Rodman ‘reality’ includes saying goodbye to Newport

Paul Clinton

Dennis Rodman, Newport Beach’s not-so-favorite bad boy, may run for

local office. Just not in this town.

Marc Malkin, in his “Intelligencer” column in New York Magazine,

is reporting that Rodman has been pitching an idea for a new reality

show to several TV networks.

In the show, the former NBA star would move out of his West

Newport home, while being followed by cameras 24/7, and head to “a

more conservative area ... somewhere in Orange County.”

Once he’s there, Rodman, who has set off his neighbors here with

his wild partying lifestyle, plans to win over new neighbors with his

“fame, fortune and winning personality,” Malkin writes. He’ll invite

them to his parties, Malkin quotes his unnamed tipster as saying.

After he wins the new friends, Rodman will purportedly run for

local office in his new city. Rodman will also “name one of his many

pets as his running mate,” Malkin writes.

Malkin’s column appears in the June 9 issue and is available on

the magazine’s Web site (www.newyorkmetro.com).

A busy, rosy week

for John Campbell

Assemblyman John Campbell joined three other state legislators at

the White House on May 27 as President George W. Bush honored the

Anaheim Angels.

Campbell, who represents Newport Beach, was the only

representative not from Anaheim to attend the Rose Garden ceremony.

Campbell joined Assembly members Lynn Daucher (R-Brea) and Robert

Pacheco (R-Industry), as well as state Sen. Dick Ackerman (R-Tustin).

All three represent portions of the city that’s home to the now-World

Series champions. Anaheim Mayor Curt Pringle also attended.

Earlier this week, Campbell scored his second successful floor

vote of the session, when the Assembly passed his Assembly Bill 1666

on a 68-3 vote Monday. The bill isn’t a high profile one; if signed

into law, it would tighten timelines tobacco retailers are required

to pay their taxes to twice monthly. It would “improve the state’s

cash flow,” a state analysis said.

In campaign news, Campbell has pinned down the endorsement of

Pringle, who is also a former Assembly speaker, in his race for the

state Senate’s 35th District.

Campbell and Assemblyman Ken Maddox, who represents Costa Mesa,

are squaring off to replace Ross Johnson, who will be termed out.

Cristich wins agribusiness over

Cristi Cristich, the moderate Republican businesswoman running for

Newport Beach’s Assembly seat, has lined up another private sector

endorsement.

On Friday, Cristich announced she had pinned down support from the

United Agribusiness League.

As one of the founding members of the New Majority group, Cristich

has won over a handful of business leaders, including Newport Beach

homebuilder William Lyon, Emulex Corp. Chairman Paul Folino, and

Dwight Decker, Conexant Systems Inc. chairman and chief executive.

Cristich is running against former Newport Beach City Council

candidate Marianne Zippi, Irvine Republican activist Chuck DeVore and

Irvine businessman Don Wagner to replace John Campbell in the

Assembly’s 70th District seat, which includes Newport Beach.