 We received an email invite for State Rep. Don Wagner’s community coffee in Irvine a week from this Saturday and it has a very interesting sentence from someone so far to the right side of the political spectrum. “This…
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Orange County Republicans Shed Crocodile Tears Over the Effects of Prop 13 on Local Cities
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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 –…
Democrats Should Be Joining the Tea Parties
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Democrats are responding to the growing nationwide phenomena of anti-tax “tea parties†protests by mocking them and by pointing out that they are prompted and run by right-wing organizations. Neither response is a winning political strategy. It is pure political stupidity…
Why the Republican Anti-Tax Movement Doesn’t Care About the Taxes that YOU Pay
by Michael D. Fox • • 3 Comments
I listened recently to Jon Coupal, president of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, on the Los Angeles NPR radio program “Air Talk with Larry Mantle.†The specific topic was the tax increase ballot measures, such as Proposition 1A, that were…
The Charge of the Democrat Light Brigade: California Democrats Caught in Deadly Republican Tax Trap
by Michael D. Fox • • 1 Comment
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. –…
Why I Love Conservative Talk Radio’s John and Ken Show
by Michael D. Fox • • 9 Comments
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…
End California’s Hostage Crisis
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On this morning’s radio talk shows, following the early morning passage of California’s budget, Democratic legislators have finally taken up the political fight against the Republicans and are urging revision of the state’s dysfunctional budget process. This is a budget the GOP can be proud of, because it’s a profoundly conservative budget. Because they hold a conservative veto over it. And they get the best of both worlds – they don’t have to vote for the budget en masse so they don’t have to own it. In short, the hijacking worked. This is the most important issue facing California – and it’s time for a change.
