This last weekend at the California Republican Party Convention, State Senator Tony Strickland formally announced his candidacy for State Controller. We had the FlashReport FlipVideo camera on hand… This video below starts with Strickland’s actual announcement, followed by a statement made by Jon Coupal, President of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, announcing the endorsement of HJTA PAC for Strickland — and then Strickland, Coupal and I sit down for a few minutes to talk about the campaign. I’d like to extend an FR shout-out to Strickland’s campaign consultant (and former FR contributor) Joe Justin, who helped to set this up…