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SIXTH DISTRICT CITY COUNCIL RACE GETS INTRIGUING

Theo DouglasTue. March 25
 

There’s a bit of a twist in the only real Long Beach City Council race in the city, the Sixth District contest between incumbent Dee Andrews and challenger Ahmed Saafir.

Paul Eakins reports in this morning’s Press-Telegram that Andrews skipped last night’s NAACP candidates forum for school board and Sixth District candidates because of what Andrews described in a press release as “smear tactics” against him.

Eakins, who wrote that he wasn’t able to reach Andrews or his chief of staff John Edmond by phone last night, estimates that Andrews may be referring to the website EyeonCorruption.com, which in a “story” dated this month refers back to his substance problems in the 1980s.

I’m using quotes because I believe this is what’s known in the trade as a hit piece–and not a very good one. It runs under the headline “DEE ANDREWS, CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 6 CANDIDATE THOUGHT VOTERS WOULD FORGET ABOUT HIS CRIMINAL PAST…HE THOUGHT WRONG.”

Which should make you wonder, didn’t voters already give Andrews a second chance when they elected him the first time last spring? Yes. They did.

Another admitted erratum: the site hosts a “photo” of recent 55th Assembly District candidate Charlotte “Sadiyah” Gibson, a Long Beach nurse who ran unsuccessfully last year against Warren Furutani–with the words “not actual photo” emblazoned across it.

How hard is it to get an actual photo of someone you want to smear? Must be pretty hard.

Saafir, Andrews’ opponent, denied any involvement in the website.

Eakins was able to trace the website as far as something called Domains by Proxy, which lets you register a web domain without letting people know who you are.

And there’s also this: a phone number for someone named Ms. McClure, on the back of an anti-Andrews flyer pdf-ed on the website. Who is Ms. McClure? I’ll let you know more when I do.

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  1. 1

    Hi,

    It is my understanding that a former friend that Dee use to live with, was upset that Dee had won and wants to oust Dee.

    I handled Dee’s campaign last time and she got on the phone with me and went off!!!! Upset that Dee had won.

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    Posted By Tracy Kittinger on March 26th, 2008 at 5:25 pm

     

  2. 2

    About the photo of Charlotte Gibson, its her and there’s even a phone number.
    Now hard is it to call her and confirm her statements?

    About your question “didn’t voters already give Andrews a second chance?”
    the answers is NO, because i bet most voters like me did not know he had been busted twice for drug dealing and drug use.

    Dee should have made sure the voters knew about his past.
    The Press Telegram stated that he “expunged” his felony conviction.
    Now, that makes it really hard for us voters to know about someone criminal convictions.

    I have no reason to doubt Ms. Gibson’s statements, and neither do you.
    I believe someone who lived with him as a wife for more than 10 years.

    Thank you and her for making us aware about Dee’s crooked past.

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    Posted By Jesse Nelson on March 26th, 2008 at 8:24 pm

     

  3. 3

    Anyone who did not know about Andrews’ past during the campaign to his election is either an idiot or chose not to be informed since there was a lot of coverage of his past drug use and conviction. These same people probably think reports that come up that Bill Clinton was a philanderer before his election to President, and after (and still is?), is a revelation of behavior they were unaware of at the time. If you choose not to be informed don’t blame others for your ignorance.

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    Posted By LBRez on March 27th, 2008 at 9:15 am

     

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