WINNING! Aurelio Mattucci Wins Second Term in Photo-Finish Victory

It's official. It's over.

Councilman Aurelio Mattucci has been re-elected to the Torrance City Council, this time representing District Five.

Here's the report from The Daily Breeze:

Election update 2022: Councilman Aurelio Mattucci narrowlydefeats challenger in Torrance District 5 race

The county registrar certified the election on Friday, July 1. Challenger Jean Adelsman won't request a recount, she said.

Well, that's a relief. It's truly official, and no one can reverse it.

Aurelio Mattucci will remain on the Torrance City Council — and will become District 5’s first elected representative.

The councilman barely edged out challenger Jean Adelsman by 16 votes, 50.11% to 49.89%.

This was the closest race that I have seen in the city of Torrance. I was initialy convinced that Aurelio would enjoy the strongest finish against his opponent. I then pegged George Chen has being able to best Cliff Numark without as much trouble. In all honest, I was more concerned about Jon Kaji as well as Lauren Cotner, since neither one of them were incumbents. 

Of course, everyone now knows that Kaji had the surest victory of the four city council candidates I had supported. It's a considerable victory, and certainly surprised me.

The Los Angeles County registrar’s office announced it had certified the June 7 statewide primary results on Friday evening, July 1, hours after providing its seventh and final post-election update.

An election should not take a month to complete and certify. This dysfunctional process invites suspicion and voter fraud.

Mattucci, reached via phone, called the District 5 race “the most epic election” in Torrance’s history.

I am sure that he went into details, but the newspaper declined to report them. So allow me to share some of the key details about this race:

1. The entire Torrance establishment, the Democratic-Republican uniparty of swamp creatures, special interests, and political dynasties threw all their time and money into defeating Aurelio.

2. Jean Adelsman, Aurelio's unexpected opponent, had served as the Editor-In-Chief for the Daily Breeze. She had considerable influence in the city for decades as a reporter, pushing whatever news, whatever agenda she wanted the readers to take in.

3. Even though Aurelio had received the endorsements of the Torrance Police and Fire Associations, a number of former police chiefs lined up behind Jean Adelsman. Wow would retired police chiefs throw their hat into this fight? Whatever the reasons, it all goes to show contentious and momentous this city council race would be.

Mattucci said he wants to continue working on initiatives such as public safety and homelessness and on keeping the city clean. He said he’s hopeful the money raised from the recent passage of Measure SST, a half-cent sales tax, will go to the right places to enable all that to happen.

It's really striking how most of the candidates who got elected to the city council opposed the sales tax increase. Yet here we are. This outcome just goes to show that voters are not looking at candidates and causes in a "slate-like" mode. They just make the individual decisions on each issue as they see fit.

“We have make sure we don’t go down that dark hole of running in the red,” Mattucci said of having to stave off Torrance’s budget crisis.

But, Muttucci is aware his slim margin of victory is no mandate. He said he plans to reach out to the 3600-some people who didn’t vote for him to learn more about what they want and need.

There have been some rumblings that Aurelio's opponents will launch a recall effort to throw him out. They will have to wait six months after his installation, so at the earliest they can start the process in January 2023. By then, will most voters even care? Will anyone be paying attention? Recall efforts require a lot of blood, sweat, and tears. For local races like city council, recall proponents are almost assured that they have to door-to-door to find the voters to get rid of Mattucci. That is not going to happen.

“I want to reach out to the people who opposed me,” Mattucci said. “What are they looking for and what are the ideas that they have?”

And, he said, Adelsman was a competitor with a lot of character who really cares about the city.

I know that the newly re-elected councilman has to be politick in his comments, but really Jean was a slimeball. She lied repeatedly about the Councilman's votes and his views on issues. She actually claimed that he was bought and owned by the

“I’d like for Jean to be part of that equation,” Mattucci said. “Put the past behind us for the sake Torrance.”

Adelsman, reached by phone, said she was disappointed in the results, but added that she’d still keep working for the betterment of the city.

She really isn't working for the best interests of the city. If she really cared about Torrance, then there was no reason for her to run in the first place. She was another candidate selected by the political establishment because a select group of movers and shakers in the city of Torrance simply do not like Aurelio Mattucci. That is a terrible reason to run for office.

Again, they simply do not like Aurelio. What actions, what results, what decisions, what votes has he made that make him unqualified to sit on the city council?

She won’t request a recount, Adelsman said, calling it a waste of time and money.

Her whole campaign was a waste of time and money. She should have known better than to run in the first place, and the fact that she resorted to so many false, negative ads really ruined her chances. I have followed Torrance politics for about ten years, and I have heard from current and former elected officials that negative campaigning is not very effective in Torrance. Most voters want a clean, quiet, peaceful campaign. They don't want raucous mud-slinging and relentless negativity.

In a recent Facebook post, Adelsman thanked her supporters, wished the new council well and said she would continue to “do as much as I can to make Torrance a better place.”

Mattucci will become the first representative of Torrance’s District 5 as the city completes its switch from at-large to by-district elections.

Final Reflection

This victory is the most vindicating. This victory is the biggest F-U to the political establishment in this town. This victory is the biggest win for everyone who cares about free and fair elections, who cares about honest, dignity, and hard work winning out against lies, cheating, and outright deceit.

I am not as politick as Aurelio was in his comments to the Daily Breeze (and I do not begrudge his desire for comity.) The truth is that Jean Adelsman lied and deceived the voters in the district. She claimed that Mattucci was trying to defund the police. She claimed that Aurelio Mattucci was taking large donations from developers because he planned to sell out the city and bring in massive housing projects. His voting record over the last four years proves otherwise.

Last of all, and one of the first things I shared with people, Jean advertised herself as a bipartisan pol who wanted to make nice with everyone. The truth is that the she was a rugged, partisan liberal who hated Trump supporters. What kind of city councilwoman could she have been if she had such a marked hatred for people who voted for someone she did not like? Jean Adelsman engaged in non-stop negative campaigning, and thankfully enough voters saw through all of it.

This is a big victory for the city of Torrance during the 2022 election cycle, if not the biggest. So glad that Aurelio pulled this off. The fact that it was a close vote makes the win all the more gratifying, since it means that every volunteer's effort to help him win was crucial, essential, necessary. That kind of imput is very satisfying. It's really gratifying for me because I backed another winning horse, along with the two other candidates elected to city council this year. It's even better for me because so many people defamed me and tried to defame Aurelio Mattucci because I supported him, and he bravely supported me in my bid for State Assembly in 2022. I am glad to see that I can have a positive impact in local politics, along with many other concerned and engaged citizens who wanted the best for the city of Torrance.

What else can I say? This is WINNING on a massive scale! I am so glad to live in the city of Torrance!

Roe v. Wade Will Not Harm GOP Chances in 2022 (and Beyond)

 

Well, this is good news:

Roe v. Wade is fading from the news cycle with no political effect, the 1/6 hearings have been disgracefully discredited, Joe Biden’s approval rating is approaching the 20s, and WE ARE WINNING. pic.twitter.com/4ZPs0JgnBc

— Realignment Politics (@politicsrea) July 3, 2022

The overturning of Roe v. Wade is not going to wipe out the GOP ticket this year.

People are so angry about the blunt, in-your-face bread-and-butter issues crushing their wallets right now. People are fed up with the rising crime, the open borders, the government overreach tied to COVID-19.

AND, there is a growing consensus in this country that accepts limits on abortion. Dobbs v. Jackson does not criminalize abortion across the fifty states. The ruling does restore the power of the several states to restrict abortion as they see fit.

And many states (and more importantly, their voters) have seen fit to abolish the horrific practice.

Good for them, I say!

For decades, conservative pundits and prognosticators worried that if the Supreme Court finally removed Roe, the outcome would galvanize Democrats like never before to push all kinds of radical laws throughout the country. Worse yet, in whatever year that Roe went down, Democrats would swarm local and state elections, giving consummate power to Democratic party bosses.

The horror! The horror!

And yet, it looks as though that is not going to happen. In fact, the general ballot shows the GOP turnout increasing! Recall that in 2010, Democrats enjoyed a +3 generic ballot advantage, and they lost a net 60 house seats.

If the general ballot now has Republicans polling ahead, and at +5 (or even +10), that means we are looking at a massive GOP global flood!

And the repeal of Roe v. Wade is assisting this effort.

Lesson to the GOP Establishment: fulfill your promises, do your job, and you can win.

Trump capitalized on this basic idea, and he won a lot of victories while seated in the White House, and he is still winning today.

Mississippi Missing: President Trump, Not Reagan, Achieved Massive Pro-Life Victories

Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves issued a proclamation renaming June "Sanctity of Life Month":

Ronald Reagan once said, “The values and freedoms we cherish as Americans rest on our fundamental commitment to the sanctity of human life.”

Recognizing this, and celebrating the recent decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, I have declared June to be Sanctity of Life Month! pic.twitter.com/iFer9Ml1XO

— Governor Tate Reeves (@tatereeves) June 29, 2022

God bless him for doing this.

However, he is thanking and quoting the wrong person.

Yes, President Ronald Reagan said many great things about life and ending abortion. Yes, he talked a good game.

But it was President Trump who successful fulfilled the promise of the Republican Party to end Roe v. Wade.

Trump is the first president to speak at the March for Life rally in Washington DC.

Trump consistently cut funding to Planned Murderhood and other abortion abbattoirs committed to killing children.

Trump fought and pushed through three pro-life Supreme Court Justices, all of whom navigated the precarious questioning regarding legal precedent, natural law, and the constitutional authorities of the United States Supreme Court.

Trump deserves major respect and recognition for this massive achievement, and Republicans across the country better start respecting him for that!

This pro-life movement's victory does not belong to Ronald Reagan: it belongs to President Trump! 

Mississippi Declares June as Pro-Life Month

 

Dear Arthur, I'm happy to let you know that the good news continues following the recent Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade! I'm want to share these two stories that are a direct result of God’s blessing on our nation for its decision to respect life. Company will support employee who choose birth Buffer Insurance, a company based in Texas, has announced its full support for employees who honor life. In a swipe at secular companies who will pay employees to abort their babies, Buffer announced on its Facebook page, "Today we are announcing that Buffer will pay the costs for our employees who birth babies." It went on to include adoptions, saying, "Buffer will pay the medical costs associated with the adoption of a new baby." To further its commitment to life, Buffer is also offering ready-to-use policies so that other companies can add them to their employee handbooks. Mississippi Gov proclaims June as Sanctity of Life Month I am thankful to Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves for proclaiming June as Sanctity of Life Month in Mississippi. The overturning of Roe v. Wade is an answer to almost 50 years of prayer on the part of the church in America. Making June a month to commemorate this victory, which we hope will serve as a hedge against our culture of death, is a wonderful follow-up to the high court ruling. I want to strongly encourage you and pro-life organizations to work with political leaders to have similar proclamations issued in your state, making June "Sanctity of Life Month," a time to remember and celebrate the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Let us continue to praise God for the overturning of Roe v. Wade in our country and continue to pray God’s blessing as we keep working to protect the lives of unborn babies. Sincerely, Tim Wildmon, President American Family Association P.S. If our mission resonates with you, please consider supporting our work financially with a tax-deductible donation. The easiest way to do that is through online giving. It is easy to use, and most of all, it is secure.

Torrance City Council Elections 2022, Reflections: The City Treasurer

The outcome of the Torrance City Treasurer's race was a mixed bag for me.

For the last four years, I have wanted Dana Cortez out of that office. She got elected in 2018 unopposed, and then she disappeared. She refused to do her job, she issued sick-leave requests and absentee notices repeatedly. She cried to the press about her health problems, and then some of her supporters also shared with me that she was unfairly treated by the city council.

Even if the city council had done her wrong, she had no right to harm the entire city by not showing up to work.

So, five people filed to run for City Treasurer. And with such audacity, one of the candidates was the do-nothing, MIA incumbent.

It was a widespread fight throughout the city, certainly. I saw signs for all five candidates, and I received mailers for three of them: Tim Goodrich, Rick Marshall, and Mike Griffiths.

Come election day, the initial vote tallies had Goodrich ahead, with Griffiths a close second. As the weeks progressed, Goodrich's lead increased until he was 5% ahead of Griffiths. There was no way that the initial second-place finisher could overcome those numbers.

I am not thrilled that Tim Goodrich got elected to this office, especially since he reneged on his responsibility to serve the city of Torrance as councilmember for a full second term. He complained that he had to resign for the sake of his work, but then he suddenly has time to run again, this time for the Treasurer's seat? Really?

Let's be frank: he only won because there were four Republicans pulling apart the vote from different interests and segments of the city. The strong conservative faction voted for Rick Marshall. Anyone who was interested in putting another lady into city government, and who still respected Pat Furey's endorsement, voted for Melissa Wright. Then there were the uniformed voted who still selected Dana Cortez, just because she listed her name as incumbent.

And last of all, there was Mike Griffiths.

Yes, he had the longer political pedigree in town compared to the other candidates. Well, expect for Tim Goodrich, since he got elected in his own right in 2014, and Mike Griffiths was appointed to fill Pat Furey's place a few months after. However, Griffiths has lived in the city of Torrance for decades, while Goodrich carpet-bagged into the city from Buffalo, New York.

Griffiths was elected for two terms on the city council, and before that he was the consensus pick to replace the mayor. Before that, he had served on two major commissions: environmental quality and planning.

He had sent out two mailers, compared to Goodrich sending out only one. Rick Marshall sent out two mailers, but I received them both on the same day, and very late in the campaign season. Judging by the large number of his signs in the city, I thought that Griffiths was going to sweep the seat.

And yet Griffiths lost, and I am not sad about that outcome one bit.

Griffiths was a major part of the old political establishment that crashed and burned Election Day, 2022. He was one of Scotto's people, and he was buddy-buddy with liberal Republicans like Tom Brewer and Bill Sutherland. I have also shared how rude he has been to me and other voters in the city.

And that, in the end, was his downfall.

Griffiths could have been elected treasurer if he had treated his base of voters with respect instead of contempt. That lack of respect has been an ongoing problem in the city, whether from Furey's camp or Scotto's camp. These elected officials forget who elected them, and they think that they do not have to keep their word or respect their concerns. 

That kind of dishonor was roundly punished in this last election.

Don't get me wrong: Tim Goodrich is bad for that office. He should never have been elected to city council in the first place, since he spent so much of his time pushing his left-wing agenda, at the expense of what was common-sense best for the city.

One can only hope that the new city council will take steps to eliminate the Treasurer position altogether, thus saving the city some money.

Back-Handed Compliment: Special Thanks to John Paul Tabakian

I have been so busy with all the election stuff for the last three months, and then there was all the work I was doing for MassResistance, that now, finally I have the chance to write about this discovery.

Back in 2016, I exposed mega (not "MAGA") grifter John Paul Takabian and his racist, La Raza type minions. They had conspired to trespass on a veterans hall in West Carson, CA. Jimmy Gow, the President of the Torrance Democratic Club.

Later on, though, I found out that Tabakian had been saying some positive things about me in the Torrance Democratic Club meetings.

Here's a report I reportedly received from an employee at Hometown Buffet in Torrance in late 2019 (during the 2020 city council elections).

At the time, I believed that the lady who was sharing everything with me was a relative of a guy named "Jose Perez."

Two years later, it has occured to me that there is no way that this so-called "Jose Perez" person or his supposed cousin could have gotten those photos in the Torrance Democratic club if that lady was an employee.

And then it dawned on me: someone who was attending the club meeting as a member took the photos in the meeting.

Who else could that have been?

John Paul Tabakian.

He has had a massive breakup with Jimmy Gow and the Torrance Democratic Club, I suppose. He was looking for any means to get back at them, so ...

It makes perfect sense that he took some revealing photos of the Torrance Democratic Club meeting in late November 2019 to expose what they were doing.

And based on what some people in the city told me, after Jimmy Gow and his miscreants trespassed on the veterans hall in West Carson, that this "John Perez" or "Jose Perez" person was in fact Joh Paul Tabakian!

All the pieces seem to fit. John Paul gave me the photos to ruin the Torrance Democratic Club's chances in the 2020 election. He has been playing both sides of the political spectrum for a long time.

Just this once, then, I can give him a little thanks.

Thank you, John Paul, for exposing the corrupted inner workings of the Torrance Democratic Club. There is one question that remains, however: How will Jimmy Gow react when he finds out that another Democrat, John Paul, helped me expose the Torrance Democratic Club's shenanigans?

Democrats Are Grifters, Too

Check out this outrage from progressive abortion activists:

“My rights should not be a fundraising point for the Democrats.” 💯💯💯 pic.twitter.com/6hNLQ5tZry

— GOOGLE LASD GANGS (@PplsCityCouncil) June 26, 2022

The Democratic Party demagogued the abortion issue for decades. They always claimed that they cared about a "woman's right to choose." The funny thing, though, is that Democrats had strong majorities in Congress for decades, and yet they did nothing to codify Roe v. Wade into law.

When Barack was first elected in 2008, he commanded a filibuster-proof majority in the United States Senate along with broad majorities in the House of Representatives.

And instead of codifying abortion once for all, he focused on Cap-and-Trade (which died in the US Senate without a vote), and then pushed Obamacare, which was so roundly hated that Democrats lost 63 seats in the House in 2010.

Republicans gained six US Senates, too. People were so angry at Obama and his wasted political capitol.

Now, here were are in 2022, and the United States Supreme Court has struck down Roe v. Wade.

Oh, Happy Day indeed!

This is a huge victory for the conservative cause generally, for Republicans particularly, and for President Trump completely.

What makes this victory so ... vindicating is that the Democrats are losing their base, votes, and money because of this issue. They promised, they fundraised, they begged, they pleaded for progressive voters to stick with them, that they would do everything in their power to protect abortion privileges.

And when they had the power, they did nothing with it.

Check out this epic rant from a frazzled progressive:

🤣🤣🤣🤣 I think he's ready to flip red. #redwave2024 pic.twitter.com/l3B63uV6p2

— Outlaw Bonnie Parker (@OutlawBParker) June 29, 2022

This guy is tired of the fundraising emails, too.

In a sense, though, I can imagine how frustrated these left-wing activists are. For decades, Republicans have faced the same frustrations and disappointments from national Republican elected officials. They said they would repeal Obamacare, and they did not. They said they would secure the border, and many of them reneged or ran away from the pledge.

They also said that they would End the Fed, stop the taxation, and that they would curb the excessive spending, which they have never done. 

The biggest difference between Democrats and Republicans, at least among the grassroots, is that we Republicans learned a LONG, LONG time ago that Republicans in and of themselves were untrustworhty. We have carried this healthy suspicious of the state for a long time. We know that the government is full of liars, cheats, and thieves, and we were never under any pretense that they will follow through on anything they promise to do, unless we push them.

Also unlike the Democrats, we had President Donald Trump. He was an outsider, a disruptor, someone who was beholden to no one. He accomplished many of the promises he had outlined on his political platform. He came through for us on many issues, and even when he failed on some issues, we did not throw up our collective hands and give up. Trump really cares about this country, and the voters who supported him picked up on that caring.

Democrats have no "Trump-like" equivalent. Even Bernie Sanders, the outspoken Independent Socialist, has sold out his morals, becoming a best-selling writer and millionaire. He has abandoned the fight for his crypto-communist agenda, and at the end of the day, he is too cowardly to fight for what he believes in, anyway.

Democrats have so much to grieve from these past two weeks. President Trump came through on so many promises, he delivered a winning conservative majority on the United States Supreme Court, and he has accomplished one of the most fundamental platforms of the Republican National Committee: the repeal of Roe v. Wade.

Democrats are still waiting for single-payer healthcare (which they will never get). They are still waiting for the massive corporate tax hikes. They are still clamoring for some sort of Green New Deal (which will also never happen.)

In fact, Democratic partisans, progressive activists, and left-wing agitators are really feeling the heat, since conservative activists have learned to fight hard, fight back, and not accept less than everything that is best for our country. Unlike regressive leftists, made conservatives and common-sense citizens have children, they own property, and they want to protect their progeny and their legacies. They will fight for more than power for power's sake.

Democrats, progressives, regressive leftists have nothing to fight for, because they do not believe in anything. They have embraced nothing but a transvaluation of values, and now they have nothing. What's worse, they have endured one of the most rigorous political disappointments and cultural defeats in a generation.

And I am loving every minute of it!

For the longest time, I assumed that Republicans were the grifters. After all, Dinesh D'Souza explained to a young conservative in Letters to a Young Conservative that conservative in general care about money, while liberals care about power. Over the last six years, conservatives have learned to care about power, and they no longer shrink away from using their newly-acquired power to do good, to further their causes, to promote their agenda.

The grift is no longer enough for conservatives and common-sense constitutionalists. We expect results, because Trump delivered. Democrats are going to find out, however, that the elected officials whom they have trusted are not up to the task of delivering. They don't want to. They don't care, because they never did.

MoveOn.Org Self-Parody: "Impeach Clarence Thomas"

MoveOn.org has moved into self-parody.

They are actually trying to fundraise from embittered leftists by demanding the impeachment and removal of Justice Clarence Thomas.

This is beyond Trump Derangement Syndrome. This more than Thomas Derangement Syndrome, too.

This is just plain Self-Parody. Is "MoveOn.Org" a serious organization at all?

This is a joke.

But you have to read their latest email campaign to believe it:

SIGN NOW: Clarence Thomas must resign from the Supreme Court immediately or else be impeached.

Dear MoveOn member,

After the right-wing-rigged Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last week—effectively taking away abortion rights and the right to privacy that's been considered legal precedent for the past 50 years—local and national press outlets are covering reform of the Supreme Court like never before.¹ 

We won't go back. That's why more than 450,000 MoveOn members have signed the petition calling on Clarence Thomas to either resign or be impeached. Will you take a minute and add your name too?

And as if the ruling on Roe is not enough, Justice Clarence Thomas—who sided with the majority on overturning Roe—made it clear what's next: to overturn high court rulings that established LGBTQ+ rights, marriage equality and contraception rights.²

Thomas's own ties with Big Money's right-wing organizations and his wife's, Ginni Thomas, leading role in right-wing organizations (especially her efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election) have been well documented.³ For decades, Thomas has refused to step back from cases that involve his and his wife's interests. Thomas's participation in the Supreme Court case on this matter, and a slew of others, is only the latest example of his severely compromised sense of impartiality and morality. Thomas never should have been confirmed for the court. Now, it is clearer than ever that he must resign—or Congress must investigate, reveal what he knew and when he knew it, and impeach him.

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas should either resign or be impeached.

Now is the time to keep up the pressure. We cannot allow this to be business as usual. Justice Thomas has a history of outrageous, abusive, and immoral actions—and now that it's clear he was willing to use his power to attempt to conceal his wife's role in Trump's 2020 coup attempt, he needs to go. Add your name to the petition to join hundreds of thousands of MoveOn members who agree: Clarence Thomas must go.

                                     

Thomas's failure to recuse warrants immediate investigation and heightened alarm. And it's only the latest in a long history of conflicts of interest in the service of a right-wing agenda and mixing his powerful role with his conservative political activism. He has shown he cannot be an impartial justice and is more concerned with covering up his wife's coup attempts than in the health of the Supreme Court.

He must resign—or Congress must immediately investigate and impeach.

Click here to add your name to this petition, and then pass it along to your friends.

Thanks for all you do.

–Nakia, Justin, David, Chloe, and the rest of the team

Sources:

1. "Where abortion 'trigger laws' stand after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade," CNN, June 27, 2022
https://act.moveon.org/go/164024?t=20&akid=326806%2E29788095%2EaA50QK

2. "Justice Thomas: SCOTUS ‘should reconsider’ contraception, same-sex marriage rulings," Politico, June 24, 2022
https://act.moveon.org/go/164026?t=22&akid=326806%2E29788095%2EaA50QK

3. "Is Ginni Thomas a Threat to the Supreme Court?" The New Yorker, January 31, 2022
https://act.moveon.org/go/164027?t=24&akid=326806%2E29788095%2EaA50QK

You're receiving this petition because we thought it might interest you. It was created on MoveOn.org, where anyone can start their own online petitions. You can start your own petition here.

This is the most unserious political appeal yet from MoveOn.org. They know that their progressive agenda is danger, and that all the screaming and yelling is not going to save them. In fact, this pathetic self-parody of an email appeal reminds of the corrupt cardinal Johann Tetzel trying to raise money through indulgences after Martin Luther nailed the 95 Theses to the Wittenberg Church Door.

No one was buying their "hellfire" pleas anymore, and no one paid for those vile indulgences.

The Torrance Democratic Club Becomes "The Arthur Schaper Fan Club"

Jimmy Gow, President of the Torrance Democratic Club,
Can't Get Enough of Arthur Schaper

                                        

When I had the chance, I used to watch "The Big Bang Theory."

One of my favorite episodes focused on Sheldon Cooper's deep rivalry with Wil Wheaton, who routinely ran rings around poor Sheldon.

At one point, Sheldon was so mad, he renamed his bowling team "The Wesley Crushers."

And when Wil Wheaton comes on the scene, he declares:

"Hey Look! They named their team after me!"

And in a way, that is precisely what the Torrance Democratic Club has done.

Of course, just like Sheldon Cooper, they write too much, and think too much, and don't have a real sense of wit or style.

They must really like me, since they insist on wearing my name on their shirts:

What can I say? They are slowly but surely changing the name of their club!

Oh, and it gets better!

Check out this latest REEEEEEEEEEE! from the Torranec Democratic Club President Jimmy Gow:

                                     

They are OBSESSED WITH ME!

Here's the picture/meme:

More people need to learn "Arthur Schaper" logic ...
It's also known as "Telling The Truth."

You really have to pity these people. They don't know how to spell. They are functionally illiterate. Now that they have started a fan club with my name on it, they are more than welcome to hire me as their tutor, too!

Check out the people who liked the post, too:

A grand total of seven people liked Jimmy Gow's post. That is pretty sad. They need to work on building their "Fan Club" numbers.

At any rate, here are the full comments/rants/whining/whinging/reeeeeeee from the Torrance Democratic Club about yours truly:

For those of you who cannot read the comments, here they are:

“Aurther Schapper LOGIC” = if the Southern Poverty Law Center proclaims your organization a hate group, you say, “Nuh-uh, the SPLC is a hate group for calling me a hate group.” And now you know how to play the game called “Aurther Schapper LOGIC” it’s a “fun” waste of time and energy. If you “call him out” for his anti-LGBTQ+ activities, it’s actually YOU that’s bullying him and YOU that hates “the gays” because you are preventing him from saving the sinners. A special target of his attacks is “Drag Queen Story Hour.” Is that why he wanted to be appointed to the Library Commission, so he could ban its non-existence in Torrance? 

Perhaps more “Aurther Schapper LOGIC” is the math he uses to explain that when he ran and lost to Asm. Al Muratsuchi with only 36% of the vote, it was BETTER than the previous guy who lost with 40% because that guy spent a lot of money to lose. 

But the best example of “Aurther Schapper LOGIC” is when he was the President of the local Republican club and because of his own behavior the organization charter was pulled by the LAGOP. But just because he fails to “play well” with those running the party, doesn’t mean he isn’t a true believer in Republican ideology and he will use “Aurther Schapper LOGIC” to twist it so that despite apparent racism in the GOP, HE is the one fighting against slavery by challenging CRT. 

He’s been using “Alternative Facts” way before Kellyanne ever coined the phrase. He currently has about 6 nesting doll type articles about the Torrance Community Group FB page on his blog. But this is nothing new, he’s been blogging about the TorranceDems for over a dozen years now. So much we had shirts* made. He says he lives “rent-free” in our heads, but I think it’s us Democrats who own the real estate beneath his red hat, we obviously were camping out in there long enough that he just had to write about us, over and over again. But that’s just more “Aurther Schapper LOGIC” if he writes about you and YOU reply, somehow you are the ones obsessed with him. It’s only “Aurther Schapper LOGIC.”

I am thrilled that the Torrance Democratic Club is accepting my arguments about the Alabama Hate Group known as "The Southern Poverty Law Center."

I am glad that they are renaming their club after me (little by little).

I am glad that they are accepting real logic, i.e. standing up to LGBT perversion is necessary.

I am certainly glad that they are willing to recognize that the Southern Poverty Law Center is a hate group.

Last of all, I can only hope that they learn to spell. It's too bad that they are so uneducated that they do not know how to write or spell properly.

"Look! They named their team after me!"

So, to sum up:

There's "Living in their head rent free."

Then there's "Having the penthouse in their head."

And then there's "Taking over their world."

I think the Torrance Democratic Club has pretty much given me the keys to the city, state, and country in their heads--rent free!

Torrance City Council Election 2022, Reflections: City Council District One

 

The election for Torrance City Council District One was the most contentious.

Four candidates!

Two Democrats, one Republican, and an Independent: Jon Kaji.

And Kaji carried the seat by the widest margin of any of the candidates running for office in the city of Torrance!

Like George Chen, Lauren Cotner, and even Aurelio Mattucci, Jon Kaji ran as an outsider. He had never served on a Torrance commission, and he did not brown-nose a bunch of political insiders to get their support.

In fact, the RINO establishment pick for this race was David Kartsonis, the same candidate who had racked up every major endorsement across the political spectrum in his bid to become a member of the El Camino College Board of Trustees ... and lost.

He was too young, according to a number of people in the city, and he was too connected with the political status quo. Even some of the more engaged Republican activists were turned off to Kartsonis' campaign when they found out he was connected, supported by the local teachers union. Of course he would have their support, since he had garnered the backing of a number of government public sector unions during his time with the El Camino College district.

Then there were two Democrats: David Zygielbaum and Jimmy Gow (please, stop laughing).

Zygielbaum is a good dude. He's a respectable guy. He cares about public safety, and he listens to other people with a willing ear. I have met him a few times at the Torrance Commission trainings in the past. I have no qualms with him per se. Yes, Pat Furey endorsed him, but that's not the end of the world for me.

Jimmy Gow, on the other hand, was the clearcut partisan favorite for every activist Democrat in the city and throughout Los Angeles County. Jimmy Gow boasted endorsements from every Democratic Party elected official in the region!

• Congresswoman Maxine Waters
• Congresman Ted Lieu
• Assemblyman Al Muratsuchi
• LA County Supervisor Janice Hahn

Jimmy Gow had a veritable Who's Who of the California Democratic Party lined up behind him.

Yet he not only lost, but the other Democrat in the race, Zygielbaum, got more votes than he did! It's pretty shocking, to put in mildly. District One is about 70% Democrat, based on the latest census data that I have read.

And yet voters went for a registered Independent!

I was really honored to participate in this fight. I am glad that I could help (a little) to get Jon Kaji across the finish line. Of course, Kaji, who has extensive connections and a long history of contacts and support with the city of Torrance, relied on a great deal of support from many others, too.

Kaji was endorsed by Democrats, Republicans, and Independents.

Kaji raised a considerable amount of money for the city council race, too, around $120,000. His extensive business and cultural networks enabled him to do very well in this race--and he certainly deserved to win.

This race was a big victory for the everyday citizen and the outsiders generally. The RINO establishment lined up behind Kartsonis, and the Democratic Establishment lined up behind Gow, and they both not only lost, but they were the bottom two vote-getters of the four candidates, too.

Which brings up another set of observations ...

1. It's become crystal clear to me that Torrance voters are not interested in crass, outspoken partisanship. They want real representation and good governance. They want able adults to do their job, to keep the city safe and to keep the funding stable for all core services. 

2. Torrance is not like Santa Monica or West Hollywood, not just in terms of ideological bent, but in terms of the fact that city residents are not interested in political posturing of any kind from their elected officials. The voters here are rightfully consensus-based conservatives, not so much looking for right-wing political agitation, but they want deliberate changes, if there must be changes at all.

3. Torrance residents wants the city council and mayor to represent their interests and listen to their concerns. They are tired of the political class focusing on themselves and not listening to residents. They are fed up with the Furey-Scotto phalanx which allows for business-as-usual while ignoring the needs of everyone else.

Jon Kaji won a blow-out victory in District One. He was attentive to the needs and concerns of residents throughout the district. He stuck to local issues, and relied on years of good will that he built up with local residents and business owners throughout the region. We need more city councilmembers with the same kind of drive and attention to detail.