Record Does Not Support All of Candidate Issa's Claims | LA Times

July 30, 2003

Record Does Not Support All of Candidate Issa's Claims

By Gregg Jones, Times Staff Writer

SACRAMENTO — In his transformation from car-alarm magnate to Republican congressman and, now, candidate for governor, Rep. Darrell Issa has often recalled his rags-to-riches rise in the business world. Issa's campaign Web site touts an achievement that seems to symbolize his story: "In 1994, Inc. Magazine recognized Darrell Issa as Entrepreneur of the Year."

In fact, Issa has never won the prestigious national award. The founders of Outback Steakhouse took the magazine's top "Entrepreneur of the Year" honors in 1994.

In an interview, Issa said that he actually had won a local Entrepreneur of the Year contest in San Diego — he lives in Vista in northern San Diego County — and that he hadn't been trying to suggest that he had received national honors. The local contests are conducted as qualifying rounds for the national award.

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He is assured at least all the votes of those in Cali who found Bush appealing. :evilgrin:

He started a car alarm company because his brother was a car theif? And he got arrested twice because of his brother's monkey business?

What-the-fuck-ever. That's as big a howler as Georgie's accomplishments in the oil biz.