October 12, 2009 – Daily Brief

Posted on October 12, 2009 by Jeff
  • Kellar endorses David Gauny for City Council, says “any organization, for the health of it, needs occasional change,” then denies that his endorsement will affect his relationship with other Councilmembers, three of whom are seeking reelection SIGNAL
  • Dave Bossert previews wording of non-binding vote on Annexation/Incorporation/staying with the County. Remember, voters can vote yes on all three options which may make it difficult to get real data from this vote.WEST RANCH BEACON
  • Newhall Dive bar fight leaves one man in hospital with skull fracture. Doctors have put him in a medically-induced coma. Three men arrested KHTS
  • What an odd little story: Signal says neighborhood ‘fueds’ are on the decline. Fueds, like the Hatfields and McCoys? Indeed! Fights over sprinkler heads, property lines and parking spaces. SIGNAL
  • See? Sometimes the system does work- Newhall Water Board member fined $30,500 for using campaign funds for personal use SIGNAL
  • Santa Clarita man leads divers in search of World War 2 wreckage in Santa Monica Bay. The search for the female aviator was unsuccessful, but divers found other airplane wreckage LA TIMES
  • Endorsement mania! Maria Gutzeit gets the nod from Cameron Smyth, Supe Antonovich and Bob Kellar, while Susan Solomon for Hart Board gets endorsed by others. And the Signal says Bob Jensen, Susan Solomon and Paul Strickland should go to the Hart Board (no love for Joe Messina I guess). Finally, Dr. Adelini, a long-time counselor at COC says Mike Berger and Randy Moberg should get your vote for COC Board.
  • Supe Antonovich releases unattractively-named brochure (PDF), “Living in Unincorporated SCV” just a few weeks before non-binding vote on annexation/incorporation. Dave Bossert links to it as a paid ad on his front page.
  • Governor Schwarzenegger calls for special legislative session on water crisis SAC BEE
  • Drug use, violence up at some SCV Schools but, the Hart District empahsizes, “overall we have very safe campuses.” SIGNAL
  • Blogger writes great series of posts on movies (mostly westerns) filmed in the Santa Clarita Valley BLOG
  • Two years later, businesses struggle to find customers in shopping center of doomed Tresierras on Newhall Avenue. Tresierras decided to stay put in Old Town Newhall and the space remains empty SIGNAL
  • VeCo STAR blog mentions that Cameron Smyth’s district is a target for Democrats in 2010 according to California Target Book. Man I wish I could get a look at that book, too bad it’s around $1500. VECO STAR
  • Some 8,000 trips to COC by car were saved during Santa Clarita Transit’s three-week free bus service to the school, the City says. The free bus service was aimed at reducing vehicle trips to the school and saving students from the awful parking hassles there SIGNAL
  • Council Agenda for tomorrow night CITY
  • Trek Bicycles donates “Valencia” model bike to City of Santa Clarita. Trek says it named the bike in honor of our Paseos. I mentioned this bike in 2008 when it came out; I thought it was named after the street in San Francisco. Anyway, it’s a cool bike, great for commuting. You can pick one up at Valley Bicycles on Railroad, THINK & RIDE SCV PEOPLE! CITY BRIEFS
  • Local woman has worked very hard for health care reform SIGNAL
  • Zombies to invade Old Town Newhall this weekend! Grab your pitchfork and copy of World War Z! KHTS
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14 Responses to October 12, 2009 – Daily Brief

  1. Timothy Myers says:
    October 12, 2009 at 8:42 am

    Jeff:

    I wouldn’t pay 50 cents for a book that says that Cameron Smyth would be targeted in 2010. It sounds like someone put it together after a few too many “pops” as we used to say in Iowa.

  2. Jeff says:
    October 12, 2009 at 8:52 am

    No no you got it all wrong Tim. It’s a well-respected book that really digs into demographic trends of state legislative and Congressional districts.

  3. Timothy Myers says:
    October 12, 2009 at 8:53 am

    So now we know why Barbara Dore filed her forms late. Difficult to own up to a commingled spending and easier to delay it. I guess this is what opened up the seat for Michaeal Cruz to claim.

  4. Timothy Myers says:
    October 12, 2009 at 8:57 am

    Here is a disturbing snippet about the school board election. One candidate took the relative expensive step of phone banking 3,500 permanent vote by mail voters; considered high propensity voters.

    One half of the voters contacted were not even aware of a school board election upcoming! When high propensity voters with a demonstrable record of engagement in elections don’t even know it is coming, it is easy to see how turnout evaporates when one goes lower down the scale.

  5. Fred says:
    October 12, 2009 at 9:23 am

    Governor Schwarzenegger calls for special legislative session on water crisis

    What? Is he going to reverse that idiot decision to turn off the pumps so as to save a worthless fish?

  6. Jeff says:
    October 12, 2009 at 9:42 am

    What? Is he going to reverse that idiot decision to turn off the pumps so as to save a worthless fish?

    What happened to stewardship over God’s creation Fred?

  7. Fred says:
    October 12, 2009 at 10:00 am

    That’s exactly the point. It isn’t good stewardship to destroy nature so as to adulate a small section. That’s idolatry. The whole point of taking our God given dominion over the earth is determining the fate of certain critters.

  8. Timothy Myers says:
    October 12, 2009 at 10:04 am

    Jeff:

    Well, OK they must base it just on demographics which would indicate a chance, but a practical battle would require the running of a strong Democratic candidate against the “reasonable” incumbent, and, bless her heart, that is not Carole Luteness or any other likelies.

  9. mike says:
    October 12, 2009 at 10:52 am

    Even with shifting demographics, if you don’t have name ID, you won’t have a shot. Smyth could still win in an SCV with a Democratic plurality. If things continue to shift, they won’t shift to a degree that matters before 2010. After that, the semi-blind redistricting may render everything moot.

  10. Publius says:
    October 12, 2009 at 1:46 pm

    Interesting that Al Adelini, in endorsing Randy Moberg over incumbent Joan MacGregor, states that “The college board should not only (sic) be used as a . . . “long-term ego trip.”" His best buddy on the Board, Bruce Fortine, has been doing that for years.

  11. Timothy Myers says:
    October 12, 2009 at 2:28 pm

    Publius:

    I was wondering about how Professor Aldelini got crosswise with Joan MacGregor.

    On “Community” I am sure they publicly shudder at COC about that show but are secretly laughing up their sleeves because they can find every character on COC’s campus.

  12. Publius says:
    October 12, 2009 at 2:55 pm

    Adelini is still upset that he wasn’t appointed to the vacancy caused when Ron Gillis resigned.

  13. Timothy Myers says:
    October 12, 2009 at 5:48 pm

    Publius:

    Oh, I forgot that. Time flies!

  14. Need for Involved Citizenry says:
    October 13, 2009 at 7:24 am

    Barbara Dore didn’t file her campaign financing statements for years – in spite of being asked to via phone calls and letters. Spending campaign money on So. Cal Gas, auto repair, landscaping and medical bills because she didn’t have enough money in her personal account tells me she is someone who can’t manage her own finances. How is it that we expect her to be able to effectively govern a multi-million dollar water company?

    Are the voters that stupid?

    Let’s see if she gets runs again and gets re-elected.

    Having her as a board member is like having Ed Colley’s wife on the board. GOBN but no substance.