Saturday, April 24, 2010

Assemblyman Chris Norby Placentia Town Hall Meeting Thursday

Thursday, April 29, 2010 (7:00 PM - 9:00 PM)

Whitten Community Center
900 S. Melrose Avenue, Placentia CA 92870

For more information or to RSVP call (714) 672-4734

Friday, April 23, 2010

An Interview with David Su: Part 3 of 3

We were fortunate to have been able to do an email interview with 42nd Congressional candidate David Su. The past two days we posted the first two parts of the interview.

I have not edited any of Mr. Su's answers. I gave him my word that I would copy his answers just as he wrote them.

Su is challenging Rep. Gary Miller, Phil Liberatore and Lee McGroarty for the Republican nomination in the 42nd Congressional district.

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Thursday, April 22, 2010

An Interview with David Su Part 2 of 3

We were fortunate to have been able to do an email interview with 42nd Congressional candidate David Su. Yesterday we posted the first part of the interview.

I have not edited any of Mr. Su's answers. I gave him my word that I would copy his answers just as he wrote them.

We will be running the rest of the interview over several days this week.

Su is challenging Rep. Gary Miller, Phil Liberatore and Lee McGroarty for the Republican nomination in the 42nd Congressional district.


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Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Statement on Phil Liberatore's FEC Filing

This week we posted twice that the Phil Liberatore Campaign filed their FEC filing electronically with the FEC on April 19. That date is late, so we reported that they may be subject to a fine.

Today we received the following statement.

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I am the campaign treasurer for the Liberatore for Congress Committee. I hereby inform you that our filing was submitted on-time and in compliance with FEC regulations and Federal law. We filed an electronic disk by overnight mail prior to the 11:59 pm EST 4/15/10 deadline, and filed again with the Electronic Filing Office on 4/19/10 for the convenience our FEC analyst Stephanie Shaw. Any statement to the contrary is erroneous and I must assume is made with malice toward my client. Please remove or amend your comments or I shall be forced to take legal action against this site for slander.
Louis G. Baglietto, Jr.
Campaign TreasurerLiberatore for Congress

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While we understand the concerns of the Liberatore campaign, the FEC site still shows April 19 at 16:04 as the filing stamp. If that changes we will post a full retraction and change all posts related to this matter. We are simply going off of the FEC data available to the public. We don't know that the Liberatore campaign mailed something in until it is received. We stated that the Liberatore filed electronically in our posts. That is an accurate statement, the Liberatore campaign filed electronically on the 19th. Ultimately the FEC decides fines based on their information, not us.

We have made sure that every post says "may" and "if."

Hopefully this post, and our side of the story, addresses their concerns.

An interview with David Su Part 1 of 3

We were fortunate to have been able to do an email interview with 42nd Congressional candidate David Su. I in no way edited any of Mr. Su's answers. I gave him my word that I would copy his answers just as he wrote them.

We will be running the rest of the interview over several days this week.

Su is challenging Rep. Gary Miller, Phil Liberatore and Lee McGroarty for the Republican nomination in the 42nd Congressional district.

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Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Phil Liberatore Campaign Ads

Yesterday we reported the Liberatore for Congress campaign was the first to put campaign ads on television. The Liberatore campaign has sent us the links to them on youtube.

They are here and here.

David Su Interview Starting Tomorrow

Tomorrow we will post the first part of a three part interview we did with 42nd Congressional candidate David Su.

If there are any candidates we have not yet interviewed that would like to be interviewed via email, please comment to this story with an email address. We will NOT publish the comment.

42nd Republican Primary FEC Review

All four candidates for the Republican primary in the 42nd Congressional district have now filed their fundraising totals with the FEC.

Rep. Gary Miller shows $1,053,383 cash on hand. During the 1st quarter he raised just under $400,000 and spent a little over $200,000.

Phil Liberatore raised $15,911, loaned his campaign $100,000 and spent $112,340. He has $3,570 cash on hand. Liberatore filed electronically four days late, so he may be facing a FEC fine. My understanding is that a fine is automatic since there are no exemptions for filing late.

Lee McGroarty raised $1700, loaned his campaign $8000, and spent $8179.32. He has 3070.77 cash on hand. His campaign now owes $27,030.16 in debt.

David Su raised $2151.43. He spent $1891.43 which leaves him with $260 cash on hand.

Phil Liberatore "Praised by Calvary Chapel Founder Pastor Chuck Smith"

From the Liberatore Campaign

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Monday, April 19, 2010

Phil Liberatore spends $112,000, files late

42nd Congressional candidate Phil Liberatore has filed his 1st quarter FEC forms four days late. His filing showed he raised $15,911, loaned his campaign $100,000 and spent $112,340. He has $3,570 cash on hand.

Liberatore electronically filed four days late. His form shows it was filed April 19. According to the FEC the fine for filing four days late, and having a "level of activity" between $200,00 and $249,999, is $1,800. According to the FEC there are no exemptions for filing late.

If found by the FEC to be filing late, it will give Liberatore's opponents a campaign issue because a FEC fine is a BIG deal. Also it is not something you want to see on a campaign mailing and in newspaper articles.

Liberatore is challenging Rep. Gary Miller, Lee McGroarty and David Su for the Republican nomination in the 42nd Congressional district.

Phil Liberatore First up with Television Ad

Phil Liberatore is the first candidate in the 42nd Congressional race to run television ads. I saw a Liberatore for Congress ad today while watching Fox News.

Liberatore is challenging Rep. Gary Miller, Lee McGroarty and David Su for the Republican nomination in the 42nd Congressional district. There are seven weeks until the primary election.

Note to the Liberatore campaign: If you comment to this story with a youtube link to the ad I will add the link to the story.

California Republican Assembly Endorses Rep. Gary Miller, Again

Last month we reported that the California Republican Assembly (CRA) had endorsed Rep. Gary Miller. Last night I noticed on Phil Liberatore's Twitter page that he had attended an event seeking the CRA's endorsement.

I called a CRA friend who said they did the 42nd Congressional district endorsement again for whatever reason. Miller, Liberatore and Lee McGroarty all spoke to the group and Miller received their endorsement again. My friend thought that Rep. Gary Miller's endorsement was unanimous. It had to be a blow to McGroarty and Liberatore not to get a single vote, if it was in fact unanimous.

Liberatore had the following to say on his Twitter page about it.

The CRA has lost their mind voted to endorse big spender Miller. The conscience has been silence.

The conscience of the republic party was not heard today. Miller defended TARP and they endorsed.

Allan Bartlett at Red County has a story about it. While there I noticed Liberatore has a web ad on the top of the page.

Most Read Stories: April 12-18

This past week was one of our biggest weeks, thanks in part to Rep. Gary Miller doing media interviews about his Birthright Citizenship bill. This resulted in people searching for further information about the bill and finding our blog. Thank you to all of our readers.

1. McGroarty calls bill reforming Birthright Citizenship "Unconstitutional"
2. Rep. Gary Miller Appears on Fox News
3. 42nd Candidates on Birthright Citizenship
4. Congressman Gary Miller shows more than a Million in Bank
5. Update: Phil Liberatore at Yorba Linda Tea Party
6. Lee McGroarty breaks Campaign Pledge
7.Lee McGroarty Campaign Files Amended FEC Forms
8. Lee McGroarty Donations
9. Lee McGroarty at Chino Hills Tea Party
10. (tie) Lee McGroarty raises $1700, spends 8179.32
10. (tie) Curt Hagman at Chino Hills Tea Party

Assemblyman Chris Norby Fullerton Town Hall Thursday

Thursday, April 22, 2010 (7:00 PM - 9:00 PM)

Fullerton Senior Multi-Service Center

340 W. Commonwealth Avenue, Fullerton CA 92832

For more information or to RSVP call: (714) 672-4734

Sunday, April 18, 2010

Phil Liberatore "Liberty Celebration Rally" this Saturday

The Phil Liberatore campaign will be hosting an event this Saturday at the Brea Downtown Chapel (123 West Ash Street).

From the Liberatore Campaign.

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To give the neighborhood a free family fun day. The event is sponsored by Liberatore for Congress. We will have free food, face painting, bounce house, family photos, free tickets at a chance to win a prize, music by Stephen and Linda "Peaches" Tavani (Linda formerly known as peaches with the group Peaches and Herb. She sang the hit song Reunited and Shake Your Groove thing). And then Phil Liberatore will speak to everyone for a few minutes.
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For more information call the Liberatore Campaign at (714) 310-3062.

Liberatore is challenging Rep. Gary Miller, Lee McGroarty and David Su for the Republican nomination in the 42nd Congressional district.

David Su Featured in Focus on the Family Action Radio Broadcast

42nd Republican Congressional candidate David Su recently appeared on a Focus on the Family Action radio broadcast about young GOP candidates.

Su is challenging Rep. Gary Miller, Phil Liberatore and Lee McGroarty for the Republican nomination in the 42nd primary.