I had a look at Montgomery’s campaign filing from the 6/30 cutoff and a few more names popped out…

George Beland – Former D-3 Supervisor

Jan Christofferson – Former County Executive Officer that was replaced by current CEO Tom Miller

Terry Davis – Staff Conservation Coordinator for the Sierra Club Mother Load Chapter (notice Montgomery listed him as a self-employed landscaper) http://motherlode.sierraclub.org/committee.html

Blogger’s note: I sure got a kick out of Terry Davis being listed as a self-employed landscaper. I need to fix my front and back yards. I should ask him for a bid.

Steve Kastan – Former D-5 Supervisor Rex Bloomfield’s Field Representative for the Tahoe area

Dave Mackenroth – Former Candidate for D-3 Supervisor

Don Malberg ( I think he’s the husband of Patricia Malberg who ran against Congressman Doolittle in the early 90’s)

Alex Mourelatos – Owner of property in the Tahoe area who wants to develop a housing project in Tahoe Vista

JoAnne Neft – Former Manager – Placer County Agricultural Marketing Program.

Blogger’s Note: JoAnne Neft is part of the group trying to oust Republicans from local office. Neft is a life-long Republican who will be the subject of an entire post later

Bill Newsom – Father of San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom

Placer Public Employees PAC ($7,000)

GD (Dean) Prigmore – Former Deputy Planning Director under Fred Yeager

Take Back Red CA – http://www.takebackredcalifornia.org ( Take Back Red California (TBRC) is a grassroots coalition that connects northern California Democrats in urban counties with northern California Democratic activists working in rural counties especially on a local level.)

VOICE – A Homosexual advocacy group with a PAC out of San Francisco.

John Foster – North Lake Tahoe Democratic Club

Tina Thomas – She is a CEQA attorney long known for her contract relation with Angelo Tskapolous. Angelo Tskapolous might as well be the executive director of the California Democrat Party.

Add in a host of Democratic clubs – and you have the unmistakable pattern of the Democrats throwing all their eggs into the Montgomery Basket. I also believe that Liberal Democrat activist Elaine Rowen is their number two priority as they try to work with RINO’s Barbara Vineyard, JoAnne Neft (there she is again) and Bill Martin to take control of Sierra College.

Please further note the money she raised from Bay Area Liberals on her previous filing as well.

One glaring omission – Pete McCloskey must have forgotten to write her another check as he did not appear on this report.

30% of Conservative Democrats Say They’ll Vote for McCain

Two years ago, Democrat Charlie Brown lost to a wounded incumbent Republican in California ’s Fourth Congressional District. Now, making another run for the seat he believes is his to lose, Brown faces tougher competition in Sen. Tom McClintock, the darling of Ronald Reagan conservatives. Brown will not be able to benefit from Republican in-fighting in 2008 like he did in 2006 as well.

The well-known and highly popular McClintock, clearly conservative, has a libertarian streak that is attractive even to some Democrats. Remember the 2003 recall race for Governor? McClintock was the candidate deemed by more than one media outlet as the most qualified to be Governor. The Los Angeles Times said “some Democrats have praised McClintock for having a firm set of convictions that he’s able to present clearly to voters.”

Articulate and steady, McClintock’s appeal across party lines is not the only reason why he will be the next Congressman to represent the sprawling Fourth Congressional District. Voter registration in the district already favors Republicans, and especially a conservative Republican. In short, McClintock is a good conservative candidate in a good conservative district.

If that wasn’t enough evidence to spell trouble for Charlie Brown, the recent Rasmussen Report should be. There are increasing concerns about Democrat nominee Barack Obama’s chances to hang on to conservative Democrats. Clearly, Obama is the most liberal candidate the Democrat Party has fielded in more than three decades. And, he is the candidate who opposed the once well-oiled Clinton machine.

Obama likely will win California although Republicans have their best chance since 1988 to put the state in the GOP column. But not all of California ’s 58 counties will support Obama. Eight of the nine counties of the Fourth CD will be won by McCain, with Sacramento a toss-up and that’s the dilemma for Charlie Brown. Unlike Democrat candidates running in the neighboring congressional districts of the 3rd and the 11th, Charlie Brown is not just swimming against the tide, but against very strong GOP presidential undercurrents.

The recent Rasmussen Report on Obama details the trouble ahead for Charlie Brown:

Thirty percent (30 percent) of conservative Democrats say they’re voting for John McCain. Data from Rasmussen Reports also shows McCain picking up support from 19 percent of White Democrats and 15 percent of Democrats over the age of 50. These results are from national telephone survey interviews conducted with 14,000 Likely Voters during the two weeks ending July 24. The sample includes 5,074 Democratic voters. (Rasmussen uses robo-calls)

The data shows that 43 percent of Democrats consider themselves politically liberal, 37percent say they’re moderate, and 18 percent are conservative.

Forty-one percent (41 percent) of conservative Democrats have a favorable opinion of John McCain. Sixty-seven percent (67 percent) say the same about Obama.

Among liberal Democrats, just 23 percent have a positive opinion about McCain, but 90 percent give Obama favorable reviews.

Obama is supported by 78 percent of Democrats overall, a figure that includes 62 percent of conservative Democrats. He leads 84 percent to 13 percent among Democrats under 30. But, among those over 65, Obama earns just 74 percent of the vote while McCain is preferred by 16 percent of Democratic senior citizens. It is interesting to note that just 2 percent of Democrats under 30 hold back from selecting either Obama or McCain. That number grows to 9 percent among Democrats over 65.

This means that despite the certain coronation of Barak Obama, Charlie Brown is in trouble. Charlie Brown can’t run the same campaign this time around, and he is already trying to hide his liberal philosophy (see also his energy ‘plan’). In the end, Charlie Brown will go home defeated, a victim of his own party’s liberalism.

Sorry Charlie! These are national numbers, and they are going to be way worse here in the 4th CD.

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.

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:

(Blogger’s Note – Placer GOP Chairman Tom Hudson has a rancheria – that may soon be designated as English Indian land – on Baseline Road, one of the busiest arteries in Placer County… the Gov’t Bureaucrat Brownies must not like the sign very much…)

Dear (List of people deleted),

My wife got a call from Scott Sparks with Placer County Code Enforcement who said that my 4×6 McClintock for Congress sign violates some county ordinance. I believe he was referring to Section 17.54.190 (“Off-premises signs”), but I need to call him back to confirm the problem. If you are interested, you can check the county codes at http://qcode.us/codes/placercounty/ You’ll notice that there are different rules for different types of signs, which is precisely the sort of content-based speech discrimination that the U.S. Supreme Court has so often overturned (e.g., they can ban all signs, but they cannot ban “Election Campaign Signs” while allowing “Agricultural Sales Signs”).

The Code Enforcement Nazi said that someone had complained about my sign, saying that it should have been removed “after” the election (which has not occurred yet).

Since my sign is on one of the busiest roads in the entire county (Base Line Road, which connects Roseville and Rocklin to Highway 99), with more than 9,000 cars passing the sign each day, I suspect that the Charlie Brown folks would love to have this sign taken down. The sign sits on my own private property, so I do not plan to oblige them by taking it down, at least not until John McCain repeals the rest of the First Amendment (not to mention Article I, Section 2 of the California Constitution).

Please let me know if you have heard about similar demands about other signs in the county. If there is a coordinated effort to force property owners to take down McClintock signs, this might be a good campaign issue. And it might be worth a lawsuit by me or some third party to enforce the U.S. Constitution that Charlie Brown swore to uphold and defend… Given the minimum penalties in state law for civil rights violations, this could be an expensive lawsuit for the county to lose.

Tom Hudson, Chairman
Placer County Republican Party
Work: (916) 445-3986
Home: (916) 991-9400
Cell: (916) 833-8948
Fax: (916) 991-9300

Sorry Charlie!

In a clear sign that the Brown Campaign is trying desperately to make noise… they have been on an obsessive tirade over the exploratory committees from 2006 that McClintock still has open.

Basically, they have switched from regular strength Kool-Aid to the Kevorkian department: According to reliable sources, the Charlie Brown congressional campaign is pitching reporters on a bogus story that Tom McClintock is not really interested in Congress but looking to run for the Board of Equalization in 2010.

The evidence? McClintock has an old campaign account from last year still open! EE-gads! If this is the best that ex-pilot Charlie Brown has to offer, he’d better radio for a clean-up crew and some runway foam. Someone needs to call Lungren, Andal and Issa and tell them to close their state accounts while they are at it.

First, rumors last year had a termed-out Senator McClintock looking at a BOE seat…(Y-A-W-N). In March, however, after John Doolittle announced he was retiring from Congress, McClintock jumped into one of the most expensive GOP primary battles ever against a well-funded former Congressman. McClintock raised more than $1.5 million against his opponent’s $6.2 million and still won by 15 points. You’d have to be insane or narcissistic to the point of a padded cell with finger-paints to walk into a $6.2 million meat grinder + the entire establishment minus a few brave souls endorsing the Millionaire Liberal.

Second, I confirmed that since McClintock announced his intentions for Congress, his campaign has returned all contributions made to the BOE account. That’s $7,700 of checks returned. If a contribution goes to an office location, it gets returned. However, contributions mailed directly to the bank get processed automatically. It takes a little longer, but all of the contributions after March 4th will end up returned.

Third, McClintock can’t use more than $1,000 of his state campaign funds to run for Congress, the maximum amount allowed by law.

Fourth, many candidates keep campaign accounts active, primarily to assist other candidates seeking state office. Former Republican Leader Jim Brulte has more than a million dollars in a campaign account, rolling it over every election cycle.

Democrats have played up Charlie Brown’s ability to talk issues. Now, this is the best the guy can do?