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Jon Fleischman

SB 900/AB 1602 – “Rush To Obamacare” Should Be Vetoed

With the dust clearing on the “fine works” of the Democrat-controlled state legislature, it’s becoming very clear that some very noxious pieces of legislation are now sitting on Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s desk, awaiting his perusal. While the FlashReport annual Top Twenty Bills To Veto feature is due out later this week, there is one particular set of terrible bills that are worth their own separate mention right now. Given that our state’s economy is in bad shape, these bills represent job killing legislation at its worst.

We are calling on the Governor to swiftly use his veto pen on Senate Bill 900 and Assembly Bill 1602. These two companion pieces of legislation together represent an effort to see California embrace Obamacare years early, and (of course) seeks to put into place regulations well beyond those required by the unpopular federal legislation. One bill creates a “California Health Benefits Exchange” and the other dictates how it will be operated. Under federal mandates, it is estimated that between 4 and 9 million Californians would be… Read More

Barry Jantz

Sunday San Diego

A hodgpodge of otherwise mostly-missing-from-the-mainstream missives from the San Diego area…

Public Twitter Act… By Kelly Thornton at Voice of San Diego, an excellent analysis of the growing question: Should politicos be able to communicate electronically during public meetings and just what exactly in this day and ageis a public record? (Side note: A few years ago when a local reporter asked for my public calendar, assumingI must have a paper one, I was half inclined to hand her my Blackberry and ask how soon I could get it back.)

Read the Voice piece, Silence of the Thumbs. San Diego Rostra Fledgling, but Growing… The little area conservative blog, which I consider a local partner to… Read More

Ray Haynes

Republicans are Lazy

So it is clear, I am talking about Republican officeholders and candidates, not the tireless volunteers that work endless hours helping that hapless group get elected. We are about to enter the sprint phase of this electoral marathon, and Republican officeholders and candidates are very ill equipped for the victories they are about to receive.

The good news is, voters don’t care. Voters are so angry at Democrats that Republicans can show up to this party drunk and get power. But those officeholders and candidates are not ready. I listened to Meg Whitman on John and Ken. It was painful. But the race is over. She can phone it in now, and Jerry Brown is still toast. Carly Fiorina will probably beat Boxer. It is close, but I think Boxer loses (I said so in January). It will be a duel, but in the end, I think Fiorina wins. But like Whitman, she has not persuaded the voters that she is good. They just know that Boxer is bad.

And that is because Republican officeholders are lazy. The first rule of politics is that the purpose of the political process is to persuade the people to entrust you… Read More

James V. Lacy

Boxer apologizes for racist comments

Floyd Mayweather Jr. regrets today making racist comments about Manny Pacquiao yesterday.… Read More

Meredith Turney

Carly Fiorina Announces Position on Ballot Propositions

Carly Fiorina’s campaign just sent out a press release detailing her position on the nine propositions on the ballot this November. Readers may recall that during the debate with Barbara Boxer on Wednesday evening, Fiorina didn’t take a firm stance on Proposition 23, the measure to suspend AB 32. But the press release from her campaign states Fiorina endorses Proposition 23, while calling it a “Band-Aid fix and an imperfect solution.” However, reiterating the point Fiorina made during the debate, it also states, “AB 32 is undoubtedly a job killer, and it should be suspended.” I’ve included the rest of the Fiorina press release below. FR’s Jennifer Nelson provided some outstanding analysis of the Wednesday evening debate, pointing out the outrageous journalistic malpractice that took place. And my Read More

Matthew J. Cunningham

New Poll Has Van Tran In Dead Heat With Loretta Sanchez

It might be time for the Washington prognosticators to move CD47 from "leans Democratic" to "toss up."

A new poll of 400 likely voters in CD47 by the American Action Forum has Assemblyman Van Tran with 43% to 45% for Rep.Loretta Sanchez — well within the 4.9% margin of error.

It remains close even when you factor out the "leaners": Sanchez 42%, Van 40%.

There isn’t a lot of good news for Sanchez in this poll.

For example, in response to the question, "Do you think Loretta Sanchez deserves reelection as congresswoman, or do you think it is time to give someone else a chance?", only 35% said Loretta deserves… Read More

Matthew J. Cunningham

Desalination In Surf City: Will Reason And Sound Science Prevail?

In a state facing as many challenges as California, one has bedeviled us even longer than chronic budget deficits. For decades, in times of both prosperity and recession, we have grappled with the problem of securing enough water.

While the drought was ended this year by heavier-than-usual rainfall, drought will continue to be a recurring reality in Southern California. We tend to forget that we live in a desert and the way of life we enjoy is due to the foresight of our civic forebears who built the great water projects that irrigate this desert.

While that pioneering spirit has ebbed in more liberal, benighted parts of the state, it remains alive in Huntington Beach. On Tuesday, September 7, the city council votes on whether to approve a project that will lessen Orange County’s dependence on expensive imported water, create jobs, generate much needed tax revenue for the city and generally advance our ability to benignly utilize technology to harness nature for human benefit.

I’m referring to the desalination plant Poseidon ResourcesRead More

Matt Rexroad

Conflict?

Lots of newspapers and publications are sending out questionnaires for candidates to fill out. That comes with this time of year. I get it.

Every one of these newspapers would immediately point out the conflict of a legislator that were to include a copy of a piece of legislation they had introduced with a third house fund raising request.

What I don’t understand is how a newspaper looking for answers to questions that will help enlighten their editorial process can possible include a "political advertising rate sheet" with those questions.

This is just wrong for the same reason that it would be wrong to include a copy of the vote on AB XXX with a fund raising request to a group concerned with AB XXX.… Read More

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