In case you missed it, there was another reminder of what our state’s top priority should be – putting people back to work.

Today, the California Employment Development Department made a startling announcement—California has lost 166,000 jobs in the last month. That is the equivalent of the entire population of the City of Escondido losing their jobs in one month. It brings our state unemployment rate to 9.3%–one of the highest in the nation.

This is real and is affecting people we all know. My neighbor recently lost his job and last week asked when things are going to get better. One of my best friends from college is looking for a second job because of cut backs at his current employer. They want to know what we are going to do to put people back to work. What are we going to do to help create jobs?

This is why job creation has to be our top priority in California.

It’s no secret that California’s budget crisis is severe—but a key to helping solve the budget problem is to create private sector jobs, bring employers back to our state and… Read More

We’re pleased to share this guest commentary from FR Friend Kevin Roberts, the Deputy Communications Director of the California Republican Party:

As paralysis sets in on the state of California and its projected $40 billion budget deficit, Democrats are now pushing for tax increases and cuts to state services for thousands of California families.

Gas prices are back on the rise. Our neighbors and friends continue to lose their homes, jobs, and savings. An end does not seem to be in sight. All the same, though. That seems to be the sentiment from the court-appointed prison receiver, Clark J.… Read More

We’re pleased to share this guest commentary from FR Friend Kevin Roberts, the Deputy Communications Director of the California Republican Party:

As paralysis sets in on the state of California and its projected $40 billion budget deficit, Democrats are now pushing for tax increases and cuts to state services for thousands of California families.

Gas prices are back on the rise. Our neighbors and friends continue to lose their homes, jobs, and savings. An end does not seem to be in sight. All the same, though. That seems to be the sentiment from the court-appointed… Read More

Conservative radio talk show hosts John and Ken on KFI radio in Los Angeles blast away at public employee union tool Controller John Chiang (John and Ken use much stronger language). It’s worth about two minutes of your time to listen to this… … Read More

It isn’t really news to long-term FlashReport readers that the record of "Republican" Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in terms of appointing fellow Republicans to be judges is… well… deplorable.

Yesterday, in the midst of a lot of political goings-on, the Governor’s office issued forth a small stream of press releases announcing more appointments to the bench. As always, whenever the Governor is announcing appointments, I cringed instinctively because to say that Schwarzenegger appoints a lot of people that are members of the party of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama would be an understatement.

Just to see if MAYBE there had been a change in his thinking on the appointment of Democrats as judges, I opened the first release — an announcement of SEVEN new judges being appointed in populous Los Angeles County. If EVER there was a place that needs to have people of a more conservative bent on the court, LA’s the place.

Well, guess what? There were SIX Democrats appointed in Los Angeles County, and ONE lone Republican. This has been a consistent pattern with the Governor’s appointments in Los Angeles… Read More

It seems to me that Californians are getting what they asked for in State Controller John Chiang. The contrast between selecting Chiang or his opponent, taxpayer advocate Tony Strickland, on the November 2006 ballot could not have been more stark. While Strickland was openly supported by a cadre of pro-taxpayer organizations and leaders, the bulk of Chiang’s support came from the left-wing of the Democrat Party, and most significantly, from public employee unions eager to have yet another “tool” in an important state constitutional office, ready to be put into play should the need arise. (Below, left, is a photo of Chiang standing with all of his union supporters after being elected Controller.)

While the nation’s economy is reeling, as the United States, and California, plow into a recession, public employee union bosses continue to be advocates for the notion that… Read More

It seems to me that Californians are getting what they asked for in State Controller John Chiang. The contrast between selecting Chiang or his opponent, taxpayer advocate Tony Strickland, on the November 2006 ballot could not have been more stark. While Strickland was openly supported by a cadre of pro-taxpayer organizations and leaders, the bulk of Chiang’s support came from the left-wing of the Democrat Party, and most significantly, from public employee unions eager to have yet another “tool” in an important state constitutional office, ready to be put into play should the need arise. (Below, left, is a photo of Chiang standing with all of his union supporters after being elected Controller.)

While the nation’s economy is reeling, as the United States, and California, plow into a recession, public employee union bosses continue to be advocates for the notion that… Read More

John "Union Tool" Chiang, the State’s Controller, on video.

The first video is some leftist group interviewing Chang last year when he was in Denver for the DNC Convention during the budget crisis. Nice priorities. (If you get bored watching this first video, I don’t blame you. I started to yawn. It’s really not what he is saying that is notable, but rather than he is partying at the DNC Convention DURING a state budget crisis.) The second video is short and sweet — Chiang wants to be Governor. I guess that will depend 100% on the public employee unions that make his decisions — on what to run for, and what to do in office.

This guy is an embarrassment to all of us. … Read More