Not every FlashReport reader will be perusing the official Voter Information Pamphlet sent out by the State of California (access its contents here). If you do, you will see that the official argument against Proposition 3 (online here) was co-authored by me, along with Lew Uhler, President of the National Tax Limitation Committee and Ted Costa, President of the People’s Advocate.

Below I have reprinted our argument against the $980 million Children’s Hospital Bond Act…

ARGUMENT AGAINST PROPOSITION 3

At a time when California is already deeply in debt, when its residents’ ability to pay off bonded debt is questionable and its credit rating causes bond interest rates to soar, adding bonded indebtedness for anything but the most essential infrastructure… Read More

Sometimes politics is filled with irony, and the latest commercial from the No on Proposition 5 folks is filled with it. In a rather high-profile move earlier in the week, former eBay CEO Meg Whitman opened up her checkbook and made a big contribution to the No on 5 Campaign – $250,000!

Shortly after she wrote her check, the No on 5 folks went up on television with the commercial below starring United States Senator Dianne Feinstein (I’ve seen it three times myself here in the Los Angeles media market).

The irony, of course, is that Meg Whitman has openly talked about a potential interest in running for Governor in 2010 as a Republican, and Senator Feinstein is often talked about as a potential candidate on the Democrat side of the aisle. As you start the commercial, you can see the required disclaimer at the bottom, indicating the No on 5 Committee’s major donors, including Whitman. Priceless!

On a closing note, I should say that it is getting harder and harder to figure out who actually supports Prop. 5.… Read More

In the San Bernardino Sun newspaper, Democrat Congressional nominee Tim Prince has an editorial printed attacking his opponent, incumbent Republican Congressman Jerry Lewis. In that piece, Prince says, "California Republican Party vice chair and publisher of the popular Flashreport.org, Jon Fleischman, calls for Lewis’ ouster and said Lewis "symbolizes the `big spending mentality’ of the House (and) should gracefully retire from Congress ."

I want to make it clear that during this period of time, between the primary and general elections, when Congressman Lewis is the duly elected nominee of the Republican Party, facing off against Prince, I have not said anything publicly critical of Congressman Lewis or his addiction to earmarking.

Prince is actually referring to this column penned in 2007. Or was it this one? Then again, it might have been… Read More

Opponents of Proposition 8 have been fancying themselves to be the proponents of tolerance.

Unless, of course, you happen to disagree with them by supporting Prop. 8.

That’s what marriage supporters have been learning when they put out "Yes on 88" yard signs.

There is an aggressive and almost certainly organized effort to steal or deface Yes on 8 signs. Sign-stealing is an inescapable aspect of political campaigns, but I don’t recall ever seeing it on the scale or brazeness mounted by Proposition 8 opponents.

A blogger for TheLiberalOC.com — and Prop. 8 opponent himself — documented an incident he witnessed first-hand of high school students stealing signs right in front of the Prop. 8 supporters trying to guard them.

last week, five people were arrested in Fullerton for stealing Yes on 8 signs. They told police they were "angry."… Read More

There is now direct evidence of voter fraud by the Obama campaign. Yesterday’s New York Post reports "thirteen campaign workers for Barack Obama yesterday yanked their voter registrations and ballots in Ohio after being warned by a prosecutor that temporary residents can’t vote in the battleground state." The article can be found here. It is very interesting and relevant to California that the Ohio authorities treated the false residential voter registrations of the errant migrant Obama workers in a manner that allowed them to withdraw their fraudulent registration applications and even their ballots without further incident. In contrast, poor Mark Jacoby, a scapegoat of grandstanding Democrat California Secretary of State Debra Bowen, was secretly indicted by a Los Angeles County grand jury and arrested by nine police officers, amid a media flourish without a doubt intended to blunt claims against Democrats for voter fraud activities. Jacoby’s crime was that he also provided an… Read More

It seems as though the most coveted job in media these days is People Magazine reporting positions. “Political” journalists are trying so hard to find their voice among the gossipy circles bashing Governor Palin’s couture, and in effect rendering themselves more definitively out of touch with Americans every hour they report on this not-even-peripheral subject.

I live in Pleasanton, California where nearly every mom is a soccer mom, and these are the things on our minds as we get ready to vote…

My neighbors across the street have five kids. Last week, they had to sell their home for $100,000 less than they paid for it, and move their family into a smallapartment. Their standard of living is lower, and so is the tax base for my City. With John McCain’s plan to stabilize the mortgage situation, they might have still been in their home for the holidays, and everyone on my street is already missing them terribly.

Another family whose kids attend my kids’ schools lost their income and are in… Read More

Incumbent Democrat City Attorney Mike Aguirre is on the ropes in perhaps the highest profile local election contest San Diegans have seen in years. Challenger Jan Goldsmith is receiving support from many diverse interests and groups, including the local GOP, all of them withone common goal: The insanity of Aguirre must end. Here’s the latest from the Lincoln Club of San Diego:

LCSDCounty Launches “Spike Mike” Website & Made-for-TV Video

San Diego, CA – October 21, 2008 The Lincoln Club of San Diego County announced today the launch of a website intended to highlight the host of reasons why voters in San Diego ought to oust incumbent City Attorney Mike Aguirre from office on November 4th.

The website, entitled www.spikemike.com, features a brand new 30-second, made-for-TV video on its homepage that encourages the viewer to “go with your instincts . . . spike Mike” on Election Day.

Also… Read More

I attended the debate on Wed night when Mike Lumpkin made the referenced claim. His several supporters at the event were ecstatic … those in the know were simply amused. One person asked me how a candidate could only be three ponts ahead when polling his own supporters….

October 23, 2008

TO:Duncan D. Hunter

FR:Dave Gilliard

RE:Mike Lumpkin’s “informal poll” _____________________________________________________________________________________

I understand that Mike Lumpkin claimed during last night’s debate that he had an “informal poll” showing him “3 points ahead.”

While “informal” polls are worth what you pay for them, our last formal poll, about 14 days old and conducted by one of the top political pollsters in America, showed you with a very solid 23 point lead among likely General Election voters.

Since our poll was completed,… Read More