Last week Governor Schwarzenegger announced ten appointments. Again, here we list the appointments, grouped by partisan registration, using the basic guideline that voluntary association of an individual to a political party gives some indicator of their basic ideological and philosophical leanings.

Of special note among the Democrats is Joe Nunez, an appointee of recalled Governor Gray Davis to the State Board of Education. The Governor has re-nominated Nunez to this post. Hold on to your seat for this: Nunez is not only the chief political and legislative person for the California Teachers Assocation union, but is also the Chairman of the Alliance for a Better California, the union-umbrulla group that has and continues to pound Governor Schwarzenegger. I can’t figure out this appointment???

THE REPUBLICANS

Cary Nosler, 61, of Carmichael, has been appointed to the Acupuncture Board. He has served as host of … Read More

Due to the lack of meaty political news today I’ve decided to comment on global warming.

It came to my attention today that San Diego, Los Angeles and other parts of California are under a flood watch. After doing about 10 minutes of research I discovered that this is all due to global warming . 10 more minutes of research yielded the following caused by global warming:

Drought Hail Tornados Hurricanes Cold Weather Hot Weather Excessive Rain Wind Flooding

So, you see, global warming is a real situation that we must deal with because ALL weather is caused by it! And don’t ever challenge this theory or some people will get really, really mad!… Read More

These additional appointments from the Governor just came over the wire.

Special "shout out" to FR friend John McCammon (who was Republican Congressman George Radanovich’s Chief of Staff for many years) and a special mention to Christine Ruben who had been working for Chuck Poochigian’s campaign for AG, and is now going to be Deputy Secretary for Communications at the State and Consumer Services Agency.

There are five Republicans, one Democrat and one Decline-to-State in this batch of appointments:

THE REPUBLICANS

William Bush, 54, of Elk Grove, has been appointed undersecretary of the State and Consumer Services Agency. He has served for over 30 years at the Franchise Tax Board and has held the position of interim executive officer since 2005. Bush is a Republican. John McCamman, 52, of McLean, Virginia, has been appointed chief deputy director of the Department of Fish … Read More

FEC Filings in 50th… The SDPolitics blog first posted them here. Below is the roundup as noted in the post:

Francine Busby (Democrat): She’s raised over $1.3 million. Owes debts of just $9,000 and has about $363,000 cash on hand.

Brian Bilbray (Republican): Raised $328,349 so far in the campaign. Has $107,704 left. (Bilbray had also transferred over about $195,000 from his previous congressional account which has helped his campaign financing).

Eric Roach (Republican): He’s spent over $1.8 million. He had cash on hand of $96,748 but debts of $1,917,388. Of course he can always write another check to his campaign.

Alan Uke (Republican): He reports just $58,056 with debts of $234,667. (This explains the reports that Uke was considering withdrawing from the race. He can write himself a check at any point but he has already spent over $1 million in the race and still has debts of over $200,000).

Bill Morrow (Republican): He has raised $391,000 but now has just… Read More

No April Fools joke here. Seller johnnypie has a Dick Mountjoycampaign button for sale on EBAY. (Quick you have one day left.) You can see it here.The funny part is the former state senator from LA County and Immigration Control Consultant (His ballot title) never made any. Funnier yet is the part about it being"union made".Everyone knows that hadDick made buttonsthey would say "Made in Mexico".… Read More

Today, Saturday and tomorrow, Sunday, there will be no commentary for the FlashReport as I am down in Cabo San Lucas for some rest and relaxation. In the meantime, a big TY to our Guest Editor Nicholas Romero for stepping up this weekend, as well as to all of our FR contributors would continue tomake the FR weblog a place to go to read breaking news and cutting-edge political analysis and commentary!

Have a great weekend!

Adios,

Jon Fleischman, Publisher

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So Fabian Nunez thinks the illegal immigration issue is dangerous for Republicans. How thoughtful it is for him to want to help us avoid the electoral pitfalls of border enforcement (read it here.)

Nunez joins the ranks of media-appointed experts from across the political spectrum who warn that Republican officeholders who dare to support enhanced border security measures will be punished by a loss of support from Hispanic-American voters. But this isn’t such an easy issue for Democrats either.

Perhaps Speaker Nunez should ask Phil Angelides and Steve Westly why they weren’t giving speeches at last weekend’s protest rally in Los Angeles to half a million potential primary voters. Maybe he should ask them to explain the political calculations behind their decisions to not even attend. And he should definitely ask them when they will run television ads bragging about their support for drivers licenses for… Read More

Certainly the most intreguing news in California politics surrounds Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s reappointment of Joe Nuñez to the State Board of Education earlier this week. You see, Nuñez is a State VP with the California Teachers Association — and according to the CTA’s President Barbara Kerr, Nuñez is actually in charge of their union’s legislative and political activities. Yes, this would include the massive assault on Governor Schwarzenegger and his reform agenda on last year’s special election ballot. Even better — Nuñez is actually the Chairman of the Alliance for a Better California, which is the actual front-group formed by the unions to fight the Governor. It has been postulated in at least one newspaper that Schwarzenegger may have re-appointed Nuñez in order to shepherd through the confirmation vote on his former State Education Secretary Alan Bersin, whom Schwarzenegger also appointed to the State Board of Education last year. Once appointed, you can serve up to a year without Senate confirmation, which Bersin has yet to get. As a matter of fact, his one-year is coming up soon. I… Read More