Flash Report publisher Jon Fleischman is the subject of a page one story in today’s LA Times. And while I wished writer James Rainey took it a bit further, readers of this blog won’t be surprised by anything Fleischman had…
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Don’t Let Facts Get in the Way of Changing Your Mind
by Dan Chmielewski • • 13 Comments
“I glanced through the stuff you gave me. While I did not fact check it…or even finish it, I do not believe that it contains all of the governmental fees, taxes on corporations, import, export, excise, permitting…etc, etc, etc…that all gets passed along to us. You may be right about state and federal income tax rates, but the statistics that I have seen indicate that 50% of the GDP goes to government ultimately in one form or another.
Concordia University drops SJC Councilman Reeve as Instructor
by Dan Chmielewski • • 1 Comment
Irvine’s Concordia University has parted ways with conservative councilmember Derek Reeve, a part-time instructor at the University, after Patch.com reported Reeve’s blog posts featured whole passages lifted from other publications. SJC Patch has the full story here. Reeve, who’s been…
Redistricting and Rightwingers: Careful what you asked for
by Dan Chmielewski • • 2 Comments
As the lines for Congress, state senate and state assembly are finalized as a result of the citizen’s commission established by Prop 11 and Prop 20, those who study the new districts can say they deliver exactly on the promise…
The Spineless Republicans in the State Senate and Assembly
by Dan Chmielewski • • 1 Comment
The Los Angeles Times carried a Sunday profile on the three Johns and their influence over the minority party in the California state legislature. The three Johns being John Coupal of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, John Kobylt of KFI…
Fleischman on KCET: “I Know People (from OCSD) with $100K $150K, $200K Pensions”; Does the name Carona Ring a Bell?
by Dan Chmielewski • • 7 Comments
I had the misfortune of watching KCET’s post State of the State analysis last night. David Lazarus, a brilliant business columnist for the LA Times, and Judy Muller, a professor of journalism at USC and former CBS News correspondent, had…
Rep. Royce Ties Arizona Shooting to Fairness Doctrine (huh?)
by Dan Chmielewski • • 13 Comments
Fallout from the Arizona shooting continues to reverberate from Washington DC to Orange County. Last week, Irvine City Council member and 2010 Democratic congressional candidate Beth Krom weighed in with a letter to the editor in the OC Register calling…
