Kurt Bardella GONE WILD - You can't keep a fired Issa-Bilbray aide down...and other San Diego County GOPisms...
Wow. Politics is crazy, but it is a semi-free country and political junkies need their fixes. In this bizarre case, the notorious Kurt Bardella (photo left) came back with a fury this week, going all bloggy over the newly proposed congressional district boundaries for San Diego County. To find out more about the actual details visit our aggregated story through this link.
When last we saw, Bardella was fired with extreme prejudice by Issa in March. This is what Politico roared:
Kurt Bardella's downfall: Ambition and ego
"It’s a story as old as power politics: The staffer who forgets he’s a staffer.
"It rarely ends well. And to people who know him best, that was Kurt Bardella’s downfall — ego and a self-promotional streak that finally cost him his job as deputy communications director for the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
"The turning point: POLITICO’s revelation that Bardella had been forwarding other reporters’ e-mail correspondence to Mark Leibovich, a reporter for The New York Times who recently wrote a Bardella-heavy Issa profile and is working on a book about Washington’s political culture."
He's back. And forth. Just like Bardella went from Bilbray to Issa to Bilbray to Issa's employment over the span of a few years - you know, GOP staffer trading, should come with bubble gum and trading cards -- I'm not sure what to make of it either. Guess it's an addiction. Bardella resumed issuing press releases, but this time FOR BOTH ISSA AND BILBRAY AT THE SAME TIME. He did it on Rostra, the GOP Tea Party blog site.
Take it for what it's worth. The scallawag of a Bardella and some of the other Tea Party bloggers are all up into it over the newly proposed congressional districts that appear to reflect the area more accurately than in the past, which is bad news for the Republicans apparently, at least judging from the early whining.
First, a bit more of the Politico coverage of Bardella's indiscretions, followed by the latest in GOP-(Think?) on the congressional redistricting etc for Rancho Santa Fe and North County courtesy of local GOP guru Jim Sills.
Enjoy!
-- Dan Weisman, founder/editor Ah-Ha Rancho Santa Fe News
THE NEW WAVE BARDELLA FILES ETC.:
BILBRAY TO RUN IN NEWLY FORMED DISTRICT THAT UNITES PAST AND PRESENT
Friday, June 10, 2011
posted by Kurt Bardella
Press Release Just Issued from Congressman Bilbray’s camp:
(SAN DIEGO, CA) – Congressman Brian Bilbray released the following statement on the new congressional district boundaries proposed by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission:
“The preliminary maps released by the Citizens Redistricting Commission have ensured that communities of interest are not divided and that political partisanship is not a factor in the districts created to represent San Diegans.
This is a preview of
Bilbray to Run in Newly Formed District that Unites Past and Present
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Read the full post (203 words, estimated 49 secs reading time)
BILBRAY TO RUN IN NEWLY FORMED DISTRICT THAT UNITES PAST AND PRESENT
Friday, June 10, 2011
posted by Kurt Bardella
Press Release Just Issued from Congressman Bilbray’s camp:
(SAN DIEGO, CA) – Congressman Brian Bilbray released the following statement on the new congressional district boundaries proposed by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission:
“The preliminary maps released by the Citizens Redistricting Commission have ensured that communities of interest are not divided and that political partisanship is not a factor in the districts created to represent San Diegans.
This is a preview of “Bilbray to Run in Newly Formed District that Unites Past and Present”. Read the full post (203 words, estimated 49 secs reading time)
ISSA PLANTS FLAG IN OC-NORTH COUNTY DISTRICT
Friday, June 10, 2011
posted by Kurt Bardella
From Issa Camp:
VISTA, CA – U.S. Congressman Darrell Issa (R-Vista) today released the following statement on the first draft of Congressional district boundaries made public today by the Citizens Redistricting Commission:
“Taking the redistricting process away from state legislators and backroom deals is something I have long supported. While I recognize these maps are not final and there may yet be legitimate questions or revisions, I thank the members of the Citizens Redistricting Commission for their hard work in this process.
This is a preview of “Issa Plants Flag in OC-North County District”. Read the full post (219 words, estimated 53 secs reading time)
REDISTRICTING MAPS ROUND 1 RELEASED…
Friday, June 10, 2011
posted by Kurt Bardella
Here is a link to the draft maps:
http://wedrawthelines.ca.gov/maps-congress-1st-draft.html
WHO WANTS TO BE A REPUBLICAN CONGRESS MEMBER? — JUNE 7 MAPS CREATE THE “GOLD” ONE SHOWN HERE …… POWAY ROGER TAKE NOTE !
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
posted by Jim Sills
Oh Doctor! Overnight the State Redistricting Commission posted their June 7th revised maps, and voila, a no-incumbent Republican congressional seat appears! (Susan Davis is in the “blue” district. Other incumbents are to the North, East and South.) The “new” district has Rancho Bernardo, Point Loma, Penasquitos, La Jolla, Mira Mesa, Clairemont, Bay Park, Scripps Ranch and the City of Poway. This district, if adopted, is a lock to elect a Republican member of Congress next November.
So what are you waiting for, Poway Roger? Opportunity is knocking, and loudly no less!
This is a preview of “Who wants to be a Republican Congress Member? — June 7 maps create the “Gold” one shown here …… Poway Roger take Note !”. Read the full post (206 words, 1 image, estimated 49 secs reading time)
NORTH COUNTY UPDATE — NEW JUNE 7 MAPS STILL FEATURE ROCKY CHAVEZ AGAINST SHERRY HODGES ON THE COAST, WITH MARIE WALDRON OF ESCONDIDO THE INLAND FRONT-RUNNER
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
posted by Jim Sills
Greetings, Redistricting fans! Overnight the Calif. Citizens Redistricting Commission published draft new State Assembly maps, and in North County they still create a Coastal district (Oceanside, Carlsbad, Encinitas), and an Inland seat (Escondido, Fallbrook, Ramona). If adopted, this map means a potential Rocky Chavez (of Oceanside) vs. Sherry Hodges (of Encinitas) GOP race along the Coastline. It is also very good news for Escondido City Councilwoman Marie Waldron as the clear Republican leader now on the Inland side. Her district would absorb much rural territory now held by termed-out Riverside State Assemblyman Kevin Jeffries of AD 66.
Stay tuned to SD Rostra for further late-breaking coverage of the State Redistricting Rodeo and Strawberry Festival. You can also follow the festivities at this link as well: http://wedrawthelines.ca.gov/meeting_handouts.html
PRELIMINARY NORTH COUNTY ASSEMBLY MAPS— ROCKY CHAVEZ VS. SHERRY HODGES ON THE COAST— MARIE WALDRON NOW THE INLAND DISTRICT REPUBLICAN FRONTRUNNER
Friday, June 3, 2011
posted by Jim Sills
The State Redistricting Commission will view these draft maps drawn by their staff this week. View all of them here for the entire state: http://wedrawthelines.ca.gov/meeting_handouts.html
If they are adopted (no certainty!) here’s how they appear to affect North County’s Assembly districts. Caveat: These analyses are written on the fly, and the Maps may well be changed later.
First, the COASTAL District: Runs north/south from Oceanside to Carlsbad to Encinitas and Solana Beach, also Vista to the east. That means recent State Veterans Secretary Rocky Chavez of Oceanside competing with legislative aide and ex-school board member Sherry Hodges of Encinitas for the GOP nod to succeed Martin Garrick.
This is a preview of “Preliminary North County Assembly Maps— Rocky Chavez vs. Sherry Hodges on The Coast— Marie Waldron now the Inland District Republican frontrunner”. Read the full post (273 words, 1 image, estimated 1:06 mins reading time).
