The State is out of Money Again. (This is Not exactly news)
What is news: There is going to be a special session coming late Jan to early Feb. This is from a well-placed source inside the Legislature.
Democrat Insiders and the Guv's office are apparently admitting that the' [...]
Meg Whitman blamed raising a family for not voting. Never stopped my mother.
Meg Whitman says that "Husbands are telling Wives that they can't afford their homes any longer" - a conflicted statement from a candidate whose far-left stances on Abortion rights were probably calculated as a way to' [...]
Thanks Jeff for getting this article in the roundup.
The Sacramento Bee does it's usual job of reporting just enough to have deniability.
In Placer County, you have a unique problem - because it is so heavily Republican, Democrats re-register Republican to run for office. The Central [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
Actually, Gentleman Jim Nielsen is drawing a primary opponent as well. I guess people are starting to think the 4th Senate District Primary is going to be too boring. Rick Keene continues to steamroll, while the Green Republican coalition is behind the other guy.
But - I'd Assume that' [...]
Source Document
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' [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
This action alert just dropped into my inbox from the office of Diane Harkey:
ACTION ALERT: SAVE YOUR PAYCHECK TODAY
State Government to Borrow from YOUR Paycheck Beginning November 1st
Once again, our needy State government will attempt to squeeze more out of you, the taxpayer.' [...]
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 [...]
**UDPATE** 11/9/09
For Constitution Day this year at Sacramento City College Associated Student Government (ASG) President and student Steve Macias arranged for a group named Genocide Awareness Project, an anti-abortion group, to participate on campus in the Constitution Day activities.
The group was approved for participation by the ASG and set [...]
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' [...]
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 [...]
If the election for AD 72 wasn't such serious business the results of the "Independent" poll released by direct mail guru Jim Lacy, would be funny.
I posted an in-depth analysis on the Flash Report blog but the poll just doesn't have much relevance in the Nov. 17 election.
The poll, which was not [...]
Andy Pugno is the prohibitive favorite in AD05.
Andy has already gained the endorsement of AD03 Assemblymember Dan Logue. In addition, former AD05 member Anthony Peschetti endorsed early. However, former AD05 Assemblymember Barbara Alby and sitting AD04 Assemblymember Ted Gaines have added their names to the Pugno bandwagon. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Below is an email in its' entirety that pretty much says it all. Note that Ben Mavy is 20 years or more younger than the other board members. I think it is time for a house-cleaning...
Hi,
Last year the Placer County Water Agency board of directors was curious about the agency’s' [...]
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 [...]
A few weeks ago Jon Fleischman of FlashReport.org sat for an interview with California gubernatorial candidate, Meg Whitman. But the results of one segment of the meeting left him admittedly non-plussed, or as he termed it "unnerved." Fleischman was aghast to learn of just how extreme Meg Whitman's views on abortion [...]
John Garamendi hates insurance companies, insurance agents, Steve Poizner, policy holders and Northern California. Witness how his insurance regulations were aimed at making Northern Califonria subsidize Southern California - witness his idioc handling of executive life's collapse where thousands of policyholders lost their life's savings.
Now Garamendi is carving out a [...]
This press release just came across my inbox:
HARKEY BILL TO STREAMLINE GOVERNMENT,
UPHOLD CONFLICT OF INTEREST LAWS
SIGNED INTO LAW BY GOVERNOR
SACRAMENTO — Legislation by Assemblywoman Diane Harkey, R-Dana Point, that would make county government operations more efficient by allowing other counties to hear and judge assessment appeals where a conflict-of-interest is [...]
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' [...]
(The Fail Whale is property of Twitter and signifies when the system fries from too many messages or a server outage - Multiple fail Whales can lead to an Epic Fail)
It hasn't been the five positions on Prop 8, supporting taxpayer-funded abortion, not raising taxes "right now",' [...]
Sierra College may be a small junior college in a corner of Placer County; however, this week they had a demonstration of something that is all too common in our nation’s public colleges and universities… they celebrated “Social Justice Days” (link here).
Professor Matt Archer along with a number of [...]
IF you own a business - you know what I am referring to. The Department of Compliance, Business Filings Division, Corporate Filings Division...
It seems now, right in the midst of his Gubenatorial Campaign, Jerry Brown is aggrivated. I have been getting these solicitations for about four Years. [...]
For those of you scoring in Southern California - Logue is from AD-03. The North State is important to people south of the Kern DMZ as what happens up here affects your water prices and food prices. Some Counties have unemployment over 40% because of the Delta Smelt and the [...]
California Secretary of State is a state Constitutional Officer position with responsibilities serving as the state's Chief Elections Officer, Charter of Corporations, Maintaining Business Filings, Commissioning of Notaries Public and serves as a Trustee of the California Museum for History, Women and the Arts.
Debra Bowen is the current California Secretary of State posted the' [...]
I know my Republican friends south of the Kern Parallel are engrossed in the race to replace Assemblyman Spanky.
We have a whole bunch of stuff jumping off in Norcal - Facebook is a great resource to look at campaign info without filling your inbox.
CD05 - It [...]
I am still holding my sore neck.
The entire blog post is linked here for attribution. The portion about Whitman is pasted below - even Whitman's people can find humor in this...
As the eMeg turns: The funniest and best written second day story on Meg Whitman’s belated [...]
SEIU Local 1000 President Yvonne Walker sent a message to 95,000 State of California Union Employees (according to SEIU Website):
A message from Local 1000 President Yvonne Walker
Local 1000-Represented Employees:
There has been some anxiety and fear about taking Columbus Day as a holiday. I am asking every employee represented [...]
Meg Whitman Showed Little Interest in Politics until Barbara Boxer Came Along
Posted by Leon H. Wolf (Profile)
Read the post here in its' entirety, it makes a really good point.
I am personally wondering why the GOP Leadership is up in arms defending a' [...]
Chris Emami, Sgt. York, Eric Ingemunson, Allen Wilson
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