The FlashReport, Red County, and several other blogs have become information sources for many of us. We read the newspaper (sometimes on line), watch the news, and read blogs. That is the way we get most of our information.
In 1992 I went to work for newly elected Assemblyman Wm. J. "Pete" Knight of Palmdale as his Chief of Staff. Early on in our first year together the Assemblyman distributed a poem to members of the caucus that was viewed as racist. I first found out we had a problem when I heard our scheduling secretary say ,"Sir, Is there anything I can get you for the interview this afternoon with the LA Times?"
The next couple days were terrible. Calls came in from everywhere. They yelled, screamed, and hung upon us.
The one call I will never forget came from someone at the Assembly Republican Caucus that said they were going to keep the articles in the newspaper out of the news clips that morning. Having read all of them as soon as they were available at like 0400 that morning I really did not care but I was relayed this information like it was a favor.
The funny part about the way the situation was handled was that we were keeping the information from the people that needed it. All the Democrat offices had it in their clips. They knew what was going on. The only people that did not know what was going on when Assemblyman Knight stood up on the floor to make a statement were the Republican offices.
Information is power. Information is how we make ourselves better.
When Sheriff Corona had a problem this blog was silent for days. How can that be? We have several people here that are very involved in Orange County politics.
In the last two weeks San Bernardino County Assessor Bill Postmus and several other politically active Republicans had a law enforcement issue. To my knowledge nothing has appeared on this blog discussing the political ramifications and lessons learned.
The general rule in military intelligence used to be that "loose lips sink ships".
We need to learn about taht