Doug Boyd

The Obama Con

By Doug Boyd | 07/09/08

We're hearing about a phemonenon columnist Robert Novak has dubbed "Obamacons" - conservatives who support Barack Obama. As a conservative, I must admit some incredulity over this.Conservatives supporting the most liberal Senator in the United States for President? A veritable socialist who talks glibly about family, faith and freedom etc. and we fall for it?> There is not one conservative plank in Obama's vague platform. All he gives us is... read more »

Governor Gets Silent Treatment in Orange County

By Doug Boyd | 06/14/08

My wife, Los Angeles County Republican Chairman Linda Boyd, and I went to the annual Orange County Republican Party Flag Day Dinner yesterday at the gracious invitation of Orange County Republican printer extraordinaire Jim Bieber of Bieber Communications.It was a great event with over 900 attendees and an all star lineup featuring dozens of Republican elected officials and two Republican Governors. One of them, Charlie Crist of Florida, is on... read more »

LA County GOP Improvement Project Rolls Perfect Score

By Doug Boyd | 06/04/08

Los Angeles County has 26 Assembly districts wholly or partly in it. Each one elects seven members to the Republican central committee. That's a county committee of over 200 people, three times the size of the next largest committees in Orange and San Diego counties. Over the past 20 years the quality of central committee members in LA County declined, and so did the performance of the Republican Party. After the complete local... read more »

Cal Supremes Give Voters Digital Salute

By Doug Boyd | 05/15/08

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.The American Constitution 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... read more »

Buy Obama a Crash Helmet!!!

By Doug Boyd | 05/09/08

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?  ... read more »

Los Angeles County Lincoln Clubs Endorses...

By Doug Boyd | 05/09/08

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... read more »

Board in the Balance

By Doug Boyd | 05/06/08

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,... read more »

Does Al Sharpton Ever Tell The Truth?

By Doug Boyd | 05/04/08

I've never heard him do so over the last 20 years or so. He was at it again this morning on Fox News, comparing the Barack Obama/Jeremiah Wright relationship to the John McCain/John Hagee relationship.Let's see - in the latter, a presidential candidate is endorsed by a pastor who says dumb things about the Catholic Church. The candidate has never been to this church and is not a friend of the pastor.In the former, a presidential candidate says... read more »

REPUBLICANS GO AFTER 8,000 NEW CITIZENS

By Doug Boyd | 04/30/08

Led by County Chairman Linda Boyd, 27 volunteers from the Republican Party of Los Angeles County are closing in on 300 new Republican registrations from among the 8,000 new American citizens being sworn in today at the Los Angeles County Fairplex in Pomona. The energy and enthusiasm of the Republican booth contrasts sharply with the six listless "volunteers" at the nearby Democrat booth."New citizens love America, their families and the... read more »

Board of Equalization Allows Tax Loopholes to Grow

By Doug Boyd | 04/23/08

The obscure yet powerful California tax board known as the Board of Equalization is responsible for collecting/administering roughly half of California's tax income. So maybe they should be forgiven for allowing small change like $100 million in local sales tax revenues to slip through their fingers.You see, taxpayers think that the one percent local sales tax they pay on California purchases to reimburse cities and counties for the cost of... read more »