I’m not a big fan of using polling data to guide where California lawmakers should go on public policy questions. Mainly because I find that with most surveys, the responses you get are only as good as the questions that are asked. That said, polling because much more significant when you are talking about taking issues to the ballot box. I am sure it is very disconcerting to the ‘insider political set’ that the voters are so strong in their suppport for the state’s current term limits. After all, ask just about any insider and they will tell you they don’t work. Ask most outsiders, and they will tell you that they are happy with term limits. Steve Poizner is being urged by a prominent state panel to reduce Workers Comp rates further. I’m sure it won’t take much encouragement… Big Brother is alive and well and lives in Sacramento. There are so many bills out there to tell people how to lead their lives, or to ‘socially engineeer’ behavior by Californians. That’s not the proper role of government. If I want to have a solar panel on my roof, that should be my choice.… Read More

I’m not a big fan of using polling data to guide where California lawmakers should go on public policy questions. Mainly because I find that with most surveys, the responses you get are only as good as the questions that are asked. That said, polling because much more significant when you are talking about taking issues to the ballot box. I am sure it is very disconcerting to the ‘insider political set’ that the voters are so strong in their suppport for the state’s current term limits. After all, ask just about any insider and they will tell you they don’t work. Ask most outsiders, and they will tell you that they are happy with term limits. Steve Poizner is being urged by a prominent state panel to reduce Workers Comp rates further. I’m sure it won’t take much encouragement… Big Brother is alive and well and lives in Sacramento. There are so many bills out there to tell people how to lead their lives, or to ‘socially engineeer’ behavior by Californians. That’s not the proper role of government. If I want to have a solar panel on my roof, that should be my choice.… Read More

Good news for San Bernardino County’s High Desert region – San Bernardino County First District Supervisor Brad Mitzelfelt today was tapped to lead the nine-member High Desert Corridor Joint Powers Authority. Republican Los Angeles County Supervisor Mike Antonovich – who nominated Mitzelfelt to serve as chair – will serve as vice-chair of the newly-created entity, which is tasked with addressing transportation congestion in the growing communities of California’s High Desert region, which include Lancaster and Palmdale (Los Angeles County) and Victorville, Hesperia and Apple Valley in San Bernardino County. Read NBC4’s account of the meeting here.

In the High Desert Corridor Joint Powers Authority’s first official act, Supervisors Antonovich and Mitzelfelt led the agency in requesting funding for a proposed Palmdale-Victorville expressway, which will ease traffic gridlock and relieve transit congestion in California’s… Read More

Earlier this month I wrote about the troubles our Registrar’s office was having getting it together.

The Board of Supervisors appointed a "Blue Ribbon" Task Force that is conducting public forums. The only thing I’ve heard is one of the memberslamenting the lack of interest inthe forums. That is surprising, (not), especially after the stellar 30% turnout the county had last election.

For those on the edge of their seats, this ace reporter will keep you posted!… Read More

I’ve gotten to know Dr. Long very well and can tell you all he is a good, capable, eloquent man who will do well in this position. I hope he will have the latitude to effect some change. He has been incredibly supportive of local control in Riverside County.

This is great for the Inland Empire.

Dr. David Long, Riverside County Superintendent of Schools, has been appointed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to be the California Secretary of Education. The appointment was announced by the governor today (Wednesday, March 28, 2007) at a news conference in Sacramento.

“I deeply appreciate Gov. Schwarzenegger’s confidence in me and I look forward to working with the leadership of this state to benefit the more than six million students of the state of California,” Long said. “Throughout my many years in education I have remained focused on the student in the classroom. As a teacher and coach, superintendent and now Secretary of Education, my focus remains on each and every child and what he or she needs to achieve and be successful in life.”… Read More

A few other blogs have reported today about the Governor’s return to using union-printed letterhead.

This, from the so-called student of Milton Friedman.… Read More

As FR readers know, I am not partial to reprinted press releases up on this blog. That said, this morning the California Republican Party issued a release chock-full of new appointments that are all worth sharing, and I have no desire to virtually re-write what they’ve put out… So here it is:

The California Republican Party today announced the following nominations and appointments have taken place since the election of a new Chairman and Board of Directors at its February convention. CRP Chairman Ron Nehring announced the nomination of Steven Francis, Chairman of AMN Healthcare, to serve as the California Republican Party’s new Finance Chairman. Mr. Francis is a successful business leader in Southern California and a board member of The New Majority donor group, the Lincoln Club, plus numerous charitable and civic organizations including Father Joe Villages, the Chamber of Commerce, and the YMCA. This position… Read More

Whenever the political left wants to inspire its troops, it never takes long before they reach back to the glory days of the 1960s for one of its favorite rallying cries: "By any means necessary."

Back then, the words meant grit, determination and a willingness to endeavor against difficult odds for causes such as racial equality. For today’s left – particularly environmentalists – "any means necessary" means something entirely different.

We can all think of examples of this kind of environmental ‘extremist’ – such as “tree spiking” — but there much more pervasive level in which environmental radicalism is running rampant – through the use of political action to deceive, delay, and “game the system” for their extreme ideological and political agenda.

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