Markos Moulitsas Zúniga, the Bay Area founder of the infamously radicalleft-wing Daily Kos, had this tosay about the Democrats counterpoint to the FlashReport:

This is the sort of atrocity when California’s Democratic consultant insiders decide they want to "blog." (sic)

And Jason Kinney of California Strategies, one the California Majority Report‘s publishers, had this posted last night in response:

Welcome to the California Majority Report.

We’ve now been "launched" for 48 hours. The good news: world-class commentary, an unexpectedly-high level of traffic to the site and reams of constructive feedback (one favorite: that we are the "Vanilla Ices of the California blog… Read More

I’ve written in thge past about the huge GOP Headquarters in Whittier. See here.I guess others thought it was a big target as well. There has been an increasing amount vandalism directed at the headquarters. See article here.

Two thoughts.

One. Why doesn’t the legislature create a hate-crime bill for political parties. Vandalism is worse when directed at political speech than at any other business? Right? Of course I’m kidding, but that is the logic of creating special classes of crimes. But lawmakers continue to value some people more than others.

Two. People in the area don’t know if the vandalism is political or not. One thing is for sure. IF these people are voters, they would vote for Jerry Brown for Attorney General. Agreed?… Read More

THANK YOU!!

Below you will find my picks for Winners and Loser from last weekend’s GOP convention — but before I get into that, I wanted to take a quick moment to express my appreciation to the many legislators, volunteer leaders, and CRP delegates who endorsed my candidacy for Vice Chairman, South of the California Republican Party (read more here). The election will not be held until February, but time invested into the campaign last weekend was well worth the time!

I would like especially thank the four Statewide Republican Volunteer Organizations that have voted to give me an early endorsement in this race…

THANK YOU!!

Below you will find my picks for Winners and Loser from last weekend’s GOP convention — but before I get into that, I wanted to take a quick moment to express my appreciation to the many legislators, volunteer leaders, and CRP delegates who endorsed my candidacy for Vice Chairman, South of the California Republican Party (read more here). The election will not be held until February, but time invested into the campaign last weekend was well worth the time!

I would like especially thank the four Statewide Republican Volunteer Organizations that have voted to give me an early endorsement in this race…

A recent $1,000 a head fundraiser held for Cathleen Galgiani, the Democrat candidate in the 17th AD has a strange odor to it. Unlike many "end of the session" fundraisers that are timed with the passage of hundreds of bills, this one was hosted by Assembly Democrat staff members in charge of Agriculture policy and the analysis of legislation.

The event doesn’t quite pass the smell test, the fate of dozens of agriculture bills will be decided in the coming days and staff plays a key role in shaping the debate on these issues. Campaign ethics 101 — don’t mix policy with fundraising.

This might not cross the line, but it comes awfully close.… Read More

The Lancaster City Council has decided to add a box on city business applications that requires owners to say they won’t hire illegals. See article here.

I don’t have a problem with that. Why not. But there are other boxes that should be put on to right?

here would be my favorite

I will never tell a vendor that the check is in the mail when it isn’t.

I hope you see the problem. People that will do things that are wrong will just check the box. –Unless there is a box that says I will never check a box that I will do soemthing without really meaning to do it.

There problem solved.… Read More

I am fascinated by what people choose as their ballot designations, those three words you get to describe yourself. Unless you are an incumbent, you have more liberal ability to use more text.

But so far this year I have two favorites…

CITY OF TUSTIN – Nekoda Mae Mattox…Retail employee This doesn’t exactly instill any confidence of leadership ability. Although his/her (I am not really sure what it is) probably has a better handle on finance knowing how to make change from a $20, than most candidates for local office.

OCEANVIEW SCHOOL DISTRICT – Les Tait…Industrial Firefighter I am unsure what that means. Perhaps since my brother has an industrial warehouse and a fire extinguisher could he be an industrial firefighter?

More soon…… Read More

Today, in a sharp step away from the free-market principles of Ronald Reagan and Milton Friedman, Govenor Schwarzenegger has entered into an alliance with the most liberal elements of our State Legislature to impose government price-controls on prescription drugs.

THIS IS HORRIBLE PUBLIC POLICY.

I cannot say it any better than Assembly Republican Leader George Plescia in the following statement just released from his office:

“Republicans agree that expanding access to prescription drugs is an important priority, but we have many serious concerns about this prescription drug plan.

“By forcing companies to cut drug prices through price controls, which is the practical effect of this measure, we will jeopardize the development of life-saving drugs for all 35 million people in our state, drive up health insurance costs for all insured Californians, and threaten the jobs of thousands of highly skilled workers in this critical industry.

“Using a heavy-handed approach to force drug companies to participate may have the unintended and dangerous consequence of taking away critical medications for vulnerable Californians… Read More