Someone Wanna Tell Me What the $#&#% Happened in Placer County? (Part 1)

There are many people who are going to take credit for Measure B’s Failure. One will be the CRA’s former Pol-Pot Bellied Information Minister, Thomas N Hudson. Based on my knowledge of him, my guess is he is drinking himself to sleep every night, believing that his red-faced rant at the August Placer Central Committee Meeting that bullied people into silence at the Placer GOP Meeting was the difference maker in the Measure B race.

Bullying only works for so long and at that only with a willing audience.

Measure B failed because the inertia of “It’s a Tax” was not overcome, I made my case here for why this distasteful tax was the answer to the transportation ills of Placer County. It is that simple. Perhaps another 10 years of being stuck on CA-65 will change people’s minds. Who knows…

I have known many of the Placer GOP types for years. I consider most all of them friends. I am disappointed in what they did in the 2024 election cycle, to say the least.

When you are stuck in Traffic on 65 and I80 in Placer County, be grateful for the $20 a year you saved by voting no on B.

While the Placer GOP did send two text messages in to Roseville Council District 5 and a busy slate mail card on behalf of Pete Constant – half the Committee, led by the Moms for Liberty  supported deranged Trump-Hating NPP Councilmember Krista Bernasconi’s sock puppet Nick Busse. A man, Pete Constant who once raised money and produced mail for that group was abandoned by this faction that appears to be addicted to chaos. Read that again, Pete Constant raised a bunch of money for the Placer GOP in past cycles, designed and produced their mailers and had half the group turn on him. What a terrible look for the Placer GOP.

Some damn interesting allies many in the Placer GOP had this cycle. See Also Mike Madrid in the AD01 race as well.

I saw at least 4 liberal democrats win School Board Seats in Placer County while people were fixated on West Roseville. The teacher’s union spent big and there was not much of a response. We are lucky those commies did not pick off more seats in School Districts.

Before anyone celebrates the win of Jonathan Zachreson over Pete’s wife Julie – dont forget that $200,000 of Labor Union Money rained down in to the district against Pete Constant. Anyone that thinks the all out assault against Pete did not also take out Julie as well has not studied politics. Zachreson’s mailers were terrible and absent the outside intervention, that race would have turned out differently. My experience with Zachreson in Statewide California Politics is worse than his reputation locally.

What was sad to witness is that the Placer GOP has regressed back in to the same motif as the 2002 iterration of the committee. Lots of good people, lots of bad choices and a couple of really bad people making it even worse.

The Placer GOP Endorsed David Fennell for Senate. He lost by 50% Districtwide.

The Placer GOP Endorsed Tenessa Audette for Assembly. She lost by 20.5% in the near-final tally.

The GOP Majority was lost on the Roseville City School District. The Teacher’s Union kept their stranglehold on the Eureka USD. The Central Committee celebrated unseating Scott Otsuka on the Dry Creek School District who did not campaign and did not raise a dime. Some dude whose name rhymes with a bowel movement cracked the 5-0 GOP Roseville Joint Union High School District Board. I am trying to get a line on the Auburn Area but it looks like some losses occurred there too.

Nick Busse finished 3rd, this despite $200,000 being spent destroying Pete Constant who finished second.

The Chairman of the Placer GOP Lost his Fire Board Seat.

What where these people doing?  I am really confused, the Placer GOP had a ton of money and a lot of momentum and it appears the proverbial wall was hit.

What happened in Placer hits home for me because people thought Trump was winning Washoe County. Late in the Race, the Harris Campaign and affiliated entities flooded the zone with money and a fever pitch last minute GOTV/Harvest drive. While the Washoe GOP people were hving flag rallies running laps on McCarran – the Dems were harvesting them out of Washoe County. (Trump ended up losing Washoe by 1,000 votes and the Washoe GOP is screaming election fraud when it was easy to see what happened) I can’t help but see a lot of the same dynamic here in Placer.

In Part 2 and 3 of this series, Your intrepid blogger is going to go over Placer SUP D5, D3 and Rocklin. Stay Tuned.