Mayor Antonio to Peform Homosexual Weddings. 

LAUSD Considers Budget Cuts. 

Redevelopment Plans in Hollywood. 

State Senate Rejects Measure Forcing Sale of Coliseum. 

LAPD and Movie Industry Ties Examined. 

West Covina Planning Cuts. 

Another election, another sample ballot ritual has arrived in the mailboxes throughout Los Angeles County with the litany of offices to choose from along with names that are foreign to the voters.

The office of Superior Court Judge should not be dismissed, because this particular position carries much weight in upholding the rule and spirit of the law.

I commend all the candidates that are willing to step up to the plate to run for this particular office.  However, there are good and fair minded professionals that deserves our vote to serve on the bench:

The Republican Party of Los Angeles County endorses the following Republican candidates:

 

Office # 84 - Pat Connolly

Office # 119 - Robert Davenport

Office # 154 - Michael V. Jesic

 

The Los Angeles County Lincoln Clubs endorses the following candidates for Judge...

I just received this message from State Senator Bob Margett relative to yesterday's May Revision:

 

SACRAMENTO- Senator Bob Margett (R-Glendora) issued the following statements about the Governor's May Revision:

"First and foremost, I am glad to see the Governor has met the Prop 98 minimum and increased education spending beyond his January proposal. I am also pleased to hear the Governor has backed away from releasing felons from prison early, and has found a way to keep our state parks open at a minimal cost to users."

"The May Revise shows the acuteness of our state's fiscal problems and further shows California has spending, not revenue problems. General Fund revenues are slightly more than last year, yet California still has a $17.3 billion shortfall. We must stop using our credit card to balance the budget."

"I agree with the Governor the lottery is an underperforming asset that needs to be modernized. However, the Governor's proposal is full of risk. If voters do not approve the lottery measure, the revenues generated by a...

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Conservatives have long known that activist judges are one of the most serious threats to our society. They turn firm legal footing into quicksand, and leave no principles we can rely on as timeless and eternal.

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The American Consititution was instituted as the foundation upon which all Americans can build and dream and grow. One aspect of its genius is the provision of a well considered procedure for change in itself. Full and careful consideration is required of each potential change, and a supermajority of votes in Congress and of states for ratification must be achieved before a change, known as an Amendment, is enshrined in the Constitution.

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Conservatives honor and respect this God given document and its procedure for changing same. Liberals are so sure of their self-righteousness that they simply declare the Constitution changed to reflect their own personal beliefs - and the procedures and people they protect be damned.

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Four rogue members of the California Supreme Court just flipped us all off today by announcing that they have decided the California Constitution requires that homosexuals be allowed to marry. California has been a state since 1850 and it took 158 years for this "right" to be discovered. Amazing isn't it?

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The linguistic...

New UCLA Chancellor Installed. 

Janice Hahn TV Report on Gangs Attacked. 

Malibu Bans Plastic Bags. 

L.A. County Sheriff's Training Problems.

Steve Lopez on LAUSD's David Brewer.

Claremont Kills Pot Club Plan. 

Last week, 77 mostly well meaning Christian leaders some who are and some who claim to be Evangelicals released an "Evangelical Manifesto" that is 90% stuff all Evangelicals would agree with, but that 10% is basically nice sounding left wing mumbo jumbo hidden in there by a few like Jim Wallis who is using this as a tool to try to keep Evangelical Christians from voting, possibly to hamstring John McCain. You see ever since George W. Bush captured over 70% of the Evangelical vote, the leftist in the Democrat Party have tried to first co-opt then when we would not bend they have tried to get us to stay home and be super spiritual and Jim Wallis is one of their Pied Pipers. 

I am not alone in this view, among those who have eloquently written on this "Manifesto" include KKLA radio host Frank Pastore, Janice Shaw Crouse, & Albert Mohler.

So, because as an Evangelical Christian, I do not like to see my fellow Christians bamboozled into following a path to destruction,...

The 54th Assembly District Race is best hope in LA County for a GOP Pickup. The primary battle between Michael Jackson and Gabriella Holt has enabled Holt to raise money and consolidate GOP support. This is just came in over the transom.

 

Popular Congressman Endorses Holt for Assembly
Momentum Continues to Build for Holt

Palos Verdes Peninsula -- The Gabriella Holt for Assembly campaign has announced the endorsement of Congressman Dana Rohrabacher.  Holt and Rohrabacher have overlapping districts and will be working together in June and November.

Holt is a Registered Nurse and teacher seeking the Republican nomination for the 54th Assembly District on June 3rd. She has built an impressive list of endorsements that include people across the political spectrum.

Rohrabacher has served in Congress for twenty years. He is very popular in the portion of his district that overlaps with Holt's.

"I am proud of the broad coalition of support that has developed in support of my campaign," said Holt.  "The people of this area are hungry for an elected official that is willing to speak out forcefully on the issues impacting our families and businesses.

Holt continues to...

Arnold visits Torrance.  

Accused Child Molestation Enablers Back to Work in LAUSD. 

LAUSD Spends Millions On Consultants.  

My West Covina $8 million in debt. 

Proflie Of St. Anne's Maternity Home. 

Jim Ledford is the Mayor of Palmdale. He is a registered Republican. Ledford also likes the car tax and catering to union bosses.

Ledford also like running for the 36th Assembly District. In 2006 he took on incumbent Sharon Runner. In full diclosure, I'm currently President of the California Republican Assembly. The CRA IE PAC has produced an independent expenditure to highlight Jim Ledford's support of the car tax and his cendure by the local GOP.

Chris Jones gets credit for the consulting work on this.

I scheduled this piece to post on the day it was suppossed to hit. Hope I'm not early.

Either way, Bye Bye Jim.

AD 36 - Ledford Loves Taxes.pdf

 

 

L.A. Wokers Hit Jackpot with Over Time Pay. 

Is the Economy Hurt L.A.'s Freeway Congestion? 

Long Beach Democratic Politicians attack Arnold's Budget. 

King Hosital Recovery Could Take Years.

Come on folks!   Where's your milk of human kindness?

Barack Obama hasn't even taken the training wheels off his shiny new U.S. Senate bicycle yet and already he's entered in the Tour De America.

Gotta be scary.

Here's what's scary for us American citizens - he's passed one significant piece of legislation in his three and a half years in the Senate. Yep, count 'em up folks - won't take long.

Must be something big right?   Mortgage relief, massive new programs, foreign policy initiatives, welfare reform, education stuff like he goes on endlessly about.

Would you believe aid to the Congo?  That's nice but...

Our Board of Governors met yesterday and added some endorsments to those previously announced for the June 3rd primary election.

The Lincoln Clubs urge you to vote for County Supervisor (and LC Member) Don Knabe in District 4, Supervisor (and LC Member) Mike Antonovich in District 5, and District Attorney Steve Cooley.

In the 36th Assembly District, Steve Knight received a unanimous endorsement. We earlier endorsed Tom Vidal in AD 53 and Gabriella Holt in District 54.> > >

For Superor Court Judge, we endorse Michael O'Gara in Office 94, Lance Winters in Office 95, Kathleen Blanchard in Office 123 and Michael Jesic in Office 154.

Our members also think there is a clear difference between the two leading Democrat candidates for County Supervisor in District Two. There are no Republican candidates, which probably has something to do with the 17% Republican registration in the district.

One candidate, former LA Police Chief Bernard Parks, is tough on law enforcement issues, business friendly (endorsed by the LA Chamber of Commerce) and willing to meet and work with Republicans.

The other candidate Senator Mark Ridley-Thomas, is a sock puppet for the AFL-CIO (which calls him their top...

Sen. Jack Scott named Community College Chancellor. 

Malibu Truns to Ken Starr to Stop Paparazzi. 

Dan Walters on Taco Truck War. 

Pomona has Budget Deficit.

Ron Paul Dumps L.A. Court Candidate.

Two mailers from the Bob Huff for State Senate Campaign hit the mailboxes today, including my mailbox here in Diamond Bar.

One mailer illustrates Huff being "A Conservative you can count on to fight:  Illegal Immigration, Higher Taxes and Government Waste."

Another mailer points out strong endorsements from broad Los Angeles County leaders such as Supervisors Mike Antonovich and Don Knabe, Senator Bob Margett and Assemblyman Anthony Adams.

Both are very well laid out and classy mailers.

Click below to see PDF/Adobe file for viewing of both mailers:

Huff Mailer 1
Huff Mailer 2

Antonio Wants to Stop Spread of Janitor Strike.  

School Dean Knew of Abuse in LAUSD.

Deal for Tejon Ranch Homes Reached. 

No Sex Offenders in Pomona. 

La Verne Council Charged in Conflict of Interest Case. 

Long Beach City Council Race Brings Charges. 

Los Angeles City Council Wants LAX Changes. 

Gabriella Holt, GOP Candidate for Assembly from the 54th Assembly District (Long Beach, San Pedro, Signal Hill, Rolling Hills and Palo Verdes Peninsula), just send over this communication relative to receiving the endorsement by the California Small Business Assocation.

Palos Verdes Peninsula - Gabriella Holt, a Registered Nurse and teacher, has announced the endorsement of the California Small Business Association.

"We believe your commitment to the future of small business is deserving of the support from our organization," wrote CSBA President Betty Jo Toccoli in a letter to Holt.

Holt has earned hundreds of endorsements from families, businesses, and organizations from all over the district.

"This is a key endorsement for me," said Holt.  "The people at the California Small Business Association are exactly the people that deserve a more active voice in Sacramento.  I will provide that voice."

Holt has been endorsed by the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association PAC, former Congressman Steven Kuykendall, Assembly Republican Leader Mike Villines, New Majority Los Angeles, Board of Equalization Member Michelle Steel, Los Angeles County Supervisor Mike Antonovich, and Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca.

LAUSD Fires Two In Sex Probe.

First Latina Elected to Water Board Indicted.

L.A. Port Budget Under Scrutiny.   

Did La Puente Violate the Brown Act? 

L.A. Limits Mansions and Condos. 

Monrovia Councilman Caught Going After Cops

My mild mannered friend Shawn Steel penned this important blog earlier today (obviously without benefit of spell check) and I thought you might like to see it. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is composed of two outstanding Republicans, Mike Antonovich and Don Knabe; two left wing Democrats, Zev Yaroslavsky and Gloria Molina; plus one moderate Democrat who has cast many pro-business/jobs/comon sense votes in her 16 year Board tenure, Yvonne Burke.

She is retiring and supporting a candidate with a similar philosophy, former LA Police Chief and current Councilman Bernard Parks. Parks' primary opponent is a hand puppet for the county AFL-CIO, Senator Mark Ridley-Thomas. He proudly sports a 0% legislative voting record from the Chamber of Commerce to go with his 100% from labor.

The winner of the June 3rd primary will be there for twelve long years. See where I'm going with this?

The Battle for Los Angeles : Parks vs. Ridley-Thomas
By Shawn Steel

May 6, 2008

Every 12 years Los Angeles County voters get to choose a new Supervisor. Under the racially complaint redistricting rules District 2 is the "black" seat. Although the district is vigorously trending...

Roger Snoble, Chief Executive for Metro, and Doug Failing, Director of the CalTrans office for Los Angeles and Ventura Counties thinks so, which they penned their thoughts at the Los Angeles Times Op-Ed yesterday.

Highway toll lanes

However, we must ask serious questions before rushing to the green light on the concept.

Mr. Snoble and Mr. Failing claims that:  "the toll money would be plowed back into the freeway corridors to add more buses, vanpools, rail service and park-and-ride lots."

Plowed back?  Whatever happened to the half of a cent sales tax that the voters in Los Angeles County approved way back to improve transportation services?  The only thing we got plowed was our wallets.  Furthermore, why would you want to add more buses and vanpools, which would complicate our freeways in the first place?

Can MTA assure the public that the monies will not be diverted back to overbudget projects such as new subway services that would suit the Westside of Los Angeles?  Also, will the monies NOT be used as way for accounting purposes to fund the MTA's obligations for health benefits and retirement funds for their employees?

These freeways along...

It should come as no surprise that this blogger is against Ken Maddox for Capistrano Unified School District Board. I've already pointed out that Maddox is not only a shill for Big Labor but has actually stumped for the anti-free market tool called the union-only Project Labor Agreement.

It was on this very blog that it was revealed that the Director of Legislative Affairs to Board of Equalization Member Michelle Steel has aspirations for this local office. My deep respect for Michelle Steel aside, Ken Maddox's ties to Big Labor make him a dubious choice for the position he currently holds. Steel has been a stalwart taxpayer advocate while Maddox's repeated pandering to the unions is an indicator that he does not share the free market philosophy of his employer.

Bygones.

But I'll be damned if I am going to stand by (on the other side of the Orange County line) and let the voters in this particular school district be hoodwinked into voting for someone that they think will act responsibly with the district's funds. There is no place in Public Works construction that has become  more the playground for labor unions than...