Rumors swirled as former Republican Assembly Leader Rod Pacheco termed out of office in 2002:State Senate, Attorney General,Federal Judgeship?The pundits were spinning.

Rod Pacheco (pictured to the right) was the first Latino Republican elected to the California State Assembly in over a century. Later, he served as Republican Leader for the Republican caucus. His election marked the first time in California’s history that a Latino has served as the Republican Leader in the State Legislature.

In the legislature, he was a staunch and effective advocate for education and public safety. In 2000, Assemblyman Pacheco assembled a bipartisan legislative coalition aimed at reforming the Cal Grant system so that all eligible students would be provided the resources necessary to attend college. Working closely with Senate Pro Tem John Burton (D-San Francisco) on Senate Bill 1644, the Ortiz–Pacheco-Poochigian–Vasconcellos Cal Grant… Read More

Two cities in Orange County have vacancies on their city council’s.

SANTA ANA When Jose Solorio was sworn in to the Assembly he left behind a vacancy on the Santa Ana city council. Now the council expects to appoint a successor on January 2nd. Applications are due by December 18th. Details here.

Santa Ana faces issues including budget shortfalls, crime, delayed street improvements and the almost enviable problem of massive amounts of commercial and residential development but a slow and ‘old school’ planning department that can’t keep up. YORBA LINDA Mike Duvall resigned from the Yorba Linda city council on December 4th to be sworn into the 72nd Assembly District seat and now the remaining four council members say they will fill the vacancy he left which will be for two years. Applications are due December 12th. Details here.

Yorba Linda faces… Read More

Now that Jackie Goldberg has been termed-out ofthe California State Assembly, I am at a complete loss as to which lawmaker, if any, will have the courage to carry the banner on a matter of significant state importance. It appears, unless some unknown legislator steps to the plate, that the vital issue of inappropriate, insensitive, politically incorrect team mascot names may not be debated in the California legislature this year.

Former Assemblywoman Goldberg made somewhat of a career in this arena,advocating for lawsto make unlawful the use of American Indian team mascots at public schools. Not surprisingly, a whole slew of fascists, racists, sexists, chauvinists, Huns, Republicans and readers of the FlashReport have long opposed the idea.

Personally, I could not believe at the timethat I had stooped so low as to allow myself to work for someone as obviously insensitive as now retired Assemblyman Jay La Suer, who said of Jackie’s efforts, “It’s political correctness taken 18 steps too far,” while puffing his chest and bragging openly that he had been both an El… Read More

Now that Jackie Goldberg has been termed-out ofthe California State Assembly, I am at a complete loss as to which lawmaker, if any, will have the courage to carry the banner on a matter of significant state importance. It appears, unless some unknown legislator steps to the plate, that the vital issue of inappropriate, insensitive, politically incorrect team mascot names may not be debated in the California legislature this year.

Former Assemblywoman Goldberg made somewhat of a career in this arena,advocating for lawsto make unlawful the use of American Indian team mascots at public schools. Not surprisingly, a whole slew of fascists, racists, sexists, chauvinists, Huns, Republicans and readers of the FlashReport have long opposed the idea.

Personally, I could not believe at the timethat I had stooped so low as to allow myself to work for someone as obviously insensitive as now retired Assemblyman Jay La Suer, who said of Jackie’s efforts, “It’s political correctness taken 18 steps too far,” while puffing his chest and bragging openly that he had been both an El… Read More

Today, Linda Boyd was re-electedwas County Chair of theLos Angeles County Republican Party. Thiswill beher third team. Linda is only the second person elected to three consecutive terms. Her leadership team and received only a few no votes. LA County has come along way in the last few years under Linda’s leadership. She is also a candidate for Chair of the GOP County Chairman’s Association.… Read More

The high school senior projectof an Antelope Valley Union High School studet continued, but with out credit. School officials decided that the sexy attire and content of "Cabaret " was not in keeping with school policy. See article here.You can see my original post here.

Still undecided is whether the cast will receive vocational educational credit for exotic dancing.

Just kidding, but school officials still have to explain their supervision of the project.… Read More

If I had the time, I’d push Barak. Republicans for Barak even though it’s a Democrat Primary. He’s a rock star and he’ll burn out on the Presidential thing, but, he could split things up a bit.

Hillary draws hot or cold support, nobody is lukewarm on Hillary. Obama can’t win the country, but he can mess with Hillary and the undecided Dems and anti-Hillary Dems. He could be our "gift."

Republicans will need a gift like this; because,since we areout of power, the Foley, DeLay and other issues will fade as the focusmoves toBush and Pelosi and Company –for now. The Iraq war may even lose some of its political luster as the Democrats are now faced with the complexities of resolving it. We need the gift because by not being in the spotlight, those issues will go unresolved, for now,and we will have those issues revisited in ’08 for us.Count on it. The Congressional Reps temporarily dodged Foley yesterday, but the issue is by no means done.

We will have a tougher time overcoming them if we have to do it by ourselves and whomever becomes our presidential… Read More

As we approach the end of the year and as the blame game and gloating starts to wind down, it seems appropriate to start thinking about 2007 and the next election year here in California, here are some of my thoughts:

Victory 2006 Do an analysis of what went right and what went wrong, keep an open mind as it relates to what happened — don’t jump to conclusions too quickly. Be thankful for what the Schwarzenegger team did to help build the party structure in California and ask the question of what should be done to improve and build on the where we stand today. We likely will never see the same amount of money spent on helping build a grassroots structure again, so there will be something else to complain about in 2008 — lack of funding from the presidential nominee.

The CRP Lets encourage a spirited discussion among the candidates running for Vice-Chair of the CRP, they will be responsible for building our GOP bench for governor and the down ticket offices. The CRP is going to need to find a way to get more financial resources into these candidates if… Read More