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Posts Tagged ‘Betty Rexford’

The Greatest Story Ever Told, Almost

Wednesday, June 9, 2010
posted by Sunshine

This is a bit lengthy, but worth it…

Let’s start with the biggest, and perhaps least exciting, races for the county (state races to follow tomorrow). In the 50th Dem Primary Francine Busby was selected as the Democrat nominee to lose to Brian Bilbray once more. I don’t think Busby was celebrating her victory, I searched for police reports and couldn’t find any so I guess she called it an early night.

Steve Vaus, the leader behind a full-fledged effort to recall Betty Rexford from the Poway City Council, last night overwhelmingly  earned the support of the Republican Party of San Diego County in his own campaign for the seat.

“Even in a non-partisan race it’s a great honor to be endorsed by the Republican Party,” said Vaus.  “My allegiance is foremost to the people of Poway regardless of their political affiliation, yet given my conservative values and Poway’s demographics this endorsement is a tremendous boost for my  candidacy.”

Poway Recall election and the endorsement from Bob Emery

Friday, May 7, 2010
posted by Poway Roger

I’ve respected Bob Emery (Retired Poway City Councilmember) for years, but that has now changed. First, take a look at a past blog of mine regarding the candidates… http://sdrostra.com/?p=4387

In this week’s “Poway Chieftain”, in his column/editorial “My Town” (http://pomeradonews.com/article/Editorial/Editorial/My_Town_Pete_Babich_is_best_choice_for_City_Council/32923), Bob endorsed Pete Babich for Poway City Council.  I find it interesting since Pete’s the only candidate that mentions he’s a Democrat on his website and Bob’s a Democrat (well, I must add that Bob was a registered Republican for years. When he was questioned on that, he replied that a Democrat couldn’t get elected in Poway…What a hypocrite!!).

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Poway and the recall election

Thursday, April 22, 2010
posted by Poway Roger

First of all, let me lay my biases on the table. I’m an idealist.  That can be good or bad. I hold politicians to a higher standard. I expect more from them.  I’m also supporting Chuck Cross for Poway City Council which I will describe why later. I’m also Poway Councilmember Merrilee Boyack’s appointee to the City’s Park and Recreation Citizen Advisory Committee. We (My wife, our kids and collies) have lived in Poway since 1991 and have been very active in our community (Sounds like the usual statement of a person running for office, doesn’t it??).  And, thanks to Barry Jantz, I was the Republican nominee for the 79th State Assembly seat way back in 1990 (Isn’t it amazing how many people Barry has pushed into politics??).

Steve Vaus, who successfully coordinated the petition drive to place the recall of City Councilwoman Betty Rexford on the ballot, today announced that he will seek the Poway City Council seat to potentially be decided as part of the June 6 election.

On his website, Vaus announces, “I launched the Recall Rexford campaign with one goal . . .to give the people of Poway a voice in holding an official accountable for her actions. Now, having spent months talking to voters while getting the Recall on the ballot, it’s clear to me Poway residents want their voices to be heard on other vital issues as well. That’s why I’m running for City Council — to work for the people and with the people — on the issues that matter to them.”

From my post at FlashReport

The long, sad saga of Poway Councilwoman Betty Rexford reached what may be its final stage this morning.  The FlashReport just confirmed that the San Diego County Registrar of Voters completed its sampling of petitions submitted by recall proponents, certifying that more than the required 5,657 needed signatures were submitted.  Over 6,300 valid signatures were previously turned in.

This qualifies the election for June 8, with both the Rexford recall and an “if she is recalled, who replaces her” question to appear on the ballot, sure to start a scramble by potential candidates.

Poway: Game On!

Tuesday, November 17, 2009
posted by Barry Jantz

As I post this, Councilmember Betty Rexford recall proponents led by Steve Vaus are announcing at the Poway City Council meeting that they have collected about 2,200 of the 5,657 petition signatures required to qualify for the ballot.  This is with only 30 days elapsed of the 120 days allowed in which to collect signatures. 

These are raw numbers, but recall proponents indicate that their internal check of the petitions shows an extremely high rate of qualified registered Poway voters.  The number of signatures collected thus far is striking, given the organizing time spent in the first two weeks of the process. 

In an article written by editor Steve Dreyer and published today, Poway City Councilmember Betty Rexford blames high level city staff for pitting her fellow councilmembers against her.

Your thoughts?

….BREAKING NEWS….

It’s her Party, she can leave if she wants to.

If you’re Councilwoman Betty Rexford, facing recall in Poway for a littany of wrongs (see all the related SD Rostra posts), and you want to avoid or at least avert a weeks-long standing invitation by the local GOP to attend a meeting to give your side of things, what do you do?

Well, if you’re simple-minded (politically speaking, of course), you might think that if you’re no longer a Republican, then the Party won’t be interested anymore in potentially getting involved in your recall election.  Uhhh, you’d be wrong.

This morning I received an email from a supporter (Yes, they still exist, and I was one up until several weeks ago. What convinced me to join the recall effort was the email between Betty and the City Manager) of Betty Rexford. The email wanted people to recall all of the good that Betty has done for Poway. Well, yes, I will admit that she has, but what got me was how this letter reminded me of former Congressman Randy “Duke” Cunningham. Cunningham, in my view, was a good Congressman, prior to joining the ranks of politicians who couldn’t resist the joys of power (In other words, the fringe benefits of knowing lobbyists too well AND getting caught). He did lots of good for his District and the nation. But all of his good works doesn’t make up for becoming a corrupt politician. As I stated earlier, Betty did a lot for Poway, but she has now overstepped her authority as a Councilmember, which is uncalled for. None of her good works will ever make up for the tarnished name that she has given to Poway. BTW, I’m STILL waiting for Betty’s press conference in which, hopefully, will be before the recall effort turns in their petition. I mean, with all the “dirt” that is hitting her, if I was her, I would have had that press conference a LONG time ago.

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Saturday’s Union-Trib editorial “Rexford Must Go” (posted below) was spot on, while alluding to SD Rostra’s role — via my post — in releasing the smoking gun memo sent by the Poway city manager to Councilwoman Betty Rexford in 2006.  Some of the resulting comments on the U-T website are a testimony to the “hide the facts” attitude of Rexford and her apologists.  They are very concerned with how a “private” memo got in the hands of anyone outside the city.  It’s amazingly telling, how little regard her minions have for the public being provided anything.

This exchange says it all…

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In the midst of a recall effort against Poway Councilmember Betty Rexford, additional compelling evidence against her has been uncovered.

In September 2006, Poway City Manager Rod Gould felt compelled to send a confidential memo to Rexford warning that her “recent actions constitute a conflict of interest and interference with City administration.” 

The memo speaks for itself.  Read it here.

***Breaking News***

Whether or not you’ve been following the saga of Poway Councilwoman Betty Rexford, the documented harassment of her neighbors, and the resulting recall effort against her (here’s some background), the following breaking information from today really takes the cake.

I am told that this morning Rexford and her husband Paul were sitting in their car at the end of their driveway, allegedly staring at one of the neighbors, who was working on his fence.

As it was repeated to me, the neighbor looked over at the “first couple of Poway” and Paul Rexford made a hand gesture, middle finger extended.  Apparently, the neighbor returned the favor.

Rexford had Access to Personal Fire Rig During Wildfires!

Friday, October 16, 2009
posted by Vito Andolini

Despite the apparently true saga of Poway Councilwoman Betty Rexford’s use of city staff to go after her neighbors, have the mainstream media picked up on something way worse than that, her demands for a fire truck to be stationed at her house during the devastating wildfires?  OHMY.

Read a recent missive from the Recall Rexford effort, as well as Logan Jenkins’ piece from a few days ago for some more compelling details on Cruella DeRexford…

How’d you like to have fire truck at your house during a wildfire? Betty Rexford did!

Betty Rexford’s special privileges know no bounds!

Rexford Recall Burning with New Revelations

Tuesday, September 8, 2009
posted by Vito Andolini

The recall effort against Poway City Councilwoman Betty Rexford is gaining significant momentum.  Most anyone who knows or hears of the Betty shenanigans is quite incensed that an elected official would use the power of office to push the city into going after her neighbors.

But,  new information makes some of that seem to pale in comparison.  The latest just received from recall organizer Steve Vaus…

During the 2003 Cedar Fire Betty Rexford had her own personal fire protection, Courtesy of Poway Fire Dept.

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The deeper I dig into the hundreds and hundreds of pages of sworn testimony in the Betty Rexford case, the uglier it gets.

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