Since I have been threatened by our editor to pick up the pace (see earlier yellow journalism)… here we go:
The brawl for control of the San Diego City Council is now in full swing. There are two seats that have been vacated because of the local “stripper-gate” scandal.
One seat, district 8, is fairly safe Democrat/machine. It is drawing fire, but mostly labor is just making sure that the next machine candidate is anointed.
The other seat is a bloodbath. Lorena Gonzalez (Bustamonte aide de camp) vs. Kevin Faulconer (local businessman). Disclaimer: Faulconer is a Coronado Communications client. We are talking something like 1.7 million total expenditures for a seat 1/3 the size of an Assembly District. Now nothing could be more entertaining to the average voter than a mailbox full during the holiday season, but there isn’t much option when the election is January 10th. My guess is between the GOP and labor there are 100 people on the ground every day as well… a real house to house battle.
What’s interesting is labor candidate Lorena Gonzalez is getting pummeled for her relationship with old Cruz Bustamonte. Pummeled. Remember during the Recall when old Cruz was told he couldn’t use one of his old pre-prop 34 accounts to raise and spend limitless funds for his race against Arnold and McClintock so he moved his campaign money illegally over to an initiative campaign and kept running ads? Then got the biggest fine from the FPPC in California history?
Guess who one of his henchwomen was during all this and is still today? Lorena. Well that is coming back to haunt Lorena in a campaign where voters have legitimate concerns about ethics. Not to mention she is opposed to any sort of meaningful fiscal reform downtown, which goes over like a sock full of coal on Christmas morning.
Think MECHA might play a role in the closing days? Lorena does.