Sounds like a great guy for the job. Welcome to the county Mr Lunn!

Since Foy is a hand puppet of the Strickland's he will appoint whoever the Strickland's order him to appoint.

Brian Dennert,

Do you know if Mark Lunn is related to Roger Lunn of the Camarillo Unified PAC?

Sounds like Mr. Lunn is a real heavy hitter - hope he will be happy doing admin stuff. With his kind of credentials, I know he will be a real help to Mr. Foy.

Given how weak Foy is he will need people around him who actually know how government works. What is the Camarillo Unified PAC?

Kathy stop with the rude comments. Time to move on and work for the greater good.

Good managers surround themselves with people smarter and more talented in specific areas than they are. Lunn sounds well-qualified for this position. I hope he does well.

Ken,
Sorry you think the truth is rude. If you read Bubba's comment he is saying that Lunn is obviously smarter than Foy.

Brian,

It is the reporter, not Foy himself who uses the term "Supervisor-elect". But it is clear that Foy is putting together his team and preparing to take over the office in January. Perhaps that is a bit presumptuous given that we don't yet have a final, certified vote. However, even if Jim Dantona wants to wait until the absolute last vote is counted, we all know the outcome of this election. It makes perfect sense for Foy to get down to business rather than waiting around for Dantona to concede the election. Besides, I have a feeling Dantona will refuse to concede, even when the final vote has been certified.

All those folks who complained that Foy would only be a part-time supervisor should be happy that he is getting to work so quickly. Hey, if the situation were reversed I'm sure Dantona would be doing the same thing. In fact I remember a few posts on this blog the morning after the election congratulating Jim Dantona and referring to him as our new Supervisor. It works both ways folks.

Wrong Kathy. I didn't say Lunn is smarter than Foy, what I said is that Lunn is smarter and more talented in certain areas than Foy. For instance, you may hire a mechanic to work on your car. That mechanic may be much smarter and talented than you in the area of automotive repair, however that does not necessarily make the mechanic smarter than you in general. A smart person knows when to hire somebody for a specific task that has more knowledge in a particular area of expertise.

I'd appreciate it if you didn't twist my words to take them out of context.

Okay, so Bubba is saying we should have voted for Lunn, instead of Foy, because Lunn is smarter, to set the record straight. Bubba must be a stay at home Dad or something who does nothing all day but blog. I hope Dantona demands a recount as this whole election is starting to stink!

Once again Kathy, you are deliberately twisting my words out of context. But I suppose that is obvious to everyone here so there is no need for me to waste any more time explaining my posts.

And if you are going to accuse others of having nothing to do but sit around all day and blog, then how is it that you have the time to sit around responding to them? How interesting that you complain about others having nothing better to do, while in the same breath you want to drag this whole county into a pointless recount that will be nothing more than a complete waste of money and time for dozens of county workers.

I agree with some others on this blog, you do come off angry and bitter.

Bubba you sound like a real cry baby. Get a life bud!

Okay, let me try again to clear up what Bubba said. Foy will hire all people who are smarter than he is, therefore Foy will never be the smartest guy in the room. But, Foy might make a good auto mechanic. Also anyone who spends their time blogging is angry and bitter.

Brian - Foy claimed victory in an LA Times article on 11/18:

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-vcsupes18nov18,1,2935419.story

Bubba - It's actually Foy using the term 'Supervisor-elect'. That's a press release put out by the Foy people, not an article written by a reporter.

Sounds like Anthony is now the smartest guy in the room, maybe Foy should hire Anthony.

I just love how many of the Dantona supporters are displaying their sour grapes by whining about the election results and demanding a recount when it is plainly obvious that your candidate simply lost. For the record, that is how our democratic process works. It is the voters who decide, and the voters have spoken. Get over it.

Funny how, according to the Dantona cult members, the election process is OK so long as Dantona is winning, but if he falls behind something is terribly wrong!! You guys are a joke. Just take your ball and go home. HA HA HA HA!!

Foy, a conservative far right extremist christian coalition candidate, hand puppet of the Stricklands, who even Bubba said is not very smart, can only beat a Kennedy democrat like Dantona by a couple hundred votes in Simi/Moorpark? Now that is funny!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bubba's opinions, even funnier! He is a joke!

If Foy is the hand puppet of the Stricklands, than Dantona is the hand puppet of Barbra Williamson. (who has mysteriously disappeared from the blogs)

Better to be a hand puppet of people that actually are proud to be Republicans, than to be the hand puppet of someone who parades around as a Republican but is really a left winged, yellow dogged Liberal.
A wolf in sheep's clothing.

Move on people! I know defeat is hard to face but try.

Yeah, lay off Bubba guys! I mean come on. The poor guy had to watch almost every conservative in the Country lose their job, and the House and Senate, especially his idols Santorum and Allen, not to mention McClintock and Strickland, of course Strickland does not have a job, and McClintock has one for two more years. Let's stick to issues. For example, Bush said yesterday there is no civil war in Iraq, but today Colin Powell said it is a civil war, that means one of them is lying, I think it is Bush. Anyone else?

seriously, Are Jim Datona people still out there? give up its over. Foy is in office. Would you intelligent dantona supporters, rather Foy bring idiots to his staff? C'mon, try to use some logic. Here is what is going to happen, whether you demo's like it or not. Foy won. its over. his people he brings on will be respected, smart people. They will do a good job. Thats it. Why dont you Dantona lovers out there like Laura, just get over it.

Listen here is the truth, like it or not. You democrats had a guy calling himself a conservative republican, to get into an office so he can make some real cash finnally. Instead you got a leader who is 10X the person than anyone blogging on this site. Foy has more charities than me, or anyone else writing, he is more successful and has smart people all around him. Thats it. What are we debating again?

Foy also has more tax-liens and court judgements against him than anyone on this blog. I also don't think Foy could find anyone to hire that is not smarter than he is. Don't blame dems for the fact that conservatives had the living crap kicked outa them from sea to shining sea! Thank us! Live with it sucker!

Hey, amazed, better a Dantona lover than FoyBoyToy. ;-)

Back to the subject at hand - it's odd that Foy didn't hire someone from District 4, who knows the area, to Rep for him. I'm sure Mr. Lunn has stellar qualifications in his field, but does he know the District?

I guess the cat is finally out of the bag. Dantona's supporters on this blog are basically left-wing democrats masquerading as "bi-partisan" moderates (I'll exclude Laura from the above since she at least has been honest enough to admit being a straight-ticket democrat who wears sexy blue panties).

But honestly, whining about the election results doesn't cast you guys in the best light. You guys were quick to annoint Dantona as Supervisor-elect the day after the election when it appeared he was ahead. But it was only after Foy prevailed in the final tally that you guys suddently complained that there was something wrong with the process. What a joke. The race is over and the voters have spoken. Get over it. That is how democracy works folks. Sheesh.

And accusing everybody who doesn't join your little cult of being a right-wing extremist doesn't help your credibility either. Given post-election antics of Dantona's supporters I can only express relief that he and his lunatic disciples aren't running this County. If you guys really cared about this community the way you say you do then you'd give Foy a chance and try to work with him instead of tearing him down even before his first day in office.

The "article" that Bubba Kidd refers to is a press release. That means Foy or his staff wrote it. To make it easier for some people, Foy either called himself supervisor elect, or his staff did.

I am not arguing that he didn't or won't win, just that I didn't see him declare victory.

Now that Foy looks like the winner, does that mean we can't point out mistakes without being Dantona Cult members? I am pretty sure we have system where we are expected to be critical of our leaders, not blind followers.

Lastly, to the guy that said Foy is more successful, I wonder by what measure? Money? I didn't know that it is a moral system. I guess Foy is "better" than all the local cops. I think he is obvious a business success and an electoral winner, but I don't judge him more than that.

The election is over so get over it. Any criticism of Foy isn't in the context of an election. It is related to his job performance.

I am looking forward to seeing Peter Foy work on ethics reforms. I believe that codes for elected officials should be looked at and updated often.

I am also interested in his ideas about a gang unit for the sheriffs. Gang problems are on the uptick and I look forward to progress. I don't know exactly how it will impact Simi Valley as we have our own police, but I look forward to learning more.

I am curious if Peter Foy will try to make term limits a law, or if he just plans to abide by them. If he does, how many terms? It doesn't seem like anyone has an answer. It is easy to live by a pledge that is flexible.

But all of this said Bubba Kidd, the morning after the election I got up a bit tired and looked at the county's website and it said 100 percent of precincts reporting. I thought that meant that was it.

I was surprised as I thought with the voter reg numbers it would be hard for him to win. Later I figured out there was a mistake as they hadn't really had 100 percent reported so I deleted it. I am even more surprised at the slow rate of vote counting. Although there could be good reasons, I don't remember it taking this long before.

Anyways, I appreciate your comments BK, but the dead horse that you are beating ( I misread something) is pretty much a bloody pulp at this time. It is about as old as bringing up Judy Mikels or Gray Davis. I never complained Peter Foy was acting like he won, I thought I just missed the him delcaring victory.

Anyone want to discuss Peter Foy and his new staff? I don't know him. I got nothing to say about him. I want to learn and I am hoping some more people can discuss him without cliches ( He is a swell guy, he is a Strickland puppet etc.) without any proof.

I don't personally know Lunn, but based on his resume he looks well qualified. And no, I am not saying he is smarter than Foy, I'm saying he looks like somebody with a good resume that will likely be a good addition to Foy's staff.

My guess is that if Dantona had won the election and selected Lunn for the same position all the Dantona supporters would be praising the decision. For anybody to sit around and call him a Stickland puppet is just being blindly partisan.

I agree that any debate over the election results is beating a dead horse. My responses have been to those who are now complaining, in hindsight, about the election process simply because their candidate didn't win. This election is over and everybody knows who won, so it is time to move on to the business of discussing how our Supervisor-elect (Peter Foy) will or should address the issues.

Isn't it about time we refer to Supervisor Foy as just that and let Jim Dantona go back to a private life? Both candidates blew a lot of smoke out of both ends in their attempt to get elected. The "fat lady" has sung and Supervisor Foy deserves support and warrants a close eye. Let's give him both.

I have to say that I agree with Loupy. Well said.

Back to the original topic of this thread...

In his original post Brian asked the following: "In the press release Peter Foy refers to himself as 'supervisor elect'. Did I miss him declaring victory?"

Actually, yes. On November 18 the LA Times printed an article where Foy stated "we are claiming victory... we've had five absentee runs now, and on every one we have gone up. Dantona would have to get almost 100% of the provisionals to make a difference, and it just doesn't make statistical sense."

So in answer to Brian's original question, Foy has declared victory, which is why he and others have been referring to him as Supervisor-elect.

Not that I want to beat a dead horse, but I did want to at least address the original question posed by Brian in creating this thread.

I haven't disappeard from the blog..Yes, I am disapponted that Jim didn't win, but life moves on, and as I said before, I will support Mr. Foy 100%.

Barbra, What specific issue are you most looking forward to Peter Foy working on?

You two could team up on illegal immigration.

Well first of all, I don't know if Mr. Foy is open to working with me. Howeverm having said that, I think some of the more critical issues for us at this point is making sure we get our share of the 1B &1A monies to complete the 118 and 101/23. I would also like to see some $$$ for the landscaping on the 118. Getting more services at the SV Courthouse instead of having to drive to Ventura, etc. If the President of the United States, our Senators, Congressman (look how long Elton has worked on this issue) and our represenatives in Sacramento can't get a handle on this illegal immigration problem, I fail to see what a new freshman Supervisor can do that these others can't. That's not a slam on Mr. Foy, I am just being realistic.
Housing for low income is another problem in our community as it is in others, the list is long, and it is going to take all of us working TOGETHER for the residents of Simi Valley and Ventura County to resolve them. Don't you think?

Barbra,

I thought that Gallegly had already secured funding for the 118 freeway landscaping?

Wasn't the "affordable housing" component of the Tapo Street project denied by the City because, as city officials stated, Simi Valley had enough afffordable housing? This is the excuse the City gave to THE STAR.

KEN,

You are a right wing wacko, You cant stand that We dont believe what you believe and you want us all dead. FOY FIXED THE VOTE. you probally helped him. I DEMAND A RECOUNT. AND I DEMAND IT NOW. and if the recount doesnt put Dantona in the lead. THEN I DEMAND AN INVESTIGATION OF EVERY SINGLE VOTE AND VOTER. LAWYERS JUDGES everyone to get to the truth.

DANTONA WILL ALWAYS BE MY SUPERVISOR

WHOS WITH ME??

Foy just announced he is naming Bubba to chair his cry baby committee. Bubba has shown he is good at crying and attacking everyone. Bubba you're a hypocrite! You call everyone names and like a typical school yard bully you then cry when you get it thrown back in your face. You are a weak girly man!

Elton got $$$ for some of the off ramps, not the entire middle. As far as affordable housing on Tapo Street, I don't know what you have been smoking Gary (LOL) but that project has 36 affordable units ALL at the cost of the developer. He has low and very low units. And as far as the city saying they have enough affordable, I doubt anyone EVER said that.

Go Barbra, go Barbra! Of course there will be less affordable housing after Park and Rec bulldozes the homeless camp in the West end. I hear they will be bulldozing on Dec. 25th.

DantonaLover,

Wow is someone a little bitter that his lobbyist lost?

Sorry for you. Dont hate me cuz Dantona lost.

Barbra,

Is there an estimate of how much it will cost to complete the 118 landscaping? My guess is that it will be hard to come up with funds for landscaping when the priority will likely go to highway expansion and other road widening projects. However with the approval of 1A & 1B there may be enough pork to go around. But I agree that it will be critical for our Supervisors to do a good job lobbying for Ventura county to get its share.

Sorry Bubba, Idon't have those figures, but it just burns my you know what when I go to other cities (Santa Barbara, San Diego) and see the beautiful landscaping and yet the residents of Ventura County go begging. I don't want "Pork" but I do want our fair share. Transporation $$ can only be used for transportation, so its not like we are taking from Peter to pay Paul. (no pun to Peter or Paul intended)

Ken, Turn on your sarcasm detection unit.

I don't think that DantonaLover is really a Dantona fan. He is a troll trying to distract the conversation about things like Barbra Willimson and Peter Foy working together on issues like illegal immigration.

A troll is a term for someone that "trolls" the message boards of the internet leaving comments to distract and inflame people. With that being said...

What do you think of BW and PF working together in issues that impact our communities? Should they ignore each other? Or should they work together?

Barbra,

Of the top 100 issues impacting our nation is freeway beauty one of them? If we could give the money back to taxpayers would you support that? I mention it because I can think of a few things I would spend the money on.

I know if we don't take the money another community will, but it would be interesting to lobby Gallegly to give the money back instead of any community spending it. Many people call themselves fiscal conservatives but when it gets down to the details they are only conservative with their money. Of course, with all that being said the offramps are looking pretty nice.

Ken, I would also be interested in your opinion on the government decorating the freeways.

Brian,
Of course Barbra and Peter should work together. I would expect nothing less. Political campaigns can be brutal but when all is said and done our elected representatives have an obligation to try and work together to solve the important issues in our communities. They may not agree on everything 100%, but I bet on the whole they will probably have many of the same goals and priorities and lots of common ground where they can effectively collaborate.

Interesting that you bring up freeway beautification. I did use the word "pork" in one of my earlier posts as a somewhat sarcastic comment about these types of projects. Gallegly was heavily criticized by some in the press for getting a $2.3 million earmark for landscaping on the Ronald Reagan freeway, part of $24 billion in special projects that were tacked on to a federal transportation bill in 2005. John McCain opposed the bill and singled out the highway 118 landscaping funds as an "egregious" example pork-barrel spending. The bill was also criticized heavily by a variety of taxpayer groups.

I guess it really comes down to philosophy. In the large scheme of things the funds for the 118 landscaping represent less than 1/10 of 1% of the total "special project" funds in the bill. On the other hand, these things add up and this bill was literally filled with thousands of little pet projects identified by politicians. One argument is that the money is going to be anyway so we may as well get our fair share. But when everybody demands a "fair share" of tax resources it shouldn't be surprising when we end up with chronic deficits at both the federal and state level.

You could argue that Gallegly did what he is elected to do, which is to represent his constituents and insure that as many federal dollars as possible flow back to his district. You could also argue that Gallegly is a part of a government culture of wasteful spending. I guess the answer is a little of both.

So, when Gallegly says he provides conservative leadership do you agree?