Rep. Michelle Bachman coming to OC
Everyone’s favorite Teabagger Rep. Michelle Bachman is coming to Orange County to speak at the Lincoln Club of OC at the end of January. Details […]
Ardy Kassakhian
Public Employee Pensions are RETIREE’S Money!
Pensions are not “paid by the taxpayer.” Pensions are paid by the employer, in this case public agencies, and the employees. The only interest the public has is in what compensation, including benefits, an active employee is being paid.
The Importance of The Brown Act: An Elected Official’s Perspective
The fact that we are entering a period of limited government hopefully does not mean we are entering a period of limited oversight of governance. The recent walkout by Garden Grove Unified School District Trustee KimOanh Nguyen Lam over an alleged violation of the Brown Act by her fellow board members is a strong case in point.
Assembly Candidate Jerry Amante Touts an Endorsement from “Open” Mike Duvall
In another chapter of “Conservative Republican candidates with Attention to Detail Deficit Disorder (ADDD),” conservative candidate for AD-70 Jerry Amante has a new brochure out […]
Race to the Top-Buyers Beware
While our local districts are comprised of well intentioned, highly educated and reflective leaders who are doing their best to find resources to fill the budget shortfall, we are perplexed that some districts (60% state-wide) agreed to submit a “Memorandum Of Understanding†with the Governor’s Office to participate in California’s application for the federal Race to the Top (RTTT) competitive grant program.
With AD-72 done, we turn to a special election for the 4th District Supervisors Race
Congratulations to Assemblyman-elect Chris Norby, and don’t the let the door kick you in the butt on your way out of the County Office Building […]
Supervisor Chris Norby Prevails in A.D. #72 Special Election
Republican Chris Norby, Orange County Supervisor since 2002, prevailed as victor yesterday over Democrat John MacMurray and Green Party candidate Jane Rands in the Special […]
Ted Olson in Newsweek: The Conservative Case FOR Gay Marriage
Former solicitor general under President George W. Bush, Ted Olson is the principal lawyer for those seeking to overturn Prop 8 in the highly publicized trial […]
Not much of a Race To The Top for Orange County schools.
The Orange County Register reports that Most O.C. districts say no to Race To The Top Reforms. As few as nine Orange County school districts have committed to implement sweeping reforms championed under President Obama’s federal Race to the Top grant program for schools, leaving up to 19 ineligible to receive the potentially millions of federal stimulus dollars that California is seeking.