This month, I’ve taken a number of phone calls regarding the upcoming Anaheim city elections and in particular, the Mayor’s race. It’s essentially a rematch – Mayor Harry Sidhu versus Ashleigh Aitken (disclosure, I’ve made a contribution to Aitken’s campaign).
So conservative Republican against liberal Democrat, right? On the surface, yes.
But sources are telling me that’s an intense battle between both camps over former Anaheim Council member Lorri Galloway (disclosure, my PR firm’s gifts to clients this year was a sizable contribution to The Eli Home, the family shelter Galloway and her family run in Anaheim; a gift my clients were very pleased about).
The Sidhu camp wants a repeat of the 2018 election with Galloway in the mix. The Aitken camp is hoping Galloway’s silence is an indication that she will not run. But there are sources telling me Sidhu’s re-election bid may be fatally damaged from his mishandling of the Angels Stadium sale.
While Anaheim is a blue city, it’s still controlled by Republicans. Dems see that the sheer numbers show that will change in this election year. In the years since the 2018 Anaheim election there has been an astronomical difference. There are now 74,000 Democrat registered voters compared to 45,000 registered Republicans. Also there are 39,000 No Party Preference, which in Anaheim, leans right.
And it’s because there’s a failure to recognize while Anaheim is a Democratic city it is not a progressive one. Using the results of Bernie Sander’s 2020 primary votes to say it is doesn’t make it so. Congressman Lou Correa has attracted a socialist and progressive candidate as a primary challenge. Avelino Valencia is a Democrat cut from the Tom Daly/Lou Correa mold and he has a socialist candidate running for assembly. Both of the socialist/progressive Democrats in the coming primary election cite their Bernie Bro status. But the majority of the city’s residents and voters are Hispanic and tend to be more moderate.
The argument sources are making to me is that Galloway should run for mayor not as a spoiler to Aitken and as a benefit to Sidhu, but because she matches the profile of the majority of Anaheim voters – she’s a woman of color many voters still think is on the city council, she is LatinX who personally relates to the population majority, and she’s a moderate who can work for the people she’d represent while more effectively managing the city’s business interests with Disney, the Angels and the Ducks. She’d be able to attract support from the building trade unions and does have a track record of working with public employee unions. Galloway’s record of service to disenfranchised communities in Anaheim is also something to consider.
Spending in the 2018 race was lopsided with Sidhu and Aitken spending close to $2 million each and Galloway spent only $200,000. Sources say that with significant financial support to the Galloway campaign from those who view Sidhu as weak and Aitken negatively, Sidhu and Aitken are not shoe-ins. It’s an interesting premise to say the least.
I’ve reached out to Galloway to see how she’d react to these tips. She responded that she is still taking all under consideration. Sources tell me she’s in.
I’ve been promised more specifics and my sources have no issue with me doing this post. Stay tuned.
This does not bode well for drunk Vern and his blog. While it gives him the opportunity to promote Ashley “Behind the scenes”, Given she has publicly shunned him and distanced HIS mysongistic tweets, it puts Ashleigh in the awkward position of not being able to attack “that evil lil’ fuck”.
If you don’t think Sidhu, Spitzer, Pat Bates, and Lou Correa are not armed with Verns vile tweets, arrest record and racist, Drunken comments, you are WRONG.
NO ONE HAS DONE MORE TO RETARD PROGRESSIVE CANDIDATES THAN VERN NELSON AND GREG DIAMOND
Another round of anonymous mailers hit my work mailbox, taking aim at “Anaheim Activists” aligned with OJB, It looks like a smear campaign AGAINST the anti-everything cabal. Poorly executed, but, looks like it might be somewhat effective. Who is going to allow support from ANYONE who does what Vern has done?
At least one of his “Asian Hate” posts has been taken down. Suggesting he knows he is toxic.
The envelope I get has my name and address on a mailing label but it’s off formatted and I can see part of the next name but can’t tell. Between the colored printed pages and the postage someone is spending money on this.
Will the city sue Vern and company for the legal fee’s on their failed Anaheim stadium suit?
Oh that’s right, the Anaheim Homeless Peoples Task Force is a fake Organization, who’s litigator works out of a mail boxes express in Duarte!
What Clowns!
They should sue to recover legal fees.
Whoever wrote this clearly has no understanding of Anaheim, it’s residents, or the politics going on. *Old white man yells at cloud* should be the headline. I’m surprised Dan has anything nice to say about women considering he’s known to have harassed more than a few.
There’s a byline up there in case you can’t figure it out. And you’re saying a story that has multiple sources telling me the same thing is wrong? Knock yourself out. I know who you are; your VPN isn’t protecting your identity (remember what I do for a living and the pros I work with). Examine your own record.