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Carly Fiorina supports massive skilled immigration ("There is no job that is America’s God-given right anymore") - 11/06/2009

... a Republican for senator from California; she's trying to unseat Barbara Boxer. While the latter is a highly worthy goal, she appears to be a globalist, profits-at-any-cost supporter of massive immigration at least of the skilled variety. Her position on low-skilled immigration isn't known, but generally speaking people who hold her positions are open to compromises with the Democrats, ...

Meg Whitman spouts amnesty talking points (California governor candidate) - 10/29/2009

... advocate . . . for the people of California to make sure we really do secure this border." (note: see secure the border) ...[in the past she's] said that had she lived in California in 1994, she would have voted against Proposition 187... Yesterday, Whitman reiterated her opposition to "sanctuary cities"...

Will Jerry Brown far-left radio diatribes be used by Gavin Newsom, GOP to portray themselves as mainstream? - 10/21/2009

... three years in the 90s, former California governor Jerry Brown had a radio program Berkeley's far-left KPFA. Jack Chang of the Sacramento Bee has obtained copies of some of the programs (link, see [1]) and is ready to reveal some of their shocking contents. He speculates that Gavin Newsom (a strong illegal immigration supporter) and the GOP might use the excerpts against Brown. For instance,...

Schwarzenegger commission to give contract to company with Schwarzenegger associates (Steve Schmidt) - 9/03/2009

From this: California's high-speed rail commission, dominated by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's appointees, is set to award a $9-million contract today to a company led by the governor's top political advisor and his former campaign manager. The three commission staff members charged with recommending a public relations firm have advised the board to give the contract to Mercury Publi...

Joel Kotkin grossly misleads about California's problems - 7/07/2009

... Kotkin offers "Who Killed California's Economy? /There are five suspects, from the governor to the constituents themselves" (link). I left the comment below. More could be said about the gross dishonesty he exhibits in the article, and I suggest going there and leaving a comment (quick, free registration required). Comment follows:

Andrea Nill /ThinkProgress misleads about California immigration (Micheal Savage) - 6/23/2009

... (wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2009/06/23/california-immigration-michael-savage).

Kamala Harris program "trained illegal immigrants for jobs they couldn't legally hold" - 6/22/2009

... Kamala Harris is a contender for California state Attorney General. She's bad enough that some liberals in her city think she's incompetent and soft on crime. Not only that, but even the Los Angeles Times offers "San Francisco D.A.'s program trained illegal immigrants for jobs they couldn't legally hold/As she runs for state attorney general, prosecutor Kamala Harris face...

Daniel Flaming/Economic Roundtable's intellectually dishonest, anti-American report: CA underemployment rate might reach 17% - 6/20/2009

... underwriter of the report was the California Endowment, and the authors are Daniel Flaming (president of the Roundtable), Patrick Burns, and Michael Matsunaga. The report is completely intellectually dishonest, failing to note the role that massive immigration - especially of the illegal variety - has played in California's problems. But, that's not all: the report is also anti-American...

Corrupt Arnold Schwarzenegger praises illegal aliens, "happy" they get services, says only have small role in California's problems; Cedillo pleased - 6/06/2009

... that illegal immigrants caused California's $24.3 billion deficit, while he praised their economic contributions and said he is "happy" they have access to services. ...In response to dozens of questions from readers who say the state ought to wipe out the deficit by eliminating services for illegal immigrants, the governor said it is a "myth" that those immigrants are to...

300,000 new, taxation-friendly citizens in California, thanks to the GOP helping the Dems import new voters - 5/11/2009

... citizens are poised to reshape California's political landscape" (link): More than 1 million immigrants became U.S. citizens last year, the largest surge in history, hastening the ethnic transformation of California's political landscape with more Latinos and Asians now eligible to vote... Leading the wave, California's 300,000 new citizens accounted for nearly one-third of th...

Gavin Newsom runs for California governor; highlights SF as sanctuary city, helping corrupt banks, and more - 4/21/2009

... his candidacy for governor of California. Video is here, his site is at gavinnewsom.com, and someone who is probably a sockpuppet is already spreading the good cheer at politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0409/Newsom_announces.html ("...He has already implemented Ideas for healthcare in Sf that have cut costs...") The CA GOP should let out a loud cheer about his decision; even they could beat h...

Regional White House Forums on Health Care Reform visiting California, Iowa, MI, NC, VT; ask questions - 3/06/2009

... on Health Care Reform" in California, Iowa, Michigan, North Carolina and Vermont [1]: In keeping with the Obama administration’s commitment to a transparent, accountable government, the forums will be an opportunity for Americans from all over the country to voice their concerns and ideas about reforming our health care system... They will be open conversations with everyday Americans, loc...

California: lowest Standard & Poor's bond rating of all the states - 2/05/2009

... "A-plus", and that's the rating California used to have. Now, we've been downgraded to just "A", the lowest of all the states (link). Previously we'd been neck-and-neck with Louisiana, but now we're even worse. Moody's has CA and LA still tied for last place in their ratings, but they hint that might change.

George Skelton: illegal aliens are a drain on California, so let's legalize them - 2/02/2009

... "Illegal immigrants are a factor in California's budget math" (link). On the one hand, it takes a tremendous amount of courage to get some truth into the LAT's pages, in this case his number-crunching which concludes that "the state spends well over $5 billion a year on illegal immigrants and their families." That includes California-specific programs which were push...

Schwarzenegger helps banks profit from illegal activity ("Bank on California") - 12/14/2008

California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has launched a program called "Bank on California" that seeks to give bank accounts to 100,000 of the "unbanked": those who currently don't have either a checking or savings account. However - right on their front page (bankoncalifornia.ca.gov) - the program states that it accepts as ID the Mexican government's Matricula Consu...

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