Earlier today, former FlashReport blogger Phil Paule submitted the attached proposedbylaw change to the CRP offices in Sacramento.

The proposed change seeks to require that CRP employees be registered Republican voters, essentially requiring that they be citizens.

Clearly, it is in response to the recent situation involving the CRP’s now ex-COO.

It will certainly be interesting to see how this plays out.… Read More

Read this, and then ponder why our Governor, who is a vastly wealthy man and has raised millions for his own group, can’t seem to help the state GOP with $4.6 million in debt it incurred on his behalf? See here.I guess Bloomberg keeps his promises.… Read More

Fellow FR correspondent Adam Probolsky seemed quite concerned when I told him I might post about our trip to the Big Newport theater to see… The Transformers. Now, to be honest, this flick wasn’t Adam’s or my idea – but that of our “host” Mike Schroeder (yes, the former State GOP Chairman) who went so far as to buy tickets on Fandango for the two of us, and for Steve Baric, President of the California Republican Lawyers Association.

I think Adam’s hesitancy is because he thought it wasn’t “cool” to be seeing the Transformers movie. But there must be more to the Transformers than meets the eye. We are in the theater with hundreds of others.

Adam seemed a little more comfortable when we ran into yet another FR contributor, Congressman John Campbell, here with his wife.

Schroeder topped that, though, by pointing out that Kobe Bryant is here, too!

Ohh, the movie’s starting now – time to stop blogging!… Read More

Mark Larson, who previously indicated a "drop dead" date of July 4 for a decision on running for an open 52nd Congressional seat, is now saying he will take some more time to mull it over.

With all his other on-goings, his self-imposed deadline may have been a tad too ambitious. Yet, as the long-time radio host says, the filing deadline gives him some time. From his blog:

Tuesday, July 03, 2007

IN OR OUT? OK, so I feel like a human pinball machine….new ideas and possibilities bouncing all over the place! When I left KOGO in June I said I wanted take time to consider all things, including getting some clarity on a possible race for Congress. In the meantime, all sorts of intriguing ideas and projects have come up… ironically all since I stuck a "date" on my decision process (by July 4)there’s been more to consider. But it’s a nice thing (and quite humbling) to hear from people with suggestions, new offers and even campaign advice.

All of this has caused me to come to a decision of —"no decision"… Read More

Earlier in the week, Governor Schwarzenegger tapped Democrat Mary Nichols, formerly Deputy EPA Administrator in the Clinton Administration and a senior environmental offical for both Governors Jerry Brown and Gray Davis, to be the new Chairman of the California Air Resources Board. My initial take on that appointment is here, and below is a defense of that appointment by Republican Dan Skopec who until last week served as Deputy Secretary of the Cal-EPA. He has started his own consulting firm now. This piece was submitted by the Schwarzenegger Administration:

Democrats will do anything to get and maintain power. After all, Lenin wasn’t too good a revolutionary. His specialty, once he took power,was tocreate a ruthless system for permanent power at any cost. Democrats hope to do the same in 2008. By any means necessary, get more senate and house seats.

Part of their strategy is to demonize California House Republican leaders. While Duke Cunningham certainly deserved demonization, as does Democrat "Refrigerator" Jefferson, our CaliforniaCongressional Republicans are endlessly attacked with rumors and conspiracy theories, spearheaded by the LA Times. But paintingthe bribery tar brush against Republicans is ringing hollow.

Jerry Lewis is repeatedly skewered by the LA Times, with breathy innuendos of vast sums of money circulating through his office. The only problem is a ferocious lack of facts. Unlike some Congressmen, Lewis has not grown wealthy in Congress. According to Lewis’ financial disclosure statement, most of his… Read More

Democrats will do anything to get and maintain power. After all, Lenin wasn’t too good a revolutionary. His specialty, once he took power,was tocreate a ruthless system for permanent power at any cost. Democrats hope to do the same in 2008. By any means necessary, get more senate and house seats.

Part of their strategy is to demonize California House Republican leaders. While Duke Cunningham certainly deserved demonization, as does Democrat "Refrigerator" Jefferson, our CaliforniaCongressional Republicans are endlessly attacked with rumors and conspiracy theories, spearheaded by the LA Times. But paintingthe bribery tar brush against Republicans is ringing hollow.

Jerry Lewis is repeatedly skewered by the LA Times, with breathy innuendos of vast sums of money circulating through his office. The only problem is a ferocious lack of facts. Unlike some Congressmen, Lewis has not grown wealthy in Congress. According to Lewis’ financial disclosure statement, most of his… Read More

Yeah I know ‘why we fight’ was the tagline on a series of world war era propaganda pieces, but it’s also an applicable tagline for this great Union Tribune editorial savaging big labor…

UNION-TRIBUNE EDITORIAL

Labor union greed may kill convention center

July 5, 2007

Suppose a company was willing to:

Pour $850 million of its own money into a local project (an amount sufficient to build a football stadium).

Hire 6,500 construction workers and pay them union-level wages.

Hire 2,000 permanent service-industry employees and allow them to join labor unions, if they choose.

Build the largest hotel and a second convention center in a region that depends upon tourism as its third-largest industry.

Yet, suppose that one labor union wanted even more, to the point that the company said “Goodbye, San Diego” and “Let’s talk, Seattle.”

That pretty much describes the current scenario here. Gaylord Entertainment of Nashville is building a national convention business network and would like to establish a West Coast presence on the Chula Vista bayfront.… Read More