Meet Jozef Maldonado
First, don’t ask me why the guy spells his name like that, because I don’t know.
Mr. Maldonado is a candidate for Fullerton’s 5th District in the election this fall. At least he has created a campaign committee. That’s the seat that will be left by “Dr.” Ahmad Zahra, the immigrant fraud, woman batterer and general prevaricator.
There’s a connection there. Zahra appointed Maldonado to the Parks and Rec Commission where he has been photo bombing boohoo events lately. He is also some sort of young Democrat Party operative, which makes sense, following in the footsteps of Jordan Brandman, Connor Traut and the like. Except that unlike them he seems to have a real job, being some sort of chemical tester. He’s yet another mid-twenties Fullerton fellow who seems very eager to make Zahra happy.
Is this a real candidacy? Some folks had thought that Vanessa Estrella, Sharon Quirk’s newly minted school trustee might leap into the breach to defend Fullerton Boohooism. She still might, but time is running out. The days of last minute candidacies in Fullerton are pretty much over.
It would also make sense that young Jozef is the Tony Castro of 2026. You all remember Tony Castro – the last minute candidate in 2022 recruited by the Team Zahra to draw votes away from genuine Latino candidate Oscar Valadez. This could be the same slimy strategy to help Estrella, I suppose. At least Maldonado’s candidacy would have verisimilitude. Tony Castro’s did not, and neither did the Dems fake candidate in 2024, Scott Markowitz, who had to plead guilty to perjury.
Curiously Maldonado’s form 501 shows no zip code in a redacted address, which is peculiar. Why would anybody omit that on a candidate statement?
On the other hand maybe I’m being too cynical. Perhaps this will be a real candidacy and maybe Estrella will be happy staying where she is – for now. After all she’s barely been in office for a year.
Maldonado spoke at the February 3rd City Council meeting solely to attack Mayor Fred Jung for some supposedly divisive remarks that criticized his detractors. Poor Jozef was obviously following direction from Ahmad Zahra; and he obviously doesn’t really understand that mindless attacks don’t get you elected and that Zahra is a spent force, if he was ever much of a force to begin with.
This candidacy begs the question of whether or not Fullerton wants or needs another Zahra-type liberal who is more than happy to spend your money, lots of it, on his conscience-causes, from illegal immigrant welfare to boondoggle park projects that have no budget for maintenance.
Jozef may want to sit this one out and let the Oscar versus Ahmad rematch happen. Jozef may want to think about himzelf and his career since he may actually have one. Internet blog posts last forever pal. HR people do simple Google searches. You really want your political dirty laundry out there forever dummyz?
Joe wants to be a political animal. Chemical testing only gets you high.
Zahra isn’t coming back. The phony Arkansas marriage to Michelle Salmon so he could cut the green card line is his political death knell and he knows it.
He’s finished. No cookie for Zahra, the Damascus Dodger.
The zip code of 92835 appears twice on the above document. This zip code does not include District 5. Please check his residence address.
Good catch. That’s north Fullerton – Districts 2 and 3.
I believe that information refers to the treasurer, not the candidate.
That’s the same treasurer Zahra uses.
Go ahead and use the Ahmad business plan genius because he nearly got beat by an unknown Oscar 4 years ago.
Fullerton Taxpayers for Reform spent a shitload against Zahra. Tioo bad they didn’t find out about the sham marriage to get a green card until after the election.
I assumed that’s the address of the Committee, not a personal address.
Nobody except Pilfering Paulette would be dumb enough to carpet bag in Fullerton.
I have added this guy’s Candidate Instention Statement which has curiously omitted a zip code.
Can you see the address?
Was it just blacked out for posting here?
No the City Clerk redacted it. Maybe a Friend can find out where this person actually lives.
It’s a safe bet he still lives with his mommy and daddy.
At this point I would give credence to the idea the guy is another Dem Central plant meant to take votes away from Oscar. But time is fast running out for that old ploy. Hard to believe this is the one they’d go with.
That Zahra sure has a stable of eager you gentlemen anxious to do his bidding.
Young Elijah better watch it or he’ll be put out to pasture in the north 40.
Zahra loves pliable, eager young gentlemen. They’re his favorite plaything.
There is a pattern.
Maldonado solely attacked Jung? That has a familiar ring to it. Get in line Joey! Jung has a very long line of would be admirers dressed as assassins – if you can get him to look up long enough to even acknowledge you exist. LOL!
No, he was there solely to attack Jung. Damn SCUF education. Try haeder.
Another angry spawn of Dark Lord Brandman and his padawan, Connor Traut, springs up out of the bowels of Fullerton to flicker its toxic tongue at Fred Jung.
If Joszephf thinks poking Fred Jung will make a political name for himself, FAFO.
casual racism, i expect nothing else from this blog
Um racism? Where would that be?
You know they’re wrong and have no argument or facts when they cry “racism”.
That’s Zahra’s go to.
Yep. Hit and run. Ignore it.
A VERY partisan Jozefphf running for a non-partisan office. What could go wrong?
What could go wrong? His face is very punchable. What a joke! Fullerton has a way of importing these bullshit characters.
Looks like some already punched him hard in the nose.
I wonder how the tender, supple Elijah feels now that he’s no longer daddy’s favorite? I bet his nether regions ache for Zahra’s soft, loving touch but alas Zahra has a new nubile twink to groom.
Jozef seems to think attacking Jung in public is a winning strategy. It may make a favorable mention on the Observer blog but it is sure to attract the attention of Tony Bushala. And not in a good way.
Oh look, it’s Jozefph—our city’s own 24-year-old political messiah who discovered injustice, capitalism, and the power of lying all in the same semester of community college poli-sci 101.
This tender boy has the résumé of a Reddit thread and the life experience of a TikTok algorithm. Yet somehow he’s already decided he’s the voice of a generation that’s mostly just trying to afford ramen and therapy. Bold move, king.
He lies so frequently and so earnestly it’s almost performance art.
“I grew up in the struggle” (his childhood home had a pool AND a pool house)
“I’ve been organizing since I was 16” (he made a Change.org petition to make the high-school cafeteria serve oat milk)
“This is grassroots” (said while posing in front of the $8,000/month campaign consultant’s Range Rover)
His entire platform can be summed up in four words: “systemic injustice bad, me good.”
Policy depth? Zero.
Charisma? Negative.
But the Instagram stories? Immaculate. Black-and-white filter, quote from Angela Davis, sad eyes, caption: “They don’t want us to win ✊” — meanwhile the only thing standing between Jozef and victory is literally every voter who’s met him.
He’s the human embodiment of a blue checkmark that hasn’t accomplished anything except getting ratio’d by his own constituents.
The man once tried to claim he was “in community” with the unhoused population because he “slept in his car once… for like three hours… to feel their pain.” Bro, you Ubered home at 2 a.m. when it got chilly.
Jozef, you’re not a rising star—you’re a warning sign.
A living, breathing, blue-haired reminder that sometimes the D next to your name is the only qualification you need to think you deserve to run other people’s lives.
Keep tweeting in all lowercase, king.
The revolution will definitely be won by whoever has the most emotionally manipulative Threads posts at 1:47 a.m.
Stay insufferable, stay unqualified, stay getting absolutely demolished in every primary you enter.
Jung is me. You are Antonio López de Santa Anna. Get it loser?
You have homophobia. And Islamophobia. And Mexicophobia.
BAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Not so much. Truth hits hard. Another sniveling, smug, easily deceived snowflake shouts, “RACIST!” when they’re confronted with the hard, cold facts.
“Policy depth? Zero.”
What sort of “policy depth” does Oscar have? Or Jung for that matter.
Jozefph = 0.000000000000000000 policy depth
Oscar > Jozefph
Jung > Jozefph
Based on what? I don’t doubt this Maldonado is a zero. But Oscar is a zero too. And Jung? He thinks he knows about stuff, but he never proves it.
Jozefph needs to learn to knot a tie. Lazy!
Young and lively.
Just like sweet young Elijah.