Courtesy of Redistricting Partners
POST UPDATE: I JUST SPOKE WITH CHRIS NORBY AND HE’S DEFINITELY NOT RUNNING FOR CONGRESS. FURTHERMORE, HE WOULD ENDORSE SHAWN NELSON OVER GARY MILLER.
Tomorrow the new redistricting lines for Congress will be released by the Citizens Redistricting Commission. If the lines hold and my hunch about Ed Royce moving next door into the 48th District is correct, then those of us in the 40th Congressional District could soon have an opening for a new U.S. Congressman.
I spoke with both State Assemblymen Chris Norby and Supervisor Shawn Nelson about all the “ifs” today and they are both considering that job.
If that happens, then we would have a whole new set of “ifs.” For example, who would run for Supervisor or State Assembly? If Bruce Whitaker ran for State Assembly and won then who would run for Council? And if…well, you see where this thing is going.
#1 by Curmudgeon on June 9, 2011
Norby’s proved his uselessness at a number of levels. No way he’s needed in Congress.
#2 by polyester is dead on June 10, 2011
Norby would have to buy a new suit. That beige double breasted horror will never cut it in Congress. Hell, I am embarrassed he took it to Sacramento.
#3 by The Fullerton Savage on June 10, 2011
Yeah, gotta go with that. He needs to see a tailor.
#4 by mr. boo on August 2, 2011
Interesting that Nelson positions himself as the dude who summoned the Feds in the Kelly Thomas murder at the same time that a new congressional seat is forming. I don’t trust the guy as far as I can throw him. And, speaking as a fellow pudgy middle-aged white guy, I coudn’t throw his fat ass very far…
#5 by mr. boo on August 2, 2011
Now Sharon Quirk-Silva….well, i could hurl her father because she isn’t as large. But I would never countenace that. She seems like a genuine person of the people.
#6 by compton on June 9, 2011
anybody considering LaTour?
#7 by just a guy on June 9, 2011
I think I answer for everyone when I say “No.”
#8 by Joe Sipowicz on June 11, 2011
Are you considering backing your boy Hairball Sidhu?
#9 by mr. boo on August 2, 2011
i would vote for Jesse La Tour in a heartbeat. He’s unconnected, poltically naive (in the sense that I don’t realize he is fully aware of the fact that political office corrupts everyone and, as a result, he has a larger learning curve that might actually serve the interests of his constiuency because he wouldn’t be so capable and willing to sell them out) and, more than anything, he deeply cares about the city of Fullerton and isn’t hardwired into protecting the bullshit concerns of one bloc over another. Fuck you if you don’t take him seriously.
#10 by The Fullerton Savage on June 9, 2011
Each is just beginning to have an effect on a new level of government. Why would they wantto get lost in the U.S. Congress? Do either of them know anything about foreign policy? Norby or Nelson would have to become just another anti-Obama Republican stooge. Who needs it? Would either seriously try to end the wars, including the drug war? Too much too soon.
#11 by just a guy on June 9, 2011
Yes, better to wait and let some other idiot take the job.
#12 by The Fullerton Savage on June 10, 2011
Good point, but only if Ackerman runs.
#13 by The Time is Right on June 9, 2011
BUSHALA FOR CONGRESS
#14 by Buff Mason on June 11, 2011
Real bricks and dope for everyone!
#15 by john doe on August 2, 2011
Maybe it would be a good idea to all the coke heads out there. Free coke from Tony Bushala. Vote for me and a backstage pass to get loaded with me!!
#16 by mr. boo on August 2, 2011
John Doe, I would rather do free coke with Tony Bushala than have Dick Jones, Don Bankhead or Pat McKinley buy me a sushi dinner. More important: go to your own personal hell.
#17 by Allan Bartlett on June 9, 2011
Tomorrow morning will be a nightmare for all incumbents(as it should be). On the flip side it will be organized chaos with all the potential candidates jockeying for all the new various seats. Get some popcorn and watch it all happen live.
#18 by John on June 9, 2011
Why on earth would Ed Royce move. That is one of th craziest ideas ve ever heard.
#19 by Hollis Dugan on June 10, 2011
John, think, then type. Ed Royce already represents Orange and that potential new district has no current member of Congress in the seat. Look at the potential districts and tell me which one over the next 10 years and beyond you think will be the most heavilly republican (ie. easiest to raise money without having to spend any).
Do you think a future district made up of Villa Park, North Tustin, Coto De Caza, Ladera Ranch will be easier than a district with West Anaheim, Buena Park, La Habra, Fullerton etc.?
The answer is that a pure North County district likely already has pretty even registration numbers for Dems and Reps. That new district with Orange and Ladera Ranch will likely be be for the next 30 years what North County has been for the last 30.
Ed Royce is a smart man and has good advisors. The choice to stay would be foolish unless Royce is growing tired of easy runs for re-election.
#20 by mr. boo on August 2, 2011
I am an independent, but have never voted for a Republican candidate for state or federal office. Except Ed Royce. He’s a short man, but he seems a good man, not enslaved to Lincoln Club ideology
#21 by 4SD Observer on June 10, 2011
He may not. There is no residence requirement for congress other than the candidate must live in the same state. It isn’t very common, but there are representatives that live outside their districts.
And after many have been in DC for some time they set up entire separate residences near the home office.
The inhabitants of loserville are unaware of this apparently.
Not that anyone should be surprised.
#22 by TheFullertonWatcher on June 11, 2011
Why do you even comment?
#23 by Anonymous on June 9, 2011
If Nelson is going to Congress, he’ll need to do something about his hair. He looked a lot better without the crazy make-over.
#24 by anonymous too on June 10, 2011
Who talked him into that foolishness? The salt and pepper was distinguished.
#25 by Anonymous on June 11, 2011
Vanity and Ego
#26 by The Fullerton Savage on June 9, 2011
Whitaker should go straight for the congressional seat and save everyone a lot of trouble.
#27 by Anonymous on June 10, 2011
Agreed! I’ll throw money at THAT race!
#28 by Ana Johnson on June 10, 2011
Tom Daly for 4th District Supervisors!
#29 by 4SD Observer on June 10, 2011
Yes. Please send Bruce to congress. That is a great idea. Please send another government hating conservative to a lifetime job of living off the government. The so called small government ideologue hasn’t earned a non-taxpayer funded paycheck in at least ten years.
Not as bad as others. Government hater Ron Paul has lived off the taxpayer for over three decades.
#30 by junior on June 10, 2011
And if ifs were skiffs, we’d all be afloat.
#31 by Been around awhile on June 10, 2011
Headline on this post should read “Your worst nighmare”
#32 by 22 Years is Enough! on June 10, 2011
We need term limits on these boobs in congress!
#33 by BH on June 10, 2011
But just think, he could be sleeping it off on the national mall.
#34 by 4SD Observer on June 10, 2011
You have the power of term limits in your vote every two years.
Not that the inhabitants of loserville will understand that concept.
#35 by The Fullerton Savage on June 10, 2011
Hey, I’m working with the choices in the story here. Who do you think should run, Pam Keller?
#36 by Joe Sipowicz on June 11, 2011
You sure spend a lot of your life here trying to be relevant. And yet it’s loserville.
Why don’t you show the energy to start your own blog and you can people it with all those clowns you consider successful – people who have found a way to score off the non-government employee taxpayer.
#37 by PantheraLeo on June 10, 2011
Not ever a close call…NELSON!
#38 by Anonymous on June 10, 2011
Keep an eye on State Senate District, which Fullerton could possibly have Senator Huff who wants to go to Congress as well and he could move to Orange County.
Though, Huff is a lapdog for the RDA, loads of baggage from Diamond Bar local politics and Senate GOP Minority Leader wannabe!
#39 by Curmudgeon on June 10, 2011
Huff ain’t no prize.
#40 by heavyweight on June 10, 2011
still Tweeting naked photos of Ron Paul, Allan?
#41 by Stanislav Star on June 10, 2011
If you care about the moron mongoloids see:
From the Exile
Posted June 10, 2011 at 5:15 PM
http://orangejuice.ocsatire.com/perl/co.pl?http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/2011/06/the-internet-is-my-religion-gilliams-humanist-credo/
Obviously a person who ZZZZZZZZZed the foregoing was sexually abused by his mother who instead of making love to him did fucked him which left deep scar on his brain.
(Mirrored) at http://orangejuice.ocsatire.com/perl/oj.pl/-The-Internet-is-my-religion–Gilliam-s-humanist-credo-Larry-Gilbert-/0329468599.htm
#42 by willie deville on June 10, 2011
i hear john lewis is looking at making a comeback for the district royce does not choose
#43 by Cynthia Ward on June 11, 2011
You guys have missed the most obvious candidate likely to run for this seat. Harry Sidhu is out of a job in 2012. It’s been months since he’s run for something, he is behind schedule.
#44 by Joe Sipowicz on June 11, 2011
Good point.
#45 by Chris Thompson on June 11, 2011
Sidhu will run.
#46 by Fred Alcazar on June 11, 2011
Yeah, well this time he can run for a whole bunch of them. You don’t even have to live in the district!
#47 by Richard Geere on June 11, 2011
Cynthia is right. The district does not include Sidu’s home or his imagined residence on Lucky Way so this is perfect for him.
#48 by Mike Hawk on June 11, 2011
Tony is stoned again must be on a hell of a binge to post this shit. His chimney is worse than the cardinals at the Vatican trying to select a pope.
Now the bigger question is why would we want to send Norby and Nelson to DC in ? They have proven themselves as idiots time and time again (especially Norby). Could Nelson still keep his gun while standing around the president?
Well we have two idiot senators in DC, let’s send two more idiots go along with them. I think not.
Now everyone sober up.
#49 by havegunwilltravel on June 11, 2011
One thing is for sure. Mimi Walters will be hopping districts to keep her south county base. She has nothing in common with Fullerton. Has she ever been here? Does she even know where we are?
#50 by The Fullerton Savage on June 11, 2011
From the OC Register today:
“Campbell could run for the proposed Orange-Rancho Santa Margarita district instead – but Dave Gilliard, the consultant for Royce, R-Fullerton, says that Royce has been looking for a home in Orange and considers that the heart of his district.”
Goooooooooood riddance. Goodbye to the pipsqueak and his machine that sticks us with old white fossil dumbasses on our city council.
#51 by Joe Sipowicz on June 11, 2011
Amen. Getting rid of Little Napoleon and his neo-con trash would big win for Fullerton.
#52 by Norby The Pension Hound on June 11, 2011
Well if you want no entangling alliances then Norby could be your man in DC.
Nelson hasn’t accomplished anything yet as a supervisor. Just talking about it is pretty ballsy given no record.
Come to think of it, Norby didn’t get anything done in 18 years on the council, 7 years as Supe, and he’s just wasted over a year in Sacramento.
Come on Bushala! Better choices!
#53 by Jus'n Observer on June 12, 2011
For whatever it’s worth, below is a good interactive map the LA Times published online that will help better understand our new congressional, state senate & assembly district boundaries:
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-redistricting-map,0,4015285.htmlstory
#54 by 4SD Observer on June 12, 2011
If I read the registration numbers for Norby’s proposed district, his seat is in play for a Dem takeover.
That would be fun. Just for the entertainment value of watching the heads of the loserville explode.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HY-03vYYAjA
#55 by If Not Tom Daly on June 12, 2011
“a Dem takeover”? By who? Lori Galloway? Sharon Quirk-Silva? Rosie Espinoza? Pam Keller? 4SD Observer???
#56 by 4SD Observer on June 12, 2011
You tell me. You guys are the political mavens. Do you believe those are the only Dem options?
#57 by 4SD Observer on June 12, 2011
INTD,
If Nelson leaves the Supes for Congress. And is successful. Who takes his place? The game of political musical chairs could go on for some time after the election.
#58 by Name Recognition Sucks on June 12, 2011
Tom Daly appears to be the only Dem who actually lives in Norbys proposed district that could give Norby a run for his money. And, Daly’s sitt’n on a super cushy job, so even if he runs and loses he’ll still have his super cushy job.
But, him running in the first place would mean that he would want a job that requires showing up and staying till the bell rings. And that does not sound like the kind of job Daly would even want to consider having in the first place.
Now it’s your turn sailor.
#59 by Cynthia Ward on June 13, 2011
Jordan Brandman could take a seat in a conservative district. He’d have the backing of the Dems but is popular in Republican circles. And he can raise money like crazy.
#60 by Joe Sipowicz on June 13, 2011
Popular in Pringle Town, maybe. I saw him having lunch with Berardino the other day.
Brandon couldn’t take the bus in a conservative district. But there’s always High Speed Rail.
#61 by Rubber Balls on June 12, 2011
And liquor.
#62 by If Not Tom Daly on June 12, 2011
Daly running for Supervisor would be a more likely scenario for Daly.
#63 by 4SD Observer on June 12, 2011
I have no idea, nor do I care. I leave that to the political junky types with no lives.
Folks like you.
#64 by YMCA on June 12, 2011
You’re a “political junky” wannabe with no life. And that means you’re bottom. Again.
#65 by 4SD Observer on June 13, 2011
You just insulted yourself.
Not that you understand why or how.
#66 by Curious on June 13, 2011
4SDO, if the Queen had balls would she be King?
#67 by 4SD Observer on June 13, 2011
Could you explain what your question has to do with the topic of this post?
Thank you in advance for letting everyone know you are easily distracted.
#68 by junior on June 13, 2011
Yup – Jordan would be a formidable opponent to just about any Republican.
#69 by Rat's Ass on June 13, 2011
Gary Miller? Gary Miller is so bad the Observer might endorse Nelson over him.
#70 by Anonymous on June 14, 2011
That’s very funny …and very true!
#71 by Anonymous on June 13, 2011
So Norby isn’t running for congress. Thank God. We already have enough idiots in congress.
I am surprised he isn’t running. He must realize that he’d be missing out on another pension he could collect. What is the count up to now…about three pensions to pay for all his rugrats from a dozen wives.
#72 by Anonymous on June 13, 2011
We need to be blunt to those running: live and run in the district if you are a candidate.
If Royce is hopping district that he doesn’t live in, then he can kiss his political career buy bye!
#73 by Anonymous on June 13, 2011
FULLERTON LOSERS!