Joe Baca Jr. Weighs Rialto Race (07202006 Press Enterprise)

I Think that it is great that Joe Baca Jr. is pulling papers to seek a seat on the Rialto city Council. I also think that it is wonderful that Ed Scott is so worried that the two little puppies that Mr. Scott has licking the back of his hind end on all the votes and what ever he has called for, It is almost like Ed Scott has some kind of Information on old Joe Sampson that he would be so embarrassed to be released, because when it came down to the Police Department, when Joe Sampson was being interviewed by the local Paper, and he was wrong and you could almost tell that he knew that he was wrong by the statements that he was making, but he stood fast by Ed Scott's talking points and that was at that time that the city needs a change in the Police Department and they have got to go, but now he has certainly changed his tune all over again, but this time it is much better, because he has allowed the Police Department to stay, since they were caught in a huge Lie, Oh? Wait, that was Garcia, McGee & Owens (the last word) who said that the Signature Gatherers were not allowed to gather signatures since the don't Live in Rialto. When the election Law and the law is clearly printed so any person with a 4th grade education can understand it, but the Three Musketeers (Garcia, Owens, and McGee) disallowed the signatures only to be found out a fool by the Register of Voters that stated that anyone whom is a Registered Voter, can Gather signatures as long as they are registered with in the County that they are gathering the signatures. Funny how that works. Three things to be a good signature gatherer, 1. Registered Voter in the county that you are gathering signatures. 2. Gathering signatures from Registered Voters of that city area that it effects 3 must sign and date the form before turning them in as witnessed each signature gathered.

Now what Owens said was that the Signatures were not good because the Signature Gatherers were not registered in the City of Rialto. They were hired to gather signatures, at a $1.00 a signature. They were registered in the county, which meant they lived in the county, just not in the city, and they had signed all the forms properly. Owens could not get that through his head that they were good signatures and they were collected right, because he is such a smart lawyer, and he knows everything being a Lawyer by mail graduate!! I tell you if Owens was in a class of 100 he must have graduated 110th in the class, he is so bright!

That is all I have to say before I get to terribly insulting!!

BSRanch

PS: Thank You Joe Baca Jr. You have my support, even though I don't Live in the city, I have lots of friends that live in the city, and I will cast my support your way!!
BSR

Joe Baca Jr. weighs Rialto race

ELECTION: After loosing a state Senate primary, the assemblyman pulls papers for a council seat.

10:00 PM PDT on Thursday, July 20, 2006

By JIM MILLER
Sacramento Bureau

Six weeks after losing the Democratic primary for a state Senate seat, Assemblyman Joe Baca Jr., D-Rialto, has pulled papers to run for Rialto City Council in November.

Baca, the son of Rep. Joe Baca, D-Rialto, took out nominating papers late Monday. The last day to return nominating forms with 20 valid voter signatures is Aug. 11.

Thursday, Baca said he will decide by early August whether to run for the council.

"Rialto is my hometown. I care about it. I went to public schools there," he said. "But I still have a duty and responsibility to the people of my Assembly district."

Two seats on the Rialto council will be up for election Nov. 7. The incumbents, Deborah Robertson and Joseph Sampson, seek re-election. Rialto restaurant owner Mark Ferretiz also has pulled papers.

Members of the Rialto council are elected at-large, meaning the seats will go to whichever two candidates receive the most votes in November.

In the June 6 primary, Robertson endorsed Assemblywoman Gloria Negrete McLeod, D-Chino, the eventual winner, for the 32nd Senate District. Sampson endorsed Baca.

The assemblyman never told Sampson of his possible candidacy, Sampson said.

"It's disappointing but not necessarily frustrating," Sampson said. "I think at times when people have ambition to do certain things I guess it doesn't matter what might have existed in the past. All they're thinking about is how to satisfy whatever their ambitions might be."

Serving on the Rialto council would keep Baca's name in the public eye in case he ever decides to run again for higher office. Under term limits, he could serve four more years in the Assembly and eight in the state Senate.

Members of the Legislature earn a base annual salary of $110,800, plus receive a $153 per diem and perks such as a state car. The base salary is set to increase to $113,098 in December.

Members of the Rialto City Council earn a stipend and receive a car allowance, bringing their total compensation to about $1,315 a month, Robertson said.

Rialto has long been a base of support for the Baca family, which has deep political roots in the city.

However, the junior Baca faces uncertain odds if he decides to run for the Rialto council.

In the three-person March 2004 Democratic primary for the 62nd Assembly District, he received 56 percent of the Rialto vote.

But in last month's primary loss to Negrete McLeod, just 42 percent of Rialto voters backed Baca, only a few points higher than his overall support in the senate district.

The defeat was one-half of a sad primary night for the family. Baca's brother, Jeremy, lost the Democratic primary to replace his brother in the Assembly.

The winner of that race, Wilmer Amina Carter, also of Rialto, is the favorite in November against Republican Marge Mendoza-Ware, of Bloomington.

Negrete McLeod faces no opposition in the fall.

Reach Jim Miller at 916-445-9973 or jmiller@PE.com