Gubernatorial candidate Steve Poizner has signed the Americans for Tax Reform No New Taxes Pledge — awesome. Before I get to the part of this blog post that is about Poizner challenging his opponents to do the same, let me weigh in on this. Meg Whitman and Tom Campbell should ABSOLUTELY sign the pledge…

We are never going to be the majority party in California, or again nationally, if we cannot clearly articulate basic core differences from the Democrats. One of the essential lines that we need to draw in the sand is that Democrats think that government is too small, and that your taxes should be higher. Republicans think that government is too big, and it should be lower. All of the PR geniuses can talk about how that can be articulated to the voters in "real life" terms that are less ideological and more practical — but it is what it is.

Republicans are going to be fighting a losing battle for the Governorship if we get caught up in an intra-party fight over whether or not we should be raising new taxes. The best way to take that… Read More

One of the benefits of being an NRA member are the Legislative Alerts (orangepost cards)they send when some elected official in your area goes goofy on gun rights.

Well the other day I got an alert that my own Irvine mayor, Sukhee Kang had joined forces with Republican, Independent, Democrat, ???NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg. The group called Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG) is a front for anti-2nd Amendment forces.

In my weekly column which appears in the Orange County Register’s Irvine paper, I mention it at the end.

In the case of Mayor Kang, I suspect it was a desire to please/curry favor wththe big-city mayor that asked him to join rather than a true deep-seated anti-gun philosophy. But that is no excuse.… Read More

Popular Congressman Ed Royce (R-Fullerton)has already endorsed Linda Ackerman for the vacant 72nd Assembly District seat.Linda’s official announcment is attached below.

Linda’s husband Dick Ackerman held the seat in the 90’s and Linda is well known for being an accomplished fund raiser and GOP activist. She also serves on the board ofthe Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and on several non-profit and corporate boards.

Several other candidates have expressed interest in the seat, but most will defer to Linda.… Read More

Republican candidate for Governor Steve Poizner unveiled a new and innovative conservative tax policy yesterday at the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce. Commissioner Poizner is proposing across-the-board tax cuts for every Californian and an innovative jobs program that will get California’s economy back on track. One of the things I like best about Poizner’s plan is that he is proposing specific, detailed policies on how to cut taxes. I’ll let the numbers speak for themselves: When he is Governor, Poizner will enact the following tax cuts: · 10% cut in personal income tax rates · 10% cut in the state sales tax rate · 10% cut in the corporation tax rate · … Read More

Imagine that you are the proud owner of a cement manufacturing company. The government has just sent you an informative, yet unfortunate reminder that your production costs are about to be raised yet again.

As a person working in the cement industry, you probably followed the legislative proceedings regarding the Global Warming Solution Act of 2006 (Nunez), that was passed into California law. After three years, you receive this reminder from the government that, after three long years, their statewide crackdown on global warming is ready for action!

Well, not exactly.

Before things really get going, they’ll need just a little more of your money: 10 cents for every ton of cement that your plant produces, to be exact. This may not seem like much to an ordinary citizen, but you know full well that the average cement establishment, according to the U.S. Census Bureau and the Portland Cement Association, produces over 420,000 tons of cement yearly. This means that the $42,000 you could have spent to create another California job is now going to help pay for a new government position on the Air Resources Board.

And even that assessment is an… Read More

This just in. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today sent a letter to Attorney General Jerry Brown calling for a "full investigation into ACORN’s activities in California." The letter is attached below.

Also, according to Jim Sills at sdrostra.com, Sean Hannity tonight will air another video investigation of ACORN out of San Diego. Read it here.

Developing.… Read More

This last week FR friend Andrew Breitbart (pictured) launched his new Big Government website with what has been an ongoing release of startling videos of a couple going into ACORN offices all around the country, posing as prostitute and pimp, prostitute and politician, and more.

The following six and a half minute video is startling and shocking — with an Acorn employee saying the most outrageous things not knowing that she is on video. You cannot make up this stuff. You HAVE TO WATCH IT…

This expose, crossing the country with amazing videos, has now come to the Inland Empire of California…

In this video our "actors" literally engage an Acorn staff member with help about bringing underage girls from oversees for a prostitution "business" — and one of the… Read More

UDPATE: I just found out that a few minutes ago, live on the John and Ken radio program, Steve Poizner signed the Americans for Tax Reform No New Taxes pledge! That is AWESOME! We wouldn’t expect that Tom Campbell would sign it, since he has and continues to advocate tax increases. But perhaps Meg Whitman, who has stated she opposes tax increases, will sign the pledge as well! Here’s a photo of Poizner signing the pledge…

4pm Original Post Late this morning Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner, a Republican candidate for Governor, unveiled a bold fiscal plan for California that calls for a series of tax cuts to stimulate our economy (boy do we need it!). Good news for FR readers — instead of me trying to explain… Read More