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Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bear Flag League, California, Politics, Proposition 77, Special Election 2005
California Special Election Watch: Mobilize.org – “What Are YOUR Boundaries?†RV Tour in support of Proposition 77 Continues
Steve Poizner, Chair of the Yes on Proposition 77 campaign at a Wednesday news conference in Van Nuys, California.Previously on Flap, California Special Election Watch: Mobilize.Org YES on Proposition 77 at USC.
A barrage of guests will speak on the importance of Prop 77 including Bill Mundell (chairman of Californians for Fair Redistricting) and Chellie Pingree (president of Common Cause). Berkeley alumnus Michael Marston, the president of the Center of Individual and Institutional Renewal, will alsospeak.
The rally will be held at noon on the Mario Savio steps, the historic birthplace of the Free Speech Movement.
At USC:
USC Students wearing YES on 77 Rally Buttons
Maya answering a question on Proposition 77
The What Are Your Boundaries blog
The What Are Your Boundaries Website, Draw the Line on November 8th, Vote Yes! on Prop 77The RV tour, the only grassroots campaign exclusively devoted to the youth vote, has made stops in the Bay area, the central coast, Los Angeles and Orange County to raise awareness for Prop 77.
The tour kicked off at the capitol building on Oct. 24 with Asm. Joseph Canciamilla (D-11) endorsing Prop 77.
The tour made stops at Sacramento State, San Francisco State, UC Davis, UC Santa Cruz, San Jose State, Stanford University, Cal. Poly. San Luis Obispo, USC, UCLA, Long Beach State, Claremont McKenna, and Fresno State.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bear Flag League, California, Politics, Proposition 74, Proposition 75, Proposition 76, Proposition 77, Special Election 2005
California Special Election Watch: Schwarzenegger’s Bus Tour for Reform Hits the Road
The Governor’s Bus is coming to a city near you.
Check it out.
Flap knows you will be glad you did.
The Schedule:
Saturday:
San Diego County
Montgomery Field Hangar
3750 John J. Montgomery Drive
San Diego, CA 92123
(Kearny Mesa Area)
Doors Open at 10:30 AM !!!
Orange County
Pacific Transformer, Inc.
5399 E. Hunter Avenue
Anaheim, CA 92807
Doors Open at 12:45 PM !!!Inland Empire
Fleetwood RV
3125 Myers Street
Riverside, CA 92503
Doors Open at 2:00 PM !!!Los Angeles County
16016 Montoya Street
Irwindale CA, 91702
Doors Open at 4:00 PM !!!
Sunday:
Oakdale
Rocha’s Valley Enterprises, LLC
1198 Warnerville Road
Oakdale, CA 95361
Doors open at 10:45 a.m.Bakersfield
Bakersfield High School
1241 G Street
Bakersfield, CA 93301
Doors open at 1:00 p.m.Technorati Tags: Arnold Schwarzenegger, California Recovery Team, California Special Election, Bear Flag League, Proposition 74, Proposition 75, Proposition 76, Proposition 77
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California Special Election Watch: KNBC-TV Los Angeles Apologizes to Schwarzenegger for Ventura County Lefties Selection for Voter Forum
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger asks citizens to vote for his Propositions on the next Nov. 8th California’s Special Election, as he takes part in ‘Decision 2005: The Voter Forum,’ an event sponsored by KNBC and KVEA, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2005, in Los Angeles.The ASSociated Press and San Frnacisco Chronicle has LA TV station apologizes to Schwarzenegger after audience mix-up.
KNBC-TV apologized to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s campaign Friday after the station found that the audience it organized for a voter forum this week apparently included several Democratic activists.
The Republican governor was peppered with questions with a partisan slant at the televised event Thursday, and at one point a man in the audience tried to shout him down.
The Ventura County Star reported Friday that questioners at the forum included Larry Miller, a member of the Ventura County Democratic Central Committee; Chris Robson, a member of the state Democratic Party central committee; and Mary Pallant of Oak Park, a Democratic congressional candidate in the 24th District.
The newspaper identified Miller as the audience member who yelled at Schwarzenegger, “You’re wrong.”
The studio audience of about 75 people was selected by a research company, which was directed to assemble a balanced group of voters from the Los Angeles area, news director Robert Long said.
But the station was unaware that several of those picked were actively involved in local Democratic politics, and that was never made clear in the broadcast.
Previously on Flap: California Special Election Watch: Ventura County Lefties Let Schwarzenegger Have IT.
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger(R) gestures as he answers questions from an audience of voters regarding Propositions 74 through 77 of next week’s Special Election from during an election forum at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, California.The Ventura County Star has County activists grill the governor
Two Camarillo Democratic activists peppered Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday with the toughest questions he’s faced during a special-election campaign in which the governor has mostly appeared before only hand-selected audiences.
During a televised town hall forum at the Skirball Cultural Center, however, Schwarzenegger faced hostile questions from a panel selected by a market research firm hired by KNBC. Among those chosen to ask questions were Larry Miller, a member of the Ventura County Democratic Central Committee; Chris Robson, a member of the state Democratic Party Central Committee representing the 37th Assembly District; and Mary Pallant of Oak Park, an announced candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 24th Congressional District.
Interesting how this market research firm hired a “representive” audience of left wing idealogues, union representatives and Democrat Party activists.
By all press accounts the Governor handled himself well and probably should have mixed it up with these folks weeks ago.
Alejandro Puesan of the station’s research department said the selections were made randomly by the research firm charged with selecting questioners who represented the demographics of Southern California, by gender, age, race, ethnicity, county of residence and political affiliation.
Yeah right!
It was a set up by the LEFT, but what else do you expect?
Schwarzenegger was fine on the issues and will be fine on November 8th.
Miller, an elected trustee of the Ventura County Community College District, engaged in such a fierce exchange with Schwarzenegger that at one point, when the governor sought to complete his response, Miller blurted out, “No, I’m not going to let you finish because you’re wrong.”
Miller had challenged Schwarzenegger about Proposition 74, the initiative he’s backing that would extend the probationary period for new teachers from two years to five. Schwarzenegger calls it a reform of “teacher tenure” designed to make it more difficult for teachers to obtain “a job for life.”
“You’re absolutely wrong about tenure,” Miller said.In an interview afterward, Miller noted that the word “tenure” does not exist in the state Education Code governing K-12 teachers. The law does say that after a two-year probationary period teachers become “permanent” employees who have full due-process rights, including that of a hearing to challenge a decision to fire them.
“The principals are the ones who aren’t doing their jobs,” Miller said during his exchange with the governor. “They’ve got the tools.”
Flap also was an elected member of the Board of Trustees of the Ventura County Community College District and knows Larry Miller very well.
Larry is a retired Moorpark College Biology professor and a long time American Federation of Teachers negotiator and union leader. He often represented the union before the VCCCD Board of Trustees. He even walked precincts for Flap when Flap first ran for office.
Miller is a fierce advocate for his left-wing views and very outspoken.
But, he is wrong on Proposition 74 and the remainder of the Governor’s reform agenda.
How he was chosen for this confrontation with the Governor is probably a story worth pursuing.
And the story has been pursued.
The company recruited the Ventura County voters from a list of “politically aware” citizens it had compiled, Long said. But survey forms submitted by prospective audience members gave no hint that some had partisan ties — because they weren’t asked.
The forum was intended to give voters a chance to learn more about Schwarzenegger’s slate of initiatives on the Nov. 8 ballot.
During the forum, the abundance of politically charged questions didn’t appear to unsettle the governor.
Schwarzenegger “did exactly what he should have done, which was politely listen to their not-so-polite questions and set the record straight,” said Todd Harris, a spokesman for the governor’s campaign.
What a crock!
This was a set-up to make Governor Schwarzenegger look bad, the Governor handled it well and the MSM has been exposed as the corrupt, biased bunch that they are.
The California State Fair Political Practices Commission and the FCC should investigate this breach of fair play.
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California Special Election Watch: Ventura County Lefties Let Schwarzenegger Have IT
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger(R) gestures as he answers questions from an audience of voters regarding Propositions 74 through 77 of next week’s Special Election from during an election forum at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, California.The Ventura County Star has County activists grill the governor
Two Camarillo Democratic activists peppered Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday with the toughest questions he’s faced during a special-election campaign in which the governor has mostly appeared before only hand-selected audiences.
During a televised town hall forum at the Skirball Cultural Center, however, Schwarzenegger faced hostile questions from a panel selected by a market research firm hired by KNBC. Among those chosen to ask questions were Larry Miller, a member of the Ventura County Democratic Central Committee; Chris Robson, a member of the state Democratic Party Central Committee representing the 37th Assembly District; and Mary Pallant of Oak Park, an announced candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 24th Congressional District.
Interesting how this market research firm hired a “representive” audience of left wing idealogues, union representatives and Democrat Party activists.
By all press accounts the Governor handled himself well and probably should have mixed it up with these folks weeks ago.
Alejandro Puesan of the station’s research department said the selections were made randomly by the research firm charged with selecting questioners who represented the demographics of Southern California, by gender, age, race, ethnicity, county of residence and political affiliation.
Yeah right!
It was a set up by the LEFT, but what else do you expect?
Schwarzenegger was fine on the issues and will be fine on November 8th.
Miller, an elected trustee of the Ventura County Community College District, engaged in such a fierce exchange with Schwarzenegger that at one point, when the governor sought to complete his response, Miller blurted out, “No, I’m not going to let you finish because you’re wrong.”
Miller had challenged Schwarzenegger about Proposition 74, the initiative he’s backing that would extend the probationary period for new teachers from two years to five. Schwarzenegger calls it a reform of “teacher tenure” designed to make it more difficult for teachers to obtain “a job for life.”
“You’re absolutely wrong about tenure,” Miller said.In an interview afterward, Miller noted that the word “tenure” does not exist in the state Education Code governing K-12 teachers. The law does say that after a two-year probationary period teachers become “permanent” employees who have full due-process rights, including that of a hearing to challenge a decision to fire them.
“The principals are the ones who aren’t doing their jobs,” Miller said during his exchange with the governor. “They’ve got the tools.”
Flap also was an elected member of the Board of Trustees of the Ventura County Community College District and knows Larry Miller very well.
Larry is a retired Moorpark College Biology professor and a long time American Federation of Teachers negotiator and union leader. He often represented the union before the VCCCD Board of Trustees. He even walked precincts for Flap when Flap first ran for office.
Miller is a fierce advocate for his left-wing views and very outspoken.
But, he is wrong on Proposition 74 and the remainder of the Governor’s reform agenda.
How he was chosen for this confrontation with the Governor is probably a story worth pursuing.
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California Special Election Watch: Schwarzenegger Debates the Issues – Decision 2005
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger takes part in ‘Decision 2005: The Voter Forum,’ an event sponsored by KNBC and KVEA, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2005, in Los Angeles.The San Francisco Chronicle and the ASSociated Press has Schwarzenegger spars with voters in televised forum.
Facing testy voters in a freewheeling televised forum, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Thursday disputed that he was targeting teachers and other unionized workers with his ballot proposals and warned that their defeat could shortchange schools and leave the state financially hobbled.
“This is not a witch hunt after teachers,” the governor said while discussing Proposition 74, which would require teachers to work five years, rather than two, to earn tenure.
If voters turn back his slate of four initiatives on Tuesday, “We will be back where we were two years ago, almost in bankruptcy and with a failed education system,” the governor said.
Will California voters remember why they recalled Gray Davis two years ago and elected Arnold?
Will they give Schwarzenegger the tools to REFORM California or will California government revert back to the status quo with the large public employee unions calling the shots?
As he has throughout the campaign, Schwarzenegger described his proposals as critical steps to reform Sacramento, where “spending addicts” in the Legislature have pushed the state toward financial ruin.
The governor remained composed in the face of sharp, sometimes hostile questioning from several audience members.
One man, identified as Democrat from Camarillo, accused the Republican governor of using sugarcoated “spin” to convince the public to support Proposition 75, which would require public employee unions to obtain written permission from members before using their dues for political purposes.
“The way you describe it, it wouldn’t make any sense,” Schwarzenegger told him. “We want to reform the system that is good for everybody. … We are not trying to silence anyone.”
When Schwarzenegger was discussing schools, another audience member challenged the governor’s characterization of teacher tenure.“Let me say this to you … it’s almost impossible to fire a teacher,” the governor said.
Indeed, it is.
Stay tuned as the voters begin to focus on the election and GOTV efforts swing into action.
Educator Margaret Fortune, chairperson of the proposition 74 campaign, speaks in support of the measure as California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger looks on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2005 in San Diego.Technorati Tags: Arnold Schwarzenegger, California Recovery Team, California Special Election, Bear Flag League, Proposition 74, Proposition 75, Proposition 76, Proposition 77
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California Special Election Watch: Proposition 75 – Flap SAYS VOTE YES
Flap supports Proposition 75: Union Dues — Political Contributions or the Paycheck Protection Initiative, and urges its passage at the California Special Election, November 8th.
From Real Clear Politics:
Proposition 75: Union Dues — Political Contributions• Public Employee Union Dues. Required Employee Consent for Political Contributions. Initiative Statute.
Summary: Prohibits public employee labor organizations from using dues or fees for political contributions unless the employee provides prior consent each year on a specified written form. Prohibition does not apply to dues or fees collected for charitable organizations, health care insurance, or other purposes directly benefiting the public employee. Requires labor organizations to maintain and submit to the Fair Political Practices Commission records concerning individual employees’ and organizations’ political contributions; those records are not subject to public disclosure.
Latest polling results and a poll summary is here.
This is the MEASURE of all MEASURES in the California Special Election on November 8th.
Money is the “Mother’s Milk” of politics and for too long the public employee unions have been exacting money from the payroll checks of their members to promote their left-wing ideologies.
This inititiative would give control of public employee’s payroll deductions for political purposes back to the employees rather than their union bosses.
This measure would make the public employee union organizers and administrators responsive to their members. If the member did not agree with the political position of their union they could withhold their contributions. Now, their money is taken through payroll withholding to be used by the unions as the union sees fit.
Flap handicaps this measure a close win for Governor Schwarzenegger and his California Recovery Team.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bear Flag League, California, Politics, Proposition 73, Special Election 2005
California Special Election Watch: Proposition 73 – The Los Angeles Times Poll
The Los Angeles Times has Voters Support Parental Notice
- Respondents narrowly favor the abortion initiative. They are leaning against two prescription-drug discount measures.
California voters narrowly favor an initiative on Tuesday’s ballot to bar abortions for minors unless parents are notified….
Views are more set, however, on Proposition 73, the abortion measure, which 51% of likely voters support and 39% oppose. It would prohibit abortions for those younger than 18 until 48 hours after a doctor notified a parent or guardian. There would be some exceptions, including medical emergencies or a parental waiver of the notification rule.
Men tend to support parental notification more than women do, the poll found. Nearly six in 10 men back Proposition 73, but women are split almost evenly.
The measure is also favored by nearly two-thirds of those who attend religious services at least once a month, underscoring the potential value of the Republican Party’s promotion of the measure among evangelicals and other conservative Christians. The proposal is most popular among Republicans, conservatives and the elderly.
“A parent should be involved with a minor’s decision on that,” poll respondent Paula Maine, 46, a conservative Republican pharmaceutical saleswoman who lives in Diamond Bar, said in a follow-up interview.
The measure is least popular among Democrats and liberals, but their opposition is slightly outweighed by more intense support for the measure among Republicans and conservatives.
Proposition 73, the Parents Right To Know Initiative website.
The Official Title and Summary.
A history of polling from Real Clear Politics is here.
Will Proposition 73 galvanize the Christian RIGHT for Schwarzenegger?
Stay Tuned……
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California Special election Watch: Bulworth Attacks Schwarzenegger in Radio Ads
Holywood.com has Beatty Attacks Schwarzenegger in Radio Broadcast
Warren Beatty has stepped up his battle with California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger by recording a radio broadcast aimed at derailing his re-election campaign.
The political advertisement begins airing in San Francisco and southern California today, and features the Dick Tracy star urging citizens to vote against the celebrity politician.
Actually the campaign piece is for the California Special Election, November 8th and against Arnold’s California Recovery Team and Propositions 74, 75, 76 and 77.
Beatty’s radio campaign comes just days ahead of a unique referendum on Nov. 8 which will see voters deciding whether or not to adopt some of the Republican governor’s more controversial plans—which include rating teachers by their performance.
In the broadcast Beatty says, “Schwarzenegger and his big-money backers are counting on you to not get out and vote. Don’t give him more power. Let’s stand up for our state.”
Charles Idelsono, of the California Nurses Association, which is funding the ad, says, “We don’t want apathy to be the deciding factor in the election. It’s not enough to just disagree with the governor, people have to get out and vote ‘No’.”
While reports have suggested Democrat Beatty would relish Schwarzenegger’s position, Beatty denies harboring political aspirations.
Hummmmm does the California Nurses Association tracking polls find there is a problem with vote suppression and turn-out?
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California Special Election Watch: Steinberg on Cooking the Polling Numbers
The Flash Report has EXCLUSIVE PRE-ELECTION INTERVIEW WITH ARNIE STEINBERG.
Some food for thought….particularly if you are a “BIG DONOR”.
Read Local Liberty and Bear Flag League Member and blogger Matt Peterson’s take on the interview here.
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California Special Election Watch: Proposition 74 – Flap SAYS VOTE YES
Flap supports Proposition 74, Put The Kids First Act, and urges its passage at the California Special Election, November 8th.
Proposition 74: Public School Teachers Tenure
• Public School Teachers. Waiting Period for Permanent Status. Dismissal. Initiative Statute
Summary: Increases length of time required before a teacher may become a permanent employee from two complete consecutive school years to five complete consecutive school years; measure applies to teachers whose probationary period commenced during or after the 2003-2004 fiscal year. Authorizes school boards to dismiss a permanent teaching employee who receives two consecutive unsatisfactory performance evaluations.
Latest polling results and a poll summary is here.
This measure is a much needed reform in California Public Education.
Where in private business can you work one year, have one supervisory evaluation and have lifetime tenure?
The Answer: California Public Schools.
Proposition 74 will give on site administrators more authority and accountability for their teaching staffs. Union rules and hearings will no longer cloud teacher performance issues.
Flap handicaps this measure a close win for Governor Schwarzenegger and his California Recovery Team.
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