There has much written about the Governor’s comments, yesterday, at a conference in Sacramento where he made some "generalizations" about legislators from "small towns" — remarks that I’m sure the Governor now wishes he had phrased a little differently. Our own Adam Probolsky penned a sharp-witted post on the Governor’s remarks that appears a few items down. I thought it might be helpful for FR readers to see the Governor’s remarks in full context, so I am putting the full text of the Q & A between Michael Milken and the Governor below. I italicized and placed in red the part of the Governor’s remarks that has drawn the attention…

MICHAEL MILKEN: Quincy Jones told us the other night that 25 percent of the people in Congress do… Read More

Check out www.exposeobama.comfor a whole lot of information on the Senator from Illinois.… Read More

Apparently the Governor’s brother-in-law is working very hard to make his jet-commute to and from Santa Monica quite difficult. Bloomberg has the news.

"If I can’t be on your Parks Commission, then you can’t land your jet at my airport."

Neener, neener.… Read More

This YouTube clip was sent to me by someone who only calls themselves "Prison Guard" and identifies his or her self as a member of the California Correction Peace Officers Association on their YouTube page. The short piece pokes at the Governor and his Chief of Staff, Susan Kennedy. Kennedy, FR readers will recall, is the former Executive Director of the California Democratic Party (hired, ironically, by then CDP Chairman Phil Angelides). It is the feeling of some (including "Prison Guard") that she is the real boss, not Arnold… … Read More

"Come and listen to a story about a man named Mike A poor pachyderm, trying to stop a tax hike, Then one day he was in a budget feud, And down from the Guv comes a comment so rude. Elitist that is, against small towns, average folk."

Yesterday, Governor Schwarzenegger speaking to the nonprofit Milken Institute portrayed small-town lawmakers as uncultured yokels by explaining that they needed special interest junkets in order to see “an airport” or “highway” for the first time. I realize term limits have cleared the Capitol of legislative veterans, but since when did Jed Clampett, Ellie Mae, Jethro and Granny get elected to the Assembly?

Read the exact quote for yourself.

"Some of them come from those little towns, you know what I am saying, they come from those little towns and they don’t have that vision yet of an airport or of a highway that… Read More

Besides Assembly candidate Brian Nestande in the 64th A.D., who commented in my original post further down, and "rejected" the endorsement of the Log Cabin Republicans, check out this note I got from conservative GOP Assembly candidate Paul Hegyi in A.D. 10… Jon, Fighting for traditional values has been an important part of my campaign. My focus on those issues is clear on my website, “And let’s not mince words about what ‘strong values’ means. Strong values mean a commitment to keeping families whole, to protecting the institution of marriage as between a man and a woman, to defending the sanctity and culture of life, and making sure our 2nd Amendment rights are not encroached upon.” … Read More

Ok, someone help me out here. For years, we have been watching Indian tribes all over California build, in some cases, massive gambling casinos on their tribal lands. Making the case for reservations being sovereign land, building casinos on them has become truly big business for some Indian tribes — especially for those whose ancestors were prescient enough to settle lands long ago that today are well-located for attracting gamblers.

Yesterday I read in the Fresno Bee and in the Los Angeles Times that the North Fork Tribe in Madera County in the heart of the Central Valley had reached an agreement for a gambling compact with Governor Schwarzenegger. That, in and of itself, isn’t that newsworthy — there are a lot of tribes, and a lot of compacts.

What caught my eye was that this North Fork Tribe gambling casino would be the state’s first to… Read More

On behalf of Democrats, Assemblyman Ted Liu (remember, "raise revenue" is no-so-subtle code for "raise taxes"):

On behalf of Republicans, Senate and Assembly GOPers held a press conference to celebrate today, Tax Freedom Day — see the video below. Assembly Republican Caucus Chairman Bob Huff and Senate Republican Caucus Chairman George Runner kick off the event. Jon Coupal with the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, Assemblywoman Mimi Walters, Assemblyman John Benoit, and Assemblyman Republican Leader Mike Villines also speak…… Read More