The “leadership” of the California Republican Party are notorious conflict avoiders, they are also skilled at nuance. For example, when a Central Committee deadlocks on an endorsement and can’t reach 2/3 – it does not count as “taking an action”, don’t you know.

The current CRP By-Laws mandate that all Cent Coms in a given district must agree on a result and that the CRP’s board can not come up with a different result than that of the local Central Committees.

As you read previously – Placer returned Both Gaines’ to sender. However, since we did not come up with the 2/3 to endorse anyone – the CRP ignored our result and endorsed Beth Gaines in Ad-06 and Ted Gaines in Sd-01. I was told that on Wed night the Gaines camp celebrated when we could not reach a 2/3 vote on “No Endorsement” as they knew the fix was in. Incumbent Protection.

It didn’t matter – the CRP board disregarded “No Endorsement” votes, including in the case of John Campbell who was rejected by the Orange County Republican Party. The CRP board endorsed incumbents (including Gaines, Campbell, etc.) regardless.

That brings me to Tehama County and AD-03. David Stafford Reade recruited Tehama Supervisor Bob Williams to run against Dan Logue. Williams is not really a serious candidate (in my opinion)… he is filing simply to bleed money off of Dan Logue in preparation for an impending State Senate Race against Jim Nielsen if Doug LaMalfa wins his Congressional race. (forcing him to vacate his Senate Seat)

Well – David Stafford Reade is a master at rigging endorsements. Tehama’s Central Committee is the Nielsen/LaMalfa choir. Poof! 2/3 for Bob Williams! That is Tehama’s right and by the way – whether or not David Stafford Reade manipulated the outcome, Tehama would have endorsed Bob Williams, period.

The CRP leadership said that Tehama didn’t follow the rules! Nevada County didn’t, Lassen didn’t, Plumas didn’t, ElDorado didn’t, in fact, you could argue that none of the Central Committees in the North State followed the CRP’s rules. Therefore, the CRP could have arbitrarily decided to endorse anyone they wanted for any reason.

Tehama is hopping mad, and I don’t blame them:

PRESS RELEASE
MARCH 12, 2012

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

TEHAMA GOP RESPONDS TO CRP ENDORSEMENT

RED BLUFF – Disregarding last months vote of the Tehama County Central Committee to endorse Tehama County resident Bob Williams for the 3rd district Assembly Seat, the California Republican Party led by party chair Tom Del Baccarro threw out the local endorsement on Sunday in favor of Assemblyman Dan Logue.

“The endorsement process of the CRP was hijacked by Sacramento politicians and insiders who used a lawyer’s trick to disqualify Tehama County from having a voice,” said Ken Say, Chairman of the Tehama County Republican Central Committee. “ Not a single one of the 24 people in that room Sunday have a vote in the 3rd district and regardless of what they did, our local Republicans are squarely behind Bob Williams for Assembly,” said Say.

A fifth-generation family farmer with a history of public service, Williams is currently serving on the Tehama County Board of Supervisors. Last month he was endorsed by the Tehama County Farm Bureau.

The Third Assembly District covers six Northern California Counties.

I’m laughing –  David Stafford Reade was paid to gather proxies to thwart efforts to create a real endorsing system – both Mark Spannagel and Reade opposed any efforts to reform proxies and voting at the CRP level and they just got bit in the ass by the process they helped create.

Update – Mark Spannagel’s conversation with Mark Pruner (Not Del Becarro) was one of Mark warning the CRP regarding this broken endorsement process and suggesting that the CRP is going to get itself in to legal trouble as a result. Mr. Spannagel told me directly that he did not threaten to sue anyone, rather that his comments were stretched by people attempting to assign motive.

Tehama got screwed. Orange got screwed. Placer got screwed. David Reade got screwed. Mark Spannagel got screwed.

Saddest of all – the Republican Primary voters got screwed.

… and the incumbents are laughing all the way to the ballot box. Way to go CRP – you suck.

This time is it a former CRA President.

I sent out an email detailing how Mike Spence helped thwart a plan to set up a system for California Republican Party Pre-Primary endorsements. The establishment went in to a tizzy to stop it. I am sick and tired of the powers to be and the things they do to maintain control… of what? A 20-seat minority in the Assembly and a soon-to-be less than 1/3 super-minority in the Senate? Wow.

Dear Fellow CRP Delegate:

A lot has been written about ‘knowing your proxy’ and the role of Charles Munger et.al. in the various drills. Mike Spence is now again requesting your proxy.  Beware!

Charles Munger is the godfather of Proposition 14. Proposition 14 was the deal-maker for a grotesque state budget.  In addition, Proposition 14 bans Party Nominees, effectively eliminates third parties, creates many districts with no Republican on the general election ballot and bans write-in candidates as well!

Proposition 14 passed because angry voters wanted to “get even” with political parties in California. The Democrats have moved on – but many in Republican leadership, fighting to control an ever-shrinking piece of the California political pie, have not. The 2/2011 CRP Convention featured an important debate – the CRP needed to react to Proposition 14′s destruction of Party influence in Partisan elections. Former CRP Chairman Ron Nehring had crafted the Nehring plan – with widespread grassroots support that would have enabled the CRP to endorse candidates pre-primary.

Charles Munger was opposed to this idea as Proposition 14 is his legacy. The erstwhile incoming Chairman of the Santa Clara GOP had an ally in the March 2011 CRP Convention: Curt Hagman staffer, Mike Spence.  With the Nehring Plan poised for success at the March 2011 CRP Convention, Mike Spence arrived last minute with a gut and amend “compromise” plan that drew the support of the Munger establishment and those proxies that Mr. Spence had collected.  In the name of “compromise” (which it really wasn’t), Mike Spence allied with Munger to ban all endorsements for four years and then created a Republican Party endorsement process so cumbersome that even Jesus Christ himself would not be able to get a CRP endorsement in most all races!

Meanwhile in 2012, the democrat party (which wisely recognized the problem Proposition 14 created), came up with an actionable process and has made several pre-primary endorsements that will have substantial impact on all sorts of races.

Proxy drills have consequences for years to come and the reforms that Republican activists have proposed stretch to issues beyond just the “Platform Battle.”  It is the right for the CRP to have a voice post Proposition 14.

Mr. Munger is going to ascend to the Chairmanship of the Santa Clara GOP after spending millions on ballot measures to raise taxes, proxy drills to gut the CRP platform, and political activity to  render the CRP impotent in elections.  Charles Munger succeeded in stopping much needed by-law amendments to allow endorsements for the CRP because of his brainchild – Proposition 14.

In the case of preventing the CRP from endorsing pre-primary via a rigged proxy drill, with the status quo in jeopardy, “Conservative” leader Mike Spence rode in and saved the day for the Munger establishment.  Now conveniently, at the same time that there are proposals to stop proxy fraud, the same Mike Spence is again asking for the same blank check from you that was abused the last time.

Know your proxy. Know the motivations of those that seek your proxy – things aren’t always as they seem.

Thank you for your service to the California Republican Party.

Sincerely,

Aaron F. Park

Mike Spence responded to my email sent to the California Republican Party delegation list with two words: “f–k you”. If you want a copy of the email to prove it, let me know.

Proposition 14 was passed by angry voters looking to screw the political parties. Proposition 25 was passed by people looking to penalize the legislature for partisan gridlock.

Paradox – those same voters were too stupid to realize they’d been had.

Prop 14 will make it even easier for the rich to buy elections and for the smoke-filled rooms to pick nominees.

Prop 25 created a simple-majority budget – effectively handing complete control of the state’s finances to special interests.

And Republicans are hell-bent on fighting each 0ther.

In 2011, I learned what politics is all about – a large group on both sides of the aisle of narcissistic self-serving primadonnas that forget who brought them to the dance, or worse yet use and betray people to get what they want. Power.

The flip side of Prop 14? No incumbent is safe. The days of being able to “reign” while in office are over. Prop 34 (donation limits) and Term Limits started that process – now Prop 14 finished that process.

You can’t grandstand on issues you know nothing about anymore without consequences. You can’t claim to be a conservative while refusing to lead without consequences.

The world is turned on its’ ear – you no longer run for Congress / Senate / Assembly or State Senate as a member of a political party. Your strategy has to be different and your decisions have to be wise – everyone votes in the General Election Primary and in the top two runoff.

Wisdom means publicly owning up to your decisions.

Wisdom means making your own decisions in the first place – based on conviction not calculation.

Wisdom means honoring friendships and alliances.

As a member of a political party – you have to face down voters in the other parties in June and can no longer hide behind rigged lopsided registrations in many districts to avoid the tough choices.

California can be healed and repaired, but only with a generation of benevolent, wise leaders.

In 2012, the GOP has an opportunity to replace Dynasty with Accountability, the GOP has an opportunity to raise up a new crop of leaders that will help build the infrastructure.

That choice is yours voters – and stay tuned to this blog for more info as events unfold.

You and your spouse have a job that pays $35K a year? – Billionaire Charles Munger wants to rip you off.

Here is the article from Cal Political News:

The Munger kids have a multi-billionaire father, Charles Munger, Sr.  He works with Warren Buffett, who considers Munger his “partner” in the financial world.  Buffett is the man who believes we pay too little in property taxes and income taxes–yet OWES a billion dollars to the IRS.

Charles Munger, Jr., son of Sr., was the largest donor to the amateur Arnold and his political action committees – giving somewhere between $24-27 million -and that does not count the money his wife gave.

Charles Munger, Jr. believes the California Republican Party is too conservative.  He may have spent  as much as $100,000 to make the GOP Platform a moderate document.  At each Republican convention, he spends big money to collect proxies so as to control the votes  at the meetings.  Want to know why the June primary will not have GOP nominees?  Munger spent $14 million to assure Republicans will not get a nominee in many districts and some statewide races. To top that he bankrolled the ”Citizens” Commission Initiative to undertake the recent redistricting.  That commission was hijacked by the Democrat Party and its radical partners.  When over 700,000 signatures were gathered for a referendum on the skewed Senate lines, Munger cared more about his initiative than Republicans and asked that the signatures not be turned in.

Now, his sister, a former ACLU award winner, NAACP attorney, wants to spend some of her money to get you to transfer $10 billion to the government for its failed schools.  That is on top of Arnold, Gray, Willie and a couple of billionaires who want you to pay ANOTHER $10 billion to give to schools and bail the State out of its fiscal mess.  In total, the special interests and billionaires want an extra $25 billion from you – so far.

Molly Munger wants to get the money this way:  “The state’s 5 percent personal income tax raises about $50 billion; Munger’s plan would bring in an additional 20 percent by raising the rate an average of 1 percentage point. But it would keep the current system’s progressivity, so 92 percent of the extra money would be paid by families earning more than $70,000, with 50 percent, or $5 billion, coming from those earning more than $300,000, Munger said. For those couples with taxable income above $5 million, the marginal tax rate would rise 2.2 percentage points to 12.5 percent; they’d pay the most.”

To a billionaire earning $70,000 is rich–can she believe that?  This will assure productive people will flee the State–is that what she wants?

Of course, it will never result in that much revenue being collected because it will drag the California economy down even further as even more people leave this state to avoid our high taxes and high regulations.

It’s all about Charles Munger.

He paid consultants to lie to delegates to get their support for a moderate platform that was devoid of most everything people associate with the Republican Party.

Munger also financed Prop 11 and Prop 20 that created the re-districting commission that was corrupted by the labor unions and trial lawyers. Now, that the commission is being challenged for lines that may violate the Voting Rights Act (as well as common sense) with regard to the State Senate Districts and lines that were rigged to put the GOP below the 1/3 threshold to stop tax increases – Munger is trying to save himself at the expense of all Republicans.

So to the GOP Moderates that aligned with Munger – the joke’s on you. You were used – unless of course, you agree that the GOP is a bigger problem than the Democrats.

The referendum got to critical mass and Charles Munger called days before the signatures were due in a last-ditch attempt to convince the proponents NOT to file. After $2.5 million was spent to gather the signatures – Munger tried to stop them from filing?

You can’t draw any other conclusion that in Charles Munger’s mind that Prop 11 and Prop 20 were about him and not about fair districts, the GOP or anything else. It appears he is out to screw all Republicans- Moderate and Conservative alike. What other motive could he have for wanting to allow us to go below 13 in the State Senate? Pride.

But now, Munger’s sister is in the act. She started a group that sued successfully to screw over rural school districts regarding school building funds – she got a court to agree to re-direct about $1billion in construction funds to corrupt, urban school districts like the LA Unified School District at the expense of rural school districts.

So – if you live in Roseville or Granite Bay and are wondering why all the new school buildings have to be built with Bond Money – it is because a court decided at the behest of the Mungers that “School Funding Equality” should be the order of the day. AKA – your property taxes are being diverted to East LA to build their schools while you have to further tax yourself to build schools here.

Molly Munger is proposing a tax increase initiative for the November 2012 ballot. No wonder why Charles Munger had a GOP platform created that had no mention of lower taxes in it???

Fox and Hounds was first out of the gate on this story.

I guess we should refer to Charles and Molly Munger as the Obama/Biden wing of the Republican Party.

Here is a great quote from the article:

Molly Munger is a civil rights attorney. Following a career as a federal prosecutor and business litigator, she centered her practice on equality issues often dealing with education. Through the organization she co-founded, The Advancement Project, Munger won a major lawsuit against the state to secure a more equitable share of state school building funds for urban school districts.

Together with Co-Directors Steve English and Connie Rice, Munger filed a lawsuit, Godinez v. Davis, that won approximately $1 billion for new school construction in Los Angeles and other urban areas – money previously slated for less crowded, more affluent suburban school districts.

Nice, Huh – now you know why I lit up David Stafford Reade, Doug LaMalfa and others for playing footsies with this guy…