Comments on: The emerging California Fusion Party

By: Wayne Lusvardi

Wayne Lusvardi — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 00:12:32 +0000

I received this email and am passing it along. It sounds like more “buy a legislator” only this is the “fusion” version.

Just wanted to add before I drop the subject completely that apparently Nygren’s “Alliance for California’s Tomorrow” and other such “independent expenditure” PACs spend last-minute floods of money only on candidates who can be relied upon to vote for lobbyist-written bills which favor the lobbyists’ corporate clients. Doesn’t matter if the candidates are Democrat or Republican.
Just one example (there are others of course) is that Alliance et al’s last-minute money funded 39th A.D. candidate Raul Bocanegra BECAUSE he is a protege of current 39th District Assemblyman Felipe Fuentes (who is now running for L.A. City Council), many of whose bills “were ghostwritten by special interest groups.” Even the L.A. Weekly named him “the worst legislator in California.”
http://ronkayela.com/2012/06/bocanegra-fuentes-padilla-and-the-game-of-special-interest-money-sponsored-legislation-and-political-musical-chairs.html

By: Burrito Bro

Burrito Bro — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 22:48:42 +0000

I’m getting uncomfortabe with the radical right.

By: Sean Morham

Sean Morham — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 21:47:29 +0000

The future Wayne describes sounds likely.
Guerilla tactics against the special interests, anyone?
Car bombings at the Capital? Kidnappings? ‘Public servants” afraid to send their spawn to the Charter schools they pulled strings to admit the little darlings. I have said it the past. Sections of Kalifornia will resemble “Mad Max” within 15 years. The state will have no money to stop it; the rest of the country will say “Go to hell, live in the mess you made, Kalifornia.”

By: queeg

queeg — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 18:56:33 +0000

Get ready to open your money bag…..you will see moderation in radical right thinking on financing California’s safety and security net.

It’s time to move forward with bullet train which will make the postal service more efficient, cut pollution, dramatically improve land use policy and cut commuting time and costs per miled travelled.

By: Dave Wielenga

Dave Wielenga — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 15:52:47 +0000

Mr. Lusvardi,
I, for one, am grateful for the clarity provided by the commenter self-nicknamed Even So—saved me the time and trouble of fact-checking what I had struck me as a fascinating perspective that we were going to link to from GreaterLongBeach.com. Even So’s disagreement with you was obvious, but the evidence he added to the examples you cited in making your point not only collapsed your argument but also your trustworthiness. Beyond that, he remained clear and civil in his remarks. Your series of rapid-fire responses were not only unnecessarily personal but unfocused and ineffective—except in making Even So’s position with even more persuasive. That is, he not only has the advantage in facts, but also in integrity. Needless to say, we won’t be linking to your piece.

By: Ted Steele, The Decider

Ted Steele, The Decider — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 15:24:10 +0000

Wayner— “even so” kind of nailed ya little buddy.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 13:54:16 +0000

Todd Zink is running for State Senate, not Assembly, and will be our next State Senator!!!!!

By: Fred Mangels

Fred Mangels — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 05:17:32 +0000

For those that aren’t aware of Peace’s effort, here’s the Sacramento Bee story where I first heard of it: http://tinyurl.com/bopy926

By: Fred Mangels

Fred Mangels — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 05:09:37 +0000

Keep in mind Steve(?) Peace, one of the main players in creating the top two primary, has his sights set on campaign finance reform now. It sounds like the same old stuff about taking the money out of politics. We'll need to keep a close eye on that effort.

By: Ron Kilmartin

Ron Kilmartin — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 04:59:17 +0000

When is it too late to get a proposition on the ballot to overturn Proposition 14? Does anyone know where the Jarvis group is on this?