Sacramento, CA — John A Pérez was elected Speaker of the California Assembly today. Late Wednesday his main competitor for the spot Kevin DeLeon, conceded the contest to Perez. Perez was honored in January 2009 for his labor leadership by the Democratic Party of Orange County with the Samuel Gompers Award.
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Tags: Assemblyman Kevin de León, California Legislature, John A. Perez, LGBT, Speaker of the Assembly
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One of the foundational principles of American democracy is under attack.
When the nation’s Founders crafted the United States Constitution in 1787, they were careful to include a requirement that:
“The Senators and Representatives shall receive a compensation for their services, to be ascertained by law, and paid out of the treasury of the United States.”...
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Tags: California, California Assembly, California Budget, California budget crisis, California Legislature, California politics, Constitution, constitutional law, democracy, founding fathers, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor Schwarzenegger, james madison, Schwarzenegger, U.S. Constitution, United States Constitution
Posted in California, National-US | 5 Comments »
So in the news today we have a few items that you may want to know about.
Governor, lawmakers blow deadline as budget hole deepens: The legislature and governor could not agree to anything yesterday. So we have now lost $3.3 billion in savings that would have been available to meet the shortfall. The state...
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Tags: budget crisis, California Legislature, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, John Moorlach, John Williams, Mario Mainero, Orange County Board of Supervisors, Orange County Grand Jury, Public Administrator, Public Guardian
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“The cuts don’t go deep enough,” said Orange County Sen. Mimi Walters, R-Laguna Niguel. “It doesn’t solve the problem.”
This just in from the Orange County Register:
Legislature rejects core of Democrats’ budget plan
By BRIAN JOSEPH
The Orange County Register
SACRAMENTO Despite warnings that the state is on the verge of issuing IOUs, California’s latest budget impasse continued...
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Tags: Bass, California budget crisis, California Legislature, Correa, Democrats Budget Plan, I.O.U's, service cuts, Solorio, Steinberg
Posted in California, Orange County - Local | 1 Comment »
Republican crocodile tears flowed this weekend in Orange County as a group of city officials called F.I.S.T. – “Fight Insane State Theft” – comprised of 14 Orange County mayors and 42 city council members, nearly all of them Republicans – protested Republican Governor Schwarzenegger’s plan to take away billions in state property tax revenue...
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Tags: Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, California Budget, California Legislature, California politics, California property tax, California Republican Party, California Republicans, California taxes, Coupal, Howard Jarvis, Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, Jon Coupal, Orange County, Orange County politics, Orange County Republicans, Orange County toll roads, Orange County Transportation, Orange County Transportation Corridor Agencies, Orange Couny taxes, Prop 13, Proposition 13, Republicans, Schwarzenegger, tax, tax revolt, Taxes
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Half a league, half a league,
Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
“Forward the Light Brigade!
Charge for the guns!” he said.
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
– Alfred Tennyson, The Charge of the Light Brigade.
Like the Russians did to the British at Balaclava in Tennyson’s famous poem, California’s Republicans...
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Tags: Abel Malonado, Arnold Schwazenegger, California, California Budget, California budget crisis, California Democratic Party, California Democrats, California Legislature, California politics, California property tax, California Republican Party, California Republicans, Darrell Steinberg, Democratic Party, Democrats, Elections, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor Schwarzenegger, Grover Norquist, Howard Jarvis, Karen Bass, middle class, Obama Campaign, Orange County, Orange County politics, Politics, Prop 13, Republicans, Schwarzenegger, tax revolt, Taxes
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If you’re happy that Rush Limbaugh has been giving headaches to Republican leaders trying to find a popular political stance for their shrinking party, you’ll be thrilled to hear about the migraines that a conservative-libertarian talk radio duo named John and Ken are giving to the leadership of the Republican Party in California.
While Limbaugh...
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Tags: Abel Maldonado, Americans for Tax Reform, Assemblyman Anthony Adams, Assemblyman Jeff Miller, California, California Budget, California Constitution, California Democratic Party, California Democrats, california legislators, California Legislature, California politics, California property tax, California Republican Party, California Republicans, conservative talk radio, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Grover Norquist, Howard Jarvis, Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, John and Ken, John Kobylt, John Kobylt and Ken Chiampou, Ken Chiampou, KFI, KFI AM 640, Limbaugh, Los Angeles radio, news, No Tax Pledge, Prop 13, property taxes, radio, right wing radio, Rush Limbaugh, Schwarzenegger, Senator Abel Maldonado, talk radio, tax revolt, Taxes
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