District 7 and Martin Truitt
Consultant (and CPA) Martin Truitt is one of the three most knowledgeable political operatives -- with Jon Fuhrman and Fred Register -- in Pasadena.
Of the trio, he's the only one known for usually taking on the more conservative candidates and causes in local elections.
So what was he doing there in the back of the crowd at the celebration Maria and Terry Tornek held at the Athenaeum Wednesday night honoring those who worked in Terry's recent successful District 7 Pasadena City Council race?
That's what I wondered, so I took his picture.
Turns out that unbeknownst to me, and perhaps most anyone else, Martin was a key player in advising Terry's campaign against the more conservative and Republican -- insofar as party registration matters in a non-partisan race -- Margaret York.
Terry thanked Martin profusely in his remarks as a kind of political and motivational genius, and a great pep-talker. "How many doors have you knocked on today?" was a favorite conversational opener. Martin looked a bit sheepish to be caught among the wine and cheese crowd at the Ath.
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Truitt also handled two of the most talked about political races in decades two years ago. He was the mastermind behind the Anti-NFL movement that stopped Chris Holdens initiative dead cold and he consulted on Robin Salazars council race in District 1. Had it not been for Joe Hopkins repeated racist slandering of Salazar in his paper Salazar probably would have prevailed. Coincidently, Salazar recieved the Pasadena NAACP Community Leadership Award the following year and is said to be on it's board of directors. I guess that says it all about Hopkins credibility. Truitt also was intrumental in getting a little known Scott Phelps twice elected to the PUSD. He guided Margerat McAustin to a decisive victory over Jim Lomako as well. The man knows how to run a campaign.
Posted by: Paul | May 14, 2009 10:33 AM