There’s been so much fun in San Diego the past week, I can barely decide where to begin… Sanders Keeps GOP Endorsement… Big in the news and on the blogs was that Mayor Jerry Sanders kept his earlier-obtained Republican endorsement after changing his position on Prop. 22. This, of course, caused many to ask if there will soon be any principles left for the Party to defend. The GOP Central Committee members ended up in a self-imposed tight spot, after previously deciding to "early endorse" the Sanders re-election effort, then having to determine the ramifications of withdrawing support over a significant but single issue. No doubt, some will be hesitant in the future about endorsing anyone prior to candidate qualifying.

Read the Voice of SD’s take on the GOP vote.

Spence Takes a "Real’ Job…Fellow FlashReport contributor and California Republican Assembly President Mike Spence hasaccepted the… Read More

In a speech that matched logic and ideology with a firm grip on the facts, State Senator Tom McClintock dissected and completely demolished anti-global warming legislation last night at the Western Conservative Political Action Conference in Newport Beach at the Fairmont Hotel. The text of the speech will be made available at www.tommcclintock.com, but is was a barn-burner. McClintock’s exposition on the biggest single cause of growth in CO2 emissions — human breathing — brought down the house.

McClintock was introduced by conservative Assemblyman Chuck DeVore, who represents the location of the conference. Those in attendance at last nights’ dinner included Insurance Commissioner Steve Poisner, who gave a fine speech, State Senator Jeff Denham, former State Senator Dick Mountjoy, Laguna Niguel Mayor Pro Tem Paul Glaab, Mission Viejo Councilman John Paul Ledesma, Huntington Beach High School Trustee Matthew Harper, CRA President Mike Spence, HJTA President Jon Coupal, American Conservative Union Chairman Dave Keene, and the evening’s host, Mike Reagan. Joel Fox, President of the Small Business Action Committee, spoke earlier in the… Read More

Despite signing a rash of Nanny Bills with strong PC accents, the Governor slammed Mark Ridley-Thomas’s anti Chiropractic SB 801.

For months Ridley-Thomas has been making reckless charges along with the incredible Sacramento Bee of some sort of disciplinary meltdown taking place at the Chiropractic Board. Like any good Liberal, Ridley-Thomas wanted to impose more regulations on a Board that has an outstanding reputation for disciplining bad doctors and protecting the public. (See my previous posts on this here.)

Ridley-Thomas was trying to score points to humiliate the Governor. Yes, Arnold did appoint two chiropractors to the Board. Which pays nothing, but means many hours of endless meetings. Both doctors are good men and are a credit to their profession. Chairman Dick Tyler DC, practices in the Sacramento area was Arnold’s first chiropractor when Arnold was competing. Franco Columbu DC, speaks three languages and who is the celebrities doctor… Read More

As of this morning, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has acted on eight of our top twenty bills that he should veto. As FR readers know, State Senator Dennis Hollingsworth, Assemblyman Chuck DeVore, and yours truly combed through the many hundreds of bills that the liberal Democrat-controlled legislature passed and put on the Govornor’s desk. All twenty of these bills are really bad news, and the signing of any one of them represents very bad news for the liberty and freedom of Californians. So, the fact that the Governor has signed seven of the "Terrible Twenty" is horrendous. Republican donors and activists around the state worked hard to re-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger so that these kinds of bills, which you would expect to be passed by Don Perata, Fabian Nunez, and their ilk, would get a big VETO. Well, we’ll be doing a more comprehensive look at the Governor’s performance on the twenty worst bills after he has finished with them all. That said, we are urging — no — PLEADING with Governor Schwarzenegger to VETO the… Read More

Despite signing a rash of Nanny Bills with strong PC accents, the Governor slammed Mark Ridley-Thomas’s anti Chiropractic SB 801.

For months Ridley-Thomas has been making reckless charges along with the incredible Sacramento Bee of some sort of disciplinary meltdown taking place at the Chiropractic Board. Like any good Liberal, Ridley-Thomas wanted to impose more regulations on a Board that has an outstanding reputation for disciplining bad doctors and protecting the public. (See my previous posts on this here.)

Ridley-Thomas was trying to score points to humiliate the Governor. Yes, Arnold did appoint two chiropractors to the Board. Which pays nothing, but means many hours of endless meetings. Both doctors are good men and are a credit to their profession. Chairman Dick Tyler DC, practices in the Sacramento area was Arnold’s first chiropractor when Arnold was competing. Franco Columbu DC, speaks three languages and who is the celebrities doctor… Read More

It’s a crazy morning here at Flash-Central, which is good our friends over at the California Term Limits Defense Fund. They released this just now, which will bring to you in this space:

TERM LIMITS GROUP DEMANDS NUNEZ RELEASE TAX RETURNS AND WIFE’S CLIENT LIST IMMEDIATELY Calls for Speaker to Make Full Financial Disclosure to Put Questions to Rest The California Term Limits Defense Fund (CTLDF) today called on Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez to immediately release all of his tax returns since he assumed the Speakership and to also fully disclose the clients list and income of his wife’s consulting firm.

The committee’s demand is in response to the numerous media reports and increasing controversy concerning Nunez’s lavish lifestyle, personal use of his campaign account for international travel and luxury goods, and questions surrounding his sources of… Read More

It’s a crazy morning here at Flash-Central, which is good our friends over at the California Term Limits Defense Fund. They released this just now, which will bring to you in this space:

TERM LIMITS GROUP DEMANDS NUNEZ RELEASE TAX RETURNS AND WIFE’S CLIENT LIST IMMEDIATELY Calls for Speaker to Make Full Financial Disclosure to Put Questions to Rest

The California Term Limits Defense Fund (CTLDF) today called on Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez to immediately release all of his tax returns since he assumed the Speakership and to also fully disclose the clients list and income of his wife’s consulting firm.

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The stereotypes about lazy California state workers have finally been disproven. A state worker has been busily working away at her privately-owned catering company from her state office. Ok, we don’t really know if she is lazy when it comes to her state job since her time is focused on her catering, but doesn’t it count for something that she is doing any work at all in her office?

According to a Los Angeles Times (September 21, 2007) report on newly revealed waste in state offices, “…[t]he whistle-blower office receives about 4,000 calls and letters each year, many leading to reforms of wasteful practices and, in some cases, disciplinary action and criminal prosecution.” Surely a few of these calls were made about a certain “state employee at the Employment Development Department, [who] was found to have used state time and resources to conduct her private catering business in violation of state law.”

“[The EDD employee] used her state computer and email account to promote her personal… Read More