Two GOP Assembly-Members. One faked a resume and went from baking cookies to the State Assembly based on a last name that used to poll well. The other built a business he actually owned, ran for community college board and then parlayed years of goodwill that was...
There is a time-honored tradition in the era of term limits. Office Shopping near the end of your tenure. This is one reason I am extremely grateful for the Proposition that passed making it 12 years in the same place. No more sitting in State Senate looking at...
When I was 26, I wanted to run for office. When I was 31, I quit drinking and decided I never, ever wanted to run for office, ever. I rank both of those as amongst of the five best decisions I have ever made in my life. There is another 26 year old I hope arrives...
You read it here first. Several sources from the inside of politics are buzzing that Dave Titus is starting to make the rounds. This makes sense on several fronts: It is consistent with the betrayal of John Allard by Steve Davey/Ted Gaines in favor of Beth Gaines...
Some have roundly criticized me for refusing to drink the Beth Gaines Kool-Aid. I have said repeatedly that she is incompetent. Today illustrates that like no other: From the Capitol Report of the Bee: Rocklin lawmaker ambushed over 'undeserved' amendment...
Ted Gaines recruited Dennis Revell to run for Cent Com Chairman. When Revell came to introduce himself to the CRA in Placer - he was very nervous at first - indicating that Ted Gaines / Beth Gaines and others had told him about us. We waited to pass judgement on...
Andy Pugno had to be stopped at all costs. How dare anyone take on an incumbent. If an incumbent was beaten by a challenger, that would set a precedent. The problem is that we now live in a Prop 14 world, this "top-two" system invites challenges to incumbents. So,...
As I write this - Chris Norby just conceded defeat. This is the final seat the dems needed for their supermajority in the assembly. The leadership of the GOP never liked Norby. He beat their hand-picked candidate the last cycle and he certainly was not a vote for...
When the Sacramento Bee endorsed Beth Gaines they wrote the following: As it is, Gaines is free to continue in her bubble world, benefiting from huge campaign money from contributors outside her district and rarely answering questions from the media without a...
Assembly Permanent Superminority Leader Connie Conway was re-elected today. She was on watch when the GOP lost another three seats in the Assembly to go below the 1/3 threshold to stop tax increases. Conway directed liberal Billionaire Charles Munger to spend on...
Today is the second anniversary of "FBI DAY". This is the day in Placer County Republican History when Karen Stafford England (no relation to David Stafford Reade) alleged that the FBI visited her home to talk about, of all things, the finances of the Placer GOP....
In tracking Charles Munger's ever-increasing money flow in to politics, I came across a filing for a liberal RINO in CA-08 that Munger has cranked some $410k in to. The filing was signed by Ashlee N. Titus acting as Treasurer as the listed Treasurer is Thomas W....