Aside from the over 6,000 ballots not being printed correctly and several electronic voting machines not working (again), the primary election was uneventful.
In Supervisor District 4, Republican Hank Weston received over 60% of the vote in a rout of his Democrat challenger.
In Supervisor District 3, Republican Dan Miller knocked off a Democrat incumbent by over seven points.
In what turned out to be the most disgusting and dishonest local campaign in recent years, Cliff Newell (who was endorsed by the Nevada County Republican Party) disposed of his dishonest challenger by double digits.
In the Superintendent of Schools race and only starting his campaign in March, Paul Haas (who was also endorsed by the Nevada County Republican Party) made an incredible showing against the incumbent.
In the race for Superior Court Judge, Republican endorsed candidates garnered over 50% of the vote in the crowded five-person race. Anna Ferguson (the Republican endorsed candidate) cruised through to November.
In the assembly race, Republican Brian Dahle received nearly 70% of the vote.
In the congressional races, both Doug LaMalfa and Tom McClintock crusied to victory with well over 50% of the vote in the crowded fields.
Considering the wide margins of the victors, and absent some huge mistake by the elections official or some type of voter fraud, the likelihood that these preliminary results will change after further counting is slim to none.
Kudos to the Nevada County Republican Party for supporting our local candidates and getting out the vote. I have to say today is a good day.
Showing posts with label Cliff Newell. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cliff Newell. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 4, 2014
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Cliff Newell is a Great DA - No Honest Reason to Change
Cliff Newell has been, and will continue to be, a fierce advocate for crime victims. Cliff is endorsed by the major statewide crime victim’s organizations, namely Crime Victims United, Crime Victims Alliance, and Citizens for Law and Order. Violent crime is down 42% since Cliff took office in 2006.
In these trying fiscal times, Cliff is a good steward of your tax dollar by effectively prosecuting crime with less money, as such, he is endorsed by Supervisors Beason and Scofield.
Cliff Newell mentors aggressive talented Deputy DAs to ensure more trials on tough cases resulting in more accountability and less crime. Nevada County enjoys the lowest crime rate of any similar county in California.
Right now we have a great team in Nevada County, as Cliff works as a strong partner with law enforcement. As evidence of this fact, Cliff is endorsed by Sheriff Royal, Sheriff’s Management Assoc., Retired Police Chiefs from Truckee and Nevada City, Game Wardens, and other District Attorneys statewide.
As for his challenger, he is relying on false accusations and dishonest political rhetoric in his challenge of our DA.
We need to Keep Nevada County one of the safest places in California! We need to re-elect Cliff Newell as the District Attorney!
In these trying fiscal times, Cliff is a good steward of your tax dollar by effectively prosecuting crime with less money, as such, he is endorsed by Supervisors Beason and Scofield.
Cliff Newell mentors aggressive talented Deputy DAs to ensure more trials on tough cases resulting in more accountability and less crime. Nevada County enjoys the lowest crime rate of any similar county in California.
Right now we have a great team in Nevada County, as Cliff works as a strong partner with law enforcement. As evidence of this fact, Cliff is endorsed by Sheriff Royal, Sheriff’s Management Assoc., Retired Police Chiefs from Truckee and Nevada City, Game Wardens, and other District Attorneys statewide.
As for his challenger, he is relying on false accusations and dishonest political rhetoric in his challenge of our DA.
We need to Keep Nevada County one of the safest places in California! We need to re-elect Cliff Newell as the District Attorney!
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Cliff Newell for Nevada County District Attorney
Doing my customary research before elections, I came across Cliff Newell's campaign website which is here.
"I care about this community and your safety is my business."
"Our community continues to be one of the safest places to live in California, and in recent years we have seen a decrease in the severity of crime. However, public safety requires constant vigilance and a proactive approach through prevention as well as prosecution. I have spent the last seven years working to create an office that emulates the qualities of 'integrity, patience, and courage...doing what's right...making decisions based on facts and the law...knowing which criminals to target.'"
"We have taken an especially strong stance against the criminal activities that threaten the quality of life in our community. A solid working relationship with law enforcement remains critical to the success of the office. Over the last seven years, cooperation, communication and a team approach toward solving crimes and prosecuting criminals, has enhanced the effectiveness of law enforcement in Nevada County. We continue to implement programs to decrease recidivism, increase public safety, and address the 'revolving door' within the population of the County Jail system."
"Despite unprecedented economic conditions and drastic budget reductions, I have efficiently operated the District Attorney's office within budget every year. I have decreased full-time staffing levels, and created an office that does 'more with less.' The District Attorney's Office attorneys and staff continue to be good stewards of public funds by working hard and working smart. I will continue to squeeze every efficiency out of existing resources while maintaining a high level of public safety."
Cliff continues on the website which is full of relevant information.
Unfortunately as this race in connection with public safety plays out, I anticipate much irrelevant vitriol. It is abundantly clear that when a challenger takes on an incumbent, such challenger needs to convince people that voted for the incumbent once that they were wrong. The challenger needs to focus on the mis-steps of the incumbent and point out why the voters need to change.
The problem in this race is that the challenger and his supporters are creating mis-steps where there are none through rhetoric and complete misrepresentations. Recently I received an email from a friend who used to work in the DA's office but is no longer employed there. The letter represented a personal axe ginding and was devoid of truthful facts. I was very disappointed, because I thought that this person was better than that.
Then the challenger creates a mis-step by Mr. Newell. The challenger "told his supporters that the DA’s office budget has shrunk in recent years, pointing the finger at Newell for his inability to extract more money from the board of supervisors." Ummm...Cliff Newell has done a great job of prosecuting criminals on a limited budget due to economic stagnation and that is a bad thing?
The challenger announced that he was endorsed by an employees' union whose membership is getting less money, because of the same tight county budgets with Newel is efficiently operating. Sounds like electing the challenger means bloated budgets, but at least the employees' union will be happy.
Cliff Newell (and Anna Ferguson for that matter) run a tight ship in our district attorney's office, and it ruffles the feathers of those who think the county does not spend enough money and resent that the county is responsibly cutting spending.
The bottom line is this. Cliff Newell get criminals prosecuted. Cliff Newell gets them put in jail, and he does it under budget. These are the characteristic that Nevada County citizens want in a district attorney, and we are fortunate enough to already have them in office. As such, I urge everyone to vote for Cliff Newell for District Attorney.
"I care about this community and your safety is my business."
"Our community continues to be one of the safest places to live in California, and in recent years we have seen a decrease in the severity of crime. However, public safety requires constant vigilance and a proactive approach through prevention as well as prosecution. I have spent the last seven years working to create an office that emulates the qualities of 'integrity, patience, and courage...doing what's right...making decisions based on facts and the law...knowing which criminals to target.'"
"We have taken an especially strong stance against the criminal activities that threaten the quality of life in our community. A solid working relationship with law enforcement remains critical to the success of the office. Over the last seven years, cooperation, communication and a team approach toward solving crimes and prosecuting criminals, has enhanced the effectiveness of law enforcement in Nevada County. We continue to implement programs to decrease recidivism, increase public safety, and address the 'revolving door' within the population of the County Jail system."
"Despite unprecedented economic conditions and drastic budget reductions, I have efficiently operated the District Attorney's office within budget every year. I have decreased full-time staffing levels, and created an office that does 'more with less.' The District Attorney's Office attorneys and staff continue to be good stewards of public funds by working hard and working smart. I will continue to squeeze every efficiency out of existing resources while maintaining a high level of public safety."
Cliff continues on the website which is full of relevant information.
Unfortunately as this race in connection with public safety plays out, I anticipate much irrelevant vitriol. It is abundantly clear that when a challenger takes on an incumbent, such challenger needs to convince people that voted for the incumbent once that they were wrong. The challenger needs to focus on the mis-steps of the incumbent and point out why the voters need to change.
The problem in this race is that the challenger and his supporters are creating mis-steps where there are none through rhetoric and complete misrepresentations. Recently I received an email from a friend who used to work in the DA's office but is no longer employed there. The letter represented a personal axe ginding and was devoid of truthful facts. I was very disappointed, because I thought that this person was better than that.
Then the challenger creates a mis-step by Mr. Newell. The challenger "told his supporters that the DA’s office budget has shrunk in recent years, pointing the finger at Newell for his inability to extract more money from the board of supervisors." Ummm...Cliff Newell has done a great job of prosecuting criminals on a limited budget due to economic stagnation and that is a bad thing?
The challenger announced that he was endorsed by an employees' union whose membership is getting less money, because of the same tight county budgets with Newel is efficiently operating. Sounds like electing the challenger means bloated budgets, but at least the employees' union will be happy.
Cliff Newell (and Anna Ferguson for that matter) run a tight ship in our district attorney's office, and it ruffles the feathers of those who think the county does not spend enough money and resent that the county is responsibly cutting spending.
The bottom line is this. Cliff Newell get criminals prosecuted. Cliff Newell gets them put in jail, and he does it under budget. These are the characteristic that Nevada County citizens want in a district attorney, and we are fortunate enough to already have them in office. As such, I urge everyone to vote for Cliff Newell for District Attorney.
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