It's 2010. California's 5th Assembly District was coming open as Roger Niello was term-limited. The leading candidate with all the institutional support was Andy Pugno, the author of California's Proposition 8. He won the primary with 44% of the vote. Suzanne Jones...
(Again, this series of blogs is dedicated to my friends on the Placer GOP and those patriots in Team Travis, or working on the recall all around the state. I appreciate your readership and affirmations to keep doing what I am doing.) In 2009 (through about 2012),...
2006 was another bizarre year in CAGOP Politics. It was a bad year for the CAGOP marked by losing every statewide partisan office except for the nimrod Governor Arnold. At the direction of Steve Schmidt, Arnold’s campaign adviser who had millions in bonuses riding...
The day I endorsed Donald Trump 3-15-2016 2002 was quite a year in politics for me. I spent hundreds of hours volunteering for then Assemblymember Sam Aanestad against the late Assemblyman Dick Dickerson. Dickerson's heinous crime was voting for the Gray Davis...
Your intrepid blogger has been involved in Placer County Politics for 20+ years. As such, I want to dedicate this series of blogs to those on the Placer GOP Central Committee and the fine folks attempting to recall Gavin Newsom. Many of you are much newer to the...
Back in 2008, we had a 5 Republican Board of Supervisors in Placer County. By 2012, it was 2. In 2018, a motion to oppose Sanctuary State died for lack of a second, why did that happen? (note that the local media are celebrating it's demise) IN 2010, the Late Rocky...
Elections have consequences. Jack Duran got HAMMERED 62-37/with rounding and write-ins factored). Kirk Uhler, the lone Conservative on the current board of Supervisors has taken the lead with a Resolution. It is the understanding of this blog that some within the...
Placer County Board of Supervisors Meeting Despite the Placer County Board of Supervisor Chair’s unilateral pronouncement that he had “…determined that since this issue is being litigated it would serve no purpose to hold a hearing in the Board of Supervisors...
There is a reason why the Press Tribune is read by few if anyone. That newspaper is a joke and the quality of their news may be better described with by notes scribbled in a padded cell with fingerpaints from the McCourtney Road Asylum. If your name is Larissa...
Total Placer County Turnout 54%. 115,266. The numbers don't lie: Total Republican Votes for President: 54181 or 47% - down a fraction of a point below 47.4% Registration Total Democrat Votes for President: 47203 or 41% - up a whopping 14% over 27% Dem Registration...
I am a dirty, rotten, mean racist. Soy un hombre malo. Yo no pudeo entender lo que puse seguir viviendo conmigo. I just can't help but marvel at the stupidity of Victor Bekhet, along with his personal corruption. Victor is the business owner with an expired LLC and...
Let's start with the 1/2 cent Transportation Sales Tax dog whistle: With their experience, judgment and priorities, they are best equipped to wrestle with the complex issues facing Placer, one of California’s fastest-growing counties. One issue headed their way is...