The Crime Conservatives Don’t Want You To Know About!
One thing conservatives have mastered is how to exploit the deaths of innocents at the hands of immigrants to play into their hate mongering. They […]
Month: April 2010
It is a National Issue but it’s not about The Unions
I want to make a note that this was posted last night at Daily Kos before the announcement that the strike was over. Â It was […]
DPOC installs Gerrie Schipske as new Executive Director
On Monday night, the Democratic Party of Orange County installed Long Beach City Councilwoman Gerrie Schipske as their new Executive Director. Schipske comes to the DPOC with a terriffic background of work in democratic politics. Schipske has a long history of working with the community of organized labor.
CUSD Strike is Over
We have received a complaint that verbage related to our coverage of this strike was inserted into a letter to the editor at the OC Register. Now the Register does have a right to “edit” Letters to the Editor for brevity, (but anyone who reads them regularly knows accuracy is quite another issue).
Santa Ana’s Claudia Alvarez vs. Freedom of Speech: The Verdict!
Earlier this month I wrote about my concerns related to Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez and her conduct of the public comments portion of the April 5th City Council meeitng. It looks like I was right when I pointed out that Alvarez was playing a bit fast and loose with the Brown Act.
CUSD Strike Concludes
“It is the courage and determination of CUEA members on the picket lines and the thousands of supportive district parents and community members that resulted in the tentative contract agreement with the CUSD Board of Education,” said CUEA President Vicki Soderberg.
Senate Republicans Block Debate on Financial Reform Bill
Democrats failed to get the cloture vote, on Monday, which is necessary to proceed debate on a financial reform bill putting tougher restrictions on Wall Street. Based on the things they are opposing, it’s an easy sell to voters that Republicans are taking their orders from Wall Street.
Another Report from the CUSD Picket Line
(Photo: LiberalOC blogger Heather Pritchard and AD-70 candidate Melissa Fox join striking CUSD teachers on the picket line.) Another day on the line… We were […]
Arizona Passes Anti-Immigrant Law, Now What!
This is the Arizona state legislature for you. The Republican controlled legislature has approved of making Latinos second class citizens, claims President Obama is not a US Citizen (which I believe should qualify as treason), has said it is ok for husbands to rape their wives and that Martin Luther King Jr. is NOT a national hero. They are just one step away from putting Latinos into concentration camps, I better stop now, that just might give them the idea.