Budget for 2007:This week, the House passed the budget for fiscal year 2007.As a member of the Budget Committee this is an issue I have been working on for several months. By passing this budget, we have turned the corner in the effort to control spending, and put ourselves back on to the road to fiscal responsibility.It returns the government’s growth rate to a reasonable level: below the rate at which revenues are increasing and below the growth in population plus inflation. In the years following the recent tax cuts, we have seen a dramatic increase in government revenues as our economy has expanded.By ensuring we keep these policies in place while controlling spending simultaneously, we will be able to reduce the deficit over time. … Read More

Are there really that few conservative voters in California? That’s what I feel like polls must be showing these days. If you look at the national political picture, President Bush and the Republican Congress are suffering hemorrhaging on their right flank due to frustrations on the inability of the federal government to grapple with the issue of illegal immigration, the desire for an exit-strategy for Iraq, and the out-of-control spending that is taking place under GOP reign. Conservatives have strong feelings on the issue of illegal immigration, and our preferred way of dealing with the many millions of undocumented people who have violated our nation’s laws by coming here are articulated well by Congressman Dana Rohrabacher here. You can understand more about the spending problem here. So I find myself frustrated on two levels. As I look back in Washington, D.C., I am… Read More

You can’t make this stuff up.

Today I read about the appointment of another former top aide to Gray Davis being appointed to a top-level appointment by Governor Schwarzenegger… My thoughts…

In 2003, in a historic effort, an overwhelming number of Republicans joined forces with many Democrats and Decline to State voters, and helped support the recall of Gray Davis. The unprecedented recall of a sitting Governor was a repudiation of the man, his policies, and his personnel. It was a statement that we wanted a clean-break from anything ‘Gray Davis’! I was pleased to support Arnold Schwarzenegger, who won the special election vote with a mandate to take California in a new direction – with new ideas, new policies, and new people running state government.

That having been said, I am disturbed by the entry of a third high-profile former “insider” of Governor Davis into the heart my Republican Governor’s… Read More

The Daily Breeze Has a profile on Dan Walker. Dan has been a fixture in South Bay politics since the mid 70’s. It includes two runs for State Assembly. He says win or lose in a tough race for re-election that this will be his last race. See the profile here.… Read More

Francine Busby’s 2006 campaign for Congress is a totally different creature than her bid in 2004. Then, she was a longshot liberal running against a popular incumbent. Now, she’s the Democrat poster child for ethics reform and moderation.

But while Busby (pictured to the right) needs to tell voters she’s a moderate in order to win a congressional district that President Bush carried by 11 points in 2004, moderation is hardly a Busby trait. Her public persona is a long record of radical leftism that the mainstream media is loathe to report. Busby has established ties not only to the fringe left of the Democrat party, but to groups and organizations whose positions on moral equivalence between terrorism and war would make even the dedicated liberals in her own party wrap themselves in the flag.

On her 2004 campaign website biography, Busby lists two groups with which she "actively participated," that are mysteriously missing… Read More

I read the Los Angeles Times article about Michelle Steel working at as Claude Parrish’s chief deputy at the Board of Equalization for only three months — and then quitting as soon it was certain she could list "Equalization Boardmember’s Deputy."

Yawn.

With all due respect to the respected publisher of this respected publication, I’m more outrraged that Marcus Frishman is making $111,768 a year as Parrish’s deputy.

Like many conservatives, I find myself in an odd situation vis-a-vis the BOA 3rd District race. The choice is between two excellent conservatives: Michelle Steel and Assemblyman Ray Haynes. Ray has long been an inspiring and tireless conservative voice in the California wilderness. I have been friends with Shawn and Michelle Steel for many years, and know Michelle to be as relentless in her conservatism as Shawn.

Naturally, Ray is… Read More

The good news: Mike Wallace finally retiring from Sunday night’s propaganda laced ’60 Minutes’. The bad news: Helen Thomas is taking his place, and Ed Bradley got official permission from the network (as part of his contract negotiations) to wear a different ostentatious outfit every 20 seconds he is on camera, as opposed to his current 30 second deal.… Read More

Francine Busby’s 2006 campaign for Congress is a totally different creature than her bid in 2004. Then, she was a longshot liberal running against a popular incumbent. Now, she’s the Democrat poster child for ethics reform and moderation.

But while Busby (pictured to the right) needs to tell voters she’s a moderate in order to win a congressional district that President Bush carried by 11 points in 2004, moderation is hardly a Busby trait. Her public persona is a long record of radical leftism that the mainstream media is loathe to report. Busby has established ties not only to the fringe left of the Democrat party, but to groups and organizations whose positions on moral equivalence between terrorism and war would make even the dedicated liberals in her own party wrap themselves in the flag.

On her 2004 campaign website biography, Busby lists two groups with which she "actively participated," that are mysteriously missing… Read More