Surprise, Surprise: “Independent” Strickland Just a GOP Shill After All
Feb 26, 2009 No Comments ›› 1st Vice Chair David AtkinsThrow another one on the "no one could have predicted" pile: Tony the Jolly Green Independent Strickland has proven himself a reliable enough GOP shill to become the Assistant Senate Republican Leader in just three months' time. That's an enormous level of trust for the Yacht Party to place in a guy who refused ...
Continue ReadingStatement By Afl-Cio President John Sweeney On The Confirmation Of Rep. Hilda Solis As Secretary Of Labor
Feb 25, 2009 No Comments ›› allendirrim@yahoo.comThe confirmation of Rep. Hilda Solis is a huge victory: finally Americans will have a Secretary of Labor who represents working people, not wealthy CEO’s. It is also a historic moment as Rep. Solis becomes the first Hispanic Secretary of Labor. The delay of Rep. Solis’s nomination for partisan and ideological reasons was overcome by the ...
Continue ReadingRunning with Scissors: Tony Strickland Emerges as Sacramento Shifts from Dysfunction to Madness
Feb 20, 2009 No Comments ›› VCDCC AdminBy Jerry Roberts In the frantic, closing days of Tony Strickland’s bitter battle against Hannah-Beth Jackson for the 19th District state senate seat, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger delivered a big endorsement to the Republican candidate. “Tony’s strength as a leader is admirable,” the governator said, in one of the rare legislative endorsements he made last fall. “We ...
Continue ReadingSaturday, February 28, 2009, 12 noon, Oaks Mall Tabling, Thousand Oaks
Feb 19, 2009 No Comments ›› DCCVThe Democratic Club of the Conejo Valley is back at the Oaks Mall on Saturday, February 28 from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. If you are interested in volunteering for a two-hour shift please contact Mary Freed at (805) 795-3887. If you happen to be at the Mall that day, stop by and say "hi."
Continue ReadingElton Gallegly Votes Against Biggest Middle-Class Tax Cut in History
Feb 14, 2009 No Comments ›› 1st Vice Chair David AtkinsThey say political people are divided into two camps: the hacks and the wonks. It is even said that in Washington, this divide is stronger than that of left and right: that hacks of opposing parties often get along better than with the wonks of their own party, and vice versa. Me, I'm a hack. ...
Continue ReadingHillary Crosby: Lunch With the Candidate for California Democratic Party Controller
Feb 13, 2009 No Comments ›› adminHilary Crosby, candidate for Controller of the California Democratic Party of California, met with regional Democrats for lunch on Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at My Florist Winecafe and Bakery in Ventura. Sue Broidy, who is running for the position of Region 10 Director for the the tri-county region, arranged this opportunity for us to meet ...
Continue ReadingCulture Wars, Episode IV, Abortion: A Slim Hope
Feb 13, 2009 No Comments ›› allendirrim@yahoo.comBy Richard D. Erlich The medical problems of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg remind us that the lull we're experiencing in the culture wars will soon be over. Before the figurative wars, and very literal tempers, flare up again, I'd like to discuss (calmly) the two most-opposed positions. My over-riding points are the unoriginal ones that both ...
Continue ReadingNational Eating Disorders Awareness Week Event In Ventura County
Feb 12, 2009 No Comments ›› jkapitzNational Eating Disorders Awareness Week, the largest eating disorders outreach effort in the country, is held the last week in every February and has helped reach millions of people with messages of prevention, hope and recovery. The mission of National Eating Disorders Awareness Week is to ultimately prevent eating disorders and body image issues while ...
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