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June 9, 2010 – Daily Brief

By Jeff — Jeff Wilson

  • Whitman elected Governor of California in landslide victory over her opponent. Oh wait. It was just a primary? You mean we have to do this all over again in the fall? DAMNIT. LA TIMES
  • Meanwhile Tony Strickland feels confident he won the primary for State Controller. George Runner appears to have won his race for Board of Equalization District 2. And Bob Hauter says Meg Whitman’s victory will be good for Santa Clarita if she is elected Governor SIGNAL, VOTE.CA.GOV
  • Also, it appears the Tea Party wasn’t all it was made out to be, in California at least LA TIMES ANALYSIS
  • Marc Ambinder on how Proposition 14 might radically change politics in California ATLANTIC
  • Streetsblog LA takes a look at Whitman and Brown on transportation, global warming, and high speed rail issues in California STREETSBLOG
  • City Council removes term limits for commissioners and board members, decides not to name bridge after fallen Deputy, and gets an earful from community members about Councilmember Ferry’s comments at the last Council meeting. KHTS, I HEART
  • Los Angeles County approved a smaller budget and initiated layoffs of 2,800 County workers Monday. The $23 billion budget was cut $175.2 million according to the SIGNAL
  • The Hart District may lay off 40 classified employees next year, depending on what the Board decides SIGNAL
  • The California Fair Political Practices Commission  wants to fine the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints $5,539 for its contributions in passing Proposition 8 SAC BEE
  • New Courthouse in Santa Clarita still on track despite budget troubles. It’s apparently very high priority for the County SFVBJ (Subscription)
  • The City of Santa Clarita and other agencies are holding a video contest for Transit riders. The idea is to create a 2 minute video “that explains how transit helps you and encourages others to try it.” The prize is a free EZ Transit Pass for one year, worth $1,000. SIGNAL
  • Bouquet Canyon Elementary school will close Friday after 21 years of service SIGNAL
  • Buck McKeon wants more defense spending, cites China as a threat  HERITAGE
  • Signal reader says racial profiling will happen in Arizona whether we like it or not and that the solution to the 11 million illegal immigrants in the USA is to “make them assimilate, become Americans, speak our language, respect our laws and our flag.” LTE
  • Big Picture photo blog posts some amazing shots from D-Day, 66 years ago BIG PICTURE
  • Bruce McFarland calls upon SCV clergy to raise the rhetoric about illegal immigration. He echoes my earlier post about Frank Ferry’s position on illegal immigration SIGNAL

Comments

31 · as published
  1. mikecJune 9, 2010 at 8:28 am
    How soon we forget. Jerry Brown came out to Santa Clarita…actually Newhall no less and did an interview with Leon Worden prior to his AG election.
  2. Timothy MyersJune 9, 2010 at 10:10 am
    Now that California has an open primary I think I am going to switch my party affiliation to “Green” since they are least likely to engage in robocalls. But I think I will wait to see if a really militant pro-weed party emerges and join that one.
  3. Bill ReynoldsJune 9, 2010 at 10:13 am
    Why not since you’ve already been admitted to the Soylent “Green” Factory.
  4. scvtruthsquadJune 9, 2010 at 10:27 am
    Carly Fiorina.. God help us..She was ranked among the 20 worst CEO’s in US history. In her tenure at HP the stock dropped 60% while Dell went up 15%, this is who we choose for the party, OH MY
  5. Timothy MyersJune 9, 2010 at 11:48 am
    Remember also that she engineered the merger with Compaq, basically doubling the size of HP’s computer hardware division to forestall being bested by a surging Dell, and within three years Dell passed the combined entity anyway.
  6. scvtruthsquadJune 9, 2010 at 1:09 pm
    She was also fired from HP, well she was forced to resign
  7. CoastalSageJune 9, 2010 at 2:22 pm
    Somebody should be doing internet searches for old stories about Carly Fiorina. Is she the one who wiretapped members of her own Board of Directors?
  8. scvtruthsquadJune 10, 2010 at 6:40 am
    yes that is her
  9. Timothy MyersJune 10, 2010 at 7:37 am
    No. That was the Chairman of the Company that succeeded her. And it wasn’t wiretaps. The Board was trying to figure out which Board member was leaking things to the financial press and the Board’s law firm hired investigators who called ATT pretending to be the Board members and obtaining phone records (a felony under California law). Carla is an empty suit, but let’s not accuse her of things she did not do.
  10. scvtruthsquadJune 10, 2010 at 12:20 pm
    sorry got her confused, you know all those crooked CEO’s confuse the heck out of me
  11. damageincJune 9, 2010 at 3:04 pm
    “the party” interesting choice of words.
  12. scvtruthsquadJune 9, 2010 at 10:29 am
    I am sure they will think of a better name for the bridge instead of to name it for a hero,hmmmm, how about the Ferry Bridge? or the G & L Bridge?
  13. Bill ReynoldsJune 9, 2010 at 12:56 pm
    Since folks want Ferry off city council, lets name it, the “F-Off Bridge”!
  14. scvtruthsquadJune 9, 2010 at 1:08 pm
    Hey Bill we actually agree on something, the world must be coming to an end
  15. Bill ReynoldsJune 9, 2010 at 1:15 pm
    Good to see that you are wising up! }
  16. scvtruthsquadJune 10, 2010 at 6:42 am
    You are still wrong about the swim team buddy…you need to come around and see the great benefit that it brings
  17. DamageincJune 10, 2010 at 8:39 am
    No worries Bill R is like 108 years old he will be dead and the families of Santa Clarita can live without the fear BIG BAD BILL REYNOLDS.
  18. Bill ReynoldsJune 10, 2010 at 8:14 pm
    Oh yeah, well I can still kick your ass DamaSissie. Hahahaha!
  19. DamageincJune 10, 2010 at 9:10 pm
    Oh Bonnie Reynolds, I am so affraid of a guy making threats through the Internet. Fire up windows movie maker and make another propaganda film.
  20. Bill ReynoldsJune 12, 2010 at 11:21 pm
    Of course you’re not afraid hiding behind your little computer screen, Dama Sissie.
  21. DamageincJune 12, 2010 at 11:34 pm
    Coming from Not a Ferry Fan the biggest wimp in Santa Clarita… you got nothing to say to me. Go take your H2 for a spin.
  22. BrianJune 9, 2010 at 10:30 am
    McKeon will scream war threats anywhere to keep his defense buddies writing checks. We really must get rid of this hawk who never served.
  23. BrianJune 9, 2010 at 5:41 pm
    When the source is dry, the downstream suffers regardless of population patterns. Oops. Sorry. I have no desire to be more of a militaristic state than we already are. That is the biggest waste of our rare money which benefits very few.
  24. JayceJune 10, 2010 at 8:12 am
    That always cracks me up how people that never served like Bush are considered good with anything military. Why was he a ‘war president’? because he got us into a war? It certainly wasn’t any military expertise. (yes my grammar is horrible, I know this)
  25. Your Web GuruJune 9, 2010 at 4:02 pm
    Bravo, Mr. McFarland!
  26. spineflower2June 9, 2010 at 7:49 pm
    Which candidate is more likely to favor alternative transportation such as biking, Brown or Whitman?
  27. cashJune 10, 2010 at 7:32 am
    •The California Fair Political Practices Commission wants to fine the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints $5,539 for its contributions in passing Proposition 8 A victory well worth the price!!
  28. DamageincJune 10, 2010 at 8:33 am
    Yeah! Fuck American Liberties.
  29. Bill ReynoldsJune 10, 2010 at 8:14 pm
    Dama Sissie loves socialism.
  30. DamageincJune 10, 2010 at 9:12 pm
    That isn’t socialism Tardo, that is American liberty.
  31. scvtruthsquadJune 10, 2010 at 12:22 pm
    I am gald, I am sure they learned their lesson, they will now never do that again, wow that was a harsh penalty do you thinkt hey will be able to afford it?
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