This evening's 13-7-1 California Republican Party Board Meeting where they voted to call on Chad Mayes to resign as Assembly GOP Minority leader was a microcosm for every problem I have ever seen with the Republican Party in California. Chad Mayes was attempting to...
Harmeet Dhillon introduced the following motion: "Given the uproar over recent decisions and actions by Assembly Republican leader Chad Mayes and the fact that those decisions and actions have acted to divide the California Republican Party, the Board of Directors...
I just got a political nuclear device delivered to my inbox. The Placer GOP, by a vote of 37-0 (3 ABS) unanimously censured the 8 #CAPANDTRAITORS and called on Chad Mayes to resign. There is significance to all of this. This is the first GOP Committee to light up...
I've heard it for years. Munger. Blame everything on Charles Munger. Charles Munger has help. CREPAC - the Realtors. Dental PAC. Chevron. PG&E. The California Chamber of Commerce (aka Chamber PAC) also JOBSPAC. If you look at the reports, you will see this crew...
"The Swamp" aka the "Third House", etc like to try to control outcomes as much as they can. We've detailed the massive amounts of money they spend to manipulate election results on Central Committees. We've begun to detail the manipulation of legislative elections...
Within the California Republican Party are a series of volunteer clubs. I will list most of them with a brief description and then conclude with ideas about how they can play a role in preventing the "Third House" and Republican Leadership from having free reign to...
A lot of local activists are fixated on their local Central Committees. It is easy to see why as there is perceived power in the local County Party apparatus. A local County Party can vet and endorse candidates and with that comes a lot of perceived power. In...
Today (7/20/2017), the Assembly Republican Caucus met and did not depose Chad Mayes. Their meeting was too short for a leadership vote to happen so we are told. The real story as put to me is that democrat members were texting Republican members trying to hurry...
The purpose of this series is to share some of my 20 years of knowledge of the levers of power, the system and the like in order to inform those willing to read how they can really make a serious impact on the California Republican Party. Since it appears there...
If you care about what is left of the CAGOP, stop and take a moment to read. As most of you know, the Assembly GOP Leadership provided 7 critical votes to pass AB398, a $300B tax increase to extend the onerous Cap and Trade program until 2030. It also empowers the...
Today, the California Republican Party is going to turn the page on two more key principles of our platform. Regulation and Taxes. We qualified a recall of State Senator Josh Newman based upon a $.12 Gas Tax Increase and as of right now Republican Leaders are...
Update: As insane as this sounds, before the Howard Jarvis Taxpayer's Association issued a press release in opposition to this scheme... I was told by more than one person with intimate knowledge of the capitol that Chad Mayes had nearly talked them in to endorsing...