I am not happy that I am writing this because in a perfect world Anthony Adams would be facing a recall right now.  Anthony Adams is extremely arrogant and pompous. I’m told the joke about him in the Capitol is that nobody needs to tell Anthony Adams what is going on because he already knows everything except how to pass the bar on the first attempt…or the second attempt…or the third attempt…or the fourth attempt…or ever.

Recently, after the bad budget deal passed, a new attitude amongst the grassroots arose to hold these legislators accountable for their actions. This is what led to the beginning of the Adams Recall. The recall raised a ton of money much of which was coming from Orange County.  Orange County’s Mike Schroeder even ended up becoming the face of this recall. I know that he is presently trying to pursue appealing the results of the count, but quite frankly, the success rate of this appeal is so low that it probably won’t matter what the results are.

Campaign Manager Tim Whitacre cannot go without taking a great deal of blame for this as well. I think that he really dropped the ball. He was working a campaign that had over $100,000, a slew of grassroots volunteers, and a popular radio show backing the recall. I was not inside this campaign, but I definitely saw a great deal of flaws from the outside looking in.

For example, any campaign manager with basic knowledge of any petition gathering knows that the most important thing when printing those petitions is to follow the document specifications set out by state law (in the Elections Code). When they developed the Adams Recall petition, it was formatted for legal size paper (8.5” x 14”), yet I am positive that when people printed out the petition online they used letter size paper (8.5” x 11”).

Another example is the use of paid petition gatherers. 35,825 signatures where needed which realistically means 50,000 signatures being turned in. If Whitacre had simply spent all the resources Schroeder and others raised on paid gatherers (who tend to have a high valid signature rate) and paid an average of $3 per valid signature, they would have had in the neighborhood of 37,000 signatures before anything from the grassroots organizations had been counted.

Lastly, Whitacre should have had a plan in place to have a team checking the validity of these signatures before they were turned in. That would have cut down on the number of invalid signatures turned in. I recognize that it is easy to play Monday morning quarterback, but it seems like this recall should have been a no brainer.

If it turns out that fraud did exist and the recall ends up qualifying, I will be the first one to eat crow on this blog. However, I would say that the odds of this result being overturned are not all that likely though.

Source Document

I was forwarded a document for a recent California Federation of Republican Women's Southern Division meeting.

It is apparent that Steve Poizner and Meg Whitman are on completely different tracks.

In the wake of the discovery that Whitman is an elitist NIMBY and a fringe-left environmentalist (evidenced by her donations to protect the delta smelt)... we have further evidence that her campaign is attempting to veer to the left of Arnold.

Take a look at these quotes from their bios and decide for yourself:

"On September 15,2008 Poizner announced his candidacy for Governor of California. Poizner's campaign is based on strong in-state grassroots suppoer. The election will take place November of 2010. Poizner has worked for government reform, education reform, women's rights, and restoring California's position as a family-friendly, business friendly state."

and Whitman:

"On February 9,2009 Whitman announced her candidacy for Governor of California. Senator John McCain endorsed Meg Whitman for Governor of California. The election will take place November of 2010. Whitman supports Abortion Rights, same-sex civil unions and adoption rights for same-sex couples, but not same-sex marriage. Her views on same sex rights have created controversy related to her political aspirations."

Is it possible that Whitman thinks Republican women are obsessed with Abortion rights? Or is it quite simply that she is reaching out to Maria Schriver Republicans?

Poizner - Government Reform, Education Reform...

Whitman - Abortion Rights, Same Sex (insert issue here)... (Omitted: anti-gun, open borders, taxing the rich, donations to left-wing enviros, her huge fan list, etc etc etc)

I do believe that Republicans for Boxer (Clinton, Kerry, Gore, Obama) will enthusiastically endorse Whitman.

This just came over from State Assemblyman Curt Hagman (R-Chino Hills, District 60):

*Meet With State Assemblyman Curt Hagman*

Coffee and Conversation with Curt

Saturday, November 21st

Stop by to have an informal discussion with Assemblyman Hagman about state issues that matter most to you. Suggestions for legislation are also welcome!

10:30 am - 11:30 am

Starbucks - Rowland Heights:  19759 E. Colima Road (NW Corner of Fairway and Colima)

11:45 am - 12:45 pm

Starbucks - Walnut:  505 Grand Avenue (NW Corner of Valley and Grand)

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The Los Angeles Times Blog has posted the story with confirmation that the Los Angeles County District Attorney opens inquiry to see if City of Industry Mayor Dave Perez has conflict of interest.

A complaint alleges that Perez "may have a financial interest in contracts between the city and companies he’s affiliated with,” said David Demerjian, head of the D.A.'s Public Integrity Division.

However, Mr. Demerjian will not disclose the who has filed the complaint.

It is very interesting that this inquiry gets under way and a book just recently came out entitled "City of Industry:  Genealogies of Power in Southern California" written by Victor Valle.

Meg Whitman is the Eco-Poster Child candidate for governor. When Arnold ran for governor, people told me that Arnold was to the left of Gray Davis on the environment.

Now, Meg Whitman is the latest "Republican" that has gone of the Left Green end of a cliff.

I have been roundly critical of her Megness on a variety of issues and her reliably liberal stances on them. Since she refuses to debate, we are left to ask, "Who is Meg Whitman?"
 
1. She is a Huge fan of Van Jones - the communist that had to be retired due to his embarrassing behavior and its' reflection on Obama.
 
2. She gave not $100K, but $200K (or was it 100K then 200K?) to the EDF. The Environmental Defense Fund spearheaded the lawsuits against the farmers of the Central Valley in favor of the Delta Smelt. Whitman's donations to them were in 2007 - around the time of their court case and around the time she first Registered Republican.
 
3. This article details the recent discovery of her donation of $1.15 million to a land-grabbing organization in Colorado. They won a court case (again) brought by a bunch of residents of Telluride (where Whitman has a horse ranch) aimed at stopping development.
 
The land owner in the case was stripped of his land and paid $50Million for it. The foundation solicited donations from the NIMBY's in the area to pay the guy after he was stripped of his rights by an activist court.
 
Her Spokesman Tucker Bounds says she gave the money after the court case was settled. For those of you scoring at home - Poizner is getting criticized for actions in 2004 - but now we have Whitman in 2008 giving money to leftist environmental causes.
 
Mr. Bounds. - that makes it worse. Now, Whitman is supporting a land-grabbing organization formed by a bunch of rich people that have theirs and wanted to keep others out. And, now Whitman is trapped in the vice-grip created by her actions vs her words.
 
I'm a huge fan of Steve Poizner. Meg Whitman keeps making it easier.

Evidently not. But Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama would have you believe that doctors support the House’s passage of the 2000 page Healthcare bill. Purporting that the AMA supports the bill would have most of us believe that doctors are supporting the bill. However, the AMA only represents 17% of doctors nationwide. In fact, Barack Obama would have you believe that doctors perform unnecessary tonsillectomies and amputate limbs of diabetic patients to make a quick $50k in reimbursement dollars:

These statements made by President Obama were the tipping point for Dr. Joel Strom, Dentist and former President of the California State Dental Board and professor of Ethics at USC. He sought out his childhood friend, Dr. Reed Wilson, a cardiologist in Beverly Hills, and together, they decided to do something before something was about to be done to them, their practices, and their patients. 

At first they thought about starting their own Southern California doctors organization, but the speed at which the legislation was being pushed through the House, they happened upon www.docs4patientcare.org. (D4PC). They believed in the organization’s prescription for reform, and Dr. Strom made a cold call to the founder, Hal Scherz, and the Southern California Chapter of D4PC was born.  

In the last few weeks, Dr Strom and Dr. Wilson, cold called hospitals and doctors and found that many doctors had no idea, like many legislators, what the healthcare bill would do to medicine.

Here are some facts about the legislation:

Sec. 303 (pp 167-168) makes it clear that, although the “qualified” plan is not yet designed, it will be a “one size fits all” variety.

Sec. 59b (pp 297-299) says that when you file your taxes, you must include proof that you are in a qualified plan. If not, you are fined thousands of dollars. Illegal immigrants are exempt from this requirement.

Sec. 222 (p 617) provides reimbursement for culturally and linguistically appropriate services. This program will train health-care workers to inform Medicare beneficiaries of their “right” to have an interpreter at all times and with no co-pays for language service.

Sec. 305 (p 189) provides for automatic Medicaid enrollment of newborns who do not otherwise have insurance.

Sec 3003(b) (p 683) punishes doctors by cutting their pay if they give older patients more can than the GOVERNMENT deems appropriate.

Sec. 1161 (pp 520-545) cuts payments to Medicare Advantage plans (used by 20% of seniors) and these plans have warned that this will result in reductions in optional benefits such as vision and dental care.

Had enough yet? These are only 6 examples in a 2000 page bill, but these facts, no less, prove that the government will become your doctor from cradle to grave; interferes in the doctor-patient relationship; and verifies that Joe Wilson nailed it.

Dr. Reed Wilson said it best: “I wake up every day, 7 days a week, and I work all the time and I love it. I take care of families, from the grandparents to their grandchildren. It is special. I have seen medicine torn down so that the best and brightest don’t want to enter medicine. There is a different mentality from some one that wants to leave the office at 5 or someone that commits their life to a process. If this process continues to decline, who is going to take care of my daughter and grandchildren?”

Both Dr. Strom and Dr. Wilson will be speaking at the Federal Building in Los Angeles on Saturday. Los Angeles is one of 5 National Events taking place that day across the country. All doctors and patients are encouraged to attend for what is to be a very informative and important event.

Event Details:

Doctors for Patients Healthcare Rally
Los Angeles Federal Building
11000 Wilshire Blvd.
12:00-1:30 pm

To hear Strom and Wilson's short conversation with Chip Hanlon on why they oppose Obamacare, click the 'play' button below to listen: