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Now John Chiang Wants to Discuss Placement Agents – When It’s Politically Convenient – Six Days Before Election Day
Here’s our press release from earlier today…We won’t let John Chiang hide from his record.
Thousand Oaks, CA – Today, John Chiang finally decided, six days before the election, to address the issue of placement agents at CalPERS under his watch on the Board of Administration. Those same placement agents have mired CalPERS in a never-ending bribery scandal. While John Chiang sat on the board of CalPERS, millions of dollars were paid to placement agents who acted as middlemen while the pension fund was driven into the ground. John Chiang allowed these middlemen to reap all the benefit while working Californians suffered.
“John Chiang’s people are on full spin over this,” said Strickland spokesman Michael Levoff. “Controller Chiang was in the room while millions of dollars traded hands, but didn’t think anything of it until the Wall Street Journal blew the cover off of the placement agent issue. They want to talk about a bill to clean up the mess, but before it was public, Chiang never said a… Read More
Harkey Halloween
My worst nightmare is Assemblywoman Diane Harkey knocking on my door next week. That would be very scary. My second worst nightmare is Jerry Brown spokesman Sterling Clifford, “The Liar,” knocking on my door. My German Shepherd would go into attack mode. I am glad, though, that I live in an Orange County gated community.… Read More
Your Seven Days Out Campaign Advice
I know, I’ve provided input on this issue before, yet it never ceases to amaze me, even with a week to go, how much time is spent on campaign signage. A lot of candidates could be — at one week out — raising dollars to get one last mail piece in the hands of actual voters next weekend, yet they’d rather spend time making sure all their defaced and stolen signs have been replaced.
But, just to prove I am open to another side of this issue, here’s an amazing story out of Indiana about how a campaign sign truly looks like it is impacting the outcome of a race…
Yard Sign With Candidate’s Name On It Electrifies Congressional Race
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All of Barry’s enlightening advice…and other posts._… Read More
Three Fresno County Mayors Say Brown Gets It Wrong on Water
This just in from the Mayors of three Central Valley cities…
As mayors of three Fresno County communities hit longest and hardest by California’s water supply crisis, we waited anxiously to see what Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown would offer any meaningful solutions. We already knew that the Republican candidate, Meg Whitman, wants to meet the water crisis head on and get Delta water pumping restored. We knew, for instance, that Meg Whitman has in mind a comprehensive approach, one … Read More
OC Weekly: Loretta And Van — In Bed Together!
Orange County politicos tend to look through issues of OC Weekly when they arrive on newsstands (Republicans won’t admit it) — looking for political news and gossip (Democrats, of course, check out all of the ads for lingerie, sex toys and dating services). Anyways, the cover story of their most recent issue, which you can read here, comes with quite the cover. Yes, that is Loretta Sanchez and Van Tran lying in bed, with bong and pussycat…… Read More