I attended the Sacramento County Republican Party Crab Feed this evening. The event was fun and very well attended. There were plenty of sincere Republicans present, candidates, party regulars, young and old. Congressman Dan Lungren spoke... for too long... and it went on... and on... a total ...
February, 2010Another Republican Message. Or Not.Sunday, February 28th, 2010State’s Unions Win Another Court BattleFriday, February 26th, 2010The state worker furlough situation is getting curiouser and curiouser. Yesterday Alameda County Superior Court Judge Frank Roesch ruled that furloughed workers are entitled to back pay due to the furloughs, and ordered the state to "cease and desist the furlough of such employees." Roesch is... Tough decisionsFriday, February 26th, 2010Heard this very interesting commentary by Sacramento Bee editorial page editor Stuart Leavenworth this morning on Capital Public Radio. Hooked to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's recent (and bizarre) statement that "the worst is over" as far as the state's economic troubles are concerned, Leavenwort... Will “Going Green” Backfire?Friday, February 26th, 2010With nearly every politician -- from city councils to state legislators, governors and congress - embracing green technology as the cause du jour, they don't realize that with every bill signed, they may be actually killing the industry. It's kind of like reverse psychology. Politicians will ki... 6 Reps sign on to union giveawayThursday, February 25th, 2010Despite new attention on excessively costly pension giveaways and on disability abuses by state employees, the Assembly is pushing forward an astounding and potentially costly benefit expansion for public safety workers in a bill co-authored by six Republicans. Current law requires the workers comp ... No Cussing ZoneThursday, February 25th, 2010Assembly members Anthony Portantino and Cameron Smyth will be discussing ACR 112 today, the resolution that will designate the first week in March as a "cuss-free week". The purpose according to language in the resolution is "to set a tone of harmony and connectedness in our communities, and to insp... Is pension reform dead?Wednesday, February 24th, 2010Today Jon Ortiz of the Sacramento Bee reported that since neither Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger nor Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman will publicly support California Foundation for Fiscal Responsibility's proposed pension reform initiative, the group will abandon efforts to get the me... Meg sticker sighted!Wednesday, February 24th, 2010I just saw the first car bumper sticker of the 2010 election season. It read "Meg 2010" and was pasted on a Lincoln MKX SUV driving north on the 55 freeway in Costa Mesa, probably originating in Newport Beach just to the South. I would have snapped a picture with my cell, but I was driving. Meg's... Shot in the darkWednesday, February 24th, 2010At 11 a.m. today Assemblyman Pedro Nava, D-Oxnard, will hold a press conference in the State Capitol's Room 1190 announcing his new bill that would ban the use of lead shot in state wildlife areas. "The science is increasingly clear that lead shot poses a real danger to bird populations on th... Arnold vs. Tea PartiersMonday, February 22nd, 2010Although he's always had a sense of humor, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger nowadays is producing laughter in a different way: as an object of ridicule. Instead of laughing with him, we're laughing at him. And it's going to be that way for the rest of his life. The latest round of chuckles comes from h... |