Posts Tagged ‘Bob Huff’Top 5 travel tips for Legislators on international junketsThursday, April 4th, 2013 April 4, 2013 By John Hrabe I used to think that I was the world’s most well-traveled Californian. In the past eighteen months, I’ve traveled to more than 70 cities in two dozen countries on four continents. I spent two months traveling overland from Cape Town to Nairobi, two weeks on a... How your CA legislators spent spring breakWednesday, April 3rd, 2013 April 3, 2013 By John Hrabe California state legislators returned to the Capitol this week after a week-long spring vacation. The Sacramento Bee’s Capitol Alert already pointed out that spring break is “something California legislators and college students have in common.” That made us t... Lawsuit, bills seek to dowse fire taxMonday, March 25th, 2013 March 25, 2013 By Dave Roberts It hasn’t been a great year for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. In January, the Los Angeles Times revealed that for seven years Cal Fire has been hoarding a slush fund that grew to $3.66 million. In February, the Sacramento Bee report... Huff, Conway skipped ballot verification for legislative junketsWednesday, March 6th, 2013 March 6, 2013 By John Hrabe Nero may have fiddled as Rome burned. At least he was in the city when it happened. The same can’t be said for the leaders of the California Senate and Assembly Republican caucuses, who left the state last November, as Democrats claimed last-minute, upset victo... Democrats addicted to tax increasesMonday, February 25th, 2013 Feb. 25, 2013 By Joseph Perkins You’ve heard the familiar fable about the scorpion and the frog? They meet on the bank of a stream and the scorpion asks the frog to carry him across on his back. The frog asks: “How do I know you won’t sting me?” The scorpion replies: “Because if I... Legislators Flunk Cal State ‘Fuzzy Math’Monday, March 12th, 2012MARCH 12, 2012 By JOHN HRABE Senate Republican leader Bob Huff flunked Cal State University’s “fuzzy math” and is calling for "substantial changes at the institution.” His action followed CalWatchDog.com's investigation into the system’s false and misleading information about the to... Sens. Oppose Cal State Exec ConfirmationFriday, February 17th, 2012 FEB. 17, 2012 By JOHN HRABE Herbert Carter’s reconfirmation to the California State University Board of Trustees was dealt a major setback Thursday, as two Republican state Senators announced their opposition to his pending nomination. Sen. Joel Anderson, R-Santee, and Senate Republican Lead... California GOP Never LearnsThursday, January 5th, 2012 John Seiler: California desperately needs a competitive second party to challenge the mega-majority Democrats. Too bad the main alternative is the Republicans. The GOP's inbred attitude was shown yesterday when state Senate Republicans -- the handful of them -- elected Bob Huff of Diamond Bar... Court Case Shows Republican HypocrisyMonday, November 14th, 2011 NOV. 14, 2011 We all know that California's Democratic Party is running the state into the fiscal ground, given how beholden its members are to public-sector unions and how devoted they are to expanding government and raising taxes. The state needs some political competition, but a major court ca... Liberal Group Gives Huff Top HonorThursday, September 22nd, 2011Steven Greenhut: Sen. Bob Huff, the Diamond Bar Republican who led the charge to save the state's debt-laden, eminent-domain-abusing urban renewal agencies (redevelopment), was named the League of California Cities' Legislator of the Year. Huff's wife, by the way, is a well-paid consultant for one o... |