This afternoon Phil Angelides’ Campaign Manager, Cathy Calfo, fessed up on behalf of Phil Angelides that their campaign was, in fact, the source of the recorded information ‘leaked’ to the Los Angeles Times. Calfo says she neither she nor Angelides has prior knowledge that this was being done, and were not pleased. They also acknowledge that over four hours of audio recordings were downloaded from the Governor’s website, of which only six minutes has so-far been released.

You can read more detail where I found out about this, over on Dan Weintraub’s blog.

Looks like Angelides has successfully moved the media spin away from his penchant to tax everything over to his enethical behavior.

As an aside, I wonder how it feels for… Read More

Public Opinion Strategies is a nationally-recognized polling firm that specializes in political opinion research. I have known their California point-man, Steve Kinney, for many years. We have worked together on many campaigns, and I highly value his work, and his opinion. So when I heard that POS had just completed a survey that included questions on race for State Controller, I gave him a call right away. You see, there could not be a more stark contrast between two candidates than we have with Republican Tony Strickland (pictured to the left) and Democrat John Chiang (pictured below). The office of the Controller has a lot of important responsibilities, and based on the gerrymander of the four Board of Equalization districts (two are solid Dem, two are GOP), whomever is the occupant of the Controller’s office will be the deciding… Read More

That’s right. In one week we will see if voters in Rosemead will recall the last part of the council majority that voted to allow Wal-Mart to come to the city. See past posts about lawsuits and the recall here.

To their credit, Wal-Mart has stepped up to the plate and spentover $200,000 to protect those that voted for it. That is a lot of profit from toliet paper. But with union and leftist attacks on Wal-Mart increasing they have to go to bat for those willing to allow them to compete. See article here.The San Gabriel Valley Tribune today also editorialized against the recall. They rightly pint out that this development brings much needed sales tax revenue and shopping access to Rosemead. By the way ,over 35% of employees will be Rosemead residents. (Hope Wal-Mart supporters registered them to vote). See editorial here.

Of course, the Wal-Mart grand opening is any day now.… Read More

SHAME ON PHIL ANGELIDES!

Dictionary.com defines ethics as:

SHAME ON PHIL ANGELIDES!

Dictionary.com defines ethics as:

We met last week to consider local races, candidates and issues, as well as the Propositions scheduled for November.

The most significant news from our meeting is the strident opposition to all of the bond measures appearing on the Statewide ballot. The votes weren’t even close. Review our ballot endorsements here. And we will actively campaign against the bonds. I plan on actively mentioning my opposition at every public opportunity.… Read More

LA. Liberal capital of SoCal. Bastion of socialism. Home of political leaders still unaware that Communism is a bad idea. The epicenter of the “liberal media.” Ya, we’re guilty of all that, and probably a whole lot more.

But every once in a while something happens out of the blue, somethingthat makes us double take, something actually logical…and when that takes place, you know something’s afoot.

Today’s example: within the past week, the Long Beach Press-Telegram has run three editorials endorsing Tom McClintock, Steve Poizner, and Bruce McPhereson… Quite a run from the paper of record from a town as liberal as Long Beach.

And the editorials themselves, not just reluctant sign-offs.

Try these bitsfor example:

** "The fine working relationship between the governor and McClintock could elevate the role of lieutenant governor from a seat-warmer on state boards to that of adviser. We’re afraid that won’t happen if… Read More

Today being a landmark anniversary, I thought there shouldbe a fewthoughts on 9/11 on this most patriotic sight, so here’s what this post-er came up with. Doug

5years after 9/11 2001, those unbelievable images are still vivid in my mind.AsI recall Ihad been out earlier with our harvest crew readying our combines for the days rice harvest. Having stopped by at home to grab my lunch box, my wife called my attention to the television and the unreal things that were happening. What we did know was that we didn’t know much. Is this World War III? Who is attacking and to what extent? Should we fill our SUV with food, drinks and ammo, gas up, load up the kids and head even farther away from any urban centers, keeping an eye in the mirror to the south for a bright flashand mushroom cloud over theBay Area or even Sacramento? Or take amorerational approach andsee how things play out during the short term and plan mentally for more worst case scenarios. We decided that the info… Read More