Giuliani is doing well with LA folks. First the Supervisors, now Congressman David Dreier.

The release follows

Congressman David Dreier Announces Support for Mayor Giuliani

New York, Feb 13 –

In a sign of continuing momentum, the Rudy Giuliani Presidential Exploratory Committee today announced Congressman David Dreier, Chairman of the California Republican Congressional Delegation and House Rules Committee Ranking Republican, has announced his support for Mayor Rudy Giuliani to be the next President of the United States. Dreier’s endorsement follows the rousing reception Mayor Giuliani received at the California State Republican Convention and his successful swing through the state. Dreier will help lead Mayor Giuliani’s exploratory committee efforts in California.

Congressman Dreier said, "America needs the proven leadership of Rudy Giuliani to tackle… Read More

Last night the Capistrano Unified School District Board of Trustees in south Orange County approved a settlement of claims of violation of the Brown Act open meeting law that occurred during the troubled administration of controversial former Superintendent James Fleming. Under the terms of the settlement, CUSD must audio-tape closed session meetings for one year, provide for Brown Act training for Trustees and staff, and pay attorneys fees in the amount of $16,000 to Plaintiff Ron Lackey.

According to the original lawsuit filed by frequent CUSD critic Lackey, the Trustrees and Fleming met in closed session on July 30, 2005 to purportedly discuss Fleming’s performance appraisal. However, during the meeting, the Trustees covered over 30 different topics of discussion, including an illegal discussion about limiting the time available to Lackey to address the Board during their public sessions. In settling the case, CUSD made no admission of violation of the Brown Act, but agreed to a series of remedial actions similar to what a Judge could impose if a violation were found as a result of a trial.

I was pleased to have served as counsel to Lackey in this… Read More

I believe Tom Del Becarro must be a greatguy, and a strong conservative leader, because Jon Fleischman, Steve Frank, and so many others have told me so, and the majority of delegates at the recent California Republican Party convention seem to have validated that feeling, when Tom was elected State GOP Vice-Chairman. I admire leadership, and people willing to take a stand, and a risk for a good cause. I’ve known Mike Schroeder to be just such a person for many years. I can tell you thatMike Schroeder’scontributions to the cause have truly made a difference for the cause of freedom and liberty, and I have heard the same about Tom Del Becarro. So it is with that in mind that I have to still come to question the wisdom ofDel Becarro and a group of northern California GOP activists, and their lawyer Mike Schroeder,intheir (now losing)lawsuitto remove JerryBrown as Attorney General because he changed his bar dues status to "inactive" for a couple years while he was Mayor of Oakland. Brown, a former Governor and Secretary of State, has been a lawyer in California for over 40 years. He is clearly qualified to be Attorney… Read More

When former Chairman Mike Schroeder, decided that serving for only two years was not enough, he changed the Bylaws allowing the Chair man to extend their term another two years, if approved by the delegates. Duf Sundheim was the first Chairman to serve 4 continuous years. As we know it’s a full time job that offers no salary.

Ron Nehring was just elected as Chairman to his first term without opposition. He did this before when he was elected as Vice Chairman. No opposition. In the CRP, it is rare for a someone to reach the top spot with out having a contest, for Vice Chairman or for Chairman. Ron is someone to watch.

Tom Del Beccaro won his Vice Chairmanship spending relatively little money. Usually such contests have gone for over $100,000 per candidate. Del Beccaro instead made over 250 speaking appearances last year and earned a huge grass roots following.

The moderate vs conservative factions had very few contests. Tom Bordonaro and Tom Del Beccaro are both good guys and movement… Read More

Here’s a story from the New York Sun on Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s visit to CA and bid to become the GOP nominee for president in 2008. FR blogger Mike Spence is quoted in this story.… Read More

Congressman Brian Bilbray (disclosure: Bilbray is a Coronado Communications client) announced that he is succeeding Congressman Tom Tancredo as chairman of the 91 memberImmigration Reform Caucus in the House of Representatives.

"The federal government’s refusal to act has only exacerbated the problems associated with illegal immigration," Bilbray said. "As Chairman of the Immigration Reform Caucus, I am calling on both the House and Senate to take action now. Republicans, Democrats, and the White House can agree that we need real employer enforcement and border security. Let’s at least take action on the things we agree on."

Building the fence would be a good start.… Read More

This past weekend, 1500 Republican leaders from all around the Golden State gathered for the biennial organization convention of the California Republican Party. Despite the rainy weather outside of the Capitol Hyatt Hotel and the Convention Center, inside Republicans were excited to be able to elect new Party leaders, and they selected some great ones. Lots has been and will be written about the weekend, and frankly I am ready to take some time off after spending months on the campaign trail myself. But I will take a few minutes to pen some brief observations from the weekend. My first one — our Republican Party remains 100% committed to our core Republican values. It was clear our new Chairman, Ron Nehring, and our new Vice Chairman, Tom Del Becarro, are committed to seeing the GOP win in elected by pushing our winning issues with the voters, not capitulating and adopting the positions of the liberal Democrat Party. As a matter of fact, there was a strong, vibrant campaign for Vice Chairman waged all weekend long at the convention, and both of the candidates were equally as conservative, both emphasizing the need for our Party to strike a… Read More

This past weekend, 1500 Republican leaders from all around the Golden State gathered for the biennial organization convention of the California Republican Party. Despite the rainy weather outside of the Capitol Hyatt Hotel and the Convention Center, inside Republicans were excited to be able to elect new Party leaders, and they selected some great ones. Lots has been and will be written about the weekend, and frankly I am ready to take some time off after spending months on the campaign trail myself. But I will take a few minutes to pen some brief observations from the weekend. My first one — our Republican Party remains 100% committed to our core Republican values. It was clear our new Chairman, Ron Nehring, and our new Vice Chairman, Tom Del Becarro, are committed to seeing the GOP win in elected by pushing our winning issues with the voters, not capitulating and adopting the positions of the liberal Democrat Party. As a matter of fact, there was a strong, vibrant campaign for Vice Chairman waged all weekend long at the convention, and both of the candidates were equally as conservative, both emphasizing the need for our Party to strike a… Read More