Florice Hoffman needs to chill TF out
This is not a good look for the Democratic Party. So stop being a jerk.
So there is a woman named Florice Hoffman, who serves as the chair of the Democratic Party of Orange County. She is liberal and devoted and profoundly anti-MAGA and pro-98 percent of the things this website stands for.
She also can be quite the jerk.
In case you missed this, in May Kaitlyn Schallhorn of the Orange County Register wrote a piece headlined, IN AN ORANGE COUNTY ASSEMBLY RACE, A FIGHT BREWS OVER WHO CAN ENDORSE THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES. The story delves into our 68th Assembly District, where four candidates are running for the slot. Officially, the Democratic Party (as headed by Hoffman) has endorsed Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem David Penaloza, a dude with a high-level beard-stache combo.
Another person in the race is Jessie Lopez, a member of the Santa Ana City Council. Recently, on her website Lopez cited endorsements from “Anaheim Democrats” and “Santa Ana Democratic Club.” Which was 100 percent correct—both groups threw their backing behind Lopez.
Only … eh … according to Hoffman (who really needs to change her name to Florence, just because it’s an easier spell) and the DPOC, that shit couldn’t be listed, because neither group is “chartered with the official state or county party,” according to Schallhorn’s work.
So what did Florence Florice Hoffman do? Did she send cookies and a kind request? No. Did she ask Jo Adell to speak on her behalf? No. Did she go hug a cow? No.
From the article …
And I’m sorry, but … what? Like, what the actual flippity fuck? Lopez wound up removing the endorsements from her website, but I sure as hell wouldn’t have. This is, more than anything, a freedom of speech and expression issue, and if someone running for office is endorsed by local groups that use the word “Democrat” or “Democratic” in the titles—hey, mazel and tov.
The letter sent by the DPOC cited bylaws of the state and county parties—which means (wait for it) nothing when it comes to expression. Seriously, nothing at all. When the Register called ol’ Vern Nelson, who runs the Anaheim club, he rightly noted: “We never told everybody we were chartered. No one asks about or knows what charters are. We’re a club of Democrats in Anaheim. They don’t own any of those words.”
Being serious—this really pissed me off. Hoffman told the Register that only the California Democratic Party can endorse candidates. Which, again, is nonsense, garbage, ludicrous and un-American.
So, in that spirit: We, The (Democratic) Truth OC, officially endorse Jessie Lopez in the 68th Assembly District race. We support her democratically. Double democratically. Triple democratically. She’s the Democrat who this democratic site believes can best represent the Democratic Party when it comes to democracy in Orange County—where this Democratic site exists and thrives. Democratically.
Sue me, Florice.
Imma have to send Jessie a donation now just because of this BS!
DPOC is kind of a mess. (Kind of like the National Dems?) The April meeting where they voted on endorsements of candidates was completely disorganized. The board discussed, debated, argued the process for counting votes. So people stand up then sit down when they are counted? No, that's not in the bi-laws. Remain standing. Two people counting separate sides of the room. Different counts, try again. One candidate lost by 1 vote, but there was no roll call. But the next candidate had a roll call vote. More debate. Quite frankly it was embarrassing. Jessie got voted "no endorsement" at that meeting. Yikes.