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I just finished writing a column that will appear in tomorrow’s Capitol Weekly newspaper (we’ll link to it on tomorrow’s FR main page) that I think you will enjoy..
The piece is a more in-depth look at the blow-out victories of Assemblymembers Mimi Walters, Bob Huff and John Benoit in their successful bids for the GOP nominations in their respective State Senate races.
I think you will enjoy it. Look for it tomorrow!… Read More
Breaking news regarding the homosexual marriage ruling: the California Supreme Court has denied the motion to stay the court’s decision allowing homosexual marriage. This means that in just 10 days homosexuals will be allowed to legally be “married” in California. Traditional marriage advocates and many states with constitutional marriage amendments had petitioned our state’s highest court to stay their marriage decision until November when voters will decide on the Protect Marriage initiative (which just qualified yesterday). Unfortunately, the court has once again decided against the best interest of California.
If Protect Marriage passes in November, it will prompt a whole slew of new lawsuits against the state as homosexuals “married” in June-November will find their relationships in legal limbo. But it has become painfully obvious that at least four of the California Supreme Court justices would rather impose their political opinions on citizens than truly consider the long-term impact of their judicial activism. This is yet another sad day in the battle to save traditional… Read More
I think the title of this postsays it all. Thank God we’re done.
Primaries are the toughest thing ever. Friends for years end up on opposite sides and their relationships are forever strained. People get mad. People get weird. People get angry. And on and on. . . . .
I just hate Republican primaries.
Having vented – I want to say —
* Congratulations to John Benoit, the new Senator-to-be from my district. John ran a terrific campaign and his win was impressive. This was the single most hard hitting election I’ve ever witnessed. Both sides got hit – and both sides hit HARD. Anybody that wasn’t receiving the mail, hearing the radio spots and seeing the TV commercials just can’t appreciate the intensity of this campaign.
I supported Russ Bogh, and I’m sad he lost. But the primary is over and we’ll try our best to put the pieces back together again. Again, congrats John – you’ll be a fine Senator.
* Congrats to Brian Nestande – John Benoit’s replacement in the Assembly. I’ve known Brian forever. He ran a great campaign… Read More
My boss Karen England was at the Placer County Registrar of Voters this morning when Doug Ose showed up to cast his ballot. Here’s her account from Red County:
Ose Doesn’t Know How to Vote in the 4th CD
As Mike Spence just reported, Doug Ose failed to sign his ballot when he voted at the Placer County Registrar of Voters this morning. I was actually there with Rick Staats and we witnessed the whole episode. Here’s what happened when Ose realized he hadn’t signed his ballot. The election officials had to get a key to unlock and reopen the highly secured ballot box and retrieve his invalid ballot. In true elitist fashion he was unwilling to take responsibility for his incompetence, muttering under his breath “this is bull ****!”
Since when is ballot security bull ****?
Keep in mind that yesterday Ose had McNally Temple employee Richard Robinson call the Registrar’s office and ask to have someone there to “show Doug how to vote.” He needs to be shown how to vote? Guess he… Read More
For die-hard FlashReport politicos, I thought I would take a few minutes and walk you through “Jon’s Guide to Republican Primaries” – a “cheat sheet” of sorts – with some predictions on my part on what promises to be a very low turnout election (thanks Fabian!)…
I should add for the vast majority of FR readers who are not “insiders” – this column might be a bit hard to digest. There is a facet of our readership who “lives” this stuff, and will appreciate all of this. They are the intended audience for this piece.
First and foremost, and this may go without saying, there are no incumbents that are up for re-election this year to Congress, Senate or the Assembly who are facing a serious primary challenger. So you can check all of those legislators off of the list.
THE UNCONTESTED (OR PRACTICALLY UNCONTESTED)… Read More
Competition in the marketplace creates the best possible scenario for the consumer, but it isn’t perfect.
My wife and I registered to vote last month, on the final possible day, at our new home in South Orange County.
We moved into a district that is “Ground Zero” for Republican legislative primaries. We now live in Senate District 33 where Assemblywoman Mimi Walters and Anaheim Councilman Harry Sidhu are spending vast sums of money to communicate with Republican and DTS voters. We also now live in Assembly District 71 where Corona Councilman Jeff Miller and Rancho Santa Margarita Mayor Neil Blais are in a pitched battle for the Republican nomination.
Clearly two newly registered Republicans would be prime targets as supremely likely voters. Right? WRONG, apparently.
Since registering to vote last month, the Fleischman household has received no mail from candidates. Not from Mimi, or Harry, or Jeff, or Neil.
And these candidates have “top… Read More
Can’t imagine what other newsworthy events are occurring in California today!
In that case, I’ll be brief:
The Abramoff "matter" continues and coverages recalls a California connection and new earmark troubles as well as a recent plea. From Politico, and the Post.
Garry South pens a column in Politico about the Dem. primary.
Newt’s California tech industry guru is profiled in the Post. Speaking of: the story uses the phrase "the Valley" an offending number of times–does anyone talk like that about Silicon Valley? Interesting work by Newt however.
And, Lou Cannon (now a California resident–Carpenteria, I recall) pens a Reagan-Hillary comparison in the Post… Read More