Happy Memorial Day

Photo taken at Marin Veterans' Memorial Auditorium, Marin County, CA.

NO on Prop 14

Marin Independent Journal. As a long-time Marin County Republican, I highly disagree with Sashi McEntee's "yes" vote on Prop 14. advocating Open Primaries (Marin Voice 3/30/10). It destroys party affiliation, and will most definitely NOT result in higher voter turnout. If anything, it will insure LOWER voter turnout, as I, and many other Republicans and 3rd party voters, will simply not vote for one of two top Democrat vote-getters, since the Democrat Party never represents my views, nor do they have to, given the lop-sided registration numbers. Republicans may be outnumbered 3 to 1 in Marin County, but I still want the right to vote for my designated Party candidate. The Declined-to-State people can show a backbone, and choose a party affiliation. Sashi's statement that, "We've seen the damage a highly partisan legislature can do in Sacramento" is laughable, since the CA legislature is overwhelmingly Democrat, and we've seen the damage done arising from that scenario. I doubt that Sashi speaks for the Central Committee and for many Republicans here in Marin. I'm voting NO on Prop 14.

SF Tea Party in SF today at 5pm, Union Square

Danoodle is back in town. Much has happened the last 6 months while I have been gone. Will post whenever possible. My friend Sally Zelikovsky heads up Bay Area Patriots. She has done a stellar job in organizing events for Marinites and SF conservatives. Click on title above for information re today's protest in SF at 5:00pm. See you there! Sally's website is www.bayareapatriots.com.

Local Businesswoman takes on Lynn Woolsey

How sweet it is! Local businesswoman Catherine Bragg took on Lynn Woolsey at a Town Hall Meeting that would make any conservative proud! Go Catherine! Click on title above to view to Catherine's UTube spot.

Update - Danoodle on the road

Am currently touring the South on a road trip. Things definitely move slower here - possibly because of the HOT weather. Outside Charleston, SC, our car temp gauge showed 107 degrees. Am not in Marin currently, so don't know what's happening since I haven't had many Internet connections on this road trip. It's amazing how uninformed one can get - deliberately! Busy sightseeing.

CA Civil Service update - from Mark Hill

Absolutely incredible.......Note the highlighted quote below.....This guy will get fired for this..but it says it all..PRESS owned by Unions.

Chronicling civil-service life for California state workers

December 31, 2008

2009-10 budget: Impact on state workers; CPR revived

State Finance Director Mike Genest unveiled Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's 2009-10 budget proposal today. It continues the call for a employee furloughs, two fewer paid holidays each year, changes to overtime pay calculations and layoffs.

The new wrinkle: Schwarzenegger wants to dump CalPERS as the health care rate negotiator / administrator for the state workforce. Here are the pertinent paragraphs on pages 45 and 46 of the governor's plan:

Porposed changes to General Fund expeditures include:

A decrease of $132.2 million in health care costs beginning in January 2010 by contracting for lower cost health care coverage directly from an insurer rather than through CalPERS. Savings beginning in 2010‑11 will prefund Other Post‑Employment Benefit costs.

And Non-General Fund adjustments include:

A decrease of $47.9 million from various special funds in health care costs by contracting for lower cost health care coverage directly from an insurer rather than through CalPERS. Savings beginning in 2010‑11 will prefund Other Post‑Employment Benefit costs.

You can read the 2009-10 budget plan here.

And remember the California Performance Review? Schwarzenegger is reaching back to it for ways to consolidate and streamline the government. An insert to the budget outlines more than two dozen state boards, agencies, bureaus and commissions the administration wants to streamline, combine or eliminate.

You can read that document by clicking on this link. The Bee is all over the governor's proposal. We have a half-dozen reporters and editors working the story from various angles this afternoon. Watch for several stories out tomorrow.

An Open, Rambling Letter of Congratulations and Hope

By Sally Zelikovsky San Rafael, CA Dear Friends and Family: I want to extend my heartfelt congratulations on a truly historic election. Having endured what you believe were 8 excruciating years of poverty and devastation, I know that those of you who voted for Obama must all be relieved. I have also endured the last 8 years, but my experience is notably different from yours. And I think in looking ahead to the future, we must look to the past for lessons learned and take responsibility that those lessons won’t be repeated. From the minute George Bush was elected, the Democrats began their next campaign--and it was a brilliant one--to tarnish the Republican brand. With the exception of a short blip during 9-11, when politicians and their constituents had no choice but to put politics aside, Bush met with nightly assaults in the media on everything he said and did. First, there were the periodicals and the networks; then, the nightly talk and comedy shows; then books and movies; and finally, supposed parodies like “L’il Bush.” It was an endless onslaught defaming the brand and, it’s true, you know, if you say it enough, they will believe it. Most of us have endured your parties with your relentless scathing and often unsubstantiated claims about Bush and his policies, his lies and distortions, his nefarious character and Machiavellian desires; the constant barrage of ridicule of all things Bush and all things conservative; the distortion and manipulation of incidences…all to prop up your own brand, whether wittingly or unwittingly. I say “unwittingly” because many of you fail to recognize the role you played in this daily onslaught against the President, in particular, and the havoc it wreaked on this country, in general. Many times I tried to engage you in conversation, as many of my like-minded friends have done, only to be met with scorn, ridicule, all too often ignorance and almost always the brush off. People talk a good game about robust debate, but they have shown they don’t live up to it. I’m not trying to anger you; quite the contrary. I want you to remember “your” behavior over the last 8 years and contrast it with “mine.” First, notice the congratulatory nature of the right regarding this victory; the authentic well wishing, despite the disappointment; the articulated support for all things Obama in the hopes that this man will think about his children’s future and hence will benefit the future for all of our children. And while you observe that, recall how the right was treated by the left from the moment (back to my opening salvo) Bush took office. He, we, never stood a chance. He was the original candidate outside of the beltway seeking to reach across the aisle and nearly all of his gestures were rebuffed, only to be met with a revision of events that could only occur with the complicity of the media. Second, as Obama transitions into the White House, recall again, the way the Bush team’s truncated transition was handled: from offices left in shambles, to the very juvenile prank of “w” keys missing on all the computers, to White House staff members, CIA and State Dept. employees vowing to undermine Bush and his administration at every opportunity. Contrast that with Bush’s statements and guarantees of a smooth transition; his establishment of a Transition Council to aid the Obama administration. And let’s not forget that in Bush’s attempt to govern moderately, he displayed boundless good will by leaving in powerful positions, much to his detriment as hindsight has shown, countless holdovers from Democrat Administrations, all done with the mistaken belief that good people would put partisan politics aside when it came to the defense of this country and doing what was best for it. Again, scan the annals of your memory and recall the Bush transition in the wake of Clinton and contrast that with what you are witnessing today. But most of all, I am most proud of my conservative friends and family who never gloated when Bush was elected (twice) and aren’t spewing vitriolic hatred for someone they didn’t vote for, like you all did. I recall many comments but maybe this one will jar your memory: “He’s not my President.” I may not agree with Obama on much, but, like it or not, he is my President. And, in the course of this, you closed your minds and mouths to discussion, open and robust. You had a complicit media, feeding you only the information it wanted you to have and that you wanted to hear. I’d like to think, as opposed as I am to everything Obama stands for, I will at least expose myself to the other side. Well, I know I will because I always have and frankly, you cannot live in America without being exposed to the main stream media. But it saddens me that the electorate is not exposed to a balanced media unless individuals proactively seek it, something I’ve notice few of you do. And, when some of you do take a glimpse into the alternative press, you often start asking questions and reading and pondering and you begin to see what we all see so clearly. I am always in awe of those who do; for it takes great courage to break out of one’s somnambulism. And now you seek to shut that down with the Fairness Doctrine. What are you afraid of? Our family comes from a repressive socialist regime. When children are inundated with carefully constructed programs of information at school, when their ability to speak freely is stifled, when they are given a psychological evaluation by a school because they dared to share conservative viewpoints, when the electorate is so ignorant they cannot explain the difference between socialism and democracy, when freedom to associate and speak and publish are first mocked and then stifled with the threat of legislation, when hard work and success are rewarded with punitive tax measures and wealth is randomly redistributed instead of being steered towards investment, then we are in trouble. It’s a delicate balance, a democracy. It doesn’t take much, when the winds are blowing in the same direction, to knock it off its balance and tip it towards a place we don’t really want to go. Today, all of the winds are blowing to the left and, while that isn’t in and of itself necessarily grim, the power to tip society one way or the other now lies in the hands of a Democrat President, Democrat Congress and Democrat leaning Supreme Court. I ask nothing more of my Democrat friends and family to temper your enthusiasm with caution, your call for change with reason. I do hope our fears about Obama and the power the Democrats have is unfounded. I do hope he brings continued prosperity and security to this nation (and I say continued because now that you have prevailed and the gloves are off, I think we can dispense with the charade about how bad off we all have been for the last 8 years; you did spin it brilliantly to make for a successful campaign). And I do hope all of you exercise this power responsibly. More than anything, I hope you remember to give credit to the right for its collective behavior during this transition and I ask for some intellectual honesty and historic accuracy when I beseech you to take responsibility for the lack of peace during the last transition and the downright divisiveness, even nastiness, throughout the last 8 years. Be very skeptical of a society with a biased or controlled media. Take the time to talk with a few refusniks to refresh your memories about the powerful impact a controlled media has on its population and its politics. I doubt very much that there will be a movie about Obama called “Hussein” or that there will be a ridiculous show called “L’il Obama.” Watch carefully on your TV screens for the onslaught of Obama jokes and reporters who ooze nothing but disdain and loathing for him before he even takes office. And don’t forget to check The New Yorker to see if his caricature morphs into a big eared, tiny monkey-like figure like Bush’s has. I doubt it.

Better, not less oversight needed

By Mark Hill Published Marin Independent-Journal, Oct. 20

THE BALLOT proposal by the Marin County Board of Supervisors to replace two key elected financial officials is the most brazen attempt yet by Marin's elected representatives to subvert taxpayers' interest in this county.

Measure B would merge the county auditor and treasurer-tax collector into a single finance chief's job appointed by and accountable only to the Board of Supervisors.

Representative democracy in this country has, for over 225 years, been built on the foundation of "by for and of the people" in order to protect citizens, and their tax dollars from an over-reaching, profligate and power-hungry government. Over the course of the last decade, the supervisors - all Democrats - have awarded pay packages, benefits and lifetime pensions to retiring municipal union members that in some cases total over $10 million per employee for that retiree's lifetime.

These pension benefits include lifetime salaries (70 percent to 100 percent of their final salary), full medical and dental (worth $750,000 alone) and cost-of-living increases for life. It far exceed anything available to workers in the private sector.

These egregious giveaways have saddled Marin with a conservative estimate of $1 billion in unfunded liabilities to date. That's tax dollars committed by our elected officials to the same Marin public employee unions that are their source of large campaign contributions.

These commitments will crowd out future spending for our children, our roads, our seniors, parks and health care and the environment.

The incredulous rationale from our supervisors is that by eliminating these two elected positions, we might save $100,000 a year.

We should be asking, what is the financial cost of losing the accountability that keeps our elected officials honest? The supervisors have recently recused themselves from membership on the county pension board, citing an appearance of "conflict of interest." The 250,000 residents in Marin County have been burdened with this onerous debt by our supervisors, with the complicity of 2,400 current and 3,000 retired public employees. These unilateral giveaways, "negotiated" and signed by our supervisors (all of them entitled to receiving county pension benefits) will eventually need to be paid through additional property taxes, sales taxes, service fees, user fees, higher parking fines, or whatever new scheme they come up with that will pick our pockets to preserve the status quo that provides for public employees first, and leaves taxpayers to pick up the tab. By eliminating elected financial positions and creating instead appointed "toadies," the supervisors are eliminating oversight and removing any accountability. This will allow the unions to continue to hold sway over county revenues to meet their own needs. More importantly, this move puts a padlock on the auditing and treasury functions which will further remove transparency as it relates to more giveaways.

The county already has gone out of its way not to be transparent when it comes to disclosing public employee salaries and benefits. The Marin IJ had to pressure county supervisors and fight a lawsuit filed by county managers in order to gain access to salaries paid to our public employees with taxpayer monies.

To think this was even necessary is as startling as it is telling. Our county taxpayers, residents and children deserve better and the Marin supervisors should be made to better explain why they support less transparency and less accountability by the removal of top managers elected to provide independent oversight.

This flawed plan, if successful, will surely keep our public employee union bosses happy with continued, unfettered, budget-busting giveaways by county supervisors, and ultimately put our county in even more financial peril.

Mark Hill of Tiburon is former chairman of the Marin Republican Party.

Mark Hill: Marin faces financial tsunami

THE NEAR-bankruptcy of Vallejo, Marin's neighbor, reads like the script of a teen horror movie.

Greed, stupidity and lack of adult supervision means even the slowest-moving zombie (or slow-developing financial crisis) can inflict a lethal blow....

"Today, governments in Marin have more than $1 billion in unfunded liabilities - a time bomb like the Social Security Trust Fund with its enormous obligations to future generations and an inadequate funding structure. Recently, a number of early retiring public union members have literally hit the "lottery jackpot," receiving the equivalent of a $10-plus million lifetime payout over the next 25 years from Marin taxpayers. Upon retiring in their early to mid-50s to collect their accrued pension and health-care benefits, these ex-county employees are free to pursue new careers or employment, adding thousands more to their already guaranteed incomes.

"As the rolls of these retired public employees grow, the costs will escalate and quickly swamp the budget, resulting in funding reductions ahead for our roads, wastewater plants, flood systems, seniors, the environment and recreation and libraries for our youth..."

See Mark's Marin IJ Opinion piece posted 3/25/08.

Novato ROTC fate decided March 4.

From Susan Miller, Novato Club. YOUR HELP NEEDED:

THE NOVATO SCHOOL BOARD IS DELIBERATING the fate of the Air Force Jr. ROTC program at Novato High School. They need to hear from YOU by Tuesday, March 4. They will be voting that night.

Please send an e-mail message to each of the school board members, telling them you appreciate the program at NHS and do not want it to be cut from the budget. Even if you already sent one, change the message and send it again. If each of you asks one friend to also send a message, it would have a tremendous impact. At the end of every budget workshop and meeting they have had, the school board president always asks for us to continue with our ideas and input. So let's keep it up!

If you do not live in Novato, be reminded that the program is open to any student in the county! Go ahead and voice your opinion.

Below is information about the program to help you compose your message.

GO TO: http://www.nusd.org . Thanks for your help.

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Novato High School Air Force Junior ROTC

This AFJROTC program was chartered in 1966 and is the oldest and longest running in California. The mission of the JROTC is NOT to build soldiers, sailors or airmen, but to work to build better students, better leaders and better citizens for our community and our nation. They accomplish this mission through the teaching of leadership related academics, personal responsibility and integrity, community involvement, strategic study skills and hands-on leadership. In the current political environment, it is important for the community to know what the JROTC is and is NOT. Many kids who may not be artists, musicians or athletes, or who have other risks affecting their scholastic success, find this program to be an elective class which helps them learn extremely important life skills and inspires them toward high expectations, provides needed tutoring or mentoring and prepares them for the rigors of college.

JROTC does NOT recruit for the military

What ROTC does provide
Full elective credit class to fulfill elective requirement

Normal day classes and after school classes available

Open to all high schools in the county

Tutoring in all subjects

Computers available and a place to study
Learn aviation history, flight science, space science, survival skills
Take part for one semester or all four years
Opportunities for scholastic competition

Life skills:

Responsibility training

Social growth through team interaction
Leadership development – cadets run the program

College and after high school preparation:
Over 90 % of the cadets go to the college of their choice
Scholarship money with no strings attached
Percentage of ROTC students who enter the military from high school is

not higher than the percentage from the general school population

Annual fun activities and events create lifelong friendships
Airplane rides each year at Gnoss Field
Build and launch Estes rockets
C-130 cargo plane ride with the Coast Guard
Formal Ball at Embassy Suites
Softball, basketball, soccer, chess tournaments and drill competitions
Extensive community service opportunities

Different field trips each semester

For more information, contact Lt.Col. Yamaguchi, 898-1180

CD 6 - Marin, Sonoma

CA Congressional District 6, Marin & Sonoma.

From Wikipedia:

California's 6th congressional district stretches up the Pacific coast north of San Francisco Bay. It covers Marin County and most of Sonoma County, including the cities of Santa Rosa, Rohnert Park, Petaluma, Novato, San Rafael, and Mill Valley. This district is currently represented by Democrat Lynn Woolsey. Before her, it was represented by Barbara Boxer, who resigned from the seat when she was elected to the U.S. Senate.

Dr. Michael Halliwell for Congress, CD 6

Dr. Michael Halliwell for Congress, CD 6

February 29, 2008.

Dr. Michael Halliwell (R), Cotati, is running for a second time against perennial incumbent Lynn Woolsey (D), Congressional District 6, Marin/Sonoma. Danoodle wishes Mike good luck, and a huge KUDOS for having the stamina to go for it a second time!

Republican candidates announced

Per the Marin Republican Party's Central Committee meeting on Feb. 28, three Marin candidates have agreed to run for office (truly courageous!). They are:

Paul Lavery (R), Novato - CA State Assembly, AD-6.
Current Jared Huffman (D) email: pclavery@hotmail.com.

Sashi McEntee (R), Mill Valley - CA State Senate, SD 3.
Current Carole Migden (D) email: sashi@keystonebusinessdevelopment.com.

Dr. Michael Halliwell (R), Cotati - U.S. Congress, CD-6.
Current Lynn Woolsey (D) email: halliwel@csulb.edu.

Conchita Applegate, (R) SF Assembly District 12.

Harmeet Dhillon, (R) SF Assembly District 13.

CA Senate District 3 - SF & North Bay

California's 3rd State Senate District is one of 40 Senate Districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Senator Carole Migden of San Francisco.

The 3rd District spans the Golden Gate Bridge, connecting high income areas of the North Bay with the eastern portions of the City and County of San Francisco. The population is evenly divided between the San Francisco and North Bay portions of the district. The district is majority Non-Hispanic White, with most of San Francisco's large Asian community in the 8th Senate District.

The North Bay portion includes the entirety of Marin County, and part of Sonoma County. The cities of Petaluma and Rohnert Part as well as most of the area surrounding the city of Santa Rosa is in the 3rd district.

The San Francisco portion includes the Downtown area, as well as all of most of the Marina, Presidio, Nob Hill, Russian Hill, Chinatown, Castro, Haight-Ashbury, Mission, Market, Portrero, Hunter's Point, Bay View, Miraloma Park, and Treasure Island.

From Wikipedia.

Dec. 6th Semper Fi Dinner/Fundraiser, SF

On Dec. 6th, the Nob Hill Republican Women's Club will hold its twelfth Annual Holiday Celebration on behalf of "Semper Fi Fund" featuring guest speaker Fred LaCosse, who will present his program on the "Founding Fathers," to be held at the S.F. Italian Athletic Club. 100% of the proceeds from the raffle will go to the families of the wounded Marines so that the families can go & visit their wounded loved ones.

This event is an evening one & will cost $75 per person for dinner. Raffle tix are $5.00 each or 5 for $20.00.


Info or rsvp: pbonocore@bonocore.com, or 415-924-9991.

Lean Green Fighting Machine from http://www.semperfimarine.com/.

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.

Dana Walsh speaks to Marin Club Wed., Oct. 24

At today's Marin Club luncheon at 4 Points Sheraton, San Rafael, guest speaker Dana Walsh (R), SF, presented her platform. She is running against Nancy Pelosi (D) for Congress, CD 8.

In a city where Republicans are outnumbered (40,000 Republicans; 200,000 Democrats), Dana is certainly Danoodle's Woman of the Year. Kudos to her for taking time out of her life to get out the Republican message! She is starting early, and is energetically elucidating her platform of Low Taxes, Winning the War on Terrorism, Less Government, and Stopping Illegal Immigration.


Did you know:

-Nancy Pelosi has never held a job other than bureaucrat?

-San Francisco has been so gerrymandered CD 8 that a large swath of Republicans are excluded from voting in that Congressional District? See map at http://www.sen.ca.gov/ftp/sen/cngplan/PDF_CD_ATLAS/CD08_NEW_SF.PDF

-SF is the fifth largest media market in the U.S.?

-Not only is Dana running against Nancy Pelosi, Democrat, but also Cindy Sheehan, Independent?

-Dana has run her own business in SF for 25 years?

-So far, Dana is unopposed for the Republican nomination in SF?

-The Statewide Direct Primary Election is held June 3, 2008?
-The Presidential General Election is held November 4, 2008?

Pls help Dana get out her (and our) Republican message by contributing today to her campaign. Send your check to:

DANA WALSH
Candidate for House of Representatives. CD 8, San Francisco
1592 Union street, #52
San Francisco, Ca. 94123
(FEC #C00436154)

Dana can be reached at:
Tel: 415 -749-1942.
Email: dana@danawalshforcongress.com
http://www.danawalshforcongress.com/

Also, Dana will be accepting contributions via her website beginning next week.

Dana has an experienced Campaign Manager, Mike DeNunzio, SF, who ran against Lynn Woolsey last year. His blog is at http://www.speakingclearly.org/.

I've posted Dana's Press Releases on www.danoodle.com.

Go, Dana!

MRP Chairwoman's Edict. My Reply.

Email from MRP Chairman Morgan Kelley Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 2:51 PM Subject: Blog Barbara, A while ago you asked me for a list of people who had volunteered by way of the Web Site and I went laboriously through all my records and gave you that list for the purpose of contacting Republicans for the Round Table. We have had complaints that you are sending them your blog and they did not give out their email address for that purpose. I would kindly ask you to cease using the list that I gave you and destroy any copies that you might have. The other complaint is that there is no obvious way to opt out of your blog, which I understand is required by law. You did ask us to quit using your logo (although I was not aware that it had been copywritten ) which we did. I would very much appreciate your cooperation in this matter so that I can assure those people that they will not be getting your blog anymore unless they personally request it. Sincerely Morgan Kelley Chairman Marin Republican Party My Reply sent 10/18/07:

Morgan, You only sent me 5 Volunteer names in the past, none of whom are on my E-List.

In case you have forgotten, I have organized people in Marin since 1996, starting with my United Conservatives group, on through the Russ Weiner campaign, and later, so I have quite an extensive E-List of my own.

You obviously don't know that much about blogs. There is an RSS feed that people can subscribe to if they wish. They can also unsubscribe if they wish. I do not automatically subscribe anyone to the feed. Each person must do that on their own.

I send out a reminder to my E-List when Danoodle or the Danoodle blog is updated appreciably. Anyone on my E-List who doesn't wish to get that email can email me directly at howeybarb@danoodle.com to be removed. So far, I've gotten 2 requests to be removed from my e-list. If you encounter complainers, refer them to me, and I will happily remove them.

As far as the logo is concerned, my daughter made the Bridge Logo for me as a gift. As MRP Webmaster, I used it on the MRP site. Since I am no longer webmaster, there is no need for the MRP to use that particular Logo. And yes, it is copyrighted, and no, you and the MRP do not have my permission to use it. I appreciate your taking it down in a timely manner.

Barbara Howey

MRP Central Committee Member, District 1

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.

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.