ONLY YOU CAN PREVENT THE ‘CONNECTION INFECTION’ FROM SPREADING
MONEY TALKS, BUT IS LISTENING POLITICALLY MOTIVATED?
Temecula, CA – Recently while in the company of two scene ‘frienemies*’, otherwise known as friendly enemies to those outside the scene, I was amazed that these two, who couldn’t agree on what time the sun sets normally, both said they liked one of the incumbents. When I came to, the oblivious explanation hit me; they had both come down with ‘the connection infection’. More insidious than a STD, the ‘connection infection’ happens when you come in contact with one of the members in the political daisy chain that you find controlling the local contracts, projects, land development deals, and ‘spheres of influence’ that most people look past as they speed down the freeway to their commute every day. It’s missed by most, but not by all, and not by the observant. Friends, Romans, and voters, lend me your ears, and eyes.
Articles have appeared and do appear every day and every week in the print media like the Press-Enterprise, the Californian, The Bugle (both Murrieta and Temecula editions), and the Valley News attesting this infection. Now if all they printed was what some people said or what some people felt, you could say maybe some sour grapes were being squeezed and bottled up, but nothing happens in a vacuum, not in the age of the information highway. When you watch the body language and fidgetiness of the incumbents (see the rebroadcast of the first candidate debate on channel 3, 7PM, 10/15/08) when they are challenged by Al, Rita, and Stew, about their connections, the incumbents seem like Ryan Mudd’s song ‘Left Hand, Right Hand’, and for those of you who have never heard the song, both hands are part of the same body. It is a political punk song, needless to say, and quite a good one. But the point here is that they are connected. Now let’s see if our theory of a connection holds up.
To make this fair, I won’t use any outside info from ‘groups’ that may seem to some to have an axe to grind, just what is public knowledge and said by the incumbents themselves in print** (to keep it in the character of Eastwood). And since the Default World is based on money (see Gen 17:21), let’s do as they say in the movies and ‘follow the money’. So far as filed, Washington and Naggar have raised at $80K in this first reporting donation period in what could become T-Town’s most $$$ in the city’s history. Where does all that moola come from?
Well, Washington kick-started his election drive with a $10K loan to himself, while Naggar only advanced himself $1K. Other funds to Washington besides businesses and friends, hence called ‘the usual suspects’, came from previous campaign funds of Ron Roberts and Maryann Edwards. With Naggar, after ‘the usual suspects’ comes funds from Supervisor Jeff Stone.
Stone is involved in working with Rancon who wants to develop three new large wineries in wine country. Rancon is run by a guy named Stephenson. Washington said ‘he trusts Stephenson and they have been friends for many years’. As a result, Washington said he felt (one of) the Wine Country project(s) would be a better place to invest some of his retirement savings and real estate proceeds. Nagger’s company does consulting work for Rancon and has for many years. Jeff Comerchero works as a Rancon executive and is currently under investigation by a start agency for a form of ‘insider information’.
All the questions arising from this ‘connection infection’ are poo-pood by all the members/incumbents mentioned as being ‘politically’ motivated. I would suppose that when a bank robber is caught, the robber could say that his capture was ‘criminally’ motivated using that same logic nomenclature. To paraphrase a line from ‘Fever Pitch’, dear Voter, ‘sure, you love your city council, but (if you’re not connected, just infected) have they ever loved you back?’.
November 4 will give the ‘fans’ a chance to answer that question and a choice to stop the connection infection from spreading. After all, why would YOU spend $10K to take a job that pays you less than a 32 hour worker who flips burgers at Mickey Dees? Why indeed?
(* - a tip ‘o the hat to wordsmith Nickel Sac, thanks, Doll. ** - Valley News)
October 15, 2008 at 8:12 am
they take the fuccin job cause they want to serve the citizens. same reason the other three are running. if stew was the incubant you would hate him too. if jesus was the incumbat you would hand him a cross and tell him to nail himself. dam pt, stick to music and ‘the scene’ and stay out the politic game.