CRP Launches New Website, Tech Initiative at Convention

Posted By Press Release on March 9, 2010

SACRAMENTO – The California Republican Party announced today that it has completed a major upgrade on its main website as the opening stage of an aggressive and innovative direction for its political communication strategy.  The new CRP site, www.cagop.org, features a cleaner, more accessible design with feature elements for podcasts and video, easy-to-use connections to [...]

Whitman Announces Students For Meg Coalition

Posted By Press Release on March 9, 2010

CUPERTINO – Today, Meg Whitman, Republican candidate for Governor, announced the leaders of her Students for Meg Coalition. These leaders are working with Meg to empower students to join together and rebuild the Golden State.
“I am counting on the energy, ideas and determination of California’s young voters to move our state in a new direction,” [...]

S.B. County to weigh suspending lawsuit tied to Colonies settlement

Posted By Staff Reporter on March 9, 2010

By IMRAN GHORI
The Press-Enterprise
Special Section: San Bernardino Co. Probe
San Bernardino County Supervisor Paul Biane is proposing that the county suspend its lawsuit against three agencies to recover damages over a $102 million lawsuit settlement — the same settlement that has lead to two bribery and extortion arrests
Biane said the Board of Supervisors will [...]

Press Enterprise: Accused Postmus co-conspirator appears in court

Posted By Michael Orme on March 9, 2010

By IMRAN GHORI
The Press-Enterprise
Special Section: San Bernardino Co. Probe
An Apple Valley businessman accused of lying about his financial ties to former San Bernardino County Assessor Bill Postmus made his first court appearance Monday morning.
John Dino DeFazio, 50, was arrested by district attorney investigators Feb. 25 and charged with two felony counts of perjury [...]

DeVore wins CRA endorsement!

Posted By Press Release on March 9, 2010

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — DeVore for California today welcomed the overwhelming, first-ballot endorsement of Chuck DeVore by the California Republican Assembly’s 75th annual convention. DeVore’s endorsement, by a margin of 194 votes to 89 for distant-second Carly Fiorina, was the first by a statewide Republican organization in the California U.S. Senate race.
The CRA endorsement of [...]

Andy Vidak Announces Candidacy for Congress in the 20th Congressional District.

Posted By Press Release on March 9, 2010

The following is the text of the comments delivered by Andy Vidak in front of friends and supporters at the formal announcement of his Candidacy for the 20th Congressional District on March 5th in Fresno:
Good morning and thank you for being here. I am Andy Vidak, a farmer, businessman and Hanford resident and I am [...]

Taking aim at rich pensions

Posted By Staff Reporter on March 9, 2010

I love it when told that government officials are looking at a “policy”.
That means they will do nothing to make a change–but want to look like they care.
Forget the “looking into”–stop this crisis now.
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65% of State Employees to Take 100% of Furloughs

Posted By Stephen Frank on March 9, 2010

This is great–now 65% of State employees will have to take 100% of the furloughs.  What does this mean?
In the real world, instead of 6 furlough days, they will be forced to take 8 furlough days.
Don’t you love it how politicians harm workers.
Cut the budget. Cut the taxes. End the union monopoly. Until then, all [...]

Drilling Would Generate $1.8 Billion Over 14 years

Posted By Stephen Frank on March 9, 2010

For 14 years the State of California could earn over $100 million per year.  Plus we could put thousands of people to work.
“”This project provides the opportunity to gain significant and much-needed revenues for the General Fund that could help to preserve state programs that it considers to be a high priority,” the report states. [...]

L.A. County Superior Court to lay off 329 staffers

Posted By Stephen Frank on March 9, 2010

Over the next 90 days we are finally going to see government cut itself.  This is just a start.  The money is just not present.
Maybe we are finally reaching the point that government is finally becoming a little bit efficient?
Now, if we stopped making unions mandatory, it would help. Maybe if government stopped collecting the [...]