Archive for category: Wu’s World

Money and Politics, Part Deux

0 / February 17, 2012 10:58 am

Two weeks ago, I painfully detailed the 74th Assembly District money raised by Assemblyman Allan Mansoor and Newport Beach Councilmember Leslie Daigle. This week, I’m going to painstakingly look at the Newport Beach City Council races and that crazy Newport

Goodnight, Sweet Dolores

Goodnight, Sweet Dolores

9 / February 6, 2012 12:09 am

Dolores Otting was a juggernaut, that’s the only way she could be described, and she will be greatly missed. I heard that she had passed away from Councilman Keith and (his better half) Pamela Curry while we were frivolously chatting

Money and Politics

0 / February 3, 2012 7:29 am

Twice a year, the State of California requires State, County, and City politicians, and aspiring politicians, to file their semi-annual campaign finance reports, with the due dates being July 31 for January through June and Jan. 31 for the last

Carlson Quits Assembly Race; OC Party to Go All In for Mansoor

2 / January 24, 2012 1:05 pm

The Republican Party of Orange County has called a Special Endorsement Meeting for the 74th Assembly District race on Saturday, Jan. 28, at the Party HQ, with the specific purpose of endorsing Assemblyman Allan Mansoor in the primary election. Why

Peotter Out for Council, Carchio in for Assembly

0 / January 18, 2012 11:09 am

Monday night, I had the privilege of being Tom Fuentes’ driver to the Republican Party of Orange County Central Committee meeting. Originally, I had absolutely no interest in attending, except for a fleeting curiosity about the uber-hyped proposed party endorsement

Hawkins Quits?

0 / January 12, 2012 12:04 am

I don’t know Robert Hawkins very well, maybe a couple of personal conversations, one lunch and a phone call or two. He called me a coward in the Daily Pilot a few years ago, and I’ve written a few fun things

A Carnival of Clowns

0 / January 8, 2012 4:31 pm

I’m not too sure if this headline applies 100 percent to the early days of the 74th Assembly race among, so far, Costa Mesa Assemblyman Allan Mansoor, Newport Beach City Councilmember Leslie Daigle, and Huntington Beach attorney Keith Carlson, but

Assemblywoman Leslie Daigle?

0 / December 30, 2011 8:04 am

The way things are going, it sure looks like that will be the name on an office door up in Sacramento… …at least so far. In 2010, when Irvine attorney Don Wagner was running in the Republican Primary for the

No New Year’s Resolutions

0 / December 26, 2011 12:12 am

Last year, my New Years Resolution was to be nicer … and I think I almost made it through my entire New Year’s column before I broke it. This year, I’m going to be thankful for living and working in

An Early Christmas

0 / December 23, 2011 10:15 am

My kids are going crazy searching my house for their Christmas presents.  Remember what that feels like?  Knowing that your present is coming, or already there, and sitting there waiting just kills you. For political junkies like me, that’s what