Steven Greenhut: I was on the Big Labor Smackdown panel this morning at the GOP Convention, where we discussed the iron grip of public sector unions on the state government. Orange County Supervisor John Moorlach detailed the importance of taking on the unions directly, while San Diego City Councilm...
blog-Politics and ElectionsBig Labor Smackdown!Saturday, August 21st, 2010GOP: dump Meg for McClintockSaturday, August 21st, 2010John Seiler: I don't know what California Republican Party rules are for getting rid of a candidate who won a primary. But nobody follows the rules anymore anyway -- certainly not the California or U.S. constitutions. So, who cares about GOP rules. But what Republicans need to do is dump Meg f... Whitman critics hold presserFriday, August 20th, 2010Steven Greenhut: Despite efforts by the Meg Whitman campaign to shut down a press conference critical of her by denying it a room, a group of influential conservatives held a lobby press conference denouncing Meg Whitman's post-primary positions on the immigration issue. Celeste Greig, chairman of t... Will moderates get their revenge?Friday, August 20th, 2010Steven Greenhut: The mainstream media background thesis of the GOP convention in San Diego, which I am here to attend and to speak on a union panel, remains to be seen given that the convention doesn't really get off the ground until tonight, but it seems right. As the LA Times put it, "As Californi... Will GOP oppose property rights?Friday, August 20th, 2010 Steven Greenhut: At the state Republican convention here in San Diego, Republicans will take up the issue of Prop. 22 -- a shameless attempt by redevelopment agencies and transportation agencies to protect their budgets as the state wrestles with declining revenues. It's ballot-box budgeting at ... Laird loses to BlakesleeWednesday, August 18th, 2010John Seiler: Republican Sam Blakeslee Tuesday beat Democrat John Laird for the open state Senate seat. I hope Blakeslee is more faithful to taxpayers that was the man who previously held the seat until he left it in May to become Lt. Gov., Abel Maldonado. Back in 2006, four long years ago, I w... Legislators Celebrate RamadanTuesday, August 17th, 2010Katy Grimes: Senate President pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, and Assemblywoman Mariko Yamada, D-Davis, are hosting the annual Ramadan Iftar dinner at the state Capitol next week, together with 36 Assembly members and Senators, and the governor. The event invitation states that this is ... First Meg mailerMonday, August 16th, 2010John Seiler: I just got my first mailer of the November campaign season. It's from Meg's Millions. I'd scan it but my scanner is on the fritz, and taxes are so high I can't get it fixed right now. On the front it reprints part of an L.A. Times news story headlined, "3 HIGHLY PAID BELL OFFICIAL... “Delivering For Sacramento”Wednesday, August 11th, 2010Katy Grimes: Congresswoman Doris Matsui, D-Sacramento, must have an interesting mailing list. Some people in her Sacramento district receive her mailed puff pieces, and others do not. I am guessing that I am not on the A-list. A friend of mine, who is of another political persuasion and lives i... Meg disses PoiznerFriday, August 6th, 2010John Seiler: Amateur Meg just keeps making mistake after mistake after mistake. Her latest: Attacking primary opponent Steve Poizner about putting employees on unpaid leave at his department. As Poizner quipped, she apparently hadn't heard that she already had beaten him in the June primary. I... |
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