Blogger's Note: It has been eye-opening to look at several counties and see that 10 have no elected members and thus, due to a by-law change Jessica Patterson and her team got passed in 2016, those couties are stripped of their representation to the state party. In...
I don't like the CAGOP's setup. I never have. As I am peeling the layers back, I truly understand why it is small, insular and dying. The handful of people getting rich off of it want it that way. The candidates change but the control agents stay the same. This is...
Blogger's Note: This has been revised since its' original posting on 11-1-2020 for this re-post. Jessica Patterson is a complete and utter failure as CAGOP Chair. If you were writing a book about leadership, she’d fail almost every objective test of leadership. She...
The game is afoot. It is clear that Jessica Patterson and team are in full gear. While they publicly say they are "doing well" their actions suggest otherwise: I've been told that at least one Steve Frank supporter (who was a nominee for office and has delegate...
CAGOP Chairman's Race Update: A Top Vendor to CAGOP is Also Jessica Patterson's Consultant. (Think #CAPANDTRADE) (Originally written 2-7-2019) I will disclaim this post the way I do most posts about the CAGOP Swamp. I am not alleging any illegal activity. The...
Meridian Pacific is one of the few remaining heavy hitters in California Republican Politics. If you look at the reports of the CAGOP - you will see millions of dollars in business every election cycle. Here is the California GOP's FPPC report thru mid October...
The 1990's era consultants do not deviate from their pattern. They copy other candidate's stuff in a zero-sum-game mentality of trying to cancel out their opponent's perceived advantage. They are also very keen on abusing incumbency. (I still remember the 1.2...
Isn't it amazing that the "Chairwoman" of the CAGOP - who we were supposed to celebrate because she is the first female (and Latina) chair of the CAGOP - has had nothing to say about the rampage of Bill Brough? The sad irony (beyond Bill Brough endorsing her in...
Blogger's Notes: The "Third House" is a term used to refer to the california swamp. This is the group of Lobbyists, Donors, Political Action Committees and the like that influence the isanity in the Capitol with money. In CAGOP parlance, I call them the "Oligarchy...
Did you know that the "Chairwoman" and her handlers have handed the keys to what's left of the CAGOP to Kevin Faulconer? Yup, they gave Faulconer the CAGOP's donor list under the guise of having him chair a fundraising committee. We've seen this drill before and it...
A couple weeks ago, I unloaded on Jessica Patterson. As I type this follow-up blog I am painfully aware that political insiders that include David Stafford Reade, Andy Garakhani, Tom Ross, Luis Buhler and Kevin McCarthy are hard at work trying to control the...