The Contra Costa Republican Party’s financial situation is even worse than recently reported. The Central Committee’s most recent PUBLIC financial report to the State of California shows a negative balance of $8.97. This after that organization’s PUBLIC Federal report showed unpaid...

Chevron has filed a lawsuit to resolve whether the new alternative business license tax calculation imposed on the Chevron Richmond Refinery and other Richmond-based manufacturers by the recently enacted Measure T violates state and federal law. According to Chevron, “Measure T amended the cit...

PostSecret is part online art project, part confidant, and part social experiment. Participants are asked to create a post card communicating a personal secret, then mail it to a mailbox in Maryland. Select secrets are posted on the PostSecret website, and are refreshed every Sunday. Other secrets a...

Never pay taxes again. Just become a Democrat. Whether rich or poor, Democrats seemingly never pay taxes. First, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner cops a plea; then Tom Daschle falls on his sword. Now we learn Minnesota wannabe Senator Al Franken, who was never really that funny, says he owes $70,000 ...

In what appears to be a yearly migration, the Contra Costa County GOP will again close its office in Walnut Creek say sources. This amid a dismal bank account balance and outstanding bills yet to pay. The irony is poignant as Tom Del Beccaro was tabbed last year by the State Republican Party to rais...

I was appalled last night as I watched the television and video tape feed on the Contra Costa Times Website of the protest at Saint Mary’s College over the fact that Bill Ayers was speaking at the event.  What does it say about a political party when they become everything they used to hate. ...

Yesterday was a quick trip up to Reno to talk to attendees at the 2009 Western Fairs Association Convention. The topic was social media. This was basically a very quick “Social Media 101.� The room was full, I’m estimating about 200. This demonstrated a huge desire to learn from an industry th...

Did I miss something? The State of California is in the hole $40 Billion, with no noticeable avenue left for paying of this debt, yet Assemblymember Tom Torlakson and State Superintendent Education Jack McConnell, decide to increase spending by another $20 milion to feed kids at failing schools as i...

Top Tracks of 2008, Part Two 5. Allá - Es Tiempo - (2008) Es Tiempo One of the highlights of my free time has been a podcast that a friend and I have created. Discovering music through friends is infinitely better than being assaulted with It-Girl fads from mass media. Allá is just one artist I di...

As I watched Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger speaking to the legislature during the “2009 California State of the State” address, I was reminded of that old BB King song The Thrill is Gone.  This aging Hollywood actor turned politician is at the end of the line politically. The sizzle ...