Politics is and always will be an insider game. President Trump is a glaring exception to this rule, but the sausage factory is in full grind. Ted Gaines appears to have successfully shopped for his next office – getting a seat in the now useless Board of...
Last Night, Ted Gaines was rejected by the CRA. The CRA endorsed Stephen Baird for State Senate last night over Ted Gaines. My feelings about the CRA aside, this is a stunning rejection of the Gaines dynasty and further proof that their aloof acerbic style of...
In italics is a short summary I wrote for a local media inquiry on behalf of Les Baugh. I think it sums it up in both cases. Don’t think for a second that Les wouldn’t have said something similar – he would, and therein lies another major...
In this installment of the Gaines inspirational leadership series – I explain why us peasants should stand in awe… Ted Gaines actually did something. Now that he has a primary opponent, he is writing op-eds in local papers (that non-political types...
Today’s edition of the “BUZZ” column: WORTH REPEATING “Most of the people in grass-roots efforts are bristling against the kingmaker concept.” AARON PARK, campaign manager for Les Baugh, talking to the Redding Record Searchlight....
Les Baugh. Have you heard of him? You will soon – he is a Supervisor from Anderson, CA in Shasta County. He is running against Ted Gaines for State Senate. Ted Gaines is taking Les Baugh seriously – as Ted Gaines and Sssssteve Davey are going to places...
You did not hear it here first. I just have friends all over Northern California – some of whom are friends of Les Baugh. Les Baugh is a Shasta County Supervisor that announced his candidacy for State Senate. Since this seat is new and Gaines will have to...
Placer County District Attorney Scott Owens Endorses John Allard for Assembly Roseville –State Assembly candidate John Allard announced today he has the endorsement of Placer County District Attorney Scott Owens. Allard is running in the 4th Assembly District. “I...
Nice huh? Most in the Tea Party are not insane or so consumed with rage they can’t see straight. The three brain surgeons that decided to windshield cars in the Bayside Parking Lot were the exception. Out of the Ken Campbell school of spreading God’s...
They know who will cut the deals to raise spending and taxes to keep their candy flowing. The allegedly conservative Roger Niello is the beneficiary of an IE by the Teacher’s union. The people who think Harvey Milk should share the stage with George...
Remember the other day when I wrote about how Roger Niello cost me $170 roughly on the purchase of my new car? I went back to my 2009 tax return. I don’t have children yet – but I figured out that my state income taxes would have been $496 lower had...
Roger Niello recently took an endorsement from uber-liberal Kevin Johnson. Barbara Alby has said nothing about this in public. Niello has a laundry list of liberal Democrats supporting him – yet in candidate forums Alby never discusses this, Why? Only a Ted...