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

The rarely heard from "Publius" of OC Blog has an excellent post on State Senator Dennis Hollingsworth‘s successful effort to have California’s statue of Thomas Starr King removed from the halls of the United States Capitol and replaced with a statue of Ronald Reagan. (Links on the main page take youto articles here and here.)

Those of you who know me, know I used to work at the Reagan Ranch. You knowof my adoration for The Gipper. You know I was one of the first of hundreds of thousands… Read More

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:

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

If you don’t subscribe to Rich Galen’s "Mullings" newsletter, you should — its free and comes twice a week. He’s savvy and witty and does an excellent job digesting major national issues into a common sense 2 minute read. I’ve never met Rich, but was referred to his newsletter almost 5 years ago by a close friend and I read it religiously every time it pops into my in box.

I’ve always remembered reading his "Back-to-School" essay in 2001 — it’s a slight divergence from his normal commentary on politics (but ties in with current events). It’s an emotional piece that those of us with kids can relate to easily.

After dropping my oldest daughter off for her first day of kindergarten, I came back to the office and re-read his essay (lets just say, today I UNDERSTAND).… Read More

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:

But Jerry Brown’s soft on crime record, his history of extreme and… Read More

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:

Anaheim Councilman Harry Sidhu is a smart man. He does not gamble and he is not an advocate of having a casino in Anahiem (something I would very much appreciate).

But Sidhu is realistic enough to know that someday it might be the right public policy to let one open up that is why he opposes efforts in his city to hamstring future councils from considering gambling establishments as an option…… Read More