Feb 162024
 

Suzanne Jones got the endorsement of the Placer GOP in the Placer County Supervisorial District 4 with the entry of Jeff Moss into the race. If you are wondering what those guys signed on to – read on.

Her candidate questionnaire is linked here for reference.

In her questionnaire, Suzanne attempts to lerch far right on a variety of issues. There deserves to be real scrutiny of what she is claiming, especially in light of her appointments of Democrats and Green Party members to key positions in Placer County.

On Page 2 of her questionnaire, Suzanne Jones talks about “Transparent Governance.”

Jones worked with Placer County Counsel ostensibly in secret to eviscerate portions of the Placer County anti-nepotism policy. (Remember how bad it was that Kirk Uhler’s wife Tammy works for Placer County?)

One or Two meetings after getting the Placer County Nepotism policy changed, Jones got her brother, who has a different last name, appointed to be her district staffer! I guess transparency and ethics was a thing until it was an impediment.

The job pays six figures as well. Must be nice to get elected and then get the rules changed to hire your brother. Transparency.

People on the Placer GOP should be concerned and ask questions about the propriety of getting close relatives government jobs. They should also ask about the timing of events and the seemingly backroom clandestine nature of the proceedings.

In her biography – she touts helping Congressman Tom McClintock. Years later, as a supervisor, she appointed Kristine Johnson to the Granite Bay MAC. In 2014, Johnson ran against Tom McClintock.

She openly touts supporting Pam Tobin, whose husband was a life-long far left labor union organizer and Pam herself was always a reliable supporter of the left of Placer County. Pam ran against BOTH Ted Gaines and Kirk Uhler for supervisor.

She talks about working with the California Pro-Life Council yet appointed a far left Green Party Member to the Placer County Commission that deals with Health Care Issues.

On Page 4 of her application, she talks about her stand on taxes. She failed to mention that she hosted a Townhall for an upcoming effort to run a Transportation Tax in Placer County. Perhaps the members of the committee should have an open discussion about where Jones really stands on these sorts of measures. The opposition to the Transportation Tax is largely amongst the members of the Placer GOP and they are considering endorsing someone hosting meetings to promote it.

On Page 5 – Jones claims to have led the effort against Mask Mandates, Vaccine Mandates and COVID policy in general. This is an outright lie.

All five members of the Placer County Board of supervisors on August 2020 board meeting voted to lift the state of emergency in Placer County. Suzanne Jones was not on the board then and her assertion that she was the only one is impossible as there were never mask or vaccine mandates in Placer County ever. Then, by the time she took office, the State of Emergency was gone making COVID policy a non-issue. It is this sort of nuance that she appears to be trying to manipulate in order to advance herself absent facts.

Her predecessor Kirk Uhler led the effort to remove the state of emergency and was attacked publicly by several people for doing so.

The questionnaire goes on to ask if Suzanne Jones has endorsed, supported or contributed to non-Republican Candidates in the last 4 years. It also asks if she pledges to only support Republican Candidates going forward.

Planning Commissioner Daniel Woodward is a Democrat. Unlike someone running for office, Woodward was appointed by Suzanne Jones directly in to a position of power where there is no accountability to voters. That is the political equivalent of asking Jack the Ripper to babysit.

Supporting Non-Republicans? Here are the rest of Suzanne Jones’ non-Republican appointments:

Lisa Cataldo – Green Party
Tameka Usher – American Independent
Dojna Marie Garvey – Democrat
Amber Beckler – NPP
Kristine Johnson – D (Tom McClintock’s 2014 Opponent)
Christopher Hill – NPP

At what point do people looking to advance the Republican Party start to ask questions about appointing a Green Party member to a board that deals with a range of public health issues (Abortion, Homelessness, Drug Abuse), and wonder if Suzanne Jones is serious at all about any of her answers to questions about the issues of the day?

I will close by saying that Sandy Harris, who is actually a registered Republican (in the same vane as Pam Tobin), was part of the crew in 2002 that attempted to unseat then Placer GOP Chair Ken Campbell. She was also part of the group that attempted to stop Bayside Church from being built back in the 1990’s, actually suing Placer County to overturn the decision of the board of supervisors ultimately losing badly in court.

Suzanne Jones has parachuted a host of people that oppose the Republican Party and Placer County’s way of life in to positions of power that are not accountable to the voters. The members of the Placer GOP ignored the truth, choosing the personal rage of a couple members, endorsing her should take pause and then move on to another candidate.

P.S. You can make bank Jeff Moss will remedy all of these bad appointments.

Feb 132024
 

This was lifted from the Facebook Page of Jeff Moss but the Photo and the Video had been sent to your intrepid blogger a couple of days ago. It appears the thing made the rounds. FYI – if charged and convicted this could be a crime. The FPPC (the CA Campaign Watchdog) could also fine her for this as well. Even Thomas N Hudson knows better than to do this, but he and the Placer GOP endorsed this disaster because of their personal rage against someone who isn’t even running for office!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Ryan Gardiner
ryan@strategyinsightshq.com
Placer County, CA — Placer County Supervisor Suzanne Jones has improperly used government resources, her county office, to film and publish a campaign video encouraging voters to support her campaign for reelection.
The video, which was posted to her campaign Facebook page, clearly shows Jones in her county office holding a sample ballot and stating, “I humbly ask for your vote to keep me working for you. Learn more about me and who else is supporting me for reelection on my website, Suzanne for supervisor .com.”
Jones deleted the video from her Facebook page in response to several comments on social media raising concerns. , .
California law prohibits government officials from utilizing taxpayer-funded facilities, staff, or resources to campaign. Jones previously came under fire for allegations of nepotism in her county hiring decisions and apparent violations of state conflict of interest law.
In response to this latest apparent violation of state law, Jones’ leading competitor in the race for the 4th District Supervisor seat, Jeff Moss, stated, “Suzanne Jones once again has demonstrated her inability to follow the law and act in an ethical, responsible way. Voters in our community deserve more from their Supervisor.”
For more information about Moss and his campaign for Supervisor, please visit www.JeffMossForSupervisor.com
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Feb 122024
 

You have a chance to get soccer fields that the County of Placer does not have to pay for? What did Suzanne do? Listened to the same liars that attempted to scuttle Bayside Church from even being built nearly 30 years ago.

This is the lie mailer from a small group of leftists and NIMBYS. (They happen to be Suzanne Jones’ Core Supporters)

HOW TWO POLITICIANS ALMOST STOPPED FREE SOCCER FIELDS FOR GRANITE BAY/ROSEVILLE/ROCKLIN. People aren’t too focused on it, but we have elections important for the future of Placer County coming up March 5. Suzanne Jones, the incumbent supervisor for part of Roseville, Granite Bay, and parts of Loomis and Newcastle, is up for re-election. One of those running for supervisor to represent Rocklin, Loomis and Penryn is Placer County Planning Commissioner Anthony DeMattei.
Both Suzanne and Anthony opposed Bayside Church Granite Bay‘s effort to build lighted soccer fields on Sierra College Boulevard for the young people of our community to use – using no taxpayer money. Suzanne and Anthony sided with a small but vocal group of opponents who distributed flyers that depicted the lights as something akin to what you’d see at a major league sports stadium, an effort to scare people . Why lighted? Because fields with no lights couldn’t be used during weeknights for five to six months of the year.
Thankfully, Suzanne and Anthony didn’t succeed. The Planning Commission narrowly approved the lighted fields 3-2 (Anthony and Suzanne Jones’s planning commissioner opposed) and Suzanne Jones, despite the fact that her community would benefit from the fields, was the only one of five supervisors who voted against it.
We need supervisors who will work with our community – not oppose it. Frankly, Suzanne and Anthony should have been thanking Bayside for being willing to build these sports fields for the community’s benefit. An added benefit: new parking for people who want to access the trail system off Sierra College Boulevard. There used to be only 10 spots to park – now there is plenty for everyone.
By opposing the lights for Bayside’s Soccer fields, Suzanne was effectively rendering them useless – the goal of the Granite Bay NIMBYS. These are the same NIMBYS that ran Sandy Harris (Suzanne’s MAC Board Member) and Pam Tobin (the leftist Labor Union advocate) against Ted Gaines and Kirk Uhler for Supervisor 30 years ago. They also sued and lost badly in court trying to sabotage the construction of Bayside in the first place.
Oh and the lights? Here is what they actually look like:
Now that is quite a bit different, huh?
PROOF:
Woodward is the far-left democrat that Suzanne Jones appointed to the Planning Commission. EVEN JIM HOLMES voted Yes for Bayside’s Soccer Fields!
The Placer GOP should be ashamed of themselves for endorsing Suzanne Jones, this is what rage and refusal to vet candidates does to people.
Feb 112024
 

This was lifted from the Facebook Page of Jeff Moss but the Photo and the Video had been sent to your intrepid blogger a couple of days ago. It appears the thing made the rounds. FYI – if charged and convicted this could be a crime. The FPPC (the CA Campaign Watchdog) could also fine her for this as well. Even Thomas N Hudson knows better than to do this, but he and the Placer GOP endorsed this disaster because of their personal rage against someone who isn’t even running for office!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Ryan Gardiner
ryan@strategyinsightshq.com
Placer County, CA — Placer County Supervisor Suzanne Jones has improperly used government resources, her county office, to film and publish a campaign video encouraging voters to support her campaign for reelection.
The video, which was posted to her campaign Facebook page, clearly shows Jones in her county office holding a sample ballot and stating, “I humbly ask for your vote to keep me working for you. Learn more about me and who else is supporting me for reelection on my website, Suzanne for supervisor .com.”
Jones deleted the video from her Facebook page in response to several comments on social media raising concerns. , .
California law prohibits government officials from utilizing taxpayer-funded facilities, staff, or resources to campaign. Jones previously came under fire for allegations of nepotism in her county hiring decisions and apparent violations of state conflict of interest law.
In response to this latest apparent violation of state law, Jones’ leading competitor in the race for the 4th District Supervisor seat, Jeff Moss, stated, “Suzanne Jones once again has demonstrated her inability to follow the law and act in an ethical, responsible way. Voters in our community deserve more from their Supervisor.”
For more information about Moss and his campaign for Supervisor, please visit www.JeffMossForSupervisor.com
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Jan 212024
 

I have been of the opinion that Suzanne Jones is an empty shell who was in the right place at the right time to benefit from the rage and antipathy of others toward anyone reasonable in that part of Placer County. The personal rage angle has been played out almost like clockwork, and now it is time for the “Suzanne Jones the candidate” experience.

Lest anyone attempt to fact-check this post – here is the envelope. But wait, there’s more!

So, it was a generic stuffed at the kitchen table kind of mailing. (Dear Friends, instead of a mail-merge with personalization)

Secondly, see how it starts. WHOOPS. Maybe Suzie should have updated the content of the letter before stuffing it on 1-14 or 1-15 in her kitchen?

She needs to close December with $25,000 in the bank, as said on a mailer postmarked 1-16-2024. I am going to guess that she may have less money than anyone not named Anthony DeMattei when the reports are displayed.

This is what happens when you make candidate decisions based on personal rage, most of the time the candidate picked in this manner is like missing a penalty kick by a mile.