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Jon Fleischman

The Worst Bills On the Governor’s Desk…

Today the FlashReport is announcing the "20 Worst of the Worst" bills produced by the ultra-liberal legislature. These 20 bills have been placed on Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger by the Democrats, and we are calling on the Governor to veto ALL of them.

I would like to express our sincere gratitude to Republican Assemblymen Rick Keene and Chuck DeVore for doing the heavy lifting in identifying these bills, and so I would like to draw your attention to the list here.

We will be looking back at the list each day, with an eye on how the Governor is doing on our hopeful goal of a 1.000 batting average! Right now, as of this morning, he has officially vetoed one of the bills, so it at a .05 average (he has promised to veto another, and unfortunately has promised to SIGN three of the worst of the worst into law – be we will hold out hope).

Feel free to give your comments on the Worst of the Worst below!

Also, don’t miss the outrageous story today in the Los Angeles Times. Well, it isn’t really the story that is outrageous, it is the subject on which the story is focused… The use by the Angelides of a… Read More

Jon Fleischman

Today’s Commentary: The Worst Bills On the Governor’s Desk…

Today the FlashReport is announcing the "20 Worst of the Worst" bills produced by the ultra-liberal legislature. These 20 bills have been placed on Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger by the Democrats, and we are calling on the Governor to veto ALL of them.

I would like to express our sincere gratitude to Republican Assemblymen Rick Keene and Chuck DeVore for doing the heavy lifting in identifying these bills, and so I would like to draw your attention to the list here.

We will be looking back at the list each day, with an eye on how the Governor is doing on our hopeful goal of a 1.000 batting average! Right now, as of this morning, he has officially vetoed one of the bills, so it at a .05 average (he has promised to veto another, and unfortunately has promised to SIGN three of the worst of the worst into law – be we will hold out hope).

**There is more – click the link**

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Jennifer Nelson

Steve Schmidt for Governor?

I don’t know the guy at all, but I REALLY appreciate him helping our down-ticket GOP candidates (see Jon’s posting). Am I the only one wondering why Rudy Giuliani can make it California to help out Tom McClintock, Chuck Poochigian and Tony Strickland when Arnold Schwarzenegger couldn’t find the time to appear with these guys at the state’s GOP convention last month? Maybe I’m judging the governor too harshly and after bill signing is over, he’ll come out to help our down-ticket candidates in a big way. (I’d love to see Schwarzenegger shine a little of his movie-star light on badly Jerry Brown has failed to deal with Oakland‘s crime problem and why he shouldn’t be promoted to be the state’s… Read More

Jon Fleischman

GOVERNOR: VETO A.B. 523 – The “KOCE PUBLIC GIVAWAY BOONDOGGLE”

Over the next month, the Governor will be looking at literally hundreds of pieces of legislation that have been placed onto his desk. You can be sure, because of the partisan makeup of the legislature (Democrat majorities in both Houses) that none of the legislation achieves lofty goal of reducing the size and scope of state government. On the contrary, the overwhelming amount of legislation on Schwarzenegger’s desk takes away a lot or a little of the liberty and freedom of Californians — whether because it contains a tax or a fee, or because it creates a new government entity, or restricts by fiat the rights of individuals in the Golden State to exercise their own judgment.

As readers of this website know, this year’s FlashReport Legislative Golden Trash Can Award went to Assembly Bill 523, which, if signed, will allow the Trustees of the Coast Community College… Read More

Mike Spence

Unions and Illegal Alien promoters against the First Ammendment

In the good old days unions opposed illegal immigration, because it undercut keeping workers wages high. The United Farm Workers are a good example of a union that fought hard to keep illegals out of the fields. How times of changed. This weekend Teamsters and illegal alien activists joined up for a Labor Day rally that included keeping a dozen anti-illegal alien protesters from doing their thing. See the story here.Read More

Jon Fleischman

New Pooch Website, Arnold’s Lurch to the Left, Pork Imperils a GOP Congress

POOCHIGIAN UNVEILS NEW MOVE ON, JERRY WEBSITE This morning, Attorney General candidate Chuck Poochigian, the Republican, has unveiled a catchy new website entitled, Move On – Jerry! It is Jerry Brown, 3-time unsuccessful presidential candidate, failed worth checking out. What is MoveonJerry.org all about? This is what they say on the site:

Jerry Brown, 3-time unsuccessful presidential candidate, failed and controversial former Governor, former left-wing talk radio host and now Mayor of crime-scarred Oakland is running for California Attorney General, the state’s chief law enforcement officer.Read More

Jon Fleischman

Today’s Commentary: New Pooch Website, Arnold’s Lurch to the Left, Pork Imperils a GOP Congress

POOCHIGIAN UNVEILS NEW MOVE ON, JERRY WEBSITE This morning, Attorney General candidate Chuck Poochigian, the Republican, has unveiled a catchy new website entitled, Move On – Jerry! It is Jerry Brown, 3-time unsuccessful presidential candidate, failed worth checking out. What is MoveonJerry.org all about? This is what they say on the site:

Jerry Brown, 3-time unsuccessful presidential candidate, failed and controversial former Governor, former left-wing talk radio host and now Mayor of crime-scarred Oakland is running for California Attorney General, the state’s chief law enforcement officer.

But Jerry Brown’s soft on crime record, his history of extreme andRead More

Jon Fleischman

Schwarzenegger: “I cannot support a government-run health care system.”

I would like to send a hearty THANK YOU to Governor Schwarzenegger.

The left-wing legislature passed along to the Governor, in the form of SB 840, a socialized healthcare system bill that would have been incredibly bad for the people of this state — especially those in need of professional medical assistance. In vetoing this bill, the Governor had this to say:

Socialized medicine is not the solution to our state’s health care problems. This bill would require an extraordinary redirection of public and private funding by creating a vast new bureaucracy to take over health insurance and medical care for Californians – a serious and expensive mistake. Such a program would cost the state billions and lead to significant new taxes on individuals and businesses, without solving the critical issue of affordability.Read More