The OCGOP Endorsements Committee Unanimously Recommends Sebourn & Whitaker
In a unanimous vote, Orange County’s GOP endorsements Committee endorsed Bruce Whitaker to replace Shawn Nelson in the two year seat, and Greg Sebourn for the four year seat. Pat McKinley squeaked by with a 3-2 vote, but insiders believe the $215,000 pension double dipper won’t pass muster when it comes to a vote of the full body.
Bruce entered political activism in 1992 when he became incensed at the largest federal tax increase in U.S. history and the largest state tax increase in California’s history under Governor Pete Wilson. He became active in the city of Fullerton the following year when he led a successful effort to recall a majority of the City Council and repeal unnecessary utility taxes. That repeal has saved more than $150 million for Fullerton taxpayers to date.
After the Orange County bankruptcy, Bruce Whitaker debated against tax proponents and authored numerous guest editorials which helped defeat a bankruptcy sales tax in 1995, resulting in more than $2.2 billion in California taxpayer savings.
Greg Sebourn is an FFFF blogger, a professional land surveyor and an educator at Santiago Canyon College. He’s relatively new to politics, but is very aware of the evils of redevelopment and the deficiencies in our current infrastructure.
Greg has some great ideas for saving money and improving public services in our city.
What happened to Blankhead?
He didn’t submit any endorsement paperwork to us to consider. He probably realized(correctly) that he would not pass muster with all his bad votes.
I like the friendly commentary from Greg’s friends at the FFFF blog. Greg must not have spoke about his idea to buy foreclosed houses and rent them with the option to buy to the homeless.
Oh, that’s cute. Sebourn has his own little troll.
Watcher, why don’t you learn how Redevelopment works and the come back when you can act like a big boy?
I’ve always wondered if it’s possible to be intellectually dishonest without an intellect. Thank you FullertonWatcher for the demonstration.
Go Bruce and Greg, Go!
I understand how it works and I understand that the only successful redevelopment is the one that government does not participate in and tax dollars aren’t used on.
So I guess I’m wrong when that when Greg openly states at a public forum that he wants to use redevelopment funds in Fullerton to address the homeless problem in the city. Sebourn is a younger version of Bankhead and good old Dr. Jones however he is the lesser evil. I guess I’m just upset because I want solid candidates and the field is stacked with nothing!
Did Barry submit endorsement paperwork?
Fullertonwatcher: You are starting to be a pain in the ass!
Sebourn is never to be compared to Bankhead or Dr. Jones, because Sebourn is not your typical consummate politician!
Sebourn is his own person, independent and who is most humble human being you will have ever met.
You do not understand. 20% of Redevelopment property tax increment must be used on “affordable housing.” And that’s because of Jones and Bankhead.
Greg it’s really not okay to say you are humble.
these two guys look like doooooshes to me.