Wow -- didn't see this one coming: the recall attempt against Assemblyman Anthony Adams, sparked by his providing the passing vote in the Assembly for the record state tax increase this spring, has failed.

According to the Secretary of State's office, the projected number of valid signatures was 24,579, while the number of valid signatures necessary for qualification is 35,825.

The recall campaign submitted 58,384 signatures. According to the Secretary of State's random sampling, only 24,579 were projected to be valid. Under the Elections Code, if the number of valid signatures is less than 95% of the number necessary for qualification, the recall is considered failed.

At one of the premier schools on the West Coast, thousands of students protested a $2,500 student fee increase for the second straight day. Their rhetoric is increasingly exaggerated and nonsensical, and they’ve now hypocritically shown that while it’s not fair for their fees to be increased, it’s fair for taxes to be raised to support them.

Examples of the hyperbole heard on the UCLA campus, where hundreds of students lie prostrate in public areas symbolizing “the death of public education” (eye roll) are:

• “This is a fight not just for education but for democracy.”
• “Knowledge is a right, not a commodity.”
• “I sold my clothes to pay for tuition.”
• “Last generation college student”
• And my favorite: “I refuse to consent to this type of budgetary injustice.”

Ah, let’s discuss the concept of “justice”. Karen Bass now wants to raise taxes on the richest Californians so students don’t have to pay a fee increase. Should they have to pay for someone else’s college JUST because they have the money? Is that justice?

The UCLA students have no idea what they are talking about. They can’t see beyond their own pain that Sacramento politicians—like Karen Bass—have caused all of us. They want no part of it, and they are gladly willing to heap it on others.

UCLA has clearly failed at churning out critical thinkers—and the university is simply getting its just desserts.

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.

With Senator Harry Reid filing cloture on the motion to proceed to HR 3590—a “shell” for passing the Democrats’ massive healthcare bill—tea party groups are urging that you melt the phones and fax machines of your legislators.

After debating the two-thousand-page bill all day Friday and Saturday, the cloture vote, which requires 60 votes, will be Saturday at 8:00 p.m.

If it passes, the bill will be recognized so Senator Reid can offer up his substitute agreement—Obamacare.

Therefore, California tea party groups ask that you call Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein to register your discontent.

Without immediate action, we'll have Obamacare before we know it, and America will change forever. Here are the appropriate phone numbers:

Barbara Boxer

202 224-3553 DC

202 224-0454 Fax

Other office numbers to call: 415 403-0100, 213 894-5000, 916 448-2787, 559 497-5109, 213 894-5000, 619 239-3884, 951 684-4849

Dianne Feinstein

202 224-3841 DC

202 228-3954 Fax

Other office numbers to call:; 310 914-7300, 619 231-9712, 402-209-3595, 559 485-7430

Fourteen protesters were arrested by UCLA police yesterday when they refused to leave a chaotic UC Regents meeting in which a committee increased student fees by 32 percent.

I can’t think of a better way to introduce students into the real world. They can see first hand that when a state spends itself into oblivion, it’s the people that suffer! Of course, this message is likely lost on them as they undoubtedly will blame Republicans for pushing for education cuts.

And for good reason. I was just at a public meeting last night where a deputy superintendent told parents to pressure their legislators to increase spending on education. If superintendents don’t understand basic economics, then how can we expect their students to?

I received this press release this morning from my good friend Brad Dacus over at the Pacific Justice Institute.  They are doing great work here in California.

For Immediate Release: Thursday, November 19, 2009
Contact: President Brad Dacus (916) 857-6900

Sacramento, CA – At a packed school board meeting last night, the San Juan Unified School District reversed course and voted 3-2 not to go forward with a proposal to hide information from parents about student absences for so-called "confidential medical services," such as abortions.