Assemblyman Marc Steinorth, R-Rancho Cucamonga, pulled candidacy papers on Monday to run against San Bernardino County Supervisor Janice Rutherford for her seat on the board. He announced last week he would not seek a third term as Assemblyman.
By Joe Nelson | [email protected] | San Bernardino Sun
Published: March 5, 2018 at 8:29 pm | Updated: March 5, 2018 at 9:00 pm
Assemblyman Marc Steinorth, R-Rancho Cucamonga, pulled candidacy papers Monday to run against incumbent San Bernardino County Supervisor Janice Rutherford, said Melissa Eickman, spokeswoman for the Elections Office of the Registrar of Voters.
On Friday, Steinorth announced that, after serving two terms in office, he would not seek re-election. He said in a statement he had already done “more than he ever imagined” and wanted to spend more time with his family. He stressed, however, that his service to the community was not over. And speculation that swirled about him making a possible run against Rutherford, elected in 2010, was confirmed on Monday.
A former Rancho Cucamonga councilman, Steinorth, 47, was first elected to the 40th Assembly District in 2014. His district includes most of San Bernardino and Rancho Cucamonga along with Redlands, Loma Linda and Highland.
San Bernardino County’s second supervisorial district includes the cities of Upland, Rancho Cucamonga, and a large chunk of Fontana, as well as the unincorporated communities of Devore, Lytle Creek, Crestline and Lake Arrowhead.
“It’s a surprise to me. Marc sent me a signed endorsement card,” Rutherford said in a telephone interview Monday. “He has not called me yet, so I really don’t know what’s going on with him.”
San Bernardino County 2nd District Supervisor Janice Rutherford signs the giant metal bow before the ribbon cutting as Universal Technical Institute celebrates its inaugural Welding Technology Program at UTI in Rancho Cucamonga, CA., Friday, January 26, 2018. (Staff photo by Jennifer Cappuccio Maher/Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
As of Monday, Steinorth’s endorsement was still on Rutherford’s campaign website.
Steinorth did not return repeated telephone calls seeking comment.
Steinorth is now Rutherford’s most viable challenger. Last month, Ken Petschow, a 54-year-old airline pilot and San Antonio Heights resident, announced his candidacy for Rutherford’s seat on the board. He said the annexation of Upland’s fire department by the county, and a $158 tax imposed on residents as a result, without a vote, was one of the reasons he decided to run.
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Good. Rutherford is a worthless POS.
What is your beef with Rutherford? Any specific votes or policies that you disagree with?
Hey Joe that was a interesting article you did on Ramos. You’re correct.
With that said did you think before you commented at #1 on what’s your beef?
Let me start off by saying what has she done that’s profound the last 7 years??
I’ll await your response.
Hey Ken:
I like to engage in dialogue and discourse. I have never been a person who makes a statement of opinion or an emotion without also providing some sort of substantiation for that position.
Nor do I like to taint or lead anyone down a certain path. I like to elicit commentary because it allows me to learn about what other people are thinking and what sort of issues are resonating with them.
Though I believe I have a pretty good pulse on issues that resonate, I like to see it confirmed. Additionally, I don’t know everything and everything doesn’t impact me the same way as it might impact you.
So, there is always a chance that another person’s revelations might cause me to re-think a position and look at the matter another way.
Well for one, Rutherford is well aware of the foibles of the #MeTOO District Attorney Mike Ramos. She would rather endorse him than deal with Ramos being a sexual predator in his own office.
Then, let’s not even get into the fact that Rutherford basically wasted $25 million when she walked away from the Colonies Case (that the County was winning), then dove in feet first with the DA in declaring the legitimate settlement “corrupt” when her own attorneys said is was justified.
Those are just for starters. There’s all the kids that her Child and Family Services Department put into abusive homes, while the Rutherford and her colleagues did NOTHING. Can’t wait for the other shoes to drop.
@4 #5 lays it out pretty well.
A enabler of corruption whether it be with a serious nod of the head or simply sitting back and doing NOTHING is as serious as the one committing it.
That fits Rutherford like a glove. She’s done absolutely nothing.
One of her peers committed perjury not once but twice during Colonies proceedings so she condones such conduct by her continued silence.
Let’s not be fooled by the people on this Board of Supervisors as sharp informed politicians.
What Rutherford might have voted on, that impresses the unknowing sheep is secondary to her being part of a massive SWAMP that’s ruled by Mike Ramos.
And that applies to all department heads around here.
She’s simple afraid to do her job.
People afraid to do their job must be dirty and don’t want to be charged with crimes by rocking the Ramos boat.
And Steinroth won’t be any different once he gets in the front door.
To think Rutherford is part of some future solution is laughable.
Rutherford presents a real dilemma for Mike Ramos: He doesn’t know whether to dick her or indict her.
The only thing the BOS is doing is getting fatter by the day.
Joe turner, rutherford is a total hack and a supporter of the ramos-lewis development faction in the county.
OK Joe what else would you like to know about the SWAMP?
Oh look, Steinorth and his chief of staff need a job…..