Today my Republican Governor introduced a vast health care proposal that, if enacted, raises taxes, moves us away from individual responsibility for our health care in favor of making health care coverage a government (taxpayer) responsibility, and moves the consumer even further away from their appropriate role in a market-driven healthcare system.

There are a lot of great ideas, based on sound Republican principles, contained in both the State Senate and Assembly GOP proposals. The Governor’s proposal is a recipe for disaster – and would clearly make things worse.… Read More

The Orange City Council tonight will hear a report from their city attorney on "…continued viability of the Resource Center and secondary impacts of day laborer solicitation."

Several city council members have expressed concern in recent months that the "Resource Center" was nothing more than a haven for illegal aliens seeking work. Work being a noble cause, being here illegally being, well illegal.

Reports of a nearby gas station owner saying day laborers urinate on the side of his building, gambling (sounds like fun) and pitching coins which block sidewalks, customers avoiding businesses where laborers congregate and potential employers (we’ll call them John’s) causing traffic hazards as they slow and solicit for "workers" are all reasons for the review.… Read More

Hey they forgot blogger for Flashreport and Red County…

La Mesa resident Barry Jantz, CEO of the Grossmont Healthcare District, has been appointed to the San Diego County Taxpayers Association board. Jantz, who joined the district in 2004, served as a member of the La Mesa City Council for four terms from 1990 to 2006. He was chief of staff to former Assemblyman Jay La Suer and was a public affairs consultant. He previously worked for 18 years in the facilities development department for Kaiser Permanente.

Congratulations, Barry…… Read More

Senate District 23 is held by Senator Sheila Kuehl (pictured left). She is currently prevented from seeking re-election due to term limits.

The district is coastal stretching from Oxnard in Ventura County to Malibu and then down to UCLA. Half the population is in Los Angeles but also includes the entire cities of Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, Malibu, and West Hollywood. (See a map here.)

Governor Schwarzenegger won the seat in the 2003 recall but only tied Angelides last November. Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner came within three points of Bustamante in 2006 and is the only Republican to come close in the last decade. The Republican on the ballot here is less than a speed bump for the winner of the Democratic primary.… Read More

Senate District 23 is held by Senator Sheila Kuehl (pictured left). She is currently prevented from seeking re-election due to term limits.

The district is coastal stretching from Oxnard in Ventura County to Malibu and then down to UCLA. Half the population is in Los Angeles but also includes the entire cities of Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, Malibu, and West Hollywood. (See a map here.)

Governor Schwarzenegger won the seat in the 2003 recall but only tied Angelides last November. Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner came within three points of Bustamante in 2006 and is the only Republican to come close in the last decade. The Republican on the ballot here is less than a speed bump for the winner of the Democratic primary.

This is not a district that is going to be electing someone like… Read More

In the wake of his change-of-heart on same-sex marriage, Mayor Jerry Sanders tonight held on to the SD County Republican Party’s previously given endorsement. Plenty of conjecture and comments at Red County San Diego:

So What is Going to Happen at the GOP Tonight?

Independent Report

Mayor Wins… Read More

Check out this KABC news footage about the unexplainable and lavish lifestyle enjoyed by Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez, all at the expense of his campaign donors…

It you had any questions about why term-limits are a good thing, this would be it. Nunez has completely lost his sense of propriety in terms of prudent use of campaign funds.

The video is about two minutes long, but the best images are after the half-way point, with Nunez literally running away from the camera, as the reporter is asking him to explain all of his outrageous and lavish expenditures… (there is more below the video) "SE SALE POR LA COCINA" or, in Enlgish, "HE LEFT THROUGH THE KITCHEN" … Read More

Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas has confirmed he will be a speakerthis Saturday evening, October 13, at the upcoming Western Conservative Political Action conference to be held at the Fairmont Hotel in Newport Beach.

Other speakers at the conference include conservative leaders Mike Reagan, U.S. Senator Sam Brownback, Congressman Duncan Hunter, State Senator Tom McClintock, Assemblyman Chuck DeVore, and Reagan biographer Dinesh D’Souza, amongmany others.

There is still time to take advantage of the Fairmont’s discounted rate of $159 a night for conference registrants. Information about theconference and on-line registration is available at www.westerncpac.com or by calling Tiffany Delepine at Schubert/Flint Public Affairs at 714-774-1741.… Read More