This just came over from the Poizner for Governor Campaign:
FORMER CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT ENDORSES POIZNER
Mike Spence Adds to Poizner’s Growing Grassroots Support
Republican candidate for governor Steve Poizner today received the endorsement of Mike Spence, the immediate past President of the California Republican Assembly and a member of his [...]
Perhaps unwittingly, Ezra Klein last week got at why Democrats are unlikely to pass their health care overhaul: they lack the will to do so:
If 51 Democratic senators and 218 Democratic congresspeople are dead-serious about passing a bill, they can, and will, pass a bill. . . . If [...]
Over the weekend, the Matier and Ross column in the San Francisco Chronicle "outed" Judge Vaughn Walker. As I pointed out then here at the Prop 8 Trial Tracker, Andy Pugno's response was muted. A mere suggestions of bias without [...]
Hal Jewett, Contra Costa County’s own Jack McCoy, has something very interesting to say in his response to this newspaper’s recent editorial blasting District Attorney candidate and deputy district attorney Mark Peterson for “reckless accusations.”
Peterson has asked the state Department of Justice to investigate potential criminal violations related to [...]
Contra Costa County Supervisor Susan Bonilla has endorsed Pleasant Hill Mayor Karen Mitchoff as her replacement.
After one term on the board, Bonilla is leaving the job this year and running in the Democratic primary for Assembly District 11.
“Susan believes that Karen’s experience [...]
Progressive Democrats of America is planning another round of brown-bag lunch vigils at House members’ district offices – including four in Northern California – next Wednesday, Feb. 17 to demand commitments to vote against more money for war.
The first round, on Jan. 20, [...]
Last month I posted NYT Propels Anti-ACORN Propaganda,
The NY Times ran a story today about the "high jinks" of the right-wing smear artist O'Keefe, repeating the smears on ACORN, without mentioning the investigations that concluded his ACORN videotapes were doctored and that ACORN employees' [...]
The number of redistricting commission applications is now over 21,000!
Clearly, Californians are eager to tackle the challenge of drawing legislative districts in public for the benefit of the people and voters, not for the incumbents and political insiders.
Acknowledging the surge in interest, the California State Auditor (who is in [...]
Sue freaked when she read the previous post because she thought I agreed with the majority of the Tea Party’s positions. No, I do not agree with everything he said. Not hardly. But on some things, sure.
Right now the Tea Partiers are mostly inchoate with a right-wing slant. Sooner [...]
Reporting that the “largest gay rights group in New Jersey has just voted unanimously to stop giving contributions to all political parties (they only gave to Dem. committees)”, John Aravosis predicts:
I suspect we’ll see other state gay rights groups follow NJ’s lead, which is based on, whether intentionally or [...]
Voice of San Diego, with whom the Rose Institute worked to put together our “Comparing San Diego County Services: A Twelve-County Analysis,” ran an insightful and comprehensive series of articles based on the Rose Institute study. The articles are all available from the Special Report center on [...]
Iranian regime leaders are vowing a show of national solidarity and power on Revolution Day, February 11th. The Islamic republic risks tough new sanctions in pushing ahead with its nuclear program.
** GLOBAL PERCEPTIONS OF U.S. LEADERSHIP ARE UP. A Gallup survey has more evidence of the sharp improvement [...]
The Times' obituary of Rep. John Murtha appropriately highlighted two aspects of his life: his status as a decorated former Marine and his fierce opposition to the Iraq war that "helped catalyze public sentiment against the conflict." What long has been fascinating to me is the popular assumption -- [...]
The Santa Ana Girls Softball League will be hosting their 3rd Annual Pancake Breakfast on Saturday, February 13th! The breakfast will be held at
beautiful Carl Thornton Park 1801 W. Segerstrom Santa Ana from 8am to 10am.
This park has a great playground a [...]
California State Senate pro Tem Darrell Steinberg discussed his version of “pension reform” on the Ronn Owens’ radio show on KGO.
It is good that the senator is looking to reform public employee pensions somehow, but the interview demonstrates a lack of understanding about the scope of the problem [...]
The following report was written by Katie Brandenburg of the Washington bureau.
Latino voters could play a key role in deciding the outcome of key 2010 political races across the country,...Conservatives hot about global warming ballot measure - Sacramento News & Review
Always good to read the lefty view of the news. In this case, they're gloating over the biased title and summary given to the AB 32 suspension measure from Jerry Brown.
HuffPo
Yes, some of the Tea Party movement is ugly. Yes, some of the Tea Party movement is race-based. Yes, some of the Tea Party movement is being bankrolled by conservative political groups — and all of it promoted by Fox News. But focusing only on those [...]
Wallace and Gromit rejoice! We have more Cheese Cave news.Longtime Gallegly ally Bob Huber confirmed the rumors and announced his intentions to run for mayor of Simi Valley on Monday. The chairman of the Ventura County Community College District Board of Trustees has, along with Councilman Steve Sojka, stated that he won’t actively campaign unless current mayor Paul Miller [...]
Water rates are rising, and the natives are getting restless. In response, Supervisor Peter Foy will host a forum to address resident concerns.
In response to the increase in water rates in Moorpark and Somis, Supervisor Peter Foy will host a forum for residents served by Waterworks Districts No. 1 [...]
I’m not one to beat up on people for trying to leave a small economic footprint and doing their small part to protect the environment, but when they advocate gigantic job-killing government programs to force people do the same, I have a problem.
No, I’m not trying to kill the planet. [...]
While I have made clear my choice in the Republican primary for the United States Senate seat from the Golden State, I have yet to weigh in on the contest for Governor. Up until recently, I had been equally impressed by both candidates, former eBay CEO Meg Whitman and State [...]
Jay P. Greene, professor of education reform at the University of Arkansas, writes on Obama’s Education policies:
In a major address last March, President Obama declared that his administration would “use only one test when deciding what ideas to support with your precious tax dollars: It’s not whether an idea [...]
And now it’s going to get even better to be a bank.
Why?
Because the first part of the Fed’s exit plan will reportedly be to increase the amount of interest the Fed pays on “excess reserves.”
I have praised the way the president has been moving to repeal Don’t Ask/Don’t Tell (DADT) because he has been working with military commanders to develop a means to effect repeal without compromising the effectiveness of our armed forces.
To see that it is possible for gay people to serve openly [...]
