Floyd Brown is the creator of the infamous Willie Horton ad than sunk the candidacy of Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis in 1988. The ad portrayed Dukakis as soft on crime even though crime rates plunged in the late 80s as…
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Calling all Irvine Parents: Save Class Sizes in Grades 4-12
by Dan Chmielewski • • Comments Off
It’s a given, students do better when their class sizes are smaller. IUSD is facing more than $12 million cuts (with no help from our state legislators I might add), and the Irvine City Council, through the actions of city councilor Sukhee…
Chuck DeVore and Tom Harman Support Higher Taxes*
by Dan Chmielewski • • 4 Comments
*If you are a part of a gay/lesbian couple…. And Heather Pritchard inspired this post  Today is Tax Day, and if you just happen to be part of a Gay/Lesbian couple, you’re paying more taxes than your straight/married counterparts. …
DeVore’s Nanny-State Parking Bill Dies in Committee
by Chris Prevatt • • 3 Comments
Irvine Assemblyman Chuck DeVore, who claims to have coined and popularized the term “Nanny-State,” saw his proposal to issue temporary disblility plackards to pregnant women die in the Assembly Transportation Committee yesterday. DeVore failed to notice that pregnant women can…
Will No on 93 Republicans Run for the Same Office in the Measure Passes?
by Dan Chmielewski • • 2 Comments
With all the attention on Prop 93 extending the terms of Assembly Speaker Nunez and Senate President Perata, what about other termed out legislators. Specifically, those Republicans who are publicly against Prop 93. Will Todd Spitzer throw his hat in…
Chuck’s Running
by Dan Chmielewski • • 8 Comments
State Rep. Chuck DeVore has thrown his hate into the ring for the 70th assembly district. He made the announcement at the CRP meeting, er SNAFU, this week. Chuck was the group’s legislator of the year on a record of…
Frederick of Hollywood Out; Rush Limbaugh Not Sure He’ll Support the Republican Nominee
by Dan Chmielewski • • Comments Off
Former Senator Fred Thompson did the sensible thing and pulled out of the race for the GOP presidential nomination. This after many voters concluded that Rep. Dennis Kucinich’s wife scored higher in likeability than Thompson’s wife. The news gives me…
