The high school senior projectof an Antelope Valley Union High School studet continued, but with out credit. School officials decided that the sexy attire and content of "Cabaret " was not in keeping with school policy. See article here.You can see my original post here.

Still undecided is whether the cast will receive vocational educational credit for exotic dancing.

Just kidding, but school officials still have to explain their supervision of the project.… Read More

Today, Linda Boyd was re-electedwas County Chair of theLos Angeles County Republican Party. Thiswill beher third team. Linda is only the second person elected to three consecutive terms. Her leadership team and received only a few no votes. LA County has come along way in the last few years under Linda’s leadership. She is also a candidate for Chair of the GOP County Chairman’s Association.… Read More

The other day I posted how hard it was to believe it had been four years since Shirley Horton was elected in AD 78, and that things should quickly be heating up for that seat’s 2008 triple-donnybrook.

I guess the four days between swearing-in on Monday and first official candidate on Friday is quick enough. Auday Arabo, presidentand CEO of California Independent Grocers & Convenience Stores, is throwing his hat in the ring…as a Democrat, which may come as asurprise to some that have otherwise assumed — or never asked — his Party registration.

Before we get to Auday, let me touch on my reason for calling the ’08 contest a "triple-donnybrook." As background, this seat was drawn a relatively safe Dem seat, with Vince Hall being that Party’s standard-bearer in 2002. When the smoke cleared, Republican Shirley Hortonhad won (one of two supposedly safe Dem assembly seats in the state, the other taken by Bonnie Garcia), due to Horton’s serviceas mayor in the area’s largest city (Chula Vista), the… Read More

As FR contributor and public opinion pollster Adam Probolsky likes to say, a poll is only as good as what you ask, and to whom you ask it. So I was quite amused to see so much enthusiasm erupt from the liberal media and left-wing Democrats when the Public Policy Institute of California released their latest survey. The source of their glee?

One of the questions on the PPIC survey asks, "Overall, do you approve or disapprove of the way that the California legislature and the governor are working together in making public policy?"

The response to this question: 53% approve, 36% disapprove, and 18% don’t know.

Here is the problem — asking a ‘feel good’ question like this really doesn’t tell you much. It would be like asking, "Would you like prices to be lower to spend a day at Disneyland?"

Of course virtually all respondents would say yes. But what if the follow up question was, "Would you still want entrance prices lowered at Disneyland if you knew that many of your favorite rides and attractions would be closed?… Read More

Most people think of the Antelope Valley part of Los Angeles as conservative. Not so fast! The Antelope Valley Union High School District is allowing a high school senior drama project to produce "Cabaret" which will feature some high school student in lingerie performing seductive poses. What other kinds of poses are there in lingerie?

You have to admire the producer managing to get young women to perform in lingerie on school time. Maybe for a graduation project he can produce "Oh! Calcutta!" He may get an A for fulfilling his dream. But, what should school officials and teachers get that spend tax dollars on garter belts and prefer titillation to education?

You can see the story here. Sorry, no pictures the paper thought they were too racy.

Another article from World Net Daily is here.… Read More

Chris Cox’s nomination in June, 2005 to head the Security & Exchange Commission, launched the first in a series of special elections here in Orange County that continue to this day. Combined with the regularly scheduled

First, of course, was the special election primary and general elections to fill Cox’s congressional seat, which concluded in December of 2005.

Concurrent with that campaign was an bitter fight over a county initiative on the statewide special election ballot — an expensive battle between the firefighters and deputy sheriffs unions over how to divvy up Prop. 172 revenues (the deputies won).

That special was won by state Sen. John Campbell, which led to a special election to fill the 35th Senate District seat he was vacating. This was effectively won in the April 11, 2006 special election primary by then-Assemblyman Tom Harman, who barely edged out Dana Point Councilwoman Diane Harkey.

Shortly afterward, the battle royale had begun between Supervisor Lou Correa and Assemblywoman Lynn Daucher for the 34th Senate District. Correa’s… Read More

Chris Cox’s nomination in June, 2005 to head the Security & Exchange Commission, launched the first in a series of special elections here in Orange County that continue to this day. Combined with the regularly scheduled

First, of course, was the special election primary and general elections to fill Cox’s congressional seat, which concluded in December of 2005.

Concurrent with that campaign was an bitter fight over a county initiative on the statewide special election ballot — an expensive battle between the firefighters and deputy sheriffs unions over how to divvy up Prop. 172 revenues (the deputies won).

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Though a major decision at an important juncture for the immediate, if not long-term future of our Party, relatively little was made public of the deliberations of the Senate GOP Caucus’ pick to keep Senator Ackerman as Leader.

I’ll leave the arguments for and against to others, but found this article especially worth noting.

“Sen. Abel Maldonado, R-Santa Maria, who cast the swing vote for Ackerman, is expected to be rewarded with a chairmanship.”

If true, we find ourselves in a situation where the Democrat Senate President is hand-picking those in charge of our Republican Caucus through bribes of Chairmanships or other goodies.

Whoever the 15 of our guys in the Senate Caucus feel is best to lead them, so be it. At least it was a decision made for Republicans, by Republicans.… Read More