The Update on my Last Team
This was a special team. I’ve had the pleasure of coaching five all-star basketball teams and none of them have even gone as far as […]
Ardy Kassakhian
California Federation of Labor Endorses Phu Nguyen for 68th State Assembly
Fountain Valley, CA – The California Federation of Labor and the Orange County Labor Federation (OCLF) has endorsed Phu Nguyen for the 68th State Assembly. Tefere […]
Caucus Meeting Schedule for California Democratic Convention
All registered California Democrats may attend and participate in caucus meetings taking place at this weekend’s state Democratic Convention, being held at the Los Angeles […]
Will Tea Partiers Celebrate Their Federal Tax Cut Tomorrow?
There are a number of “Tea Party Protests” being planned throughout Orange County tomorrow. But recent CBS/New York Times polls show most of the Teabaggers […]
Nancy Pelosi Heads Speakers at California Democratic Convention
As she has for the past few years, U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who started her political career by volunteering for the California Democratic Party (“CDP”), will kick-off the heart of Saturday’s lengthy agenda, to be followed by Sen. Barbara Boxer, who is up for reelection this November.
Irvine’s Educational Budget Crisis Needs Real Solutions and Not Gimmicks That Smack of Pandering
I recently sat down with my neighbors to talk about problems with school funding issues facing IUSD schools. IUSD is traditionally one of the best […]
Ballot Measure to Repeal Prop 8 Fails to Get Enough Signatures
The effort to place an initiative on the November 2010 ballot to repeal Proposition 8 and restore equal marriage rights for same-sex couples, announced today that the proponents did not gather the 694,354 signatures necessary to place the proposed initiative on the ballot. The group vowed to work toward the repeal of Prop 8 at the next general election in November 2012.
The Republican War on Public Education
Our Public School System is under attack, not just in Florida or San Diego but in Orange County as well. There are experiments happening all over the US to test exactly what the best means would be to destroy our public schools and right now, the easiest seems to be from the inside out.
Ken Calvert Corruption Chronicles – Episode 7: Your Tax Dollars at Work
In 2009, Ken Calvert spent $352,433.07 of your taxpayer dollars on mail from his Washington office. That places him 9th out of 435 members of Congress for highest amount of taxpayer dollars spent on Congressional mail, phone calls, voicemails, and emails.