For $1000, you can buy the silence of a "Conservative" Group, apparently. Not a peep from the Capitol Resource Institute, or its' employees about Jim Nielsen leading the charge to decimate the Republican Party Platform in California. "Conservative" Assemblymember...
The following is the text of an email I sent to hundreds of people. (Speaking of why I am skeptical that the Good Senators can negotiate any sort of peace on the Placer GOP) In a recent article in the Marysville Appeal-Democrat, Mark Spannagel was quoted as saying...
On the exact same day - 9/8/2007 - the Yolo CRA was chartered along with the Sutter, Tehama and Yuba CRA by Karen England (who was a then-CRA Vice President). Like Yuba - Yolo has existed as a Zombie club for service to its' master, David Stafford Reade, listed as...
UPDATE: Bruce Ross of the Redding Paper jumped in to the fray: http://blogs.redding.com/bross/archives/2011/07/gop-group-boots.html Title of article: GOP group boots Chiefs of Staff The article is linked here. Please also note that the only responses from Spannagel...
Mark Spannagel was designated for discipline by the CRA board of directors for being a central figure in the consultant manipulation and endorsement fraud that beset the CRA in addition to his gross misbehavior at the 2011 April CRA Convention. The Yuba CRA was...
The CRA convention was insane to say the least. Mark Spannagel and David Reade started the pleasantries at 3pm by harrassing Karen Atteberry and my sister in law Christy at the registration table. At one point, Christy was practically in tears. Mark Spannagel...
For those of you uninitiated to the CRA drama that unfolded in April, let me summarize quickly what happened: 1. Celeste Greig declared for re-election in January. 2. Karen England declared to run against Celeste in January. 3. Both candidates formed slates -...
I will ask a series of questions. 1. Can Doug LaMalfa and his staff let go of the underlying issues to make for honest negotiations based on trust? 2. Will Ted Gaines break with his past pattern of conflict avoidance and detachment to engage in a significant role?...
The Placer CRA has maintained a majority on the Placer County Republican Central Committee since the attempted moderate coup in 2002. The current batch of CRA members involve from D5: Mark Wright the former treasurer, his wife Beth and Fred Eichenhofer, a realtor...
I have been in and around Placer GOP politics for years, including the Cent Com. There have always been battles, arguments and the like... but not like now. In the past, Karen England couldn't be bothered with the Central Committee - now that she is a part of it,...
It is no secret that Tom, George and I have been at odds with team LaMalfa / Nielsen for years. Linked here is the post from Last Week about how over half of Jim Nielsen and Doug LaMalfa's staff were slated to serve as delegates / alternates to the April 2011 CRA...
The day after the latest Bee Article - Doug LaMalfa was on the air (1380 KTKZ Eric Hogue Capitol Hour) repeating the same charges he leveled in the Bee Article. (namely, accusing George Park and Tom Hudson of committing felonies) Those charges are not dissimilar to...