Jon Coupal, President of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, weighs on in the ill-conceived SB 752:

A quick snapshot of California reveals a state in fiscal peril: a structural budget deficit in the billions, prisons about to be taken over by the federal government, and a pension system morass that is beyond comprehension. With California’s fiscal house collapsing on top of itself, imagine my shock when I heard about the Legislature’s most recent social welfare entitlement program—giving all newborns $500 at a cost to taxpayers of nearly $300 million annually. This proposal left a lot of folks scratching their heads. It is one thing for the tax and spend lobby to be pushing loony ideas, but this actually – for a time – had Republican… Read More

If you are not reading the California Majority Report, you are not fully informed about the insanity of the left. Last week, I commented on Al Gore, and global warming, which generated a respone on the left wing blog, the California Majority Report.You should take a look at the response to my global warming comment on that blog. If you read my comment, you will see that I was making fun of the good former Vice President, and the current debate on global warming. I find it is always easier to make a point with humor than with ranting. Historical accuracy on the details was not my goal.

I will say that I took some literary license to make the points in my article. But my point was simple, science is not a moral imperative, and when politicians try to make science a moral imperative, scientists take their life into their own hands. When Al Gore, the quintessential politician, the… Read More

If you are not reading the California Majority Report, you are not fully informed about the insanity of the left. Last week, I commented on Al Gore, and global warming, which generated a respone on the left wing blog, the California Majority Report.You should take a look at the response to my global warming comment on that blog. If you read my comment, you will see that I was making fun of the good former Vice President, and the current debate on global warming. I find it is always easier to make a point with humor than with ranting. Historical accuracy on the details was not my goal.

I will say that I took some literary license to make the points in my article. But my point was simple, science is not a moral imperative, and when politicians try to make science a moral imperative, scientists take their life into their own hands. When Al Gore, the quintessential politician, the… Read More

San Bernardino County Assessor Bill Postmus (who also is chair of the San Bernardino County Republican Party) is spending this weekend in Austin, Texas at an event hosted by the Maverick PAC, an advocacy organization that was instrumental in coordinating the support young Republican donors (ages range from 20-40) for the 2004 reelection campaign of President Bush. According to Maverick PAC officials, this emerging organization’s combined effortsraiseda total of $13.5 million towards the successful re-election of the President. Bill Postmus (full disclosure: I work for Assessor Postmus) has been a “Maverick” for over three years.

Initially organized to assist in the election of President Bush, Maverick Pac (MAV PAC) is transitioning into a permanent entity designed to assist the candidacies of Republicans beyond 2004.

The Maverick PAC’s website is here. Underscoring the importance of this esteemed organization, this weekend’s gathering attracted… Read More

DeMaio Gearing Up… Carl DeMaio, head of the Performance Institute, advocate for reforms at San Diego City Hall, and thorn in the head of the SD City Council, has privately made it known he is running for a council seat (no surprise there), although a formal announcement will not be made until June (those pesky SD Ethics Commission rules). The word is he’s been meeting with steering and finance folks. Based on the constant media attention he garners for pushing reforms in the City of SD, I can’t possibly see any scenario other than DeMaio being in the contender category.

Tommy Thompson Hinting at a Pres. Run?… When HHS Secretary and former WI Governor Tommy Thompson spoke in SD Thursday, SDUT columnist Diane Bell has him answering a "broken health care system" question with, "It’s likely that I’ll be a candidate for the presidency of the United States, so I can take my… Read More

San Bernardino County Assessor Bill Postmus (who also is chair of the San Bernardino County Republican Party) is spending this weekend in Austin, Texas at an event hosted by the Maverick PAC, an advocacy organization that was instrumental in coordinating the support young Republican donors (ages range from 20-40) for the 2004 reelection campaign of President Bush. According to Maverick PAC officials, this emerging organization’s combined effortsraiseda total of $13.5 million towards the successful re-election of the President. Bill Postmus (full disclosure: I work for Assessor Postmus) has been a “Maverick” for over three years.

Initially organized to assist in the election of President Bush, Maverick Pac (MAV PAC) is transitioning into a permanent entity designed to assist the candidacies of Republicans beyond 2004.

The Maverick PAC’s website is here. Underscoring the importance of this esteemed organization, this weekend’s gathering attracted… Read More

You have to smile a little when the Democrats have problems with Democrats supporting Republicans. In the Antelope Valley a Democratic club dies and is reborn amidst the controversy of their officers endorsing Republicans for local office. The Governor probably loves this folks. What do they stand for? But is there such a thing as a Dino? See article here. … Read More

As a follow up to yesterday’s post on the South Carolina straw poll, in which Congressman Duncan Hunter surprised a few pundits, the SC Hotline Press says he has emerged as a conservative answer.

Classic comment from Hunter at CPAC on the upset:

You know, I woke up to … one of the commentators saying that the only reason that Hunter beat all those guys in South Carolina is because his Marine son has been there for a week. Well, I looked down at that army of consultants, everybody who was vertical in South Carolina was hired by the other guys, and I said, "You know, that is a good match-up: One Marine versus 550 consultants." We did have the advantage!… Read More