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Former Assembly candidate and Redondo Mayor Greg Hill is apparently eyeing a return to politics.
Greg, who a few years ago was the closest of all the Republican challengers in Dem seats, is deciding whether the Redondo Treasurer’s slot is right for him.
Is this the first step of a future Assembly run? We’ll see…… Read More
Just an hour or so ago, the California Court Appeals ruled that Proposition 22’s definition of marriage is constitutional. This overturns a lower court ruling and sets up a possible Supreme Court hearing on the case. See article here. See entire ruling here.
Pro-Family citizens while celebrating should realize that thier homosexual activists are making huge strices in Sacramento. Equality California got 14 bills passed and the Governor signed 10 of them. See here.Arnold only vetoed those with a high profile. Otherwise he did the homosexual lobby’s bidding on the others.
That’s the lesson. Public profile on these issues is the only way to get the Governor’s attention.… Read More
That is what happened yesterday in Glendora. Nestled in the foothills of the San Gabriel Valley, Glendora is GOP stronghold in a blue county. Last November every one of the Governor’s propositions passed. This time almost everybody did.
A developer from Texas wanted to do a land swap with the local country club in order to build some homes on their land. The City Council said no. The Developerspent over a millions of dollars qualifying and supporting his measureina special election. He got 9% of the vote. Over 90% said no. See article here
No small part in this defeat was the local GOP effort run by Doug and Linda Boyd. Below is their mail piece designed by Bieber Communications. I know Doug is busy trying to identify the 14 people in his precinct that voted yes.… Read More
The Sacramento Bee endorsed Bruce McPherson over the weekend. Today the Pasadena Star News (which also is the same for the San Gabriel Valley Tribune and the Whitter Daily News) also endorsed his bid for election. Bruce McPherson is clearly doins great job cleaning up the scandal ridden office of Secretary of State. See editorial here.… Read More
As noted by others who aremore observant of national trendsthan me,a new fightfor the heart and soul of the Republican Party is well underway. The combatants are the BigGovernment Republicanswho have dominated Congress and the Presidency post Clinton and post Gingrich v. the resurgent Good Government Reformers.
Congressman Brian Bilbray (disclosure: a client of Coronado Communications) made a pretty good argument for the Reformers’ position last week in the North County Times:
Changing Culture Requires Real Reform by: CONGRESSMAN BRIAN BILBRAY
San Diegans believe that the accountability and transparency they expect from their elected leaders has been replaced by backroom deals. When I left Congress in 2001, Congress had a balanced budget and a $155 billion surplus. Today, that surplus has turned into a $296 billion budget deficit. We need budget reform, and Congress must balance the books.
For months, the American people have been waiting for Congress to follow through on the promise to bring more transparency and accountability to the budget and earmark process. Congress has responded by taking a few first steps in the right… Read More
Congress adjourned at about 20 minutes after midnight Saturday morning. Both the House and Senate wrapped up work meeting the deadline set by a predetermined adjournment date. This past week was the last chance to pass legislation until Congress returns in late November for a lame duck session.
In my experience, legislative bodies are like attorneys, accountants (I am one of those too) and college students during final exams. Theyput off lots of work until a deadline forces them to do it. Congress is no different. In the last week, nearly 100 bills were passed in the House. You probably heard or read about the most significant legislation that passed both houses this week and was sent to the president for signature.These bills included the military tribunal bill, the terrorist surveillance bill, or the multiple pieces of border security legislation including a fence that passed.I will write more … Read More
The UTLA fresh from making a deal that undermines student acheivement in LA’s schools has a new target. Israel. The UTLA Human Rights Committee is sponsoring a meeting of the radical leftistLAchapter of theMovement for a Democratic Society. (Noam Chomsky is on their National Board)The puropose is to identify and boycott goods and investment in the State of Israel.
The big question for the UTLA is this helps kids read how????
The bigger questions is. The State forces teachers to pay union dues to the UTLA because???
The good news is there is an organization that helps teachers that care about kids more than politics. Their goal is to make sure teachers understand their rights. It is called the The California Teachers Empowerment Network. You can see their site here.
Here is the email sent to me from a LA teacher
Please join the Los Angeles Chapter of Movement for a Democratic Society (MDS) in launching a local boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign in support of the Palestinian people. WHEN ? Saturday,… Read More
This November, there are many reasons to vote no on most of the initiatives that will be presented to California’s voters. Proposition 1C sells bonds for housing. This is one where I say let the feds handle it—if they are stupid enough to keep HUD’s doors open—let them run low income housing projects. Not only won’t we have to pay for it through bonds, but fewer and fewer people will want to live in these projects and be motivated to get out. Proposition 1 D sells bonds for education, didn’t we just pass one of those? Proposition 86 is brilliant. Tax poor people (who make up the majority of smokers) and use the money to fund their healthcare. The more intellectually honest approach to the health concerns that surround smoking would be to ban the practice all… Read More