Brown Plans to Raise California Sales, Income and Car Taxes

CRP Statement Concerning Brown Plans to Raise California Sales, Income and Car Taxes …"One time cuts and tax hikes are not going to solve the state's perpetual budget deficit. Bold, fundamental reform is needed. Where are the plans to move government workers from an unaffordable and underfunded defined benefit to a defined contribution pension system to wipe out our massive pension liability? Where are the proposals to give our school boards better tools in collective bargaining and flexibility to shop around for the best services at the lowest cost? How about a plan to do away with 'greenmail' tactics to allow something to actually be built in this state to expand our tax base and create jobs?... http://www.cagop.org/

Dana Walsh update

Nancy Pelosi speaking at Commonwealth Club April 6, 12noon, location: Mark Hopkins Hotel, Nob Hill.

No Bay Area Tea Party protest planned so far. http://tickets.commonwealthclub.org/

GOP hopefuls cast Pelosi as fundraising bait:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/03/27/MNIK1CLJ9Q.DTL

Dana's website: http://www.danawalshforcongress.com/

See Dana's additional website: http://www.johndennisexposed.com/

Virginia Fuller runs for Congress, CD 7

I am Virginia Fuller. I am an immigrant, and I have resided in California for 30 years. I am a divorced mother of two; both college graduates. I was trained in The Netherlands, Europe, as a registered nurse.

Having experienced the unequal and limited access to long term nursing care for poor children, in 1989 I established and operated two pediatric care facilities. One was a 24-hour, Emergency Home for abused and neglected children, located in Oakland and the other was an Intermediate Care Facility, licensed by The State Health Dept., in Richmond.

I decided to run because Mr. Miller has demonstrated over 33 long years that he is out of step with the needs of a significant portion of his constituency and that many of his neglectful policies are disastrous to our communities.

I’m a proud, Reagan style conservative and am running for Congress in the 7th District as a citizen politician.

www.fullerforcongress.org

California's 7th congressional district covers half of Contra Costa County, Solano County and a tiny portion of Napa County. Major cities in the district include Richmond, Pittsburg, Vallejo, Vacaville and portions of Concord. It is currently represented by Democrat George Miller.

CANCELLED - SF GOP Lincoln Day Dinner March 20

Updated 3/8/08: SF's Lincoln Dinner has been cancelled due to upcoming McCain fundraiser. The SF Republican Party is holding its annual Lincoln Day Dinner on March 20, 6:00pm, at CA Culinary Academy. The Guest Speaker is nationally respected pollster & strategist Stephen M. Kinney, "Presidential Politics 101 & Election 2008." Invitation is at SFGOP.org.

Phyllis Schlafly speaks in Rohnert Park March 29

Eagle Forum of CA is presenting its' 7th Annual Education Conference on Saturday, March 29, in Rohnert Park. In addition to Phyllis Schlafly, other Guest Speakers include Jerome Corsi, Ph.D., Dr. Stanley Monteith, M.D. and others. See Eagle Forum of California website for more info, or call 707-539-8393.

DeNunzio to run for SF Supervisor

Mike DeNunzio announced his candidacy for SF Supervisor (non-partisan) in District 3 (business/hotel area of SF). Kudos, and Good Luck to Mike! His website is http://www.competencematters.org/matters.org/.

March 2007. Mike Denunzio has announced his run for District 3 Supervisor in SF, a non-partisan seat. His website is http://www.competencematters.org. Mike ran for Congress against Nancy Pelosi in 2006 with appearances on local and national radio and TV including PBS and Hannity and Colmes. In 2007 Governor Schwarzenegger appointed him to the California Commissioner on Aging. He serves on the Legislative and Policy committee.

As president of Community Counseling Service, Mike has a distinguished career working successfully with civic leaders to fund major non profit projects for health, educational and social services.

Mayor Brown and Governor Schwarzenegger appointed Mike to City and State Commissions. Mayor Newsom appointed him to the Council to End Chronic Homelessness.

Mike serves on the boards of the North Beach Neighbors, the Columbus Day Committee and the Handicapables. He also works with former mayor Frank Jordan and civic leaders on the board of the American Institute of Ethics. He is a member of the renter-homeowner Barbary Coast Association, and the North Beach Chamber of Commerce.

A graduate of St. Francis Prep, Brooklyn and St. John’s University, N.Y., Mike taught law and economics on the secondary level and also served six years in the U.S. Army Reserves as a Personnel Specialist.

Dana Walsh and Melanie Morgan - dynamic duo

Check out the Dana Walsh info at www.Danoodle.com on the Election 08 page. Fearless Dana is running against Nancy Pelosi in SF, and deserves our support, and contributions! Go Dana! (I've also posted a Congressional District 08 map of SF on the Election 08 page to show the ridiculous gerrymandering by the Dems in order to save their bums, errrr seats.)

Dana's Nob Hill Republican Club hosted Melanie Morgan last Friday, Nov. 16, at the Waterfront Restaurant, SF (Republican-owned, incidentally). A check for $1200 was presented to Melanie's organization, Move America Forward. Melanie teared up, bless her heart! The gift obviously meant a lot to her. So I'm sending in my donation to her organization, MAF, today!

And I'm also sending a check to Dana Walsh for her Congressional campaign!

These are two dynamic, brave, ladies; they make me proud to be a Republican. Please support them any way you can.

Congrats to Minutemen at GG Bridge

From Joe Reich, Interim President of the North Bay Minutemen: "We didn't do too badly. We had an escort of 5 HP Officers. So people in the cars were looking at the Officers and, of course, couldn't help but see us with our decorative signs. 55 people participated in the march. We had a great get together at Rodeo Beach afterwards. It was our first real action as North Bay Minutemen since we first started meeting in July." See 10/13/07 photos at www.northbayminutemen.com.

Oct. 13 Minutemen Rally, SF

The North Bay Minutemen will march across the Golden Gate Bridge Sat., Oct. 13. They will meet on the SF side of the Bridge, in the parking lot, at 10:00 am. All supporters are welcome! www.northbayminutemen.com. From their Press Release, Oct. 11: RALLY: SATURDAY OCT. 13TH 10AM TO NOON We will gather at the SOUTH END OF THE BRIDGE, PARKING BEHIND TOLL OFFICE BUILDING. WALKING ON THE BRIDGE TO ASK OUR GOVERNMENT TO DO ITS JOB! AFTER THE WALK WE DEPART AT NOON. We pledge to maintain the sovereignty of the United States of America, to secure the borders, and to insure that the rights and privileges of U. S. citizenship be reserved for American citizens and legal immigrants. We pledge to work with local, state and national governmental agencies to require that immigration laws are enforced at every level, and that persons found to be in the country illegally are deported immediately. We pledge to work for the election of officials that support Americans and the rule of law. We support local police detainment of illegals and aid to federal agencies with enforcement. We pledge to educate citizens on the meaning of American’s birthright. The schools, hospitals, roads, bridges, government buildings and government services are bought and paid for by many generations of American citizens. This is your birthright, it is not an abstract idea, and it is all around you and is diluted and overwhelmed with every new illegal immigrant that is allowed in the country. We pledge to refuse to allow other nations to dump their unemployment, healthcare and education problems on the United States taxpayers. We pledge to refuse to surrender our national sovereignty to Mexico. We pledge to confront all politicians that are silent or outright selling your citizenship birthright to Mexico or any other country.

Oct. 17 rally - Berkeley Recruiting Station

From http://www.moveamericaforward.org/: On Wednesday, October 17, 2007 - at 12:00 Noon Pacific Time - we will hold a large patriotic, pro-troop, pro-veteran rally in front of the Berkely, CA., Marine Recruiting Center (located at 64 Shattuck Square, Berkeley, CA. 94704). We're going to respond with a positive, pro-military, patriotic rally and we need you to be there! We're inviting the media to come out and cover this pushback so we need a really great crowd to be on hand!! Details at http://www.moveamericaforward.org/.

The Coming Geriatric Tsunami

Mike DeNunzio is former chairman of the SF Republican Party, who ran against Lynn Woolsey last election cycle. He has his own blog, http://www.speakingclearly.org/. Mike is a member of the California Commission on Aging, the principle advisory body to the Governor and the Legislature on issues for Elder Californians. He was appointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in January 2007 and serves on the Advocacy-Policy Committee.

He is also Campaign Manager for Dana Walsh, the energetic SF woman who is running against Nancy Pelosi for Congress.

Sonoma Republican Party Barbeque - Oct. 6

Sonoma County Republican Party is having a Barbeque Sat., Oct. 6, 4pm - 6pm, at Russ Green's Vineyard in Healdsburg - live music, food, beverages, prizes, and fun for the whole family. Special Guest is Shawn Steel, Former Chairman of the CA Republican Party, and Candidate for Republican National Committeeman from CA. Assembly Candidate Dr. Sam Wakim is confirmed. Other invited guests: Supervisor Paul Kelley, and Petaluma Councilman Mike Harris.

Eagle Forum's Constitution Day Breakfast, Santa Rosa

CA Eagle Forum's Orlean Koehle has emailed an invitation for their upcoming Sept. 15 Event. See http://www.eagleforumofcalifornia.com for downloadable registration form.

Congrats to Barbara Howey on DaNoodle

DaNoodle is here and I salute Barbara Howey, a wife, mother and Republican leader in Marin County, for stepping up to provide the Bay Area with a kinder, softer, more gentle view of Republicans and how we think.

Barb is typical of most Republican women: she is a mother (her daughter is now back at NYU), an active volunteer, highly educated and has held executive positions in the working world: in political speak she is a "soccer mom." Soccer moms are critical to the Republican Party...they weigh in heavily at dinner tables every evening with their spouses and/or children. Soccer moms voice (sometimes loudly!) concerns about safety for their children, security of our country, the quality of public education and public facilities (school bond measures in Marin County do not lose very often), about traffic and the environment...typical things that today drive most "politics" on both sides of the political spectrum.

The art of politics in a democratic society is to get people to side with you....majority rules. At the local and state levels, Democrats of late, particularly Bay Area Democrats, have done a good job of co-opting the political process by identifying and catering to the three pillars of self interest who, if they can all continue to cooperate, will enjoy the "far leaning Left tilt" and richly deserved political "whacko" status given the Bay Area by pundits throughout the country. The "three pillars" of self interest are: the public employee unions (who vote for their bosses enmass via elections which translates to million dollar lifetime pension and medical benefits and is now bankrupting the state and numerous counties...including Marin), the environmentalists (currently camping out in oak trees and playing bongo drums at UC Berkeley's Memorial Coliseum) and the bicyclists, who feel its just fine break multitudes of laws on the books to shut down the City of San Francisco every other week by taking "rides to nowhere" and causing nightmarish traffic jams for people who are trying to get home to their families. (Another or fourth Pillar would be the gay/lesbian/transgender community, however, their impact within the Bay Area is centered primarily in San Francisco.) However, the result is still the same: these "pillars of self interest," when colluding and acting collectively, have damaged our democracy. Their singular issue focus, at the expense of all other issues, their collective power has led policy makers and pandering politicians to perform unnatural acts.

Examples of this "laws made by our democracy don't apply to me" are everywhere: SF Mayor Gavin Newsom breaking federal law by claiming San Francisco will "recognize gay marriages" with the federal courts coming back and saying....."ahem...Gavin thats not how it works." and nullifying all the ceremonies that occurred. Remember Gavin... the pyramid of the judicial system is local, county, state and federal.....not the other way around. When you are President..God help us.... THEN you get to make grandioso gestures like that...good luck.

Or how about the public employee unions claiming that they and their members should be invisible to taxpayers as it relates to how much their members make in wages, salaries, overtime, vacation, retirement, medical benefits or even hours worked? Their rationale, drunk like kool aid by our own Marin County Supervisors, was equally pathetic....ummm... "we shouldn't release this information because telemarketers will know how much we make and may try to sell us stuff." Are you kidding me?

It took years in court, but again the judicial system saved me from jumping off a bridge in disgust in a unanimous decision saying in effect: "public union bosses are not in charge here....taxpayers are...show us the names and the payouts." So now the fun begins.... Marin county taxpayers will witness first hand just how rich many of these (tongue in cheek here) "public servants" are...can you say "millionaires" ....because the press can now show us. And with that information out, our Marin County Supervisors should do us all a favor....$700mm in unfunded liabilities later....and think about retiring too.

The bicyclists are a unique breed....hybrids of jocks and jocketts mixed with a healthier dose of radical arrogance "me, me, me, I, I, I" lifestyles and environmentalism. Their "dream" is a carless society and in their mind..it is. We have all seen the rage of a bicyclist who simply won't acknowlege the fact that five cars are trying to get by her on a windy road over Mount Tam. Of all the special interests, I have the most in common with the bicyclists.... however, I would stop at "build me bicycle lanes along side of your car lanes and I won't be so obnoxious".

So back to Barb and all the great moms in the County. How do we help get their voices to be heard over the three pillars of self interest above? The soccer mom's interests aren't about "million dollar taxpayer funded payouts", or Prius cars or bicycle lanes...its about their kids, families, safety, transportation, education and community. I have some ideas, have tried to implement some myself but remain amazed at the power of the three pillars. One thing I do know...I wouldn't bet against Barb and those like her. Fiesty bunch those soccer moms.

My First Blog

Hi Bay Area Republicans. I am attending the CA Republican Party Convention this weekend, so hope to blog from there. Stay tuned.

FYI, my name is Barbara Howey, and I'm Chief Danoodler. It's not all about...me?? Or, is it? Perhaps, but I want to cover all things Republican on this blog, as well as other stuff (Marin, news, gossip, events) as the mood strikes. I will also have Guest Danoodlers (Bloggers, and Contributors).

I want to change the perception of Republicans - square, uptight, un-cool, but I can't change their honesty, forthrightness, steadfastness, generosity, patriotism, and their exceptional brainpower! Over the years, I've found Republicans to be extremely, to-the-max, informed on local and national issues, which is definitely more than I can say for some Democrats in Marin!

We are outnumbered in Marin and San Francisco, but we Republicans will keep plugging away, trying to ignore snide remarks, insults, and downright deranged thinking of Dems in Bay Area.

So relax, and enjoy the Danoodle Blog. I welcome your feedback.

Howey Bio

Barbara Howey is serving her fourth term on the Marin Republican Central Committee representing the 1st District, San Rafael and Terra Linda. She was first elected to the Committee in 2000. She was the Committee's Communications Chair/Webmaster, from March 2003 - May 2007.

Barbara attended the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and George Washington University, Washington, D.C. She joined the Foreign Service in 1969 as a Secretary, and was immediately sent to Vienna, Austria, for 2 years. She returned to the State Department, Washington, D.C., and the Council on Foreign Policy. From 1973-75 she worked on the Executive Staff of Dr. Henry Kissinger, Secretary of State, where she traveled widely and often on Dr. Kissinger's "shuttle diplomacy" trips to the Middle East, Europe, and the Far East.

Upon moving to the Bay Area in 1975, Barbara worked for the Social Security Administration; PBS's national television show OVER EASY with Hugh Downs and Mary Martin; and for the Levi Strauss Tourage clothing line in San Francisco.

Barbara was a conservative Democrat until 1992. After seeing what was going on in Education after her daughter entered school, she came to her senses and re-registered as a Republican that year. Her husband, a life-long Republican, was very happy!

Barbara began her Bay Area political activities in 1996 when she founded a conservative speaker's group, United Conservatives of Marin. She left UCOM in 1998 to manage Republican Russ Weiner's campaign for California State Assembly, Sixth District.

In 1999 Barbara co-founded Howey-Moi Associates, a public relations firm that represented Bay Area Republicans and national conservative organizations.

She is currently an empty-nester. She is a member of the Nob Hill Republican Women Federated, Marin Republican Women Federated, Novato Republican Women Federated, and has volunteered for various Republican activities for the past 9 years.

Barbara launched Danoodle.com on July 31, 2007.