Dave Everett

More On Menifee Cityhood and Council Candidates

By Dave Everett | 05/23/08

"New taxes cannot be avoided no matter what the politicians tell you," said Ruth Goulet, co-chairwomen of the recently formed Citizens Against Cityhood.  That is just one of the many news bites that caught my eye this week about the potential cityhood of Menifee and the candidates to be on the first Menifee City Council.  I've already posted on the GOP endorsements for this race, here. And here are my initial thoughts on starting a new... read more »

Benoit Empowers Victims To Testify Against Criminals - Even From Hospital

By Dave Everett | 05/22/08

In California, our legislators tend to have more compassion for the criminals than they do for the victims of crimes.  That is why the people have had to go to the ballot box to get tough on crime measures like 3 Strikes, Prop. 187, and Jessica's Law. And sometimes the judicial branch throws out those voter-approved measures anyway, but I digress...   I wanted to highlight what I thought was a cool bill that a local Republican... read more »

Governor Deukmejian & Wilson and the CRA - Nestande Pulls Out Big Endorsements

By Dave Everett | 05/21/08

This came over recently from the Brian Nestande for Assembly campaign.  Two former GOP Governors and the most conservative GOP club in the state have both endorsed Nestande.  This comes on the heels of both major newspapers in the county endorsing him also. Here are some of the quotes from each PR: Governor Wilson, a strong advocate in the fight against illegal immigration, noted that "we can count on Brian Nestande to fight illegal... read more »

Riverside County GOP Makes Judge and Menifee City Council Endorsements

By Dave Everett | 05/15/08

These endorsements for Riverside County Judge and Menifee City Council came over the transom this week from the Riverside County Republican Party for the June 3rd election:   John Molloy- Judge  Menifee City Council:John DenverDarcy KuenziKen GauntScott MannDorothy Wolons   I had posted previously about the race for Menifee City Council and my support for John Denver, Darcy Kuenzi and Dina Biedermann.  Biedermann has been an... read more »

California Dental Association Weighs In Heavy For Benoit In 37th Senate Race

By Dave Everett | 05/14/08

I thought our Red County Riverside readers might like to know that I saw last night on the Secretary of State website that the CA Dental Assoc. PAC dropped close to 20K on a poll for the 37th as well as close to 30K on campaign literature in support of Assemblyman John Benoit in his race against Russ Bogh.  In my experience, PAC's don't usually invest that kind of money for a poll unless they intend to spend quite a bit more and plan to... read more »

Going Shooting With The Young Republicans This Sat.

By Dave Everett | 05/13/08

This came over the transom this week from the Riverside County Young Republicans: Mark your calendars for the RCYR ATF Day, Saturday, May 17th.  The Riverside County Young Republicans will be hosting their annual ATF Day (Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms...not necessarily in that order.)  It starts at 4pm at Raahauge's in Norco. If you can bring your own firearm great, if not there will be plenty available.  The cost of the event... read more »

Endorsement Watch: 37th Senate, 64th, 71st, 80th Assembly Districts

By Dave Everett | 05/09/08

Some of these endorsements I have posted already, but I thought the PE's new political blog did a great job of running down the recent endorsement for both sides.Endorsement watch: 71st and 80th Assembly districts4:23 PM Thu, May 01, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (0) Posted by: PE NewsCandidates for Inland-area legislative seats recently announced these endorsements: Neil Blais of Rancho Santa Marguerita reports that he has been endorsed by Orange... read more »

IEs in the IE for Miller and Nestande

By Dave Everett | 05/07/08

The Press Enterprise has a cool new political blog where I found these interesting stories. Looks like the Californians for Jobs and Education has spent $30,000 for Jeff Miller and has another $30,000 in the bank.Further east in the county, the California Taxpayer Protection Committee reported this week spending almost $15,000 for Brian Nestande.It is good to see that the insurance industry and certain GOP activists realize that if they don't... read more »

The PE Endorses Nestande Due To "Edge in Experience and Policy Knowledge"

By Dave Everett | 05/06/08

This came over the transom yesterday from the Brian Nestande for AD64 campaign:PRESS ENTERPRISE ENDORSES BRIAN NESTANDE FOR ASSEMBLY"Nestande is the candidate who can do the best job for the district."On Saturday, May 3rd the Press Enterprise endorsed Brian Nestande for the 64th Assembly Seat over rival, Kelly McCarty. The newspaper's editorial board cited numerous reasons for their decision to back Nestande. Excerpts from Saturday and Sunday's... read more »

Benoit Endorses Crime Victims' Bill of Rights

By Dave Everett | 04/30/08

This came over the transom a few days ago from the John Benoit for Senate campaign: Benoit First Candidate in 37th Senate Race to Endorse Marcy's Law * Assemblyman John J. Benoit is the first candidate in the 37th Senate race to endorse Marsy's Law: the Crime Victims' Bill of Rights Act of 2008. Benoit announced his support at a rally with the mother of Marsy-- a 21-year old college student murdered by her... read more »