From 14 years of involvement in local politics you get to know people. In the last three weeks - I have spoken with several people in, on and around local school districts about their funding, budgets and challenges. (Several is defined as more than 3 and less than...
For those of you scoring at home: 1. Chip Hanlon is getting Sued by the SEC, and had his license to do business revoked by FINRA. 2. The IRS is cracking down on 501C4 "charities". 3. Jeff Stone, who was the opponent to Joel Anderson got fined by the FPPC 4. Jim...
Susan Rohan won Big - she almost doubled second-place finisher Tim Herman. David Larson is the big loser as he was telling local Media he was going to overtake Sam Cannon for third place. Didn't happen. There was one huge upsetting of election night results. Vic...
Today is the day that McCauley and his crew are supposed to run the outstanding ballots - this according to several sources. I don't think any of the results will change - but Ben Mavy ended up beating Otis Wollan on the final count. (Wollan led on election night...
With Ted Gaines blowing out Roger Niello in the SD-01 Primary, it will touch off a chain-reaction. Ken Cooley the Democrat is a huge underdog in the district which is tilted 18 points in the GOP's favor. This means barring something utterly amazing - Gaines wins....
Roseville Measures – Our position prevailed on 6 of 7. We opposed all three tax measures – they all were defeated. The Lincoln Tax measure went down 2-1. Special note: Our friends in the I-Caucus endorsed in the Lincoln City Council Race – winning both seats in...
Eric Teed-Bose finished First by a healthy margin in the Eureka USD. Despite the Labor Unions getting Sheehy elected. Jerri Davis - who the Placer Dems threw under the bus is going to be inclined to work with the 3 Republicans on the board now. Kelli Gnile beat...
Gabriel Hydrick and Stand Nader have won seats on the City Council. This is huge - Richard Peral and Linda Stackpoole were being supported by the incumbents and the establishment. They both lost badly. This is a monster win for the Lincoln Tea Party. CITY OF...
Sierra College Trustee Candidate Howard Rudd has been using his connections developed over years in business and years of goodwill created to gain critical mass. This blogger has been contacted by two local elected officials who have endorsed Howard Rudd. Rudd was...
We finished up our endorsement calendar - please note that the Cent Com will take different positions than the CRA as the standard is different. (Republicans vs the CRA that looks for Conservative Republicans) The debate was harmonious - but the meeting was long....