Looks like we are going to have 8 candidates filing for Rocklin City Council.

If I was handicapping that race, I’d say the incumbents look pretty good – however, George Magnusen may have seriously hurt himself endorsing Liberal Democrat Elaine Rowen.

Dan Dafoe – Democrat Activist is the most recent to pull Rocklin Papers. There appear to be two little to unknown Republicans in the race as well.

Sierra College Simmons seat – someone from Whitney Ranch looks to have pulled papers. Word is that he is supported by the incumbents on the Rocklin City Council. Magnusen must have missed that memo.

There look to be two other contestants besides Elaine Rowen – Rowen is a liberal Democrat Activists being supported by Liberals like Joanne Neft, Bill Martin (the masterminde of Save Sierra College (from what!?)) and Barbara Vineyard.

Don’t look now, but JoAnne Neft is starting a “Republicans for Brown group” – no suprise there. I have a post coming out about her and the Placer County Raging RINO’s.

Aaron Klein – whose endorsement of Tom Cosgorve was a major victory (Cosgrove was a vociferous critic of Klein’s in the past) – is going to draw an opponent as well. The opponent appears to be an associate of Cheryl Maki. Maki is the former Mayor of Auburn, while she is personally Conservative, she does not like Aaron Klein very much.

Scott Tim Leslie will run unopposed.

Roseville City Council looks like Allard, Garcia (incumbents) along with Sam Cannon, Pauline Rocucci (recognize that name?) and liberal Democrat Activist Rene Aguilera.

We could be seeing a redux of what Aguilera did to Rocky Rockholm in 2006 – running to split the vote in an attempt to help Rocucci.

The Party will oppose local tax increases, bonds, & spending measures

Roseville CA August 1, 2008—-The Placer County Republican Party Central Committee voted to OPPOSE these local ballot measures:

Measure M Los Rios Community College District Bond
Measure N Center Unified School District Bond
Measure P Placer Hills Fire District Gann Limit Waiver
Measure Q Colfax Elementary School District Bond
Measure R Placer County Board of Supervisors Pay Increase
Measure S County Counsel Elimination of At Will Employment
Measure T Alta Dutch Flat Parcel Tax
Measure U Tahoe Truckee Unified School District Bond

The Central Committee also made endorsements for the statewide ballot measures that will appear on the general election ballot:

Proposition 1 – NO High-Speed Rail Bond
Proposition 2 – NO Farm Animal Treatment Mandates
Proposition 3 – NO Children’s Hospital Bond
Proposition 4 – YES Child & Teen Safety and Stop Predators Act (Sarah’s Law)
Proposition 5 – NO Drug Offender Early Release
Proposition 6 – NO Safe Neighborhoods Act
Proposition 7 – NO Alternative Energy Mandates
Proposition 8 – YES Protect Marriage
Proposition 9 – YES Crime Victims’ Bill of Rights
Proposition 10 – NO Alternative Energy Bond
Proposition 11 – YES Voters’ First (Independent Redistricting Commission)
Proposition 12 – YES Veterans Home Loan Bond (Revenue Bond)

“Polls show that the Placer County Republican Party endorsement is the most important and most persuasive endorsement a campaign can receive in Placer County,” said Tom Hudson, the Chairman of the Placer County Republican Central Committee. “Our Committee members and volunteers research the issues, attend hearings, meet with officeholders, and listen to both sides before making recommendations on ballot measures. People know that we understand the issues before we take a stand, so our endorsements are widely respected.”

“These endorsements are a public service by the Placer County Republican Party,” said Jerry Simmons, the Endorsements Committee Chairman. “Unlike slate cards and political action committees that sell their endorsements to the highest bidder, the Party endorsements are based on Republican principles, not petty politics. We have not received any funding from these campaigns.”

With these endorsements, the Placer County Republican Party intends to send the clear message to our hard-working local elected officials that we expect local governments to live within their means after several years of record-breaking budget increases at the local level. The last thing we need now are tax increases, whether in the form of parcel taxes, bonds, or exemptions from the Gann Limit,” said Hudson.

“We respect our county supervisors, but we fear that the 60% pay increase they have proposed for themselves will attract the wrong sort of candidates for that position. We want part-time public servants and community activists on the Board of Supervisors, not career politicians in search of a full-time pay-check for part-time work. Supervisor Bruce Kranz did the right thing by opposing this salary increase.”

(Blogger’s Note – Kirk Uhler vociferously opposed measure “R”. The tapes of the BOS meeting will show as such, he and Bruce were the 2 vote minority opposed to Measure “R”)

The Placer County Republican Party works aggressively to assist all of the campaigns of the ballot measures and candidates that it has endorsed, with direct mail, telephone calls, and precinct walks to Republican households. Over the past decade, Placer County voters have agreed with Placer County Republican Party endorsements more than 85% of the time.

Additional Contacts for this story:
Jerry Simmons, Endorsements Committee Chairman:
Tom Hudson, Placer County Republican Party Chairman:

PCRA endorsed and supported candidate Aaron Klein (in 2004) is running for re-election to the Sierra College board. He has a good batch of endorsements in hand.

He has also worked out a lot of the issues that plagued the beginning of his term.

The college has improved dramatically and also has a balanced budget.

Try telling that to Deric Rothe – the editor of the Auburn Journal.

Rothe and Kevin Ramirez are college buddies – Ramirez is the former Sierra College President who resigned and then the new board got into hot water over the buyout of his contract.

Rothe is also on a jihad against Bruce Kranz – from my perspective the Auburn Journal’s drastically reduced circulation is a good thing.

Rothe should stick to reporting instead of campaigning out of his paper – Doolittle retired already. Maybe Rothe will add McClintock to the jihad list to make it a trifecta.

Speaking of Congressman Doolittle – the ACU just gave him a 100% score in 2007.