Yesterday was the deadline for 2015 Republican candidates in Fairfax to file for the party nomination. The only person who filed to run for chairman of the board was the perennial candidate Arthur Purves. By default, that makes him the Republican nominee.[read_more] He is no threat to Democrat Chairman of the Board, Sharon Bulova. Purves has said he will spend $10,000 on the campaign, a fraction of what he will need to be competitive. In 2011, Sharon Bulova spent over a million dollars on her campaign for chairman. Purves will have to have luck on his side, and a strong wind, to get even 25% of the vote.
Chairman of the board isn’t the only race in Fairfax where Republicans are having a trouble recruiting candidates. As of now, six Democrat state senators in Fairfax have no opposition along with nine delegates. Four Democrat supervisors are running unopposed as are six school board members. One constitutional officer is also running without challenge. That’s a total of 26 seats in Fairfax without a Republican candidate to challenge the Democrats, the worst in the state.
Another problem for Fairfax Republicans was created earlier this week when the Fairfax Republican Committee twitter page referred to Janet Oleszek, Democratic candidate for Supervisor in Braddock, as a troll. That’s just wrong. We should not be reduced to name calling. Janet Oleszek is a very nice lady who should never be called a troll, or any other name. In 2011 Oleszek, a former school board member, ran in Braddock against John Cook and lost by a mere 371 votes.
Lastly, Fairfax Republicans have the very heated primary race in Sully ending with a firehouse primary on April 25th. Some Fairfax Republican leaders are upset with John Whitbeck’s statement of support for John Guevara. Some elected officials in Fairfax are saying John Guevara will win the nomination in Fairfax, despite their early support for Brian Schoeneman. Many think Brian Schoeneman is likely to end up in third place, he simply isn’t known in Sully district. He should have moved into the district more than 5 days before filing to run for office.
Another problem for Fairfax Republicans is a flyer that is being circulated in Sully district. It is a rather graphic picture of a women’s breasts with a disparaging remark about John Litzenberger. I know it is not being circulated by John Guevara or his campaign. John wants no negativity in his campaign, he is running a completely positive campaign, and would never support or encourage something like that. I also know that the flyer is not coming from the democrat candidate in the district, Kathy Smith. Her campaign is not involved. That only leaves one candidate. I am not saying that Brian Schoeneman is circulating the nasty flyer, but it looks like his supporters are. Brian may even be unaware of the flyer. I hope Brian calls out those who are doing this, telling them to stop. Now. It’s disgusting and doesn’t help Brian’s campaign as his supporters may think. Mr. Litzenberger doesn’t deserve this.
A list of Fairfax Democrats for office here. If anyone has a link for Fairfax Republican candidates, please add the link below. I was unable to find it.
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I may not have money but I have a message: Sharon Bulova has raised real estate taxes 5% per year (average) for the last 15 years. See votepurves.org
The Republicans need to form a coalition with the Tea Party and the Libertarian Party. The minor parties should be (contractually?) guaranteed certain appointed positions in the government, just as is done in parliamentary governments.
Ms Martin in all due respect aren’t you the author of the over the top
deplorable comment about Ms JeanMarie Devolites calling her a “a slut.” Certainly not “Christian like behavior.” The GOP needs to get out of the 1950’s mode and into the 21rst Century when it comes to their anti-women rhetoric and how they look at folks who are of another religion and ethnicity.
While the Va GOP remains out of control and out of touch, the Dems are making massive gains in their grassroots networking and their training of women to run for office.
This is an awesomely horrible article that started with some potential. The attack on Schoeneman that was described as not an attack on Schoeneman was enough to give this article a perfect craptastic score of Four Jeanines. It’s one of your best pieces of crap yet.
“Guevara is running such a positive campaign, with positive, upbeat, supporters.” – Jeanine Martin, Guevara Supporter
# of Blog Posts written by Jeanine Martin in two months negatively attacking Brian Schoeneman: 9 (so far)
http://thebullelephant.com/big-problems-for-republicans-in-fairfax-county/
http://thebullelephant.com/sully-district-of-fairfax-county-votes-overwhelmingly-for-mass-meeting/
http://thebullelephant.com/john-guevara-candidate-for-sully-district-supervisor/
http://thebullelephant.com/is-brian-schoeneman-ready-for-hillary/
http://thebullelephant.com/fairfax-republican-committee-ignores-members-and-chooses-firehouse-primaries-in-all-districts/
http://thebullelephant.com/fairfax-party-bosses-strike-again/
http://thebullelephant.com/is-boss-herrity-the-new-tom-davis-of-fairfax-county/
http://thebullelephant.com/kathy-smith-to-challenge-brian-shoeneman-for-sully-district-supervisor/
http://thebullelephant.com/supervisor-mike-frey-retiring-brian-schoeneman-running-for-sully-seat-on-fairfax-board/
This doesn’t include comments, which are somehow worse, all over the blogsphere and on her Facebook page.
Pssstttt……..I don’t work for the Guevara campaign. And I never get nasty, vile, or name call, unlike Brian’s supporters. You all do realize you’re not helping his campaign, don’t you?
Of course you don’t! John is running such a positive campaign, and you’re such a negative person, calling candidates in the race “an unpopular, pompous, arrogant, holier-than-thou,
smarter-than-everyone-else jerk.”
But, Pssstttt…… you said supporters. “Guevara is running such a positive campaign, with positive, upbeat, SUPPORTERS.”
You are Guevara’s most prominent supporter.
You are also the most negative person on any side in this campaign, by far.
That’s an excellent observation Spiker.
“Spiker”. You are close to everyone in the Schoeneman, close enough to all their nicknames and all about Brian’s house purchase. And yet you don’t any of them, never heard of them, wouldn’t know Brian if he poked you in the eye with a stick……..LOL. You may be the most obvious troll we’ve ever had on TBE.
I’m using the guy’s last name, the same way I use Letiecq and Beer’s last names. You’re brain dead if you are construing this as representing some form of familiarity or association. Just because Stephen and I harbor similar views doesn’t mean we know one another.
Like clockwork you write a post denigrating Brian Schoeneman. And like clockwork I am here to embarrass you. Again, it’s only because you are trying to pass off your opinions as fact and not necessarily my endorsement of him as a candidate.
“Some Fairfax Republican leaders are upset with John Whitbeck’s statement of support for John Guevara.” It seems the Republican leaders were puzzled that Whitbeck made an endorsement altogether, not “upset” that the endorsement for Guevara.
“Some elected officials in Fairfax are saying John Guevara will win the nomination in Fairfax, despite their early support for Brian Schoeneman.” Like who? It’s utter speculation until you can defend this with some referential source.
“Many think Brian Schoeneman is likely to end up in third place, he simply isn’t known in Sully district. He should have moved into the district more than 5 days before filing to run for office.” Again, source? Did you drive around Sully and conduct interviews?
“I know it is not being circulated by John Guevara or his campaign. John wants no negativity in his campaign, he is running a completely positive campaign, and would never support or encourage something like that.” You clearly never saw any of the posts from Guevara supporters on other blogs, targeting Brian’s family. And just because he doesn’t support or encourage it doesn’t mean his “operatives” aren’t doing it.
“I also know that the flyer is not coming from the democrat candidate in the district, Kathy Smith. Her campaign is not involved. That only leaves one candidate. I am not saying that Brian Schoeneman is
circulating the nasty flyer, but it looks like his supporters are.” And this is why nobody takes you seriously. Because anyone with poise and class wouldn’t such weak inferences and contort them into a firm conclusion. And I am wondering — who at Kathy Smith’s campaign did you call to confirm?
It confounds me that Albertson associates himself with this blog. After reading this post, I am convinced it is more or less a gossip column.
Gee, I wish I could give you the sources but I promised them anonymity. Yes, I confirmed with Kathy Smith’s campaign, and the Guevara campaign. Everything I have said has been confirmed. I realize this is very upsetting to Schoeneman’s little team of supporters but everything I have written is factual.
I’m afraid that you don’t command enough political clout nor possess enough journalistic integrity for anyone to accept anonymous sources as the basis for your assertions. You simply aren’t afforded the same degree of latitude as an intellectually informed and reasonably impartial writer such as Albertson.
Nice speculation about Brian here Jeanine. Based on nothing but your feelings. Real good journalism.
There is NO way it could be Guevara because… well because that doesn’t fit your narrative. Just turn a blind eye that a key component to a Chris Farmer campaign plan is to go negative towards the end.
Nope, wrong again. Nothing is based on feelings. It’s all factual. It’s John Guevara’s campaign, not Chris Farmer’s, and doesn’t do negative. At all. Period.
Your accusation of Schoeneman (or his supporters) is not “factual”, it’s speculation based on your personal animosity. You have no facts to say that it was a Schoeneman supporter, or that it wasn’t some Guevara supporter that you’re unaware of.
That could be true, although Guevara is running such a positive campaign, with positive, upbeat, supporters, while Schoeneman’s supporters are so angry and nasty. It’s not personal animosity, look around the blogs. Most folks would put their money on the nasty guys to put out a nasty flyer. Common sense.
You’re kidding, right? You HAVE to be kidding. This is one of those jokes you’re well-known for?
Schoeneman has been attacked repeatedly by Guevara supporters since day one of the campaign. Most notably, you. You alone are responsible for at least a dozen blog posts smearing him.
You are easily the most negative supporter in this race. There’s not even a close second.
I’d like you to point out any blog post attacking Guevara. Or Litzenberger, for that matter. I count zero of the former and only one of the latter–its from a Guevara supporter.
So much for your ridiculous theory.
Look at the blogs? You are a mouthpiece for the negative garbage spewing from Guevara. 9, yes 9 negative posts about this race. Its just sad that you are blind to your own actions. I actually feel bad for you because I know you believe what you say is true.
Spot on, Tribett. This is a game, laden with an agenda. But this isn’t journalism, it’s a village rag.
Not exactly a model of efficient organization in Fairfax County is it.
Arthur Purves is a very good guy who has worked hard for years to show how much taxes have risen in Fairfax County. He is not, however, the most compelling of speakers. One group of taxpayers who are likely to respond to his message is the set of folks who have paid off their mortgages. These citizens receive, every six months, a really big bill from the county for realestate taxes. Other folks pay those bills as part of their monthly mortgage payment and often do not focus on how much we pay to the county. Arthur ought to be able to obtain the addresses the county uses to send out the tax due notices and make his argument directly to those voters.
As things stand, Arthur is — as Jeanine says — unlikely to do well against Sharon. But, it would well serve all of our interests if he were to win. All of us ought to send him some money and do what we can to elect a candidate who is on our side.
All of that said, I never heard about all these vacancies. Could it be that our local GOP leaders are not all that eager to oppose Democrats? Does Bob Michel’s philosophy still dominate our party?
I agree with Chris– this is the story that Kathy Smith used to beat Litzenberger back in 2007. That seems to make the most sense. I don’t think any of the Republican candidates had anything to do with it.
But since Jeanine opted for irresponsible and blind speculation based on nothing more than her personal vendetta, it’s worth pointing out that if it WAS a supporter of one of the Republican candidates, it’s far more likely to have been a Guevara supporter.
Consider:
1) A rather graphic image, very similar to the one you described, already exists. Without knowing anything about the flier, I can only assume its the same one. It was made, posted, and shopped around by Greg Letiecq, who is a Guevara supporter. See here: http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2015/03/21/this-is-why-we-cant-have-nice-things/
2) Guevara supporters are confident that Brian will come in third place, meaning they would think Litzenberger is their only true threat to the nomination.
3) Guevara supporters have been the only ones in this race attacking other candidates, and they have done so virtually non-stop from the beginning.
I would like to repeat: I don’t think Guevara had anything to do with it. He’s a good guy. I wish his supporters would act more like him.
I’ve heard Tribbett has been shopping Litz stuff around to bloggers and plans on using it 100% if he’s the nominee. This is all coming from the bad guys and Kathy Smith needs to be called out on it, let’s not do their dirty work for them. The plan is for Ben &* Co to have Republicans release this so when they use it as a campaign hit on Litzenberger they can hide behind Republicans.
If they are going to use it, make them own it. Make Kathy Smith explain why her consultant is releasing this shit on a guy who is caring for his wife now that has MS.
Ben did not realize it.
It is NOT Tribbett or anyone on Kathy Smith’s campaign. Greg Letiecq is not involved either. I would bet the farm on both of those statements. They are facts.
This smells like Greg Letiecq.
But it’s not like you really know, either way.
Wait, I thought you didn’t know anyone involved in this race. LOL
It’s not Greg Letiecq but keep practicing those sleuthing skills.
We all know too well this reeks of Letiecq. It has the same spirit/intent and execution as his attacks on Chapman.
And yet you claim to live nowhere near the area, nor do you know any of the players involved. You wouldn’t know Brian Schoeneman if you tripped over him in the Walmart parking lot. You crack me up. It’s not Greg, but please keep trying. Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn now and then.
Jeanine … I honestly don’t see Brian doing something like that – we haven’t seen eye to eye but that doesn’t seem like something he’d ever consent to releasing. Honestly, I think your being too kind to Kathy Smith’s campaign. Her consultant has been peddling this Litzenberger stuff for awhile AND he was the one who released it in the first place back in the day.
It wasn’t the Smith campaign and I agree that it probably wasn’t Brian but a misguided supporter of his. If we look around the blogs, we see plenty of them. They are crude, nasty, vile, disgusting people. Isn’t it likely that they would circulate a picture that is all of those things?
And you’re a bouquet of roses, Jeanine. As I’ve pointed out, only one candidate’s supporters have attacked other candidates. It’s probably the same thing happening here. Especially if they’re using the image that Greg already made.
Greg didn’t make it.
While I am not a bouquet of roses, I often receive them. And I have never used disgusting sexual references in a post or comment, nor do I call people names, or insult their appearance. Brian’s supporters to do all of that.
Are you saying that Greg didn’t make an image with a graphic picture of woman’s breasts in relation to a story on John Litzenberger? Because he absolutely did that. It’s on his Facebook wall and it has his website on it as a credit. Greg, as you know, is a Guevara supporter.
I don’t know if that’s what’s on this flier, but your description of it matches what Greg made.
COMPLETELY different flyer. The current one is much more graphic and disgusting. It’s probably that nasty gal/guy who follows me around and claims to not even know Brian. She’s really vile and would no doubt love the new graphic.
Where is a copy of said flyer? Can someone prove it exists?
Something is off in the universe if Beer is defending Schoeneman. Or maybe he is just tired of Jeanine’s dishonesty?
Why are Brian Schoeneman’s supporters all so nasty? Most Republicans are not that way.
I’m just following your lead, Jeanine. If you’d keep the conversation honest and fair, I’d direct my energy elsewhere.
Speaking of, how exactly is Guevara paying you? Per post or something?
Take it easy, Debbie Munoz.
Debbie posts on her own, Chris.
Tito?
More like the builder then the apprentice
I thought you didn’t know any of these people. You are so funny, and so obvious.
Jeanine, most of the potential FFX county positions have not yet reached their filing deadlines for Republican candidates so I would expect that it would be premature for the GOP to post a list of candidates.
I sure hope so! Perhaps this will spur them on to filing.
This message was sent out by FCRC today:
We are pleased to announce that the following candidates have met all the necessary requirements, and no other Republican candidates filed for these offices. Accordingly, they have all been nominated and there will be no Republican primary for these offices:
SENATE OF VIRGINIA
39th Senate District: Joe Murray
VIRGINIA HOUSE OF DELEGATES
34th House District: Craig Parisot
37th House District: Sang Yi
86th House District: Danny Vargas
LOCAL
Chairman, Board of Supervisors: Arthur Purves
Sheriff : Bryan Wolfe
Nominating procedures for other offices are still underway. Results will be announced as they become available, and a complete slate of candidates published when all nominations have been completed.