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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.

City eyes state lawsuit to save money - Placer Herald
A new lawsuit is giving the city of Rocklin more confidence that it will be able to hold on to redevelopment money the state planned to raid with this summer’s budget compromise.

Police ring in new automated phone system - Placer Herald
Some Rocklin residents have reservations about the Rocklin Police Department’s decision to route non-emergency calls through an automated attendant.

Tahoe City business owners, residents weigh in on future of Station 51 - Truckee Sierra Sun
Whatever becomes of the location when the North Tahoe Fire Protection District moves to its newly proposed home on Fairway Drive in Fall 2011, it will have to be the community's choice.

Wester Placer County feasts on high school football success - Sac Bee
With both Lincoln and Rocklin High Schools undefeated heading into football playoffs tonight, football fever has taken over Western Placer County.

Families become forever at Adoption Day - Auburn Journal
Saturday is Adoption Day in Placer County. The annual event, now its seventh year, celebrates local adoptions and is in spirit with National Adoption Awareness Month. (Ed. Note - This is for you Aaron Klein!)

It's Mountain Mandarin Festival time - Auburn Journal
Anyone who cherishes Placer’s petite pieces of citrus might consider heading over to the Gold Country Fairgrounds, home to this weekend’s 16th annual Mountain Mandarin Festival.

Council takes step toward smoke-free parks - The Union of Grass Valley
Nevada City Council members asked city staff at their Wednesday meeting to draft an ordinance to ban smoking on city property, including parks and trails.

Rate hike, hiring freeze eyed for water board budget solutions - The Union of Grass Valley
Looking to balance a $22 million budget for 2010, Nevada Irrigation District officials are anticipating a hiring freeze, operational cuts and a water rate hike.

Police investigating Roseville Electric contracts - Roseville Press Tribune
Police have confirmed they are investigating potential financial improprieties by a former Roseville Electric employee.

Placer Parkway moves step closer - Appeal-Democrat
Federal, state and Placer County officials are moving a step closer to choosing a final route alignment for the Placer Parkway.

Most of $500K police grant will go to salaries, benefits - The Union of Grass Valley
The Nevada City Police Department is already collecting applications for new jobs created with its half million-dollar stimulus grant.

Water rate changes up for adoption at Truckee utility district - Truckee Sierra Sun
The Truckee Donner Public Utility District could approve a 1.75 percent increase in resident water rates for each of the the next two years.

Judge settles traffic mitigation fee debate - Loomis News
A Superior Court judge has ordered the City of Rocklin to work with the Town of Loomis on traffic mitigation fees.

Newtown Rd landowners may have dodged NID showdown - The Union of Grass Valley
Landowners concerned that a proposed water pipeline could ruin their riparian environment and wells discovered Wednesday there may be an easy solution.

Truckee home buyer assistance program could be adopted Thursday - Truckee Sierra Sun
A program to help select Truckee home buyers with new-home down payments could be approved Thursday night by town council.

About 100 attend first Tahoe Boulder Bay project public comment phase - Truckee Sierra Sun
Ellie Waller was among about 100 residents, business owners and local figureheads who attended Wednesday's meeting to observe the first public presentation of the 1,589-page Draft Environmental Impact Study that dissects the ecological and economic impact of Boulder Bay, the proposed project in Crystal Bay and Brockway aiming to redevelop the Tahoe Biltmore and Tahoe Mariner sites.

Additional land to become part of the Tahoe National Forest - The Union of Grass Valley
The Tahoe National Forest has just acquired more than 1,000 acres of upper elevation land in four separate transactions. The acquisitions have been finalized during the past two months with contributions from private entities and funding from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, totaling $3 million.

New senior living community proposed for Hilltop development in Truckee - Truckee Sierra Sun
The first project in the Hilltop development could be a senior living center.

Roseville firm steps up to supply Silver Bend Way affordable housing - Auburn Journal
If a deal can be reached with Placer County, a Roseville affordable-housing developer could soon be building on a controversy-prone parcel off Silver Bend Way in Bowman.

Joerger Ranch development readies for eco review - Truckee Sierra Sun
Seventy-one acres straddling the Highway 267/Brockway Road Intersection could see up to 426 homes and 485,00 square feet of commercial space.

GATE changes upset parents - Colfax Record
Former Colfax Elementary School teacher Alexis Cooper told the school board Tuesday night that she was willing to help get the school’s GATE Program going again.

Lincoln High Improvements Almost Done - Lincoln News Messenger
That’s according to Cathy Allen, the Western Placer Unified School District’s assistant superintendent for facilities and maintenance services, at Tuesday night’s school board meeting.

Strong weekend storm expected  - Auburn Journal
A strong storm moving through Friday into Saturday could drop more than a foot of snow at the highest elevations of the Sierra.

Lincoln’s head football coach stays busy - Lincoln News Messenger
Ken Lowe is a busy man. Lincoln High’s varsity football coach balances leading his undefeated team, teaching his health class and spending time with his wife and children.

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.

Mike Holmes op-ed: Council looks to toughen up dog laws - Auburn Journal
Holmes argues that the city should enforce existing dog laws more aggressively and strengthen action against dog owners who violate those laws.

Scaled back Auburn plans for Baltimore Ravine on front burner again - Auburn Journal
Scaled-back plans for Auburn’s last large vacant tract of developable land are moving toward a planning commission hearing Dec. 15.

Groups rally around Bear River Ranch drive - Auburn Journal
Placer Land Trust has joined two other conservation groups in an effort to raise $12.7 million by next August to buy a 2,300-acre ranch near Auburn.

Sutter Roseville reaches pact with SEIU-UHW - Sac Business Journal
The union that represents about 600 respiratory therapists, surgical technicians, dietary, housecleaning and other workers at Sutter Roseville Medical Center has reached tentative agreement with management on a three-year contract.

Stimulus funds mean better bike path - The Union of Grass Valley
Bicyclists are the winners in this recession — federal stimulus money is footing the bill for a Class 1 bike path in Penn Valley.

Truckee Police gets $47K state grant aims to curb drunken driving - Truckee Sierra Sun
The California Office of Traffic Safety grant aims to reduce the number of drivers under the influence through a combination of efforts, including DUI/driver's license checkpoints, warrant searches for repeat DUI offenders and saturation patrols.

Marysville mail center could close - The Union of Grass Valley
The Marysville postal center that processes U.S. mail for seven Northern California counties including Nevada County might close, according to the union leader there.

Snowstorm this week could bring several feet of white stuff - Truckee Sierra Sun
The first significant snowstorm of the year could bring a foot or more of the white stuff at lake level this week.

Grass Valley wins $500,000 grant for first-time homebuyers - The Union of Grass Valley
Grass Valley received a $500,000 grant from the California Department of Housing and Community Development for its first-time homebuyers program.

NVision to lose assembly jobs - The Union of Grass Valley
Miranda Technologies, the Canadian firm that bought NVision Inc. last year, will consolidate some facets of its Grass Valley operations with its facility in Montreal. It is not clear how the proposal will affect the local labor force, which numbers about 120 workers.

Sierra College Foundation Recognizes Mary Conkey with Outstanding Partner Award - Rocklin and Roseville Today
The Sierra College Foundation has awarded Mary Conkey its 2009 Outstanding Partnership Award for her support of Sierra College as chairperson of the Foundation's annual fundraiser "A Taste of Excellence."

Boy Scouts honor Supervisor Rocky Rockholm at Distinguished Citizen Dinner - Rocklin and Roseville Today
The Golden Empire Council of the Boy Scouts of America recently honored Placer County Supervisor F.C. "Rocky" Rockholm at a community dinner in his honor for extraordinary leadership and promoting the spirit of Scouting in Placer County.
 

It was remarkable to see a packed out, standing room only crowd attend a 10 am Saturday meeting with their Congressman.  Congressman McClintock commented on this numerous times and at one point a lady yelled out, "We want our country back!"

The crowd of 600 people were predominately senior citizens who have worked hard their whole life and now are enjoying retirement with travel, cruises, etc.  They are deeply patriotic people, who love their country, who at points got emotional.  Many of them recounted the history of this great nation and the sacrifices for freedom.  A couple recounted D-Day.  This is a respectful and reserved generation who would prefer to keep a low profile.

They have seen many things in their lives, but what they now see unfolding in our country greatly concerns them.  They have decided to put travel plans aside to become educated in the issues and engaged-- for their kids, their grandkids and their great grandkids.

Congressman McClintock started the Town Hall with a few comments which centered on three points:

1) Monetary Policy-  The Federal government has been printing money and putting it in circulation.  The definition of inflation is "too much money chasing too few goods," and Tom is, with great concern, watching for inflation.

2) National Deficit-  Tom showed a chart illustrating the history of the deficit.  Under Clinton and the Republican Congress there was a surplus, but under President Bush spending was out of control.  Last year the deficit was over $400 billion and this year the Obama deficit ballooned to over $1.4 trillion, 12% of GDP.  The October numbers have come in and the deficit is the largest one month number in history, $176 billion.

Tom talked about "National Debt Day", the day the Federal government runs out of money and needs to borrow money in order to keep running until the September 30 fiscal year close. Last year the National Debt Day was August 5, this year it was April 26 and next year it is projected to be March 15.

3) Healthcare-  Tom gave the highlights (or better put the lowlights) of the Pelosi-Obamacare.  He talked about his philosophy and alternate ides that involves freedom and the American way.

Congressman McClintock then asked how many people support Obamacare.  A small smattering of people cheered.  I was very interested in seeing just who these people are who want to fine us up to $250,000 and put us in jail for up to 5 years for not buying into Obamacare.  Tom then asked how many people oppose Obamacare and the crowd erupted in a loud and boisterous cheer.

The remaining hour and 15 minutes was spent with Tom fielding questions.  The first question asked was concerning "domestic enemies in Washington."  Tom answered that he did not feel Obama and the Democrats were purposefully trying to destroy the country, they were just misguided.  Later another person told Tom he felt Tom was wrong in that Obama is purposefully trying to destroy the country.  Tom again reiterated that he felt Obama and Pelosi were just misguided.  The crowd reacted loudly with disapproval of Tom's statement.  Someone shouted out, "What's the difference, it ends up the same, they are destroying the country!"

People asked questions about every aspect of Obamacare and the government take over of the healthcare system, the Constitutionality of Obamacare, terrorists being tried in New York, and Cap and Trade.  They were well informed, freedom-loving Americans, the bed-rock of our country, the people who made this country great, people who are deeply concerned with the onset of Socialism and debt-- people who have come out of retirement  to once again answer the call.  No doubt this is happening all across our great country, and Washington had better be listening.