That is the headline from the alert I received from the Capitol Resource Institute. I have to admit, I’m surprised that there was a bump in this bill. I figured the Dems would pass it on and of course our Dudley Do-Gooder of a Governor would feel he knew better than parents what was good for everyone and of course make Merck lots of money. You can see the blow by blow here.

Kudos to GOPer’s Strickland, Huff and Gaines… Read More

After the recount, the margin that elected the Mayor is ONE vote. Don’t worry there will be a recount and if the Orange County folks involved in the Nguyen race get involved, who knows. See article here.See Previous FR Story here.… Read More

Last evening, United States Senator John McCain raised over a half a million dollars at a fundraising event at the Irvine Hyatt Hotel in Orange County. I was invited by the McCain campaign to attend not only the reception, but also an exclusive round-table discussion that took place beforehand. As a Vice Chairman of the California Republican Party, I am officially neutral in the Presidential primary, but was very pleased to accept the generous invitation of the McCain Campaign. Even better, I got an ‘okay’ to bring along the new digital camcorder that I just purchased!

The event, which probably had about 200 or so people at it, was organized by some of Orange Counties heaviest hitters — former U.S. Ambassador to Spain George Argyros, Irvine Company owner Don Bren (who, according to Forbes, is the 80th richest person in the world), renowned developer General William Lyon, and former Secretary of State Bill Jones. Introducing Senator McCain was the Irvine Company’s Dan Young, who filled in for Don Bren, who attended but was sidelined with a bad case of laryngitis. After McCain’s speech, he was followed by fundraising guru Gary Hunt.… Read More

I have a few testimonials on the "FlashCam" from the McCain event, that I’ll get up as time permits. Here is the first one, from a familiar face in California politics. … Read More

Last evening, United States Senator John McCain raised over a half a million dollars at a fundraising event at the Irvine Hyatt Hotel in Orange County. I was invited by the McCain campaign to attend not only the reception, but also an exclusive round-table discussion that took place beforehand. As a Vice Chairman of the California Republican Party, I am officially neutral in the Presidential primary, but was very pleased to accept the generous invitation of the McCain Campaign. Even better, I got an ‘okay’ to bring along the new digital camcorder that I just purchased!

The event, which probably had about 200 or so people at it, was organized by some of Orange Counties heaviest hitters — former U.S. Ambassador to Spain George Argyros, Irvine Company owner Don Bren (who, according to Forbes, is the 80th richest person in the world), renowned developer General William Lyon, and former Secretary of State Bill Jones. Introducing Senator McCain was the Irvine Company’s Dan Young, who filled in for Don Bren, who attended but was sidelined with a bad case of laryngitis. After McCain’s speech, he was followed by fundraising guru Gary Hunt.… Read More

Congressman Buck McKeon represents part of Los Angeles and San Bernardino Counties. He recently penned this column about school choice. Read it at Townhall here.… Read More

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Check out this humorous piece up on the Capitol Weekly site today! Democrat State Senators Correa, Calderon, and Negrete Mcleod were locked out of their Capitol offices by "The Don" Perata for attending a fundraising event for Democrat Caucus "moderates".

According to CW:

Perata declined to discuss the issue. "I never talk about the politics of the caucus," he said.

Hmmm.… Read More