Category Archives: Politics

Wilk: Buck plans to hide Patricia, bank on McKeon name recognition

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Jeff

Let the smack talk/truth telling begin in the race for 38th Assembly District. National Journal reports on the bad blood between McKeon & Wilk. Starting with this: “The congressman has told people in the district that he plans to lock … Continue reading →

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Jon Hatami, Plagiarist?

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Mike

Something doesn’t smell right about Jon Hatami’s column published yesterday in the West Ranch Beacon, “Council candidate Jon Hatami comments on Redevelopment 2012 Agencies Ruling”. I can’t quite explain it, but by the 4th paragraph, I knew something wasn’t adding … Continue reading →

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Life in the SCV in Ron Paul’s America

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Jeff

Nicholas Wapshott, British journalist and author of an excellent new book on John Maynard Keynes and Friederich Hayek, ponders what life would be like in America if Ron Paul was elected president and his libertarian ideals became the law (or … Continue reading →

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Following the money, even when there is no money to follow

Posted on December 17, 2011 by Mike

In 2010, we went through some efforts to track individual contributions to the city council candidates. It’s tedious work, but it gave us some really great insights. The late contributions never got the treatment, because by the time we could … Continue reading →

Posted in City Hall, Elections, Politics | Tagged | 5 Comments

Why I’m not hot on Hatami

Posted on December 4, 2011 by Mike

In light of Tim’s post yesterday and his column this morning, I’ve given some more thought to Jon Hatami’s nascent candidacy for City Council. I think the reason why some of us find his candidacy so interesting is that he … Continue reading →

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Clauses 11-20 of Hatami’s “Contract” With Santa Clarita**

Posted on November 27, 2011 by Mike

Using some shoe leather journalism, we’re in contact with sources inside of “Team Hatami”, and they have leaked the next 10 points of Jon Hatami’s platform for his City Council race. You heard it here first! 11. If I win … Continue reading →

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Jon Hatami’s “Contract with Santa Clarita”

Posted on November 27, 2011 by Timothy Myers SR.

So I did speak to Jon Hatami at some length on Friday night while his nascent internet campaign launched and received coverage here on SCVTalk, which I then firmly believe drove some coverage from the SIGNAL. The bulk of that … Continue reading →

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Patricia McKeon goes to DC for the Big Money

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Jeff

Did the redistricting process somehow extend California’s 38th District to Washington DC? Because that’s where Republican Assembly candidate Patricia McKeon will be tonight in an effort to shake loose some campaign change from her husband’s deep-pocketed friends: You’re Invited to … Continue reading →

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Hate to do this

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Jeff

But someone has got to say it… We learned something at last week’s Council meeting. It takes just a few cranks during Public Comments to derail/delay a City plan to sign onto a largely ceremonial set of environmental principles, yet … Continue reading →

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Wilk lands multiple endorsements

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Jeff

A virtual who’s who of SCV politics, a Tour de Force of local and even national illiterati come out in favor of Scott Wilk rather than Patricia McKeon, wife of the GodFather* of SCV politics, Buck McKeon: An impressive list … Continue reading →

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