Yes, you read the title correctly. The Lincoln Club of Orange County, California, continues to be a leader nationally. One of the hottest U.S. Senate races in the Country is taking place in Colorado, where liberal Democrat Congressman Mark Udall is in a battle with conservative former Congressman Mark Schaeffer.

The Club for Growth’s political action arm (cleverly called "ClubforGrowth.net") has made a new ad buy in Colorado, blasting Udall for his support of eminent domain abuse. You can see the ad below. The Orange County Lincoln Club is a major sponsor of this advertising buy, sending $75,000 to enhance the buy on cable stations throughout Colorado.

“The Lincoln Club fiercely opposes eminent domain abuse and has always fought for the protection of private property rights,” said Lincoln Club President Richard K. Wagner. “By supporting Club for… Read More

Someone at Gillard’s shop is doing some nice TV ads for Dana.

Because he listens to his voters.

http://www.rohrabacher.com/esite/drTV.html

Academy actor Jon Voight [ Angelina Jolie’s dad] is doing two fundraisers this weekend in Palos Verdes for Dana.

… Read More

Cutbacks at the Los Angeles Times seem to be taking their toll. LAist has the story on Proposition 4 creating mortgage opportunities for Veterans. Problem is that Prop. for is a Family involvement law for teenage girls and Prop. 12 is the Veterans Bond. Ouch.

Glad I don’t make mistakes that people can read.… Read More

LAUSD has placed a $7 billion Dollar bond on the ballot. I know there are a lot of bonds on the ballot, but this is the “worst” in California.

Los Angeles Unified has already passed four multi-billion dollar bonds in the last ten years. FOUR! The money doesn’t run out until 2012.

This bond contains billions that are not school-specific, and allows the board to spend on almost anything it wants. Lsush fund for pet projects anyone?

This is the best. According to the Daily News over the last six years, as the number of students and teachers declined, the district increased its non-teaching staff by 20%.

Less teachers, less students and more bond money. Only makes sense in LAUSD.

Cross posted at Red County.… Read More

From reading newspaper accounts this morning, Governor Schwarzenegger is seriously looking at calling a special session of the state legislature to deal with the fact that the economic downturn that is taking place is created a much larger than expected negative impact on the current fiscal year state budget. It is not surprising that state government income would take a hit at the same time that the California economy does – the real question is how will Sacramento politicians deal with this issue.

If there is a special session to deal with what is essentially an out-of-balance state budget (remember, the one that was just passed?), we will be going right back into the polarized environment which delivered us such a late budget in the first place.

There will be two schools of thought – more cuts in government spending, or increasing “revenue” (i.e… taxes or borrowing). The former position is the correct prescription for California taxpayers, already suffering the effects of the economic downturn. The latter position will be that of the public employee unions… Read More

From reading newspaper accounts this morning, Governor Schwarzenegger is seriously looking at calling a special session of the state legislature to deal with the fact that the economic downturn that is taking place is created a much larger than expected negative impact on the current fiscal year state budget. It is not surprising that state government income would take a hit at the same time that the California economy does – the real question is how will Sacramento politicians deal with this issue.

If there is a special session to deal with what is essentially an out-of-balance state budget (remember, the one that was just passed?), we will be going right back into the polarized environment which delivered us such a late budget in the first place.

There will be two schools of thought – more cuts in government spending, or increasing “revenue” (i.e… taxes or borrowing). The former position is the correct prescription for California taxpayers, already suffering the effects of the economic downturn. The latter position will be that of the… Read More

The Creative Coalition a non profit based in NYC but rooted in Hollywood that basically lobbies for actors to be able to say F*#K on television has launched a campaign with lots of mid-level talent telling Americans they should vote.

I have been a fan of the Creative Coalition ever since my buddy Devin Dwyer (who is now running for Huntington Beach City Council) got me into one of their super-hip events at the 2000 GOP Convention in New York. They actually fight for First Amendments rights and arts advocacy. Their events which raise money for their cause feature everyone from big-time movie talent like Leonardo DiCaprio to your standard mobster character actor like Robert Davi who you would totally know if you saw a photo of him.

In addition to people you sorta know the video… Read More

AD 15 GOP candidate Abram Wilson has released a new television spot (actually, it is two spots, as the district straddles two media markets). Below is the East Bay Area version… … Read More