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Jim Silva Archive
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My letter to S-Kang: Re-open investigation into Dick Ackerman’s Illegal Fairgrounds Lobbying!
Posted on January 18, 2012 | 26 Comments. . . Here goes nothing. Hand delivery tomorrow or Friday… January 16, 2011 Dear Ms. Kang Schroeder: Looking back over the work many of us did over the last... -
…and lastly, our new State Senate Districts.
Posted on August 3, 2011 | 19 Comments. . . Orange County’s four newly redrawn State Senate districts are not quite as exciting as our new Congressional Districts (with one probable Dem pickup and a Repug cage-match)... -
Looking forward to the Governor’s OC visit – What brave Republican will take him on?
Posted on April 6, 2011 | 17 Comments. . . I was pleased to read over the weekend that Governor Brown, exasperated with the intransigence of Sacramento’s useless Republicans (who have strung him along with faux-negotiations just... -
Damn Assembly Republicans save Redevelopment. Our Norby only GOP vote to kill it! Profile-in-courage Mansoor doesn’t even vote.
Posted on March 16, 2011 | 39 Comments. . . Chris Norby (Fullerton) – the ONLY Republican Assemblyman to vote to end the waste and abuse of Redevelopment Agencies. Just now, up in Sacramento, Jerry Brown’s proposal... -
Cal Budget 2011, pt 2: the GOP’s anti-Democracy Caucus, vs. the Few Republican Grownups.
Posted on March 11, 2011 | 34 Comments. . . . The Anti-Democracy Caucus In our previous installment we looked at the options that will hopefully be put before us this June: an unthinkable all-cuts budget ($25... -
Political “Musical Chairs” in the OC
Posted on November 30, 2010 | 6 Comments. . . . . Term limits for state office and some local offices like the Orange County Board of Supervisors have resulted in a game of musical chairs where... -
Lame Duck Arnold’s newest taxpayer swindle: “Sleasing” public buildings.
Posted on November 19, 2010 | 4 Comments. . . . . . Though we appreciate lame duck Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s spoken and written words in defense of AB 32 and High Speed Rail, his final actions... -
Republican Assemblymen to hold a legislative jobs forum in Anaheim on June 25
Posted on June 21, 2010 | 1 CommentIs that a Latino construction worker? Did he know his picture would be used by Mexican-hater Van Tran? A group of Republican Assemblymen from Orange County are holding a “Legislative Forum... -
Pension spike stuffed O.C. firefighters’ wallets
Posted on April 26, 2009 | 7 CommentsKudos to the O.C. Register for their latest investigative effort. They have dug up startling information about how much money our O.C. firefighters are making, thanks in great part to... -
Is Jim Silva the most worthless OC GOP legislator?
Posted on March 17, 2009 | 5 CommentsJim Silva. The very mention of his name should send a shiver up your spine. He is easily the most worthless GOP legislator in Sacramento. And Silva was brought there... -
Will Van Tran pass on the 34th and run against Jim Silva instead?
Posted on January 21, 2009 | 2 CommentsOur former blogger, Chris Emami, is reporting, over at the Red County blog, that Assemblyman Van Tran (pictured above, in the pink shirt) has filed a Statement of Intention to... -
Republican Assembly committee assignments are ridiculous
Posted on January 15, 2009 | 7 CommentsRepublican Assembly Members Jim Silva and Diane Harkey Does Assemblyman Jim Silva know anything about the “Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism and Internet Media?” I doubt it, but the lame Republican... -
“Taxed to the Max” rally at state Capitol
Posted on June 11, 2008 | 7 CommentsEarlier today I joined with over 150 concerned taxpayers from around the state as we gathered on the West Lawn of the State Capitol. This noon rally was to send... -
“Taxed to the Max” petition drive/Rally Chuck DeVore, Jim Silva & Van Tran
Posted on June 7, 2008 | 16 CommentsEarly this morning I attended a rally by “Americans for Prosperity” that was held at the Orange County Marketplace (aka OC Fairgrounds). Scott Voigts, CRA Vice President, serving as Orange...
