Finally, a GOP club with some b_alls!

“The Lincoln Club recommends a No vote on all four Indian gaming measures (Propositions 94-97) because we believe ratification of the compacts would perpetuate and expand the unfair monopoly that the state unwisely granted to a small group based solely on racial preferences.”

-From the Flash Report

Just got a call from some California Firefighters group campaigning for the term limits measure. They claim to also have the support of the California Police Chiefs Association and some Highway Patrolman Association. Let’s see…Greedy/Corrupt unions and overpaid ticketwriters say yes, how should I vote?

Proposition 91– Yes
(This more firmly dedicates gasoline sales taxes to transportation projects. This is necessary because the legislature has exploited the loopholes in Prop 42 every year to continue to squander our gas tax money.)

Proposition 92 – No
(This is “ballot box budgeting” at its worst. It would irresponsibly reduce community college tuition, regardless of need, while permanently increasing taxpayer subsidies.)

Proposition 93 – No!
(This is phony term limits reform designed to keep Democrat leaders in office longer. Whether you support term limits or hate them, this proposition is a fraud and it should be defeated.)

Proposition 94 – Yes
(This referendum would ratify the compact with the Pechanga Band of Luiseño Mission Indians. Indian gaming has been terrible for California , but defeating this compact will not solve that problem or improve things in any way. This compact is the best possible deal that taxpayers can get out of the current Legislature. Union thugs oppose this compact because it does not achieve their goal of forcing casino workers to pay union dues without their consent. The issue here is union politics, not Indian gaming.)

Proposition 95 – Yes
(This referendum would ratify the compact with the Morongo Band of Mission Indians. Indian gaming has been terrible for California , but defeating this compact will not solve that problem or improve things in any way. This compact is the best possible deal that taxpayers can get out of the current Legislature. Union thugs oppose this compact because it does not achieve their goal of forcing casino workers to pay union dues without their consent. The issue here is union politics, not Indian gaming.)

Proposition 96 – Yes
(This referendum would ratify the compact with the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation. Indian gaming has been terrible for California , but defeating this compact will not solve that problem or improve things in any way. This compact is the best possible deal that taxpayers can get out of the current Legislature. Union thugs oppose this compact because it does not achieve their goal of forcing casino workers to pay union dues without their consent. The issue here is union politics, not Indian gaming.)

Proposition 97 – Yes
(This referendum would ratify the compact with the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians. Indian gaming has been terrible for California , but defeating this compact will not solve that problem or improve things in any way. This compact is the best possible deal that taxpayers can get out of the current Legislature. Union thugs oppose this compact because it does not achieve their goal of forcing casino workers to pay union dues without their consent. The issue here is union politics, not Indian gaming.)

PCRA’s own Tom Hudson was quoted in this LA Times article about the GOP unifying around Prop 187.

Link to article here

Moderates lose ground as the primary focuses attention on the issue that once split the party.
By Phil Willon
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer

December 5, 2007

Thirteen years after a ballot measure against illegal immigration fractured the state Republican Party, the issue again is front and center in California’s upcoming presidential primary.

Moderates who have argued that an unyielding stance against illegal immigration would further erode the party’s strength in this increasing polyglot state have effectively been silenced by GOP forces calling for a hard-line crackdown.

The escalating rhetoric in the GOP presidential primary has fed their retreat.

So, too, has a striking increase in the number of Californians who blame illegal immigration for the state’s problems.

“There is more unity among Republicans in this state on illegal immigration than on anything else, including taxes,” said Tom Hudson, chairman of the Republican Party in Placer County, near Sacramento, one of the most conservative counties in the state.

Tom Chorneau, SF Chronicle Sacramento Bureau

(12-05) 04:00 PST Sacramento—An expected vote on legislation overhauling California’s $170 billion health care system has been postponed indefinitely, as Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders disagree on elements of the plan from tax subsidies to insurance reform.

Good news to those of us who know “free” healthcare will be more expensive and more cumbersome than what we have today.

Healthcare debacle

“Backers of a California ballot initiative that would drastically increase Republican chances of retaining the White House in 2008 have raised $1.2 million, including $316,000 in eight days this month — and supporters say they’re on pace to qualify for the vote in June.”

“California Counts’ initiative would divide the state’s 55 electoral votes proportionally, rather than using the current winner-take-all format.”

“That would be a huge boon to the eventual Republican presidential nominee, since the GOP has little chance of carrying California, which has voted Democratic in the past four presidential elections.”

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