Month: January 2011

Threatening physical violence or engaging in hate speech is an occasion that calls for and demands comment. By consenting to Sean Mill’s commission appointment without comment, Mayor Pulido, Councilmembers Sarmiento, Alvarez, and Martinez failed to distance themselves from his actions and character.

Sit down and fasten your seat belt: Gov. Jerry Brown will unveil his budget proposal for the next 18 months today.

On Friday evening Orange County CEO Tom Mauk sent out a memo, to all County workers, praising his executive managers for voluntarily reducing their salaries by 5 % for over the past 18 months. The intent of sending this message out after most employees had left for the weekend was so that the message would greet everyone first thing Monday morning, and in advance of the Governor’s budget announcement.

In his weekly address, President Obama looked forward to how the tax cut package he signed into law in December will benefit millions of Americans in the new year.

For those wondering whether or not Rep. Giffords shooting has a Tea Party connection Raw Story is reporting that Rep. Giffords was on the so-called hit list of Dems ‘targeted’ by Tea Party Queen Sarah Palin.

UPDATED: U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona has been shot, and at least six others have died after a gunman sprayed bullets into a public meeting on Saturday, Pima County sheriff’s office in Arizona confirmed to National Public Radio.

“I am honored to have been nominated to serve on the Vietnamese Education Foundation,” said Rep. Sanchez, who is Co-Chair of the Congressional Caucus on Vietnam. “In Congress, I have always fought for the issues that are important to Vietnamese-Americans, including strengthening education, cutting taxes for the middle class, increasing lending to small businesses, and expanding basic human rights in Vietnam. I look forward to working with my colleagues in the VEF to create positive change in Vietnam and new opportunities for growth and advancement in the U.S.”

Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (D-CA) and Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) today introduced a tough new bill that would strengthen federal anti-stalking laws to address the new technology predators are using to harass their victims. In addition to clarifying existing laws, H.R. 196, the Simplifying the Ambiguous Law, Keeping Everyone Reliably Safe (STALKERS) Act of 2011, would give law enforcement authorities the tools they need to prevent and prosecute stalking in the digital age. The House of Representatives passed this legislation in the 111th Congress.