I read the Los Angeles Times article about Michelle Steel working at as Claude Parrish’s chief deputy at the Board of Equalization for only three months — and then quitting as soon it was certain she could list "Equalization Boardmember’s Deputy."

Yawn.

With all due respect to the respected publisher of this respected publication, I’m more outrraged that Marcus Frishman is making $111,768 a year as Parrish’s deputy.

Like many conservatives, I find myself in an odd situation vis-a-vis the BOA 3rd District race. The choice is between two excellent conservatives: Michelle Steel and Assemblyman Ray Haynes. Ray has long been an inspiring and tireless conservative voice in the California wilderness. I have been friends with Shawn and Michelle Steel for many years, and know Michelle to be as relentless in her conservatism as Shawn.

Naturally, Ray is… Read More

The CalRaces blog has video of a very agitated Jim Ledford, primary opponent to Assemblywoman Sharon Runner, having a total meltdown at a press conference last Friday, May 12th. (Mike Spence blogs about it below and links to an article in the Antelope Valley Press.) The video includes a very “special” moment at the end. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll ask yourself, why can’t Tom Hanksshow this much emotion? www.CalRaces.com… Read More

Your GOP Primary opponent is an incumbent, who just got done crossing the state to qualify the popular Jesica’s Law initiative. The initiative will crack down on sex offenders.

Q.What do you do?

A. Hold a press conference attacking her on the issue of sex offenders.

That is exactly what happened in the 36th Assembly District race between Jessica Law co-author Sharon Runner and Palmdale Mayor James Ledford.

Next Garamendi will attack McClintock for being weak on taxes or Feinstein will hit Mountjoy on illegal immigration. That sound you hear is Ledford’s campaign going over like a led ballon. No GPS trackernecessay to see where this is going.

See the article here.… Read More

The good news: Mike Wallace finally retiring from Sunday night’s propaganda laced ’60 Minutes’. The bad news: Helen Thomas is taking his place, and Ed Bradley got official permission from the network (as part of his contract negotiations) to wear a different ostentatious outfit every 20 seconds he is on camera, as opposed to his current 30 second deal.… Read More

Francine Busby’s 2006 campaign for Congress is a totally different creature than her bid in 2004. Then, she was a longshot liberal running against a popular incumbent. Now, she’s the Democrat poster child for ethics reform and moderation.

But while Busby (pictured to the right) needs to tell voters she’s a moderate in order to win a congressional district that President Bush carried by 11 points in 2004, moderation is hardly a Busby trait. Her public persona is a long record of radical leftism that the mainstream media is loathe to report. Busby has established ties not only to the fringe left of the Democrat party, but to groups and organizations whose positions on moral equivalence between terrorism and war would make even the dedicated liberals in her own party wrap themselves in the flag.

On her 2004 campaign website biography, Busby lists two groups with which she "actively participated," that are mysteriously missing… Read More

Francine Busby’s 2006 campaign for Congress is a totally different creature than her bid in 2004. Then, she was a longshot liberal running against a popular incumbent. Now, she’s the Democrat poster child for ethics reform and moderation.

But while Busby (pictured to the right) needs to tell voters she’s a moderate in order to win a congressional district that President Bush carried by 11 points in 2004, moderation is hardly a Busby trait. Her public persona is a long record of radical leftism that the mainstream media is loathe to report. Busby has established ties not only to the fringe left of the Democrat party, but to groups and organizations whose positions on moral equivalence between terrorism and war would make even the dedicated liberals in her own party wrap themselves in the flag.

On her 2004 campaign website biography, Busby lists two groups with which she "actively participated," that are mysteriously missing… Read More

The UC Regents met today in San Francisco to discuss yet another in a long list of embarrassing scandals. The current scandal in the UC system involves over $871 million in bloated salaries, granted perks and other actions that violate UC rules.

I’m sure the Regents will weather this storm just fine. After all, they’re no strangers to scandal, accusations of mismanagement or claims of incompetence. A quick review of the past ten years reveals enough to fill a book.

Here’s the short list:

1996 – OC Register reports that UC Irvine was harvesting eggs from women without their consent and transferring them to other women. The fertility scandal cost taxpayers $18 million.

Also in 1996, the LA Times reported a whistle-blower lawsuit by two former UC employees who alleged “that the university’s five medical centers…billed the government for millions of dollars in fraudulent insurance claims.”

1999 – City News Service reports the sale for profit of body parts from the Willed Body Programs at UCI and UCLA.

2003 – U.S. Dept of Energy issues… Read More

The UC Regents met today in San Francisco to discuss yet another in a long list of embarrassing scandals. The current scandal in the UC system involves over $871 million in bloated salaries, granted perks and other actions that violate UC rules.

I’m sure the Regents will weather this storm just fine. After all, they’re no strangers to scandal, accusations of mismanagement or clams of incompetence. A quick review of the past ten years reveals enough to fill a book.

Here’s the short list:

1996 – OC Register reports that UC Irvine was harvesting eggs from women without their consent and transferring them to other women. The fertility scandal cost taxpayers $18 million.

Also in 1996, the LA Times reported a whistle-blower lawsuit by two former UC employees who alleged “that the university’s five medical centers…billed the government for millions of dollars in fraudulent insurance claims.”

1999 – City News Service reports the sale for profit of body parts from the Willed Body Programs at UCI and UCLA.

2003 – U.S. Dept of Energy issues blistering report of UC’s oversight of security and procurement… Read More