I would appreciate it if someone who reads this blog could explain to me why Arianna Huffington’s opinion is so important that she is a regular commentator on CNN, such as the Larry King show. When I worked in the Reagan Administration, at what I consider to be the height of her capabilities, she held lavious high society parties in Washington, D.C., but some of the attendeeshad legal problems in their backgrounds, She marrieda millionairethat took out a great, long-standingincumbent conservative, Bob Lagamarsino, for the glory of just two years of service in theHouse. Thenher husbandtried to buy a U.S. Senate seat, hiring just about every conservative activist in the state on the campaign, while harboring a deep personal secret that he did not disclose until he lost the election. The Congressional seal then went to a liberal Democrat. Ralph Reed once told me that Congressman Huffington once asked to give him a hug, and what he reluctantly got was an undesiredfull frontal body pull. Wouldn’t Arianna know what was going on? Arianna should have been "over" politically when she ran for Governor and was crushed in the vote,… Read More

Giuliani is doing well with LA folks. First the Supervisors, now Congressman David Dreier.

The release follows

Congressman David Dreier Announces Support for Mayor Giuliani

New York, Feb 13 –

In a sign of continuing momentum, the Rudy Giuliani Presidential Exploratory Committee today announced Congressman David Dreier, Chairman of the California Republican Congressional Delegation and House Rules Committee Ranking Republican, has announced his support for Mayor Rudy Giuliani to be the next President of the United States. Dreier’s endorsement follows the rousing reception Mayor Giuliani received at the California State Republican Convention and his successful swing through the state. Dreier will help lead Mayor Giuliani’s exploratory committee efforts in California.

Congressman Dreier said, "America needs the proven leadership of Rudy Giuliani to tackle… Read More

Last night the Capistrano Unified School District Board of Trustees in south Orange County approved a settlement of claims of violation of the Brown Act open meeting law that occurred during the troubled administration of controversial former Superintendent James Fleming. Under the terms of the settlement, CUSD must audio-tape closed session meetings for one year, provide for Brown Act training for Trustees and staff, and pay attorneys fees in the amount of $16,000 to Plaintiff Ron Lackey.

According to the original lawsuit filed by frequent CUSD critic Lackey, the Trustrees and Fleming met in closed session on July 30, 2005 to purportedly discuss Fleming’s performance appraisal. However, during the meeting, the Trustees covered over 30 different topics of discussion, including an illegal discussion about limiting the time available to Lackey to address the Board during their public sessions. In settling the case, CUSD made no admission of violation of the Brown Act, but agreed to a series of remedial actions similar to what a Judge could impose if a violation were found as a result of a trial.

I was pleased to have served as counsel to Lackey in this… Read More

I believe Tom Del Becarro must be a greatguy, and a strong conservative leader, because Jon Fleischman, Steve Frank, and so many others have told me so, and the majority of delegates at the recent California Republican Party convention seem to have validated that feeling, when Tom was elected State GOP Vice-Chairman. I admire leadership, and people willing to take a stand, and a risk for a good cause. I’ve known Mike Schroeder to be just such a person for many years. I can tell you thatMike Schroeder’scontributions to the cause have truly made a difference for the cause of freedom and liberty, and I have heard the same about Tom Del Becarro. So it is with that in mind that I have to still come to question the wisdom ofDel Becarro and a group of northern California GOP activists, and their lawyer Mike Schroeder,intheir (now losing)lawsuitto remove JerryBrown as Attorney General because he changed his bar dues status to "inactive" for a couple years while he was Mayor of Oakland. Brown, a former Governor and Secretary of State, has been a lawyer in California for over 40 years. He is clearly qualified to be Attorney… Read More

11 days ago, I posted that Mike Vallante, the chief operating officer of the California Republican Party, would be leaving to join the Rudy Giuliani for President campaign. The "rumor" was labeled as untrue.

Today, according to my sources, Vallante told the CRP staff he would be leaving to join the Rudy Giuliani for President campaign.

I’m shocked!… Read More

Border Patrol Agents: My office gets many calls about what action are being taken in Congress to secure the pardon or relocation of the two border patrol agents, Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean. They were convicted last year and sentenced to 11 and 12 years in jail for acts they committed while shooting a drug smuggling illegal alien. This case has become symbolic of our twisted immigration enforcement system, which allows thousands of illegal alien felons to roam our streets and millions of other aliens to be here illegally while enforcement agents have the proverbial book thrown at them for "violations of policy" while trying to apprehend one of those felons. Pardons are being sought, but at the very least the sentence received is way out of proportion to any crime committed. Here is a list of the actions I have been taking to help resolve this miscarriage of justice: •September 14, 2006 – Along with 22 colleagues, I sent a letter to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales requesting that he investigate the questionable tactics used to prosecute Agents Ramos and Compean. •December 1, 2006 – Along with 15 colleagues,… Read More

According to The Hill newspaper, right now California Congressman Duncan Hunter has more Congressional endorsements in his bid for the Presidency than former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani. Of course, maybe that actually helps The Mayor, since Congress isn’t so popular these days. Congratulations to Hoover Institution Fellow and FR friend Williamson "Bill" Evers who was tapped by W. to be Assistant Secretary of Education for Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development. Perhaps while there he can advise that "federalizing" education through programs like No Child Left Behind is a bad thing. In his Silicon Valley appearance yesterday, GOP Presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani talked a lot about global warming. I don’t remember it being a big part of his talk to Republican leaders at the State GOP Convention last weekend… If Joel Stein’s column today in the Los Angeles Times where he describes the cloistered work of fellows at the Hoover Institute at Stanford is even close to accurate, we should all be lining up to spend time there. If you buy into the argument that all … Read More

SB 113, the bill to move up California’s Presidential Primary from June to February, flies through the Senate today, 31-5.All "no" votes were by Republicans. The billwasthen hurried to the Assembly Rules Committee today, where they met off our floor during session. It then passed out of the Rules Committee[over Republican objections on process, the bill hasn’t been in print 30 days] I half-expected a bunch of rule waivers to bring it to our floor today but that didn’t happen, it would take 60 floor votes to waive the "30 days in print" rule. We’ll see what they try Friday. Amazing how quick a bill can move sometimes, when the Legislature is "motivated"….… Read More