With the importance of the opportunity presented by qualifying and passing the California Counts ballot measure this coming June, we reached out to CalCounts Campaign Manager Dave Gilliard with one simple question — what can our readers do to help. Here is what Dave had to suggest…

Dear FLASHREPORT Readers, Do you want to help us make California count again in Presidential elections? If your answer is yes, keep reading. The calendar, not the Democrats, is our biggest enemy right now. Our goal is to put the Electoral College Reform Initiative before the voters in June of 2008. To make sure we make the June ballot, we need to turn-in our signatures to the counties before Thanksgiving. … Read More

The "Hypocracy Has A Name" award goes to Fabian Nunez, who has set his attack-flack, Steve Maviglio, on a mission of pummelling the California Nurses Association. Presumably their crime is not being on Fabian’s "team" for his attempts to massively increase the role of government in healthcare (the CNA actually has their own bad plan – the nerve!). Anyways, the hypocracy comes in when you look at Steve’s post here on the California Democrat Report where he accuses the CTA of "Living High on the Hog" — nice, coming from the Deputy Chief to Fabian "Louis Vuitton" Nunez… We often refer to U.S Representative Jerry Lewis as the "King of Pork" because of rather blatant support of earmarks, no matter how egregious. Rolling Stone is a liberal publication, of course, but they have dubbed Lewis the "King of Payoffs" — but that isn’t the reason to … Read More

The "Hypocracy Has A Name" award goes to Fabian Nunez, who has set his attack-flack, Steve Maviglio, on a mission of pummelling the California Nurses Association. Presumably their crime is not being on Fabian’s "team" for his attempts to massively increase the role of government in healthcare (the CNA actually has their own bad plan – the nerve!). Anyways, the hypocracy comes in when you look at Steve’s post here on the California Democrat Report where he accuses the CTA of "Living High on the Hog" — nice, coming from the Deputy Chief to Fabian "Louis Vuitton" Nunez… We often refer to U.S Representative Jerry Lewis as the "King of Pork" because of rather blatant support of earmarks, no matter how egregious. Rolling Stone is a liberal publication, of course, but they have dubbed Lewis the "King of Payoffs" — but that isn’t the reason to … Read More

After the monumental flop of last year’s “arena deal” in Sacramento – with voters spanking a proposed tax hike to pay for what amounted to a half-billion-dollar subsidy for the owners of the Sacramento Kings – you’d think folks would have learned something. Or not.

Keeping the Sacramento Kings in the area and building a first class entertainment venue are laudable goals – as long as taxpayers don’t get soaked along the way.

The last proposal was simply a bad deal for taxpayers. And everyone involved lost credibility and public support by trying to be too clever instead of putting together a solid proposal that could stand on it’s own merits.

After the last debacle, the… Read More

After the monumental flop of last year’s “arena deal” in Sacramento – with voters spanking a proposed tax hike to pay for what amounted to a half-billion-dollar subsidy for the owners of the Sacramento Kings – you’d think folks would have learned something. Or not.

Keeping the Sacramento Kings in the area and building a first class entertainment venue are laudable goals – as long as taxpayers don’t get soaked along the way.

The last proposal was simply a bad deal for taxpayers. And everyone involved lost credibility and public support by trying to be too clever instead of putting together a solid proposal that could stand on it’s own merits.

**There is more… Read More

This is an outstanding video clip from ABC’s 20/20 where John Stossel tackles head-on the reality that the scientific community divided over whether and what the impact if humankind is on the Earth’s temperature…. (h/t to Freedomworks) … Read More

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was a guest of Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona and other first-responders here in Orange County for a major press briefing today at the Incident Command for the Santiago fires. Assemblyman Chuck DeVore was on hand, and penned an outstanding write-up sharing his perspective on the the Governor’s visit and presser. It begins:

Previously, I mentioned that Democrat Xavier Alvarez, a member of the Three Valleys Municipal Water District had been charged with falsely telling people he was a Medal of Honor recipient. See here. Now the Three Valleys Municipal Water District Board has censured poor Alvarez for lying about being married. He claimed to be married and health coverage for someone he divorced in 2002. This must be a new meaning to the phrase "friend with benefits". See story here. … Read More