Word!

Seems like someone is reading and listening  Bilodeaued updated his web page from last week, good boy!  Now he can act like he cares, and for heavens sake stop looking at his blackberry at every council meeting!  I think we need to ban all cell phones in the council chambers, take that and run with it!  Maybe Big Jon (aka Manny) will take up this flag and run with my idea, and never give this home girl credit, sound familiar Jon?

Stepping on the Backs of Others

Funny how Jon takes all the credit for this when he has never given the party that pointed it out to him one word of credit.  He was oblivious to this, never knew. Typical politician, too busy working for his next elected job.  Parents understand the need to protect our children. Remember to thank the people you step on Jon, trust me, they never forget.

Aye! Aye! Skipper!

Seems Ninja Turtle Mike better batten down the hatches, there's a squal out there and she'll capsize ya fur sure mate.  His response to being a Rocco:

For accuracy, I am and have been a commissioned officer in the United States Navy for 22 years - currently holding the rank of Captain. I am also the owner of Michael Merino Architects - a business holding a license in Orange for more than 14 years. I stand by my ballot designation without reservation.

# posted by  Michael Merino : 9/26/2010 5:30 PM

Cool down Skipper, but let me tell you one thing:

Your gonna need a bigger boat

 

Seriously Sue, just a Facebook Page? Just sayin

Maybe the first time a candidate won with a Facebook page.  Wait, I don't think so, come on girl, you got to spend some $$$, you will never win this way.

Coming Soon

Now that it's October, when will the candidates up date their webpages?  How do we know the latest and greatest?  I thought that was what the world wide web was about

Update your info!

Ambriz legacy lives in DUI murder law

I miss my old high school friend.
Que Dios te bendiga siempre

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/-268959--.html

Todd Spitzer chided me for failing to point out in my column about the D.A.'s Vehicular Homicide Unit that it has a relatively new tool that helps D.A.'s charge some DUI deaths as murder rather than manslaughter.
Under AB 808 (uh, Spitzer), the Steve Ambriz Act, every Californian who wants a driver's license signs a form that states he or she has been "advised that being under the influence of alcohol or drugs, or both, impairs the ability to safely operate a motor vehicle," and if they do so anyway and someone is killed, they can be charged with murder.

 

Orange Councilman Steve Ambriz died in 2006, killed in a car wreck by a woman high on meth, but he lives on in a law that bears his name.

 

Ambriz is the Orange councilman killed in 2006 by woman high on meth. Sara Lyn Ward crossed the centerline of Santiago Canyon Road and hit Ambriz, who also had been Spitzer's top aide. Ward got 10 years for manslaughter.
A year later T-Rack instituted the special unit. Generally, it charges murder when the driver had special knowledge, like a prior DUI or, perhaps, signing something like the Ambriz warning. (Spitzer implied the D.A.'s Office had purposely left out the Ambriz Act in its interviews after the Adenhart -trial verdict. Not so. I simply ran out of room.)
Ironically, it is unclear whether the Ambriz Act would have made a difference in the Ambriz case. Ward had no prior DUI's. Signing the Ambriz advisement alone probably isn't sufficient special knowledge to trigger a murder charge, according to Susan Price , who heads the unit. Because implementation of the Act has been slow, she has yet to have a defendant who has signed the advisement and thus hasn't yet made a judgment call. But she envisions that a defendant who signed it and had some special class might qualify for a murder charge.
Ambriz has another legacy. Orange two weeks ago signed a $567,000 contract to install a median guardrail on Santiago Canyon Road.
Contact: 714-796-4994 or fmickadeit@ocregister.com

C.O.P.S. endorse Horton!!!

When Police are behind a candidate, you know they are a serious front runner!
Go Horton!