Strickland’s Motives
Mar 5, 2010 No Comments ›› VCDCC AdminState Sen. Tony Strickland never misses a chance to vilify government as an out-of-touch, evil entity that does nothing right and only causes problems. If government is so bad, why does Strickland stay in it? Could it be his government paycheck? Or maybe it’s the government-paid benefits. Those benefits, especially healthcare, far exceed the basic ones ...
Continue ReadingPoll Finds Strickland Viewed Negatively
Feb 17, 2010 No Comments ›› VCDCC AdminA public opinion survey this month showed a “toxic” level of negative views about Assemblywoman Audra Strickland just before she launched her campaign for county supervisor, the pollster said Tuesday. The poll was commissioned by the Ventura County Deputy Sheriffs’ Association. The union supports Strickland’s opponent, 2nd District Supervisor Linda Parks. Precision Politics, ...
Continue ReadingTermed-out Assemblywoman Turns Carpetbagger
Feb 6, 2010 No Comments ›› VCDCC AdminAs Audra Strickland's time in the state assembly draws to a close, and with little to show for it save a steady paycheck, she has announced she will move to Thousand Oaks and run against popular fellow Republican Linda Parks for County Supervisor. Parks, who enjoys rare bi-partisan support, was elected District 2 Supervisor in ...
Continue ReadingVentura County Democratic Party Passes Fair Elections Act Campaign Resolution With Unanimous Vote 1/26/2010
Jan 27, 2010 No Comments ›› VCDCC AdminThe Ventura County Democratic Central Committee passed the following Resolution last night by unanimous vote. Members of the Committee feel strongly that in light of the recent activist Supreme Court rulings breaking the long-standing, anti-corporate personhood interpretation of the United States Constitution that the only way to have fair elections is to have publicly-financed ones. A ...
Continue ReadingCounty GOP / Stricklands Involved in Attacks on Parks
Jan 19, 2010 No Comments ›› VCDCC Adminas reported by Timm Herdt, Ventura County Star, 1/19/10 The chairman of the Ventura County Central Committee on Tuesday all but acknowledged that the county GOP was behind a politically charged telephone survey conducted earlier this month that questioned Thousand Oaks voters about a potential challenge of incumbent Supervisor Linda Parks by termed-out Assemblywoman Audra Strickland. The ...
Continue ReadingStrickland’s Bill Misses the Mark on Reform
Sep 9, 2009 No Comments ›› Bruce LittleExisting law places restrictions on the use of campaign funds for state and local candidates and officeholders. It provides that campaign funds may not be used to compensate a candidate or officeholder for the performance of political, legislative, or governmental activities, except for reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses. The law does not, however, prohibit paying your ...
Continue ReadingStrickland Aide’s Battery Case Delayed a 4th Time
Aug 11, 2009 No Comments ›› Bruce LittleThe misdemeanor battery trial of Joel Angeles, an aide and former house guest of Assemblywoman Audra Strickland, R-Moorpark, has been postponed for a fourth time. Angeles, 44, is charged with physically accosting three people who were among a group of protesters outside a fundraiser for Strickland’s husband, state Sen. Tony Strickland, R-Moorpark, at the Hyatt ...
Continue ReadingTony Strickland Sides With Tobacco Companies Again
Jun 20, 2009 No Comments ›› Marie LakinIN A MOVE THAT WILL SURPRISE absolutely nobody, State Sen. Tony Strickland (R-Moorpark) voted in committee last week against a proposal to tack a tax on cigarettes to raise about $1.2 billion annually for the state's ailing general fund. He also recently voted against two measures, SB 602 and SB 603, which would make it harder ...
Continue ReadingOur new ‘green’ state senator flunks his first test
Apr 2, 2009 No Comments ›› VCDCC AdminIt didn't take long. State Sen. Tony Strickland, (R-Moorpark) who listed himself as a "renewable energy businessman" on the ballot in the Senate District 19 race last fall, predictably failed to vote on renewable energy legislation on Tuesday, March 31. The bill, SB 14, would require investor-owned utilities to receive one-third of their power from renewable ...
Continue ReadingSurprise, 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 ...
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