President (or Governor) Leslie Daigle?

It's not Councilwoman Daigle's fault...but this Daily Pilot article titled,

"Rehab blocks toured for input "

well...it made me laugh.

However...the tag line underneath the title made me puke.

"Newport Beach Councilwoman Leslie Daigle recently toured neighborhoods residents say are overrun with rehabilitation group homes. What she saw was surprising."

NO SH*T SHERLOCK!

What surprised her, the fact that there are over 100-150 of these Rehab/Sober Living Homes on the Balboa Peninsula?

Or the fact that this is really a problem?

Has Councilwoman Daigle been living in a cave?

Has Councilwoman Daigle morphed into President Bush and/or Governor Schwarzenegger, who toured the devastating aftermath of last month's fires.

Let's see...

There were horrible fires set by little kids.

President Bush came and took a look, while taking pictures with his arm around the fire victims, who had just lost all their earthly possessions, and spoke about what he saw on the evening news.

Taking a page from that, Councilwoman Daigle came in and took a look, but I didn't see the photo-ops, while meeting with the residents who were losing their "residential" feel to their neighborhoods, and spoke about it to the Daily Pilot.

Anyway, Councilwoman Daigle "toured" some of the neighborhoods where some of the Sober Living/Rehab Homes have overrun what used to be nice and relatively quiet residential neighborhoods.

And she cried...

A couple of observations though.

First - this isn't a new issue, this isn't something which just happened because of the Santa Ana Winds and a 10 year old with matches.

This is something which was a CAMPAIGN ISSUE IN THE 2006 ELECTION FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE!!!!!

And if I remember correctly, Councilwoman Daigle was in the 2006 election.

If I remember correctly, Councilwoman Daigle was asked about this during the 2006 election and she answered those questions.

Why is this first time she is on a "fact finding mission?"

Is this the first time she actually spoke to the residents about this major issue?

And when she finally went out to check them out,

DID SHE CALL THE DAILY PILOT TO TELL THEM SHE DID THIS OR DID THE DAILY PILOT "HEAR" ABOUT THIS AND CALLED HER UP TO INTERVIEW HER ABOUT IT?

Did everything she said during her campaign just made up to make her sound educated and concerned?

I guess it took a few years for her to finally figure out that this is an important issue.

Second - Where are the photo-ops with the "retired school teacher?"