Are you a website developer? Do you want to get exposure on the FlashReport? If so, we may be able to make a deal. I have an immediate need for some website work that is not directly on the FlashReport but is related. If you are interested in hearing more, and potentially willing to trade services in return for some praise on the FR and an advertisement on this site for a determined period of time, please drop me an e-mail here.

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As I have mentioned before, Orange County’s oldest and largest Republican finance organization is the Lincoln Club. Founded many decades ago by some of the icons of Orange County Republicanism, the Lincoln Club continues to make a difference on behalf of Republican candidates and causes both in "The OC" and well beyond, to the state and national level. For the past five and a half years, the day-to-day operations of the Lincoln Club have been handled by their Executive Director Beth Holder. I have known Beth for many, many years and I can assure all FR readers that she has done a tremendous job for that organization. That said, Beth called me last week to let me know that she would be moving on from the Lincoln Club, on to new and different challenges. Beth had been serving in this job in a part-time capacity (choosing to devote some of her family) — and the Lincoln Club President, Richard Wagner, had made a decision to elevate the Executive Director post to a… Read More

OK, so it was in medieval England, but still, can you imagine how the wine collectors felt to see their vintage bottles go from a 96 Wine Spectator rating to a 20 or 30 due to climate change?

The Chronicle today, as part of the Al Gore and the MSM’s continued attempts to get the public whipped up about climate change, ran a story that predicts that global warming will ruin the state’s wine industry by the end of the century. To support their charge, one of the report authors pointed to past climate changes:

"We know that climate change has affected wine production in the past," said Noah Diffenbaugh, assistant professor of earth and atmospheric sciences at Purdue… Read More

The Mayors of Carson and Rancho Palos Verdes want out of LA Unified. Can you blame them?

Also six southeast LA Countycities oppose Villaraigosa’s plan. See article here. What should Republicans do with the plan? That is easy–they should oppose it.

You don’t even even have to get political and avoid helping the Dem 2010 nominee for Governor. (If Arnold wins)

This public policy is horrible because instead of breaking this disctrict up—-no one will be accountable. The school board really won’t be, either will the Council of Mayors and CTA supports the bill beause teachers aren’t accountable either. Brilliant. Instead of taking the time to breakup and reform the LAUSD monster , we will let it run wild a few years (After 2010)and then let everyone blame someone else.

Godspeed the Mayors of Carson and Rancho Palos Verdes. Free the children!… Read More

I have a breakfast meeting this morning for work, so today’s Commentary will be short and sweet: I read that Congressman Dana Rohrabacher was a participant in the Congressional hearing last week in San Diego County on the illegal immigration issue. I reached out to him to see if he would be willing to pen something for FR readers on his take on how that hearing went. He gladly stepped up to the plate and it is the main feature column on today’s main page. Imagine this for just a second. You work (at government wages) for a Congressman in Washington, who happens to be a big-cheese on the Appropriations (read: spending of your tax dollars) Committee. You then leave the Congressman’s office and become a partner in a big lobbying practice. Of course, what is the ‘specialty’ of the lobbying firm? You guessed it, bringing home the ‘pork’ via the Appropriations Committee. As a lobbying, you successfully advocate that your clients get tens of millions in tax dollars for their projects, and in return, the staffer-turned-lobbyist makes millions. Then the Congressman for whom he works becomes Chairman of… Read More

I have a breakfast meeting this morning for work, so today’s Commentary will be short and sweet: I read that Congressman Dana Rohrabacher was a participant in the Congressional hearing last week in San Diego County on the illegal immigration issue. I reached out to him to see if he would be willing to pen something for FR readers on his take on how that hearing went. He gladly stepped up to the plate and it is the main feature column on today’s main page. Imagine this for just a second. You work (at government wages) for a Congressman in Washington, who happens to be a big-cheese on the Appropriations (read: spending of your tax dollars) Committee. You then leave the Congressman’s office and become a partner in a big lobbying practice. Of course, what is the ‘specialty’ of the lobbying firm? You guessed it, bringing home the ‘pork’ via the Appropriations Committee. As a lobbying, you successfully advocate that your clients get tens of millions in tax dollars for their projects, and in return, the staffer-turned-lobbyist makes millions. Then the Congressman for whom he works becomes Chairman of… Read More

The Sacramento Bee today notes that Phil Angelides’ condemnation of Bob Mulholland’s comments on Friday doesn’t seem to have had much effect on his senior advisor. Kevin Yamamura writes: "Angelides disavowed the Mulholland remark … Mulholland didn’t heed the advice."

(Mulholland ispictured to the left speaking out against the recall ofGovernor Davis. As you can see, Mulholland isn’t just a jerk – he is a loser, too.) The Schwarzenegger campaign is picking up on this today, with spokesman Matt David saying: "It’s clear Phil Angelides isn’t ready to run the largest state in the nation when he can’t manage a single member of his campaign staff. He acknowledged that the comments coming out of his campaign were offensive, but he failed to stop his senior aide from defending them." … Read More

OK, I put in two back-to-back 6pm – 2am shifts as a Reserve Deputy Sheriff at the Orange County Fair this weekend. Be happy I motived to update the main page!

Coming tomorrow — Congressman Dana Rohrabacher shares with us his perspective from the recently held Congressional hearing in San Diego County on the subject of Illegal Immigration.

Take care,

Jon

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