GOP candidates out of touch with Silicon Valley roots

Issue: Global Warming | Content Type: You Report
Posted Tue, 2010-06-01 15:46 by jeremy
Meg Whitman, Steve Poizner, Carly Fiorina, and Tom Campbell are all Republicans campaigning for state wide offices this year who like to tout their connections and successes in Silicon Valley.  But when it comes to the environment, these candidates couldn’t demonstrate more of a disconnect with leaders in the high-tech business community.Read more

Poizner/Whitman Debate

Issue: | Content Type: Event
Event date(s): 
Sun, 2010-05-02 05:00 - 06:00

Steve Poizner and Meg Whitman will debate this Sunday night, May 2nd, at 5 PM. Read more

The Environmental Factor

Issues: Air Quality, Clean & Renewable Energy, Global Warming | Content Type: You Report
Posted Fri, 2010-04-02 09:43 by JenesseMiller

"The Environmental Factor" is one of the ten factors that political analyst and Huffington Post blogger William Bradley wants you to consider about the 2010 governor's race in California:Read more

When are Californians going to get sick of candidates who buy their way in?

Issue: Good Government | Content Type: You Report
Posted Wed, 2010-03-24 13:18 by amber
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So MegaMeg has already spent $46MM on her campaign to date and laughs off any rumor that she has a cap on spending in order to win.  That fact alone can only mean that she has a really scary agenda if her record isn't enough. Oh wait.  She doesn't have a record of doing anything other than making money.  For MegaMeg.  Schwarzenegger bought his way in.  Rich bastards always buy everything.  The don't necessarily do anything useful unless they have to.  It's all about them. Read more

Poizner and Whitman on the wrong side of reality on climate law

Issue: Global Warming | Content Type: You Report
Posted Wed, 2010-03-17 10:22 by DavidinLA

It is no surprise when candidates for public office use a strawman argument to appeal to the desires or fears of the electorate and political donors. So, It is no great surprise that gubernatorial candidates Meg Whitman and Steve Poizner in their recent debate offered up a strawman argument as a cure all for the economic despair that in which most Californians are mired. It is also an argument that appeals to the more backward corporations that chafe at every sort of rule governing their behavior.Read more

Steve Poizner: Remarks to Monterey County Republican Clubs

Issue: | Content Type: Event
Event date(s): 
Thu, 2010-02-04 12:30 - 14:30

What: Remarks to Monterey County Republican Clubs

When: 12:30pm

Where: Marina Technology Cluster
3180 Imjin Rd, Ste 149
Marina, CA

RSVP: www.stevepoizner.com/meet/events

 

Steve Poizner: Remarks to the Orange County League of Cities

Issue: | Content Type: Event
Event date(s): 
Wed, 2010-01-20 09:00 - 12:00

Remarks to the Orange County League of Cities

Radisson Hotel Newport Beach

4545 MacArthur Blvd

Newport Beach, CA 92660

"Smokestack Steve" and "Monoxide Meg?"

Issues: Air Quality, Clean & Renewable Energy, Environmental Justice | Content Type: You Report
Posted Fri, 2010-01-15 15:11 by JenesseMiller

Just as former Congressman Tom Campbell announced he was dropping out of the California governor’s race to run for the United States Senate, one of the two remaining Republican candidates in the race ramped up his attack on California’s Global Warming Solutions Act (AB32).
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Republican Party of Los Angeles County January Meeting

Issue: | Content Type: Event
Event date(s): 
Thu, 2010-01-14 18:30 - 21:00

UPDATE 1/12/10: Tom Campbell has canceled his appearance at this event, because of a likely announcement Thursday that he will be dropping out of the race in order to run for the U.S. Senate.

Steve Poizner will be attending the Republican Party of Los Angeles County January Meeting. Meg Whitman was also invited but will not be attending.

The candidate will have a chance to speak and to answer questions.Read more

Phil Trounstine handicaps the Republican primary

Issue: | Content Type: You Report
Posted Fri, 2009-12-11 16:08 by Jason L. Gohlke
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Phil Trounstine, co-publisher and co-editor of Calbuzz.com (and who covered politics in Silicon Valley for 20 years, was an editor for the San Jose Mercury News, and served as communications director to then-Gov. Gray Davis) had a conversation with us in November about the gubernatorial race.

Enjoy listening to his lively and thoughtful take on the 2010 campaign, including:Read more