Pretty funny that when I arrived at LAX United gate 85 to hot on a 20 passenger puddle jumper plane to Monterey (where I am participating in a state Boating and Waterways Commission meeting), one of the other passengers is none other than fellow Orange Countian and Assemblywoman Lynn Daucher.
She immediately asked me how I enjoyed the Maona Kea Hotel on Hawai’i, bolstering my confidence that those thousands of website hits aren’t all Adam Probolsky hitting "refresh" all day long on his computer. (Actually, ‘hits’ are measured in unique visitors anyways).
Lynn and I had a brief chat about the specializations of attorneys, leading to her telling me about her legislation to create a "water court" (at no additional taxpayer expense) where around the state, the various districts would have a judge who specializes in water policy. Right now, these cases end up in front of well-meaning, smart judges who just are not water-policy experts. So, these judges have to retain court "experts" who in turn hire others.
The idea sounds like a good one. Alas, the likely resting spot for a good idea from a Republican legislator, once introduced in a bill, is the legislative graveyard! But…we’ll see how this one goes.
We had to hop on the plane before we can chat about Lynn’s upcoming State Senate GOP Primary duel with Assemblyman Van Tran for the honor of going up against Tom "Gitmo’" Umberg in Orange County’s 34th State Senate seat. This seat was heavily Democrat, but has become much more competitive with registration advances by the GOP (props to OC Republican Chairman Scott Baugh).
Well, we are going "wheels up" on this flight. Soon I will be immersed in boating issues, and the Assemblywoman will be speaking to School Board types at a conference. Pretty funny that when I arrived at LAX United gate 85 to hot on a 20 passenger puddle jumper plane to Monterey (where I am participating in a state Boating and Waterways Commission meeting), one of the other passengers is none other than fellow Orange Countian and Assemblywoman Lynn Daucher.
She immediately asked me how I enjoyed the Maona Kea Hotel on Hawai’i, bolstering my confidence that those thousands of website hits aren’t all Adam Probolsky hitting �refresh� all day long on his computer. (Actually, ‘hits’ are meaured in unique visitors anyways).
Lynn and I had a brief chat about the specializations of attorneys, leading to her telling me about her legislation to create a �water court� (at no additional taxpayer expense) where around the state, the various districts would have a judge who specializes in water policy. Right now, these cases end up in front of well-meaning, smart judges who just are not water-policy experts. So, these judges have to retain court �experts� who in turn hire others.
The idea sounds like a good one. Alas, the likely resting spot for a good idea from a Republican legislator, once introduced in a bill, is the legislative graveyard! But…we’ll see how this one goes.
We had to hop on the plane before we can chat about Lynn’s upcoming State Senate GOP Primary duel with Assemblyman Van Tran for the �honor� of going up against Tom �Gitmo’� Umberg in Orange County’s 34th State Senate seat. This seat was heavily Democrat, but has become much more competitive with registration advances by the GOP (props to OC Republican Chairman Scott Baugh).
Well, we are going �wheels up� on this flight. Soon I will be immersed in boating issues, and the Assemblywoman will be speaking to School Board types at a conference.