Not a leader for these times says:

November 14, 2012 at 7:52 am

UPDATE! This morning I saw a link on the Los Angeles Times web site to an article “California Lawmakers Head to Hawaii, Australia for Post-Election events.” I immediately thought of this http://www.CalWatchdog.com article and went to the L.A. Times article solely to see if Connie Conway was listed as one of the fact-finders. I was sure she would be listed as one of the “at least 20″ legislators going to Hawaii on the tab of corporations and unions.

Bingo! Assembly Minority Leader Conway is setting the example for the California Republican Party by heading off to the Kea Lani in Maui. (Beautiful hotel, by the way; I stayed there several years using my own money, when I could afford it doing business in this state.)

As I write above, perks and privileges. Have fun!!! Here’s the relevant L.A. Times excerpt:

Group spokesman Dan Howle declined to identify the legislators attending but said they include some newly elected members and some current ones, including a few who are leaving office next month because of term limits. Assembly Republican leader Connie Conway of Tulare is among those who confirmed to The Times that she is attending.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2012/11/california-lawmakers-head-to-hawaii-for-post-election-conference.html

Not a leader for these times says:

November 20, 2012 at 6:58 pm

UPDATE #2: today Assembly Mini-Minority Leader Conway issued her first press release since her announcement on November 8 about being unanimously reelected to the top leadership position. No, it does not outline what the Assembly Republican Caucus is going to do now that is has no apparent power. It is a “Statement Regarding Israel-Hamas Conflict.”

http://republican.assembly.ca.gov/?p=article&sid=194&id=253316

Citizens and non-citizens of California were waiting breathlessly to find out what the Assembly Mini-Minority Leader thought about this conflict, in part because she obtained deep insight when she traveled to Israel in the past. (Regrettably, Californians do not learn in the press release who paid for the trip.)

Californians are eager for additional press releases about civil unrest in Syria, Pakistan, and Mali.

While the press release claims that Israel is a “critical trading partner,” in reality it is California’s 16th ranked recipient of exports. Exports to Israel comprise 1.7% of the total amount of exports. Nice to have, but not a critical trading partner. See http://tse.export.gov/TSE/TSEHome.aspx

Belgium is ranked as California’s 15th highest recipient of exports.

Californians are awaiting a statement on the possible and long-awaited breakup of Belgium into the Flemish north and French south.