilot asked the four candidates for Newport Beach's District 1 City Council seat to answer three questions about city issues and their qualifications.

Another IE for Otto From Lou Correa Backers

Californians United sent out another IE for Otto Bade today, according to Martin Wisckol at Total Buzz.

The expenditure was reported this evening about 5:20 p.m.: $14,673.66. That's enough to hit approximately 30,000 GOP households, again.

I hope Otto is being amply rewarded by the Democrats, because he's finished politically as a Republican. Maybe he can regsiter as a Democrat, and even things out for Tan Nguyen's swtich from Democrat to Republican.

Carol Rudat Watch: Walking Mad

One of my sources told me Carol Rudat was precinct walking late this afternoon in the neighborhoods around the Diocese of Orange headquarters at Marywood. She's obviously one angry person. On hand, she was bad mouthing former Sen. John R. Lewis over the two decade old Reagan signature episode (John is Rudat opponent Denis Bilodeau's consultant). Rudat was also putting down mayoral candidate Mike Alvarez, one of who's volunteer meetings she attended in the spring.

In her home-stretch quest for votes, Rudat even told one voter this afternoon that she might just appoint that voter to a city commission if elected.

Whatever it takes to win appears to be the Carol Rudat motto.

Orange Mayoral Mailbox: More Positive Cavecche Mail

This mailer from Carolyn Cavecche for Mayor arrived at Casa de Jubal the same day as the hit against Alvarez from Voters for Responsible Government:

Orange Mayoral Mailbox: Another Hit On Mike Alvarez

The mysterious Voters for Responsible Government are at it again. This weekend I received a second negative mailer against Mike Alvarez from this slate with an Elk Grove, CA mailing address, which has also sent out a pro-Carolyn Cavecche mail piece.

This one hits Alvarez again on being dinged by the City of Orange for boarding-house violations:

"Stand By Your Tan"

A fishnet stocking-clad chanteuse warbling "Stand By Your Tan" at this past weekend's pro-Tan rally (H/T TheLiberalOC):

Insane.

Dave Shawver Endorses Lou Correa For Senate

Mike Lawson over at TheLiberalOC posts about a Republicans for Lou Correa letter that went out:

The Lou Correa camp sent out a “Republicans for Lou” letter this weekend.  The letter is a counter to the Dems for Daucher letter that Andrew and Claudio already blogged about.

And similarly, Lou’s letter is signed by a bunch of Who-dats? of the Republican party: David Shawver, Tran Tu, Al Ethans, George Georgieff, Mark Kusiak, Jess Saenz, and Hoa Truong.

You can read Mike's entire post here.

Interesting that Dave Shawver, the hapless Stanton councilman the government unions recuited to run against John Moorlach for 2nd District Supervisor is among this benighted group.