Hopefully it did fall through the cracks for California political observers that last week liberal Democrat Congresswoman Grace Napolitano of Los Angeles County was very blunt in comments to the San Gabriel News Tribune that she thinks that the $11 billion water bond currently slated to appear on this November’s ballot is going to be defeated by voters.”

According to the News Tribune, Napolitano said, “They should support it, but I don’t think they will… People are very upset with legislators. And since it’s (legislators’) idea, I don’t think (voters) are ready to put out any more money.”

Napolitano’s comments are very significant because she is a supporter of the bond, and she also has some gravitas on the water issue, serving as the Chairman of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power.

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Hopefully it did fall through the cracks for California political observers that last week liberal Democrat Congresswoman Grace Napolitano of Los Angeles County was very blunt in comments to the San Gabriel News Tribune that she thinks that the $11 billion water bond currently slated to appear on this November’s ballot is going to be defeated by voters.”

According to the News Tribune, Napolitano said, “They should support it, but I don’t think they will… People are very upset with legislators. And since it’s (legislators’) idea, I don’t think (voters) are ready to put out any more money.”

Napolitano’s comments are very significant because she is a supporter of the bond, and she also has some gravitas on the water issue, serving as the Chairman of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power.

I suspect that you will see more and more “realistic assessments” of the lack of political viability of this massive, bloated, so-called water bond as we get past the June election.

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FIORINA FOR U.S. SENATE “Palin Endorses Fiorina” great front the back was confusing. WHITMAN FOR GOVERNOR “Now Get the Facts” Again a great front, comparison inside. YES ON PROP 17 — TODAY’S WINNER “Take Your Discounts With You” clear and to the point, know literally nothing about the proposition, never heard of it, but I’ll probably vote for it based on the piece.… Read More

One of the most recognizable slate mailers that comes out is Tim Carey’s California Voter Guide. This go around his program will include over 5 million pieces of mail! Below are examples of his two slates that have mailed. Carey also has an innovative online slate card program, which we’ll feature in a future post… Tim will happily give you a quote for his general election slate…… Read More

Just got this in at Casa De Flash…

From today’s Wall Street Journal Political Diary E-mail… … Read More

The National Rifle Association blasts Republican Senate candidate Tom Campbell for being terrible candidate on gun-rights and ownership issues. They like both DeVore and Fiorina. Here is the text of an e-mail they are sending far and wide… Maeve Reston has more on this on the Los Angeles Times PolitiCal Blog…

From the NRA… PROTECT OUR SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS – VOTE FREEDOM FIRST ON JUNE 8 May 15, 2010 Dear California NRA Member: … Read More

The California Fair Political Practices Commission has started publishing "top ten" lists, as if they have nothing better to do. On second thought I guess having them grind their data is a better thing than terrifying campaign treasurers. In March they published a list of the "top ten" slate mailers in California, all political parties, by gross revenue. But they used old data from 2007/2008. Two of my Landslide Communications slate mailers made the top ten for the whole state. Not bad. My friend Tim Carey’s slate mailer was listed number one in gross revenue. Not bad. I look forward to the statistics this next time around, and as Carey and I agreed yesterday, there is nothing wrong with a little healthy competition. Though I think my slates win more elections, and I’m going to ask the FPPC to start sorting through the data that way.

In any event, the most recent top ten list from the FPPC are the top recipients of Independent Expenditure money in legislative races, and it comes as no surprise to seasoned observers that Democrats dominate the money in California elections. Number one was Orange County Democrat… Read More