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Wednesday December 9, 2009
AT THE HOME OF CHERYL SULLIVAN
11:30 a.m. to about 3:00 p.m.
Cost $10
We celebrate the holidays with a very short business meeting and then lots of fun.
It’s a potluck! Sign up with Cheryl (818-346-9635) to bring some food.
It’s a gift exchange. If you want to participate, bring a wrapped gift valued between $10 & $15.
It’s time to share with others. Bring unwrapped NEW items for the Haven Hills Women’s Shelter. These items can be for children and/or women. The items are set out at the shelter for the women to select gifts to GIVE to their children and children to select gifts to give to their mothers.
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Thank you to those in attendance at our last General Meeting of November 18 2009. We finally got it done. The club elections are over and we move on!
As my last message to you dear members, and for those who were not able to be there, I would like to say to you that as your President it was hard working, challenging and also much fun, educational and inspiring.
It has been an honor to serve as your President, and represent you on many occasions. I appreciate all your time, skills, talents, support and dedication.
Many times I hoped that I have gotten to know you in person, or via simply over the phone by means of a valuable conversation. You are grateful and appreciated citizens of this country, and I am very proud of all we have accomplished together.
I am proud that together we built strength for our club via an excellent program with many fine and valuable guest speakers that brought us educative, interesting and supportive information. We were successful in creating our own cookbook “The Hungry Elephant”, which did so well for our fundraising program in 2007, and informed others about our existence at large.
Our fashion show in 2008 was a delight for all of us to be part of. We attracted and maintained membership, and succeeded to have these wonderful members become active and interested to political and other activities. We succeeded to attract and affiliate young students to our club. We succeeded to entertain additional evening meetings to our regular monthly scheduled ones. We were successful to have members represent and attend Federation meetings and events at county, state and national level. We entered the “New Technology” world via establishing a website of our own. We also persevered and succeeded in many other tasks, kept motivated and helped out individually or as a group at county, state and National federation level and with other Republican organizations.
With all of the above said, I thank you once more, and say “Good Bye” to you as a President of the CPWHRWF, but not to many of you as friends.
I wish you all well, with blessings as loyal citizens of this beautiful country, the United States of America ! May peace surround it, as well as around the world always.
Lastly, I wish all of you much joy, happiness and always good health for the upcoming holidays.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS! AND
HAPPY NEW YEAR IN 2010!
I am sure that a reminder is not necessary for many of us, to take time and focus upon the 2010, a year that gives us a good opportunity to elect Republicans in the office, to get the House and Senate back and much more. This country needs our principles, beliefs and work, and it may not take so much after all, providing we all give some effort to help it.
Yours, MaryAnne
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I have enjoyed being your Membership Chairman for the past two years. My term of office is now over, but I want to remind you that our dues for the coming year has been raised to $35. It remains $15 for Associate Members.
Barbara Cirks will be the new Membership Chairman, so you now send the dues to her. As many as possible, please send your dues THIS YEAR so that we start out the new year with a good membership base.
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Sunday December 13, 2009 “Get in the Spirit of the Magical Season”, with an enjoyable evening and holiday performers and choir tree lighting ceremony in the Air Force One Pavilion. A holiday dinner buffet under the wings of Air Force One is offered also. Cost is $ 44.95 per person.
Thursday December 31st 2009, celebrate New Years Eve under the wings of the Air Force One, and elaborate a night of celebration -extensive hor d’euvres, dinner stations, gourmet, desert etc. at strike of midnight. Dance to the sounds of “Platinum Grove”, and enjoy so much more 50’s through the 90’s top hits. Reservations are limited and cost is $ 125.00 per person.
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November 5, 2009
Because Fox News is allegedly biased in favor of conservatives, critics whine like children whose lunch money got snatched. Conservatives have been pummeled for decades. Now that Fox News and conservative talk radio give people alternatives, critics squeal as if being sodomized.
Is Fox skeptical about the "bailout" and Cash for Clunkers or more likely to blame government rather than "greed" for the housing meltdown? Yes.
Does Fox appear to focus more on Obama's dithering over his top Afghanistan commander's request for the troops the general thinks necessary to succeed? Yes.
The better question is, why aren't the others doing the same thing? The double standards and pro-liberal negligence are mind-boggling. If media malpractice were a crime, many "reporters" would be on death row.
When the Obama administration claimed 640,000 jobs were "saved or created" with $159 billion of the "stimulus," many "news" outlets blithely "reported" this. Do you know that comes to $250,000 per job?!!! And the administration claimed half the jobs were teachers. How many teachers make $250,000 per year? Very little skepticism. Why didn't "journalists" immediately challenge this as a matter of who, what, where, when and why? If George W. Bush had done this (God forbid he'd have supported an $800 billion stimulus package), the mainstream media would have -- and should have -- said, "Why, that comes to $250K per job!!!!!"
But as to Fox News, it's BMW -- bitch, moan and whine. Oh, the humanity!
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Coming to our holiday party on the 9th?
Please bring unwrapped gifts for the women at Haven Hills to give to their children and/or unwrapped gifts for the children to give to their mothers. This is a tradition for our holiday season.
Thanks to all of the members and the club for contributing to our Haven Hills Fall donation event. The trunk of Pril's car was filled with food and paper items, as well as new toys and boys clothing. And thanks to Pril for assisting with the delivery.
In addition, money from our club and members allowed for the purchasing of new blankets and a large assortment of cereals.
And our thanks in advance for the unwrapped Christmas presents for Haven Hills mothers to give their children and children to choose for their mothers.
Along with your many contributions to Operation Gratitude for our troops and the assistance and contributions of cuddly toy animals and other items for children who benefit from the My Stuff Bags project, our club truly deserves the Caring For America award we received from the National Federation of Republican Women this year.
Thank you for your generosity.
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My Experience with Socialized Health Care
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My 18 year old daughter, Julia, began school this year at the London College of Fashion. We moved her into a nice flat with a few other girls and she began what we hoped would be a wonderful year of adventure and opportunity. But 5 weeks into the school year, while out for dinner on a Saturday night with her flat mates, she found herself doubled over with terrible abdominal pain. The girls got her home in a cab but she continued to get worse at home, now also vomiting. So at 2:00 am her flat-mates made the decision to call an ambulance to get her to the hospital.
Good thing it wasn’t life threatening! The ambulance finally arrived at 3:10 am. She was taken to the hospital and rolled into the emergency ward on a gurney. But it seemed that arriving in an ambulance didn’t give a person any leg up with getting medical attention. Julia laid on that gurney for 5 hours before anyone attended to her in this very under-staffed emergency ward. Even as Julia was still vomiting, it was her flat-mates that stayed with her and cleaned her up.
At 8:30 am she was admitted into a regular ward with 16 beds in one big room and a CAT scan was ordered. This happened approximately 8 hours later, but that test showed nothing. She waited for another doctor to authorize an ultrasound. That didn’t come until the next morning (Monday). Again she waited till the end of that day before she was taken upstairs for the ultrasound. Because her pain still persisted 2 days later, there was talk that there might be something wrong with her kidneys.
A doctor put in a request for some other test for that. Nothing happened that day. Wednesday another doctor strolled by, looked at her chart and denied the request for the test. This happened two more times.
Meanwhile, I was doing what I could to get through to a doctor and get some straight talk throughout those days, but only was able to speak with a junior doctor (the nurse’s words) with such a thick Indian accent I could hardly understand him. They had diagnosed her to have a ruptured ovarian cyst, but were debating if there was an another underlying issue to account for the severe pain not subsiding. However, the team of doctors who were reviewing her case would not agree to authorize anymore tests, as there was just “not enough justification”. I could not help but think we would have never experienced this kind of indecision and frugality with the diagnosis process in the U.S.
I finally arrived in London on Thursday. Julia was still in the hospital, and had basically been waiting to get the final release signature and prescribed pain pills since Wednesday afternoon. I made enough noise when I got to the hospital to speed things along (that “rude” American mother!) to finally get her released at 5:00 pm Thursday.
In the final analysis, my daughter’s hospital experience in London was not so inept that she received the wrong diagnosis, but the care she received was slow and indecisive. In five days she had all of two tests to determine what was wrong with her, with a third test recommended and then denied three more times. On her last night she was also moved to a geriatric ward at 10 pm because of lack of space. And her initial first night in emergency was pretty much a nightmare.
This was a foreboding window into the world of socialized health care, where tests are rationed and hospitals are understaffed with beds and personnel. She will be coming home this Christmas where I already have appointments booked with a specialist and a radiologist to get the kind of care we’re used to here in the States. At least until Congress and Obama change that.
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Three Propositions have qualified for the June, 2010 ballot:
*Property tax exclusion for new construction involving seismic retrofitting;
*Fair Elections Act of 2008;
*Open Primaries
There are several Initiatives currently being circulated throughout our state seeking enough signatures to qualify for voter approval/disapproval as well.
Some of these seek to amend our State Constitution and require 694,354 registered, qualified voter signatures; others are Initiative Statutes which require 433,971 qualified, registered voter signatures. All Initiatives must acquire the mandated number of valid signatures before the assigned circulation deadline.
There are a few measures which are being revisited after having been voted down in prior elections. Others are being offered for the first time. Below are some of the petitions you will see in the next few months.
* Limits on Legislators' Terms in Office. Initiative Constitutional Amendment. Circulation Deadline 04/22/10
Reduces total amount of time a person may serve in state legislature from 14 years to 12 years.
* Elimination of State Income and Property Taxes for all Residents 55 years old and older. Initiative Constitutional Amendment. Circulation Deadline 04/23/10
* Reinstates Right of Same-Sex Couples to Marry. Initiative Constitutional Amendment. Circulation Deadline 04/12/10
* Calls a Convention to Draft New State Constitution. Initiative Constitutional Amendment. Circulation Deadline 01/11/10.
* Reduces Legislative Session and Pay by at Least 50%. Initiative Constitutional Amendment. Circulation Deadline 03/29/10. Reduces Legislature's regular session to no more than 95 days. This to include 30 days in January; 60 days in May and allows Legislature to reconvene for up to five additional days.
* Changes Legislative Vote Requirement to Pass a Budget or Raise Taxes from Two-Thirds to a Simple Majority. Initiative Constitutional Amendment. Circulation Deadline 04/12/10
* Redistricting of Congressional; Districts. Initiative Constitutional Amendment. Circulation Deadline 03/22/10.
Removes elected representatives from the process of establishing Congressional Districts and transfers that authority to the recently authorized 14 member redistricting commission.
* Eliminates the Law Allowing Married Couples to Divorce. Initiative Constitutional Amendment. Circulation Deadline 03/22/10.
* Changes Constitution to Allow Voter to Call a Constitutional Convention with an Initiative. Initiative Constitutional Amendment. Circulation Deadline 01/11/10.
* Changes California Law to Legalize, Regulate, and Tax Marijuana. Initiative Statute. Circulation Deadline 02/05/10.
* Prohibits Public Funding of Schools through Taxes. Initiative Constitutional Amendment. Circulation Deadline 04/23/10.
* Prohibits Public Schools from Establishing Educational Curriculum. Initiative Constitutional Amendment. Circulation Deadline 04/23/10.
The aforementioned efforts to engage in legislative change for this great state invite our attention, education, and involvement in decisions that will impact our future in profound ways.
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THE CITY
SERIAL ABUSER LA Watchdog
By Jack Humphreville
The Los Angeles Times editorialized about Mayor Villaraigosa’s “uncomfortable political alliance of environmentalists and unions that has produced bad policy” and the “dubious” benefits to the environment and consumers.
The Times referenced three deals
(1) the AnsaldoBreda rail contract. the Mayor, by promising thousands of high paying union assembly jobs in the heavily CRA subsidized Green Tech Corridor, gained the support of the influential ($$$) Maria Elena Durazo of the County Federation of Labor and the environmental community. The politician-dominated MTA Board, contrary to management’s strong advice, entered into an ill conceived deal with an ethically challenged but well connected Italian company which had already failed to deliver rail cars on time, on budget, and to specifications
(2) the Clean Trucks Program at the Port of Los Angeles (“POLA”). With the strong backing of the environmental community, the Clean Truck Program has been very successful. According to the mayor, the “Port of Los Angeles will meet 80% of its emission reductions nearly three years ahead of schedule.” But you would never know this reading the litigation between POLA and the American Trucking Associations (the “ATA”) which involves the Mayor’s attempt to force the unionization of the independent owner operators by the Teamsters and their legislative leader, Barry Broad.
While the Port of Long Beach has settled with the ATA, POLA continues to pursue this unnecessary litigation, resulting in a damaged reputation and the economically devastating diversion of cargo in these tough economic times. But the cost of litigation is hardly frivolous. To date, POLA has spent $5 million of OUR money with an additional $2-3 million budgeted for litigation and lobbying.
(3) Measure B and the 400 megawatts of In Basin Solar Power.
As if this wasn’t enough, the Mayor is supporting the Son of Measure B (the “SOB”), the newly reconstituted plan for the 400 megawatts of In Basin Solar Power.
DWP, again with the support of the environmental community, has proposed to retain the work in house, using its inexperienced DWP management and notoriously inefficient IBEW construction work crews.
This unsavory, self serving relationship will cost Ratepayers $1-2 billion EXTRA (the "IBEW SOLAR PREMIUM") than if the work was done on a fixed price basis by experienced, bonded private contractors using skilled Building Trade workers.
This IBEW SOLAR PREMIUM is further increased by another billion or two because of the extra interest expense, the 8% power transfer fee, and the 10% City Utility Tax.
Ironically, fewer jobs will be created under the auspices of DWP’s Closed System compared to an Open System using Los Angeles’ “burgeoning private solar industry” that can service the rest of the world. Do you think DWP is going to be building photovoltaic solar systems in Arizona?
What is particularly galling is that the Mayor, in supporting the SOB, has the audacity to reject the will of the voters who rejected Measure B, despite the millions in campaign contributions and dirty tricks against a “ragtag group of fringe activists,” now tagged by interim General Manager David Freeman as a “screaming minority of bellyachers.”
Now is the time for the City to start cleaning up its act. No more AnsaldoBreda contracts. Drop the litigation at POLA. And bid out the in basin solar work. It is actually easy once the City learns how to say NO to the very special interests with very deep pockets.
If the City does not have the trust of the voters, how does it expect to close the projected $500 million operating deficit and fund the $15 billion of unfunded pensions and deferred maintenance?
The serial abuse has to stop!
(Jack Humphreville is a publisher, the President of the DWP Advocacy Committee and the Ratepayer Advocate for the Greater Wilshire Neighborhood Council. He can be reached at lajack@gmail.com ) ?
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--Los Angeles Times October 30, 2009
Three hours after it approved a two-year contract with the Police Protective League that offers zero pay increases, the council forwarded a package of five raises to International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 18 at the Department of Water& Power.
Brian D’Arcy, business manager for the electrical workers’ union, said the agreement would give his members a 3.25% raise this year and raises of 2% to 4% in each the following four years, depending on inflation.
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THE STATE
From the Desk of the CFRW Legislative Advocate, Allison Olson
Pay Cuts for Lawmakers
On Thursday, California Attorney General Jerry Brown gave his necessary “ok” to cut state lawmakers’ and elected officials’ pay by 18 percent. An independent salary-setting commission decided in May that pay cuts for our state’s legislators and top officials will take effect in December 2010. But Brown concluded that mid-term pay cuts do not violate our state’s constitution ,and they therefore will go into effect next month. The Attorney General has not yet addressed a separate 18 percent cut in legislative benefits, such as their car allowance or the $173 per diem they receive. That reduction, which will also go into effect next month, was decided by the California Citizens Compensation Commission. The Commission is tasked with annually analyzing salaries and has the executive authority to set salaries and benefits for our state’s legislature and other elected officials.
No More Gerrymandering!
The state auditor is encouraging Californians to apply to serve on the Citizens Redistricting Commission. A new website was launched to increase interest in applying for the commission. Applications will be accepted starting on December 15th at www.WeDrawTheLines.ca.gov. Proposition 11, which passed in 2008, creates the 14 member commission with the task of redrawing districts for the state’s Senate, Assembly, and Board of Equalization after the 2010 census is complete. But not everyone can apply to be a member; there are certain conflicts of interest that could disqualify an applicant. Registered lobbyists, political party committee members, campaign workers, elected or appointed officials who have served at any time, or those who have contributed more than $2,000 to a campaign are not qualified to apply. If you do not fall into any of these categories, I would urge you to apply online!
LAO Woes
It’s that time again… budget time. The Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) of the Capitol has released its “Fiscal Outlook” for the 2010-11 budget, and the number it came up with: $20.7 billion. As of today, it is going to take $20.7 billion dollars to balance the budget of the next 19 months. Because California already cut much from K-12 schools and colleges, as well as Medi-Cal, the state is spending the minimum amount required by the federal government for those programs, which make up more than half of our general fund budget. So what’s left to cut? Speculators believe legislators will look to prisons, parks, and social services for greater cuts. But be prepared for a larger gap, if the courts throw out a $1.7 billion redevelopment fund shift or find furloughs illegal. Looking back on it, the IOUs issued by the government this year did more harm than good due to interest repayments; but unfortunately, our legislators will search for similar solutions to fix our problems. Surprisingly, the LAO warned against increasing taxes as a solution and instead suggested looking for other sources of revenue and lobbying for federal relief. Your Legislative Advocate will be watching for new budget developments as this year comes to a close.
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Rep. Brad Sherman (27th Congressional District) will hold a town hall meeting on Sunday, December 6th, from 3:30-5:00 p.m. at John Burroughs High School, located at 1920 W. Clark Ave. in Burbank. The event, refreshments, and parking are free. For more information, call his office at 818-501-9200.
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Posted by admin in Bad Policy, Cap and Trade, Public Policy Oct 18, 2009
On October 14, Lord Christopher Monckton, a noted climate change skeptic, gave a presentation in St. Paul, MN. He issues a dire warning to all Americans regarding the United Nations Climate Change Treaty, scheduled to be signed in Copenhagen in December 2009.
Monckton’s conclusion is that the Copenhagen Treaty would cede US sovereignty. His comments appear to be based upon his interpretation of the The Supremacy Clause in the US Constitution (Article VI, paragraph 2). This clause establishes the Constitution, Federal Statutes, and U.S. TREATIES as the supreme law of the land. Concerns have been raised in the past that a particularly ambitious treaty may supersede the US Constitution.
Lord Monckton served as a policy adviser to Margaret Thatcher.
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NewsMax.com November 1, 2009
Dr. Steve Running, Director of the University of Montana’s Climate Change Studies program, is on the board of the Intergovern-mental Panel on Climate Change, which shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with global warming crusader Al Gore.
During a Wednesday interview with a radio talk show host in Montana, Dr. Running said efforts to deal with climate change will fail unless they involve all nations.
"If the U.S. passed cap-and-trade and other countries did not, it wouldn’t work," he declared.
"It would ruin the U.S. economy and it wouldn’t save the climate either.
China and India, two nations that produce large amounts of greenhouse gases, are not expected to adopt cap-and-trade measures like those being debated in the U.S. Congress.
Sen. James Inhofe, the ranking Republican on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee told Newsmax in a recent interview that cap-and-trade won't work because "it doesn't matter what we do in America — if we drive our manufacturing base off to places like China, India, and Mexico, places where they don't have any emissions standards or restrictions, then it's going to have the effect of increasing and not deceasing CO2."
He also said cap-and-trade would amount to the "largest tax increase in the history of America."
FROM JIM TANKERSLEY, LA TIMES, NOV 22, 2009
Hackers got hold of emails between climate scientists which they released as evidence of a scientific conspiracy to push claims about human-caused global warming. This seems to discredit the whole warming theory.
“ Is it a warmist conspiracy, or a case of an email being taken completely out of context?”
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October 6, 2009 Alliance for Worker Freedom press release
The Alliance for Worker Freedom (AWF), an organization established in 2003 to combat anti-worker legislation and promote free and open labor markets, opposes Senator Arlen Specter’s (D-Penn) revamped Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA).
While Democrats claim new EFCA legislation represents a bipartisanship “compromise,” such language is misleading. Making no real concessions, new EFCA bills substitute one bad policy for another. Senator Specter’s bill is no different and still undermines worker rights in three key areas:
Last Best Offer Arbitration
• A government body appoints arbitration panels to write contracts between newly-unionized workers and employers based on previous negotiations, or offers.
• Arbitrators will likely be political appointees who could easily be pressured into, unfairly, ruling in favor of one side.
• Arbitrators can still force employees into failing pensions
Snap Elections
• Employees are blindsided and forced to vote in an election only days after learning a vote will be held
• Compromises the election process, blindsiding employees and denying them the chance to make an informed decision
• Does not give employers sufficient time to discuss the consequences of unionization
Violation of Workplace
• Workers could be subjected to union harassment as organizers would be permitted on worksites.
• Employers are required to allow union participation in company-worker meetings held to discuss the negative effects of unionization.
• Inhibits employers from communicating with their workers.
Don’t be fooled, EFCA is more of the same! The Alliance for Worker Freedom is a special project of Americans for Tax Reform dedicated to combating anti-worker legislation. All media and press inquires should be made to media@workerfreedom.org or 202-785-0266.
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Congressman Nathan Deal (R-GA) Seeks to End Birthright Citizenship for Children of Illegal Aliens
FROM FAIR
True immigration reformers in the U.S. Congress have reintroduced legislation seeking to end birthright citizenship for children born to illegal alien parents in the United States. Authored by Congressman Nathan Deal (R-GA) and co-sponsored by a bipartisan group of 46 other Members of the House of Representatives, the Birthright Citizenship Act of 2009 (H.R.1868) would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to change the current interpretation of federal law that automatically confers citizenship to any child born in the United States regardless of the immigration status of the child's parents. (See H.R. 1868 Legislative Text and Co-sponsor Listing).
The Birthright Citizenship Act of 2009 does not seek to amend the Constitution, but would instead amend a statute in the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to clarify the interpretation of the 14th Amendment. Congressman Deal's bill would limit birthright citizenship only to children born to at least one parent who is either: (1) a citizen or national of the United States; (2) a lawful permanent resident; or (3) actively serving in the U.S. military. The legislation would only apply prospectively and would not "affect the citizenship or nationality status of any person born before the date of the [bill's] enactment." (H.R.1868, April 2, 2009).
Congressman Deal noted that the United States is one of only a few industrialized countries who still allow birthright citizenship. While stating he was skeptical about the bill's chances of passage, he said, "I think it's important to keep the issues that are part of the immigration problem alive." (The Associated Press, May 25, 2009).
Last week, FAIR's Communications Director Bob Dane commented to The Associated Press that Deal's bill "is a sensible, long overdue measure that closes a clause that was never meant to be a loophole." Dane added: "Coming into the country for the express purpose of having a child in order to anchor that child and yourself is, in effect, gaming the system." (Id.).
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White House to Begin Push on Immigration Overhaul in 2010
By JULIA PRESTON, New York Times
Published: November 13, 2009
The Obama administration will insist on measures to give legal status to an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants in legislation to overhaul the immigration system that it will begin to push early next year, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said on Friday.
Laying out the administration’s bottom line, she said it will argue for a “three-legged stool” that includes tougher enforcement laws against illegal immigrants and the people who hire them and streamlining the system for legal immigration, but also what she called a “tough and fair pathway to earned legal status.”
With unemployment surging over 10 percent and Congress wrestling with health care, advocates on all sides of the immigration debate had started to doubt that President Obama would keep to his pledge to take on the divisive issue of illegal immigration in the first months of 2010.
Congress should be ready to move forward on immigration, Ms. Napolitano said, because the administration had made a “fundamental change” in security at the border and in cracking down on employers hiring illegal immigrants. She said the Border Patrol had increased its forces by more than 20,000 officers and more than 600 miles of border fence were completed, both milestones set by Congress.
“Let me emphasize this,” she said. “We will never have fully effective law enforcement or national security as long as so many millions remain in the shadows.”
Under the administration’s plan, illegal immigrants would have to register, pay fines and all taxes they owe, pass a criminal background check and learn English.
Ms. Napolitano has been leading the administration’s efforts to gather support for the immigration overhaul, meeting in recent weeks with business leaders, faith groups, law enforcement officials and other groups to gauge their support for the overhaul.
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CONVENTION TIME
The California Federation of Republican Women (CFRW) held its convention on October 16-18 in Ontario, CA. And the CFRW Southern Division held its convention November 13-14 in Anaheim.
All three of our Republican candidates for Governor spoke at both the CFRW Convention and the CFRW Southern Division Convention. We are privileged to have three very qualified candidates –any one of them who wins the primary will be worthy of our support. All want to reduce government spending in California, create jobs, and improve education.
Meg Whitman, former CEO of eBay, comes from the private sector. She said that, “even though the water bond includes a lot of pork, we do need to support the water bond measure that is being placed on the ballot.” She wants to eliminate sanctuary cities. She wants to grade every school A – F. She would reward great teachers and find another line of work for failing teachers. She wants ti stop the “bill factory” in Sacramento.
Steve Poizner is our current California State Insurance Commissioner. He talked about one year he spent as a non-paid volunteer teacher at the high school level. He talked about his 10-10-10 plan. He wants a 10% cut in personal income taxes, states sales tax and corporations’ tax. He wants a 10% cut in State spending over two years. And he wants a $10 billion rainy day fund by the end of his first term as governor.
Tom Campbell, former U.S. Congressman and former State Senator, wants to see tax cuts for every taxpayer and every business in California to jumpstart the economy, government streamlines, tort reform and labor reform. He supports a part-time legislature. He says that “Our economic future requires a massive investment in education and scientific research. Failing to make this investment is not an option”. He would allow nuclear power to provide cheaper energy for water desalinization and pumping.
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What They Said ... at the NFRW Convention from the 2009 Fall Edition of the NFRW Magazine
“Our success will not be found in dusting
off old campaign manuals, by pretending
to embrace diversity. That old
way of thinking, I’m asking you to help
me kick to the curb. We don’t do outreach
anymore. The test for this Party
will be embracing diversity by engaging
those communities, by having something
to say to them every day.”
—RNC Chair Michael Steele
“We believe in entrepreneurship, in free
markets and capitalism, that everyone
deserves a chance, that everybody can
get ahead in this great country. We are
the greatest country on the face of the
planet. Nobody is leaving this place in
rafts. They’re coming here in rafts. That
tells you everything you need to know.”
—Florida Gov. Charlie Crist
“(Healthcare) is not only the largest
economic issue in America’s future, it’s
arguably the largest economic challenge
in American history, rivaled potentially
only by the 1837 banking crisis.”
—Dr. Benjamin Sasse,
former assistant secretary, U.S.
Dept. of Health and Human Services
“We have a healthcare system where
we don’t really know what the price is,
what the quality measurements are.
The bill goes off to some third party,
and they manage and pay for the relation
ship. That is not consistent with
what we know about markets, human
behavior, financial incentives.”
—Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty
“From its inception in 1854 as the anti-
Slavery party, the Republican Party has
always been the party of freedom and
equality. … As author Michael Scheuer
stated, the Democrat Party is the party
of the four S’s: slavery, secession,
segregation and now socialism.”
—Frances Rice, Chairman,
National Black Republican Assoc.
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DIRECTORY OF ELECTED OFFICIALS
UNITED STATES PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA
The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington D.C. 20500
(202) 456-1414 Comments at (202) 456-1111 fax at (202 456-2461
www.whitehouse.gov/contact/
GOVERNOR ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER (213) 897-0322
State Capitol, Sacramento, CA 95814 fax (213) .897-0319
governor@governor.gov
U.S. SENATORS
Diane Feinstein (D) (310) 914-7300
11111 Santa Monica Blvd #915, Los Angeles, CA 90025
331Hart Senate Office Building, Washington D.C. 20510 202) 224-3841
www.Feinstein.senate.gov
Barbara Boxer (D) (213) 894-5000
312 N, Spring St., Ste 1748, Los Angeles, CA 90012 fax (213) 894-5012
112 Hart Senate Office Bldg, Washington D.C. 20514 (202) 224-3553
www.boxer.senate.gov
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS
27th Brad Sherman (D) (818)501-9200
5000Van Nuys Blvd., Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
sherman.personal@mail.house.gov
www.BradSherman.house.gov
28thHoward Berman(D) (818) 891-0543
10200 Sepulveda Blvd., #300, Mission Hills, CA 91345
Howard.Berman@mail.house.gov
30th Henry Waxman (D)………………………………………...(818) 878-7400
8436 W. Third St. #600, Los Angeles, CA 90048
www.house.gov/waxman/
CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE
17th George Runner (R) …………………….……………………..….(661) 729-6232
848 W. Lancaster Blvd., Lancaster, CA 93534
19th Tony Strickland (R) (805 494-8808
223 E Thousand Oaks Blvd., Ste 400, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360
State Capitol Room 3070, Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 445-8873
20th Alex Padilla (D) (818) 901-5588
6150 Van Nuys Blvd., 400, Van Nuys, CA 91401
23rd Fran Pavley (D) (310) 441-9084
10951 W. Pico Blvd. #202, Los Angeles, CA 90064
State Capitol, Room 4032, Sacramento, CA 95814. (916) 445-1353
CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLY
37th Audra Strickland (R)…………….………………………………..(805) 230-9167
2659 Townsgate Road, #236, Westlake Village, CA 91361
38th Cameron Smyth (R) (661) 286-1565
23734 Valencia Blvd., #303, Santa Cclarita,CA 91355 State Capitol, Room 4153, Sacramento, CA 95814 …..916) 319-2038
40 Bob Blumenfield (D) (818) 904-3840
6150 Van Nuys Blvd., #300, Van Nuys, Ca 91401
State Capitol, Room 6011, Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 319-2040
41st Julia Brownley (D) (818) 596-4141
6355 Topanga Canyon Blvd., Ste. 205, Woodland Hills, CA 91367
State Capitol, room 5144, Sacramento, CA 94249 (916) 319-2041
LOS ANGELES COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Central Office, 500 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA 90012
3rdZev Yaroslavsky(D) (818) 880-9416
26500 W. Agoura R., Calabasas, CA 91302
5th Michael D. Antonovich ( R )…………….………………………. (818) 993-5170
…………21943 Plummer Street, Chatsworth, CA 91311
fifthdistrict@lacbos.org
LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL
City Hall, 200 N. Spring Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012
3rdDennis Zine(R) (818) 756-8848
19040 Vanowen St., Reseda, CA 91335
counvilmember.zine@lacity.org
12thGreig Smith (R) (818) 886-5210
18917 Nordhoff St., #18, Northridge, CA 91324
councilmember.smith@lacity.org
LOS ANGELES CITY MAYOR
Antonio Villaraigosa (D) (818) 778-4990
City Hall, 200 N. Spring Street,, Room 303, Los Angeles, CA 90012
City Hall, 14410 Sylvan Street, Van Nuys, CA 91411
Julyor@lacity.org
CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN PARTY
1903 w. Magnolia Blvd. Burbank, CA 91506 (818) 841-5210
alternate phone (714) 893-8004
LOS ANGELES COUNTY FEDERATION OF REPUBLICAN WOMEN (LACFRW)
NANCY EISENHART, PRESIDENT………………….(818) 389-0423
P.O. BOX 8995, CALABASAS, CA 91372-8995
newrepublicanwoman@yahoo.com
Join LACFRW on Facebook. We've started a new group which can be found at www.facebook.com Please invite your Republican friends to join, be they Federated or not, If you are not already on FACEBOOK, you will need to register, a simple process. Join in the conversation.
California Federation of Republican Women Southern Division
www.cfrwsoutherndivision.org
User name: sodiv Password: sunny
See The CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN WOMAN MAGAZINE
November 2009 edition at
California Federation of Republican Women
www.cfrw.org
User name: cfrw Password: ULC2hK
National Federation of Republican Women
www.nfrw.org
User name: federation Password: 1938nfrw
NFRW FALL 2009 magazine now on-line
WEBSITES FOR CONSERVATIVE INFORMATION
You should all be getting http://capoliticalnews.com/
www.ReaganAction.com (not currently working)
www.majoritynext.org
www.OurLA.org
http://lgstarr.blogspot.com
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New 2010 officers from left to right: 4th VP Arline Fiorino, Financial Secretary Edith Kaul, 2nd VP Lorraine Striebe-Gunn, Secretary Islay Gourlay, President Pat Hicks, 3rd VP Barbara Cirks, (installing officer Supervisor Mike Antonovich), Treasurer Barbara Pulver, 1st VP Cheryl Sullivan, Corresponding Secretary Shirley Ames, and Auditor Janet Fisher
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