Three term Yuba County Supervisor Hal Stocker is a soft spoken retired doctor who is well respected in this rural part of Yuba County. He isn’t flashy, but when he talks people listen and his military background serves him well in this working class district.

Needless to say, he was shocked to find out that he was going to have an serious opponent when he ran for his fourth term this June. The news got even worse when he discovered that his opponent is going to be the well liked Yuba County Sheriff Virginia Black.

Black has been sheriff for 8 years and is fulfilling a campaign pledge that she made to only serve 2 terms as Sheriff. I admire her desire to keep her campaign pledge in an era when most politicians forget their pledges minutes after they make them, but think that County residents value the work she is doing as sheriff and would re-elect her for as long as she… Read More

Wow. The Governor has appointed another Republican Judge to the Los Angeles Superior Court. Congrats to UCLA Alum Tia Fisher. See the press release here. And even better she wasn’t a criminal defense attorney.

That makes the unofficial score 17 Dems and 10 Republicans plus a couple of decline to states. Does two in a row make a rally for GOP appointments to the LA bench by a Republican Governor time will tell. See my other post on judges here.

As a side note I received a call from a very high ranking GOP State Senator that told me that he was told by the Gov’s Judicial appointment people that there weren’t enough qualified GOP judge applicants for Los… Read More

There is no commentary today or tomorrow (Fri). FR will return in "full force" Sat.… Read More

The Highland City Council recently enacteda policythat, while it doesn’t seem to be too much of aconcern to the City it’s aimed at (San Francisco), is starting to get some attention. In response to San Francisco voters’ approval in November of anon-binding measureopposing the military seeking new recruits from local high schools, Highland is now prohibiting its employees and public officials from spending taxpayer dollars attending conferences, seminars or forums in San Francisco.

Certainly a little national attention tothis is in order. Consider that, according to a recent L.A. Times article, there’s a growing debate developing about whether the military should be afforded the same recruiting access to schools as other employers, as provided for in the federal ‘No Child Left Behind’ Act.

As Mike Der Manouel points out in his most recent… Read More

In the event of a terrorist attack anywhere in America, immediately go to San Francisco. It is the safest place in the world right now. Enemies of America have more friends in "the City" than anywhere on Earth. San Francisco will never be attacked by terrorists. It’s a tough call. Radical Islamofascists probably hate the normal San Francisco lifestyle. Sex clubs, bathhouses and all the other stuff SF is known for probably doesn’t go over too well with Osama Bin Laden. But, San Franciscans do hate the US military, so it all evens out.

I almost fell over when I saw this exchange on Hannity and Colmes last night between hosts Sean Hannity, Alan Colmes and San Francisco County Supervisor Gerardo Sandoval. Generally, nothing the left says can surprise me. But this one takes the cake:

HANNITY: I rarely agree with Dianne Feinstein. And she even says this is not the San Francisco that I know. This is — and I guess this is the mentality. Do you think America should unilaterally disarm? Should we give up our weaponry and our war — our tools of war?

SANDOVAL: You know,… Read More

Poizner cancelled an anti-Phil ad for the CRA news.… Read More

Inside sources have informed me that Dr. Phil Kurzner is abandoning his run for Insurance Commissioner……Developing.… Read More

From today’s Voice of San Diego…

Four San Diegans told the City Clerk on Wednesday that they intend to gather the signatures required to place four overlapping measures on the November ballot, similar to the workforce-reform initiatives being championed by Mayor Jerry Sanders.

The group wants voters to decide whether:

— Voters should be required to approve any increase to city workers’ pension benefits.

— City employees should evenly split the cost of their pension benefits with the city.

— The city can allow private businesses to compete over municipal work with city employees.

The four measures overlap each other in language in some cases and one provides the option of excluding public safety workers from a voters-decide-future-benefits proposition.

Sanders is currently asking the City Council to place two measures on the November ballot, one requiring the voters to approve city employee pension enhancements before they’re enacted and the other allowing the competitive bidding of city services. A council committee forwarded the two initiatives to the full council, which will… Read More