Ever wonder what goes on when socialists get together for a conference? So did I, so I stopped by one in Los Angeles last weekend to see what I could learn. Anyone who’s familiar with my writings knows that my political views are light years away from socialism, but I was [...]
Though the first Thanksgiving in what is now the United States was observed in 1621 by the Pilgrims and Indians at Plymouth Rock, it was not until October 3, 1863, that President Abraham Lincoln issued the first proclamation for a national day of thanksgiving for the last Thursday in November. [...]
Here's what went wrong with the other 29,032 signatures, based on the sampling, according to Registrar of Voters Kari Verjill:
41.5 percent: Signers listed a San Bernardino County address but officials could find no record of their voter registration.
31.6 percent: Signers did not live in the 59th [...]
Five Months ago here at Red County we told you Meg Whitman is writing a book. It was supposed to tell us who she is (since she won't debate and follows a script in public).
The American Spectator Caught Wind of the Eminent Release of Whitman's book:
On tonight's episode of the Jay Leno Show, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will announce that he is nominating Senator Abel Maldonado for Lieutenant Governor. Maldonado must be confirmed by a majority of the Senate (21 votes) and a majority of the Assembly (41 votes) within 90 days. It is unclear whether [...]
I am not happy that I am writing this because in a perfect world Anthony Adams would be facing a recall right now. Anthony Adams is extremely arrogant and pompous. I'm told the joke about him in the Capitol is that nobody needs to tell Anthony Adams what is going' [...]
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I was forwarded a document for a recent California Federation of Republican Women's Southern Division meeting.
It is apparent that Steve Poizner and Meg Whitman are on completely different tracks.
In the wake of the discovery that Whitman is an elitist NIMBY and' [...]
This just came over from State Assemblyman Curt Hagman (R-Chino Hills, District 60):
*Meet With State Assemblyman Curt Hagman*
Coffee and Conversation with Curt
Saturday, November 21st
Stop by to have an informal discussion with Assemblyman Hagman about state issues that matter most to you. Suggestions for legislation are also welcome!
10:30 am - [...]
The Los Angeles Times Blog has posted the story with confirmation that the Los Angeles County District Attorney opens inquiry to see if City of Industry Mayor Dave Perez has conflict of interest.
A complaint alleges that Perez "may have a financial interest in contracts between the city and companies [...]
Meg Whitman is the Eco-Poster Child candidate for governor. When Arnold ran for governor, people told me that Arnold was to the left of Gray Davis on the environment.
Now, Meg Whitman is the latest "Republican" that has gone of the Left Green end of a cliff.
I [...]
Evidently not. But Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama would have you believe that doctors support the House’s passage of the 2000 page Healthcare bill. Purporting that the AMA supports the bill would have most of us believe that doctors are supporting the bill. However, the AMA only represents 17% of [...]
Political humorists are sort of the wartime diplomats of political debate. Their audiences give them safe passage through their defensive walls and grant them permission to directly influence decisions of hostile entities. Humorless conservative commentators spend years laying siege to liberal castles, pounding their walls with the artillery of reasoned [...]
I just received this outreach e-mail from State Assemblyman Curt Hagman (R-Chino Hills, District 60):
*Meet With State Assemblyman Curt Hagman*
Coffee and Conversation with Curt
Saturday, November 21st, 2009
Stop by to have an informal discussion with Assemblyman Hagman about state issues that matter most to you. Suggestions for legislation are also [...]
This weekend - I posted a story about Whitman's foundation donating $100,000 to the Environmental Defense Fund. The donation and its' significance are starting to catch fire.
The FlashReport picked up on the significance and a posting there is hitting the search engines.
Meg Whitman's [...]
Assemblywoman Audra Strickland will soon announce her intention to become Ventura County’s next treasurer-tax collector, according to a source very close to her office.
Larry Matheney, who currently holds that position, announced yesterday that he will not seek a third term.
Strickland maintains a high degree of positive name identification in [...]
Multiple, reliable sources in the Capitol have told me that Senator Dave Cogdill (R-Modesto) will be announcing that he is not seeking reelection to the Senate in 2010, as he will be Lieutenant Governor. This comes just hours after the Sacramento Bee's Capitol Alert reported that Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger [...]
It is not too often that we hear a local television news anchor to take a swipe at the President of the United States.
However, by reading between the lines on the Twitter posts by Los Angeles Anchorman Carlos Amezcua of KTTV's Fox Station Channel 11 shares his thoughts about President Obama:
"Mr. Gorbachev, tear [...]
Those of us on the right know that 2 out of every 3 letters we send to a paper get trashed. I can't wait to see the deluge of letters that the willing lapdogs of Obama start printing as Health Care "Reform" stalls in the Senate. I received a copy' [...]
Does Meg Whitman know what Meg Whitman believes? She thinks that AB 32 is not well thought out and needs to be stopped. Yet, she gives $100,000 to an organization that believes AB 32 does NOT go far enough.
Van Jones. Remember him - Whitman is a "Huge Fan" of his. [...]
State Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner, GOP candidate for Governor of California, made a stop at Walnut for his 11th Business Roundtable to discuss with business leaders about the state of the economy, jobs, education and taxes.
Mr. Poizner was joined by State Senator Bob Huff (R-Diamond Bar, District 29) and State Assemblyman Curt Hagman [...]
Yes, THAT Jeff Flint! The founder of Red County Placer... you see, Jeff is a partner in the leading political consulting firm in America defending family values.
The MSM gives Schubert-Flint PA (the 2009 Winner of some consultant award - the equivalent of the MVP in Baseball, though) some [...]
This morning, Lieutenant Governor John Garamendi was sworn in as a member of the US House of Representatives, thereby leaving the post of Lieutenant Governor vacant. I previously blogged about that here, but most people probably missed since the Mike Duvall scandal buried that post a short time later.
However, since that post, [...]
Yesterday, Dr. Anthony (Tony) Fellow, Director on the Upper San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District Board of Directors from District 1, has defeated 16 year incumbent Beth Wells-Miller for the seat on the Pasadena City College (PCC) Board of Trustees from Trustee Area 7.
PASADENA AREA COMM COLLEGE - GOV BD MEMBER TR AREA 7
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It is deeply sad to learn the passing of Earline Mountjoy, wife of former State Senator Dick Mountjoy (R-Monrovia, District 29).
Republican Party of Los Angeles County Chairman Jane Barnett just sent out an e-mail communication about the sad news:
I am sad to report that Earline Mountjoy, wife of Senator Dick Mountjoy [...]
Republican Party of Los Angeles County endorsed candidates Anthony Misetch and Brian Campbell are now Councilmembers-Elect. Congrats!
It also means that the Rancho Palos Verdes City Council has GOP Majority, which means a pick up for the GOP!
RANCHO PALOS VERDES CY GEN - COUNCILMEMBER
Candidate
Votes [...]
Tonight, Rancho Cucamonga Mayor Dr. Don Kurth has kicked off his campaign for State Assembly from the 63rd Assembly District which covers Highland, Loma Linda, Rancho Cucamonga, and Redlands.
Dr. Don Kurth is the front-runner candidate seeking to replace termed-out Assemblyman Bill Emmerson.
The event was held at the Etiwanda Gardens was packed with various elected officials, community [...]
Assemblyman Curt Hagman (R-Chino Hills, District 60) just sent over his thoughts regarding the controversial Assembly oil vote, which then was expunged by Assemblyman Alberto Torrico (D-Fremont, District 20):
By State Assemblyman Curt Hagman
Serving all or parts of Anaheim , Chino Hills, Diamond Bar, Industry, La Habra , La Habra Heights , La [...]
According to Capitol Weekly's report and the Sacramento Bee's Capitol Alert report, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has dropped out of the race for Governor. This leaves Attorney General Jerry Brown unopposed for the Democratic nomination for Governor (although Brown has not technically entered the race, so officially, there are [...]
The San Gabriel Valley Tribune embarassed itself this morning with their editoral endorsement of three candidates for Diamond Bar City Council.
With three seats open, they endorsed the two incumbents - which isn't entirely surprising.
It's the third endorsement - of challenger Robert Velazquez - that is worth looking at.
The editorial' [...]
On Wednesday evening, RAND Corporation, held a public forum at the institution's headquarters in Santa Monica entitled "L.A. Public Safety After Bratton".
The forum was moderated by Greg Ridgeway, director of the RAND Safety and Justice Program and the RAND Center on Quality Policing.
Mr. Ridgeway questioned LAPD Police Chief William Bratton on his 7 years tenure and what [...]
UPDATE - A Blog in San Ysidro has picked up the story - venting anger over being sold out by the GOP again. Moderates like Meg Whitman alienate the base - Meg, like Arnold seems to be running the same "Join Us or Clear Off" campaign that Arnold did in [...]
Meg Whitman was lit up by the LA Times tonight for inaccurate and misleading radio ads about the state budget. (Meg Whitman's Radio Whoppers)
The article quotes Republicans in it to assure balance - but it raises an even larger question - if Whitman can not [...]
Reportedly, the public will know the name of the person destined to fill the over-sized shoes of outgoing LAPD Chief William Bratton any minute now. A five-member panel has been going over the qualifications of 13 applicants interviewed last week and will winnow it down to three finalists. The names [...]
Barak Obama's Republican supporters have spoken, Whitman is their candidate.
Richard Riordan Endorses Barak Obama and Meg Whitman.
Nice. That Glass house is getting decimated. The New Majority is the only debate Whitman is participating in (where she has a friendly audience) and their poster-child candidate from a [...]
The League of Women Voters and the Regional San Gabriel Valley Chamber of Commerce hosted the Diamond Bar City Council Candidates forum at the AQMD Government Center Building in Diamond Bar.
Unfortunately, the setting lacked proper microphone system and it was not available LIVE on Diamond Bar cable access Time Warner Channel 3 for residents and [...]
Every week I interact via email and social media outlets with an assortment of young, far left wing acquaintances of mine who are college students and part time retail workers. Most live here in Southern California. Although on the surface, they despise the core values I stand for, they keep [...]
Recently, Meg Whitman rolled out the endorsements of several current and former County Supervisors.
Among them was Former Supervisor Sue Horne from Nevada County and Current Supervisor Steve Lambert of Butte County.
Lambert and Horne have a few things in common - the grassroots don't like them, they' [...]
The Daily Breeze reports today that Los Angeles City Councilwoman Janice Hahn is exploring a run for Lieutenant Governor in 2010.
The office of Lt. Governor is currently being held by John Garamendi who is locked in a tight race for Congress from the 10th Congressional District against GOP Businessman David [...]
Dennis DeYoung, a certified financial planner who is running for Assembly, is quietly building grassroots support in the San Fernando Valley. Wayne Adelstein, President of the North Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce, and David Honda, the recipient of the Valley's prestigious "Fernando Award" for volunteerism.
"Dennis's experience as a [...]
Take a look at the linked article. Note that it finishes by saying that Ackerman recruited Duvall in to politics. Note also that the fundraiser at the center of this article is the one of the common threads between Ackerman and Duvall. This article also ran on CBS 13 [...]
Al Franken and Jeanine Garafolo(sp) would be impressed... what is scary is what Jerry Brown had to say when he was in between stints of screwing California.
The genesis of today's problems took root in the Brown Governorship of the 1970's - terminating Freeway Projects, Stopping Dam Construction, Shutting [...]
The internet is becoming an unique and inexpensive tool for candidates to send out messages through YouTube, Facebook and Twitter.
Now, The FPPC (Fair Political Practices Commission) wants to regulate these internet based medium and will solict input to "further define agency's role and possible regulation":
California’s independent political watchdog, the Fair Political Practices Commission announced [...]
Quick note - in a comment on another Post, Matthew Cunningham indicated that he sat down with Whitman for 1/2 hour (with interruptions). It should be interesting to read his breakdown and hopefully to hear some sound. I have gotten recent reports that Meg Whitman has praised the Cap and [...]
Today, El Monte City Manager Jim Mussenden resigns after a police prostitution sting in Pomona on Thursday night.
Yesterday, the Los Angeles Times broke the story.
The El Monte City Council held an emergency meeting this afternoon to consider his dismissal according to the San Gabriel Valley Tribune.
The news was so [...]
Warner Todd Huston recently re-posted the very inciteful interview that Meg Whitman had with Jon Fleishman of the Flash Report.
In said interview - Whitman staked out a fringe-left position on the Abortion issue. This seems to dovetail well with past interviews where Whitman praised the (then) largest tax [...]
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has called for another special legislative session dealing with another issue, which means this is the sixth such declaration he has declared for 2009 alone.
The Governor has sent out a Press Release on his call for special legislative session dealing with the water crisis:
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today issued the [...]
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It’s a problem with politically active Republican Women. If you remember the commercials from the 80’s – Where’s the Beef? There's the analogy...
Meg Whitman has received a self-inflicted media beating over [...]
Brian Calle over at the OC Register asked me to cross post his article onto Red County. I think it is a very well thought out piece that points out just a few of the flaws with Michael Moore's new movie. Here is the article:
As we go into the 2010 election cycle, there is no doubt that spiraling, unsustainable public employee pension costs will and should be an important factor.
It matters what candidates for office are saying about this issue.
Red County readers should closely read this editorial from today's' [...]
Eric Ingemunson, Megan Barth, Chris Emami, Sgt. York, Allen Wilson, cotobuzz, dondraper, Daniel Gelman
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