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"There you go again" James Gardner. Gardner defends Adam Nick's horrible conduct: BRIBES, CORRUPTION, STEALING SIGNS, LIES

Latest post gives insight into Nick & Gardner's character - ATTACK, ATTACK, ATTACK! Is Councilman Gardner being paid for positive article?

“There you go again” Ronald Reagan said to Jimmy Carter during the 1980 Presidential election.

And “there you go again” James Gardner with another one of your baseless (and tasteless) attacks on Councilman Dwight Robinson.

Adam Nick is alleged to be behind most of the attack ads that happen in Lake Forest. They began in 2012 when Nick first ran for office – attacking long time Republicans Terry Anderson and Marcia Rudolph. They continued with the attack ads against Councilman Voigts, McCullough and Bass in 2014 and the attack ads against Councilmen Robinson, Voigts and Hamilton during the recall. And now again in the 2016 campaign against other candidates. Ever since Nick entered the scene in Lake Forest Politics, attack ads have risen to a level never seen before.

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Gardner now blames a councilman for an attack ad from “Citizens for Responsible Leadership” which is NOT in fact the same crew that defended councilmembers in the FAILED recall who got 97%+ of funds from Councilmen James Gardner and Adam Nick. Gardner and Nick almost always find a new group that uses their funds to do their dirty work.

Regardless of Nick’s and Gardner's influence on all of these mailers, they continue to lose elections and waste taxpayers money during the unsuccessful recall.

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GUILTY WHEN PAYING $1,000 AND PERFORMING 8 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE:

"Lake Forest City Councilman Adam Nick, who led an effort to make stealing campaign signs a misdemeanor, admitted Thursday he removed campaign signs belonging to fellow Councilman Scott Voigts in a deal with prosecutors to drop charges against him."

"As part of the deal with prosecutors, Nick donated $1,000 to the Victim Witness Emergency Fund and performed eight hours of community service, according to Deputy District Attorney Jess Rodriguez."

http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2015/07/16/lake-forest-councilman-admits-to-stealing-campaign-signs/

If you have any questions about what really happened, be sure to read the entire 14 page Police Report detailed here:

http://patch.com/california/lakeforest-ca/police-report-councilman-adam-nick-s-stealing-campaign-signs-released-nick

DON’T USE WORDS THAT ARE RACIST

Nick said “put a muzzle” on Councilwoman McCullough. Gardner disrespects McCullough by saying she "could go on and on, often drifting off point." This is actually Adam Nick - the reason for such long council meetings is when Adam Nick goes on, and on, and on. Adam Nick uses up a lot of Council time on his endless rants. One time he spent 75 minutes telling everyone about his "supposed" accomplishments while attacking his colleagues during his well-deserved censure hearing.

I ACTUALLY AGREE WITH GARDNER when he even admit's Adam is wrong: "It’s true – saying that the Mayor should put a muzzle on McCullough may not have been Nick’s most gracious moment." The problem is that Nick often has more "not most gracious moments" than "gracious ones." More on that below.

I believe Gardner and I agree that Adam Nick really needs racial sensitivity training as he has said the N-Word, "Hang my colleagues" and "Muzzle Her":

http://patch.com/california/lakeforest-ca/police-report-councilman-adam-nick-s-stealing-campaign-signs-released-nick

COMPARE ADAM NICK TO STEVE ROCCO - NICK WINS HANDS DOWN!

Take a moment and compare Nick’s actions to anyone - even Steve Rocco. How can Gardner blindly support Adam Nick when he has such a HORRIBLE track record:

1. Adam Nick admits to BRIBING colleague:

2. Adam Nick's racially insensitive remarks:

3. Councilman Adam Nick’s rage and violent rhetoric

4. Adam Nick caught stealing a colleague's campaign signs
5. Lake Forest Councilman Adam Nick admits to offering ILLEGAL cash campaign donation
Gardner is correct that Nick has MANY faults. And in the character department, Gardner must be blind to say that Nick should be re-elected. These videos prove the point that ADAM NICK needs to GO!

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