Emotion regarding social issues is clouding the political judgment of political observers and the local press in the race for the 5th Assembly District between Republican Small Business Owner Andy Pugno, Democrat Community Physician/Educator Richard Pan, and Peace and Freedom College Student Elizabeth Martinez. So the Pugno campaign will attempt to provide some facts for people to consider about the race, the district and the candidates. Pugno Fact #5 As of the 60-day close of voter registration, the makeup of Assembly District 5 is now 40% Republican, 37% Democrat. Under the 2001 redistricting plan, no Democrat has won a legislative seat when Republican registration was 40% or above. Just a short time ago, this district had more Democrats than Republicans. Today Republicans have a margin of almost 6,000 and the drive to register more Republicans continues.… Read More

Later this morning the Carly Fiorina for U.S. Senate campaign will formally announce the launch of their first (of many) General Election television commercial. The 30 second spot, entitled "Ma’am" is

“It has only taken 30 years, but California voters have finally been afforded the complete and accurate picture of Barbara Boxer. In her own words, she demonstrates the arrogance that is the hallmark of a career that has gone on for far too long and will mercifully end on November 2. She’s invested much in furthering her career and liberal ideology but has delivered little for the people of California,” said Carly for California Campaign Manager Marty Wilson. “Boxer’s treatment of General Walsh is seared into the minds of Californians, and this is the beginning of our campaign’s fact-based approach to exposing the lowlights of Barbara Boxer’s career dedicated to raising taxes, increasing the size of government and promoting policies that strangle the private sector’s ability to create jobs. Carly provides the perfect contrast through her background in business and commitment to addressing our… Read More

A picture is worth a 1,000 words…

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In 2008, one of the bills featured in the FR "Top 20 Bills To Veto" column (co-authored by Senator Dutton and Assemblyman DeVore) was SB 375 (Steinberg). Unfortunately, that was a bill that despite our singling it out for termination, was signed into law by the Governor. This ultimate "nanny state" social engineering bill is all about Sacramento politicos imposing their ideological agenda on local planning decisions. This was a bill that said that if local projects aren’t built to discourage commuting and force people to live a low-carbon lifestyle, then state funds would be withheld. Sound like something out of the former Soviet Union? We all thought so…

Fast forward a couple of years and now we sit on the eve the imperial California Air Resources Board getting ready to adopt new mandates for emissions reductions in planning that the contortions that would need to be gone through to meet them would completely trample the most important principles of our republic — freedom and liberty…

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The importance of electing a Republican majorities in the United States Senate and House of Representatives cannot be understated. The need to stop the hard-left agenda of President Obama, Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi could not be more urgent.

But if we recapture a majority, and intend on maintaining it for some time to come, Republican federal legislators need to demonstrate to the country — but especially to Republican voters that have been frustrated watching the growth in our federal government, regardless of which political party has been in charge — that things will, in fact, be different than before.

In her most recent column, Peggy Noonan summed this up quite well..

The influential Club for Growth has weighed in and endorsed David Harmer in his campaign to unseat liberal Democrat Jerry McNerney in California’s 11th Congressional District (East Bay Area, and Central Valley).

I reached out to longtime FR friend Andy Roth, the Club’s Political Director, who had this to share with FR readers…

Emotion regarding social issues is clouding the political judgment of political observers and the local press in the race for the 5th Assembly District between Republican Small Business Owner Andy Pugno, Democrat Community Physician/Educator Richard Pan, and Peace and Freedom College Student Elizabeth Martinez. So the Pugno campaign will attempt to provide some facts for people to consider about the race, the district and the candidates. Pugno Fact #4 According to a poll completed Sunday night in Assembly District 5, when likely voters were asked if they were likely or unlikely to vote for a candidate who was endorsed by the Sacramento Bee: 37% responded likely 54% responded unlikely 9% had no opinion… Read More

I’ve written here before about how much fun I’ve had working with www.Ancestry.com to check out my family roots. I got so involved in it that I took my first trip to Ireland this summer to meet with some top geneology researchers to commission a detailed study of the Irish "Lacy" family. I also had a chance to go to J. Kennedy’s Pub while in the Emerald Isle. Quite a dive, I might add. My research was exciting because using Ancestry.com and a U.S. based researcher, I was able to trace my family all the way back to William Lacy, II, who reached New Kent, Virginia by ship in 1652. My family history on my father’s side has been 100% Irish, at least through family lore. The Lacy men usually married Irish girls over the more recent centuries, and yes there is surely some blarney in me for sure. I love the story and song of Molly Malone. I enjoy a Guinness and I like Harp better, I love that quart of Jameson Irish Whiskey that Tom Fuentes gives me… Read More