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Ray Haynes

CalCounts – The Democrats’ Worst Nightmare

I have a confession to make. Ann Dunsmore once raised money for me, and no, the Giuliani campaign was not behind my run for state senate. Nor is my state senate campaign responsible for the Electoral College reform initiative. To hear the wacko Democrats and their shills in the press talk about it, however, the mere fact that Dunsmore is raising money for the initiative ties that initiative inextricably to the Giuliani campaign. These, of course, are the same Democrats who believe in the single bullet theory, and who found Area 51 just last month.

I don’t know. Maybe when I wrote, and introduced in the Senate in 2001, the Constitutional Amendment that would have distributed the Electoral College votes by Congressional District, I was a Giuliani operative, secretly plotting to make him President then. Or maybe, back in 1993, when Dunsmore was raising money for me, we were secretly plotting to make Giuliani President in 2008.

Or maybe, the distribution of Electoral College votes by Congressional District is good for California, and those of us who are working to bring the idea to fruition in California are doing the what we are doing because we… Read More

Jon Fleischman

Dave Gilliard — How you can help with the CalCounts Initiative Qualification…

With the importance of the opportunity presented by qualifying and passing the California Counts ballot measure this coming June, we reached out to CalCounts Campaign Manager Dave Gilliard with one simple question — what can our readers do to help. Here is what Dave had to suggest…

Dear FLASHREPORT Readers, Do you want to help us make California count again in Presidential elections? If your answer is yes, keep reading. The calendar, not the Democrats, is our biggest enemy right now. Our goal is to put the Electoral College Reform Initiative before the voters in June of 2008. To make sure we make the June ballot, we need to turn-in our signatures to the counties before Thanksgiving.Read More

Jon Fleischman

Sunday Thoughts: Nunez, Lewis, McCain, DeVore

The "Hypocracy Has A Name" award goes to Fabian Nunez, who has set his attack-flack, Steve Maviglio, on a mission of pummelling the California Nurses Association. Presumably their crime is not being on Fabian’s "team" for his attempts to massively increase the role of government in healthcare (the CNA actually has their own bad plan – the nerve!). Anyways, the hypocracy comes in when you look at Steve’s post here on the California Democrat Report where he accuses the CTA of "Living High on the Hog" — nice, coming from the Deputy Chief to Fabian "Louis Vuitton" Nunez… We often refer to U.S Representative Jerry Lewis as the "King of Pork" because of rather blatant support of earmarks, no matter how egregious. Rolling Stone is a liberal publication, of course, but they have dubbed Lewis the "King of Payoffs" — but that isn’t the reason to … Read More

Jon Fleischman

Sunday Thoughts: Nunez, Lewis, McCain, DeVore

The "Hypocracy Has A Name" award goes to Fabian Nunez, who has set his attack-flack, Steve Maviglio, on a mission of pummelling the California Nurses Association. Presumably their crime is not being on Fabian’s "team" for his attempts to massively increase the role of government in healthcare (the CNA actually has their own bad plan – the nerve!). Anyways, the hypocracy comes in when you look at Steve’s post here on the California Democrat Report where he accuses the CTA of "Living High on the Hog" — nice, coming from the Deputy Chief to Fabian "Louis Vuitton" Nunez… We often refer to U.S Representative Jerry Lewis as the "King of Pork" because of rather blatant support of earmarks, no matter how egregious. Rolling Stone is a liberal publication, of course, but they have dubbed Lewis the "King of Payoffs" — but that isn’t the reason to … Read More

Jon Fleischman

Assemblyman Chuck DeVore: Governor Schwarzenegger as Chief Executive

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was a guest of Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona and other first-responders here in Orange County for a major press briefing today at the Incident Command for the Santiago fires. Assemblyman Chuck DeVore was on hand, and penned an outstanding write-up sharing his perspective on the the Governor’s visit and presser. It begins:

Governor Schwarzenegger as chief executive: a glimpse into your government at work I have often been openly critical of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s fiscal, environmental, and energy policies. I have also praised his policies when I agree with them. That said I have always seen our Governor as a strong chief executive. I spent 24Read More

Jon Fleischman

ABC 20/20’s John Stossel – Global Warming: Give Me A Break

This is an outstanding video clip from ABC’s 20/20 where John Stossel tackles head-on the reality that the scientific community divided over whether and what the impact if humankind is on the Earth’s temperature…. (h/t to Freedomworks)Read More

Mike Spence

More Liar, Liar in Three Valleys Water District.

Previously, I mentioned that Democrat Xavier Alvarez, a member of the Three Valleys Municipal Water District had been charged with falsely telling people he was a Medal of Honor recipient. See here. Now the Three Valleys Municipal Water District Board has censured poor Alvarez for lying about being married. He claimed to be married and health coverage for someone he divorced in 2002. This must be a new meaning to the phrase "friend with benefits". See story here.Read More

Tab Berg

Today’s Commentary: Taxpayer bucks and sport deals.

After the monumental flop of last year’s “arena deal” in Sacramento – with voters spanking a proposed tax hike to pay for what amounted to a half-billion-dollar subsidy for the owners of the Sacramento Kings – you’d think folks would have learned something. Or not.

Keeping the Sacramento Kings in the area and building a first class entertainment venue are laudable goals – as long as taxpayers don’t get soaked along the way.

The last proposal was simply a bad deal for taxpayers. And everyone involved lost credibility and public support by trying to be too clever instead of putting together a solid proposal that could stand on it’s own merits.

**There is moreRead More