Who would have thought my trip to speak to the La Habra Republican Women Federated would give me the chance to meet the legendary UNLV Basketball Coach Jerry Tarkanian?
Last week I had the chance to speak as a surrogate for my friend Sheriff Mike Carona. The Sheriff was at another GOP Women’s meeting and I was happy to fill-in.
This time of year Republican clubs like Women’s Federated and California Republican Assembly as well as Central Committee meetings always have a host of candidates for various offices.
On Thursday of last week the La Habra crowd included Mike Lebeau a candidate for OC Assessor, Chriss Street, the leading candidate for OC Treasurer-Tax Collector and some other surrogate speakers for their respective 3rd tier candidates for Sheriff.
I sat at a table up front next to Yorba Linda Mayor Mike Duvall (its not secret I think he’s a good guy and I hope he makes it to Sacramento). Duvall (a Gilliard, Blanning Wysocki client) is running for the 72nd Assembly District against Marty Siminoff, a Brea councilman (a Nygren client). Marty was at the table too and so was Tarkanian. Coach Tarkanian was there showing his support for Siminoff , a detail that I think was lost on the La Habra women. But for me it was a cool photo op. Thanks to Councilman Siminoff for taking the photo and emailing it to me.
Tarkanian was in Orange County, even though his son, Danny is running for Secretary of State in Nevada.