As of this morning, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has acted on eight of our top twenty bills that he should veto. As FR readers know, State Senator Dennis Hollingsworth, Assemblyman Chuck DeVore, and yours truly combed through the many hundreds of bills that the liberal Democrat-controlled legislature passed and put on the Govornor’s desk. All twenty of these bills are really bad news, and the signing of any one of them represents very bad news for the liberty and freedom of Californians. So, the fact that the Governor has signed seven of the "Terrible Twenty" is horrendous. Republican donors and activists around the state worked hard to re-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger so that these kinds of bills, which you would expect to be passed by Don Perata, Fabian Nunez, and their ilk, would get a big VETO. Well, we’ll be doing a more comprehensive look at the Governor’s performance on the twenty worst bills after he has finished with them all. That said, we are urging — no — PLEADING with Governor Schwarzenegger to VETO the… Read More

It’s a crazy morning here at Flash-Central, which is good our friends over at the California Term Limits Defense Fund. They released this just now, which will bring to you in this space:

TERM LIMITS GROUP DEMANDS NUNEZ RELEASE TAX RETURNS AND WIFE’S CLIENT LIST IMMEDIATELY Calls for Speaker to Make Full Financial Disclosure to Put Questions to Rest The California Term Limits Defense Fund (CTLDF) today called on Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez to immediately release all of his tax returns since he assumed the Speakership and to also fully disclose the clients list and income of his wife’s consulting firm.

The committee’s demand is in response to the numerous media reports and increasing controversy concerning Nunez’s lavish lifestyle, personal use of his campaign account for international travel and luxury goods, and questions surrounding his sources of… Read More

It’s a crazy morning here at Flash-Central, which is good our friends over at the California Term Limits Defense Fund. They released this just now, which will bring to you in this space:

TERM LIMITS GROUP DEMANDS NUNEZ RELEASE TAX RETURNS AND WIFE’S CLIENT LIST IMMEDIATELY Calls for Speaker to Make Full Financial Disclosure to Put Questions to Rest

The California Term Limits Defense Fund (CTLDF) today called on Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez to immediately release all of his tax returns since he assumed the Speakership and to also fully disclose the clients list and income of his wife’s consulting firm.

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The stereotypes about lazy California state workers have finally been disproven. A state worker has been busily working away at her privately-owned catering company from her state office. Ok, we don’t really know if she is lazy when it comes to her state job since her time is focused on her catering, but doesn’t it count for something that she is doing any work at all in her office?

According to a Los Angeles Times (September 21, 2007) report on newly revealed waste in state offices, “…[t]he whistle-blower office receives about 4,000 calls and letters each year, many leading to reforms of wasteful practices and, in some cases, disciplinary action and criminal prosecution.” Surely a few of these calls were made about a certain “state employee at the Employment Development Department, [who] was found to have used state time and resources to conduct her private catering business in violation of state law.”

“[The EDD employee] used her state computer and email account to promote her personal… Read More

The Governor has signed AB 976. AB 976 prohibits landlords from inquiring into the immigration or citizenship status of the possible renters. So check this Governor out. No Driver’s licesnes, but you can rent a condo and get health care. 2 out of 3 isn’t bad.… Read More

Respected Sacramento Bee Columnist Dan Weintraub, on his blog (sorry, you have to pay $$ to read it) reflected on FR’s annual Top Twenty Bills to Veto. Apparently Weintraub might have to join the ranks of those who think that Arnold is more conservative than he actually is — those ranks include many on this website (and a vast amount of those who worked hard on his election and re-election).. Weintraub, upon review of our list (compiled by State Senator Dennis Hollingsworth, Assemblyman Chuck DeVore, and yours truly) said this:

The following just in….I’ll be talking to John within the hour for a non-press release comment or two….

CHULA VISTA CITY COUNCILMAN JOHN MCCANN ANNOUNCES CAMPAIGN FOR 78TH STATE ASSEMBLY DISTRICTMcCann receives endorsement of incumbent Assemblywoman Shirley Horton

Chula Vista, CA – With the endorsement of incumbent Assemblywoman Shirley Horton, and more than thirty local elected officials, Chula Vista City Councilman John McCann announced today his campaign for the 78th State Assembly District.

A Chula Vista native, John McCann was elected to the Chula Vista City Council in 2002, McCann ran an aggressive door-to-door campaign that won him 56 percent of the vote. During his first term, John built a reputation of being an independent government reformer willing to break ranks with the status-quo by demanding accountability from bureaucrats and politicians. This reputation has endeared him to Chula Vista voters and left him unchallenged in his last re-election.

“As a small businessman and local elected official I believe I have a unique set of… Read More

Respected Sacramento Bee Columnist Dan Weintraub, on his blog (sorry, you have to pay $$ to read it) reflected on FR’s annual Top Twenty Bills to Veto. Apparently Weintraub might have to join the ranks of those who think that Arnold is more conservative than he actually is — those ranks include many on this website (and a vast amount of those who worked hard on his election and re-election).. Weintraub, upon review of our list (compiled by State Senator Dennis Hollingsworth, Assemblyman Chuck DeVore, and yours truly) said this: