Bucknum Campaign Update
Part 4

City council candidate Wendy Bucknum is a professional lobbyist. When she ran unsuccessfully for a council seat in 2012, many voters didn’t know about her job. They instead rejected her on the basis of her support for jumbotron-type electronic billboards in the south part of Mission Viejo.

In 2012, this blog published online references to Bucknum’s lobbying activities. One of the references was immediately scrubbed – her awards for lobbying were removed from her employer’s website. Is Bucknum not proud of her credentials?

Here’s a site that hasn’t been scrubbed, so look fast. Read a “guest post from Wendy Bucknum” on the California Legislative Action Committee of the Community Associations Institute website. The article written by Bucknum is about her “expertise” as a lobbyist. From the article:

“Wendy Bucknum rounded out the day along with special guest Shawna Rimke, District Director with U.S. Congressman Ken Calvert’s office sharing expertise on how to ‘Lobby Your Legislator.’ Which provided tips and tools for everyone as they headed out to visit their respective legislator offices. Chapter members visited the offices of Assemblymembers Solario, Miller, Norby, Wagner and Harkey. Martin Paine, District Director for Senator Mimi Walters‘ office came to the Chapter office to visit with everyone from CAI-OCRC.  Day in the District 2011 wrapped up with a successful debriefing session on the visits. This was done in an effort to educate our attendees about the importance of advocating on behalf of our industry at the local, state and federal levels!” http://caiclac.wordpress.com/2011/07/21/cai-orange-county-day-in-the-district/

An elected official who endorsed Bucknum in 2012 isn’t endorsing her in 2014. He said, “I won’t endorse her again because she didn’t follow through after I endorsed her in 2012.”

What exactly is Bucknum saying she will to do in exchange for an elected official’s endorsement? Read next week’s update on Bucknum’s campaign.