Have the recent revelations about Arnold cheating on Maria surprise anyone? Revelations about his womanizing came out during the Davis recall but everyone pretended it wasn’t true. He was said to be a terror towards women while on movie sets. I’m just glad Maria isn’t one of those “stand by your man” kinda women, at least not once she was no longer California’s first lady. She sure dumped him fast when she lost that title.
Assemblyman Curt Hagman
Assemblyman Curt Hagman’s success continued through the second year of his freshman term, bringing the total number of bills he sponsored that passed and were signed into law to ten. Hagman credits his success with his ability to work with Assembly members on both sides of the isle.
Hagman is not only a rising star in the Assembly, but very well could challenge Senator Gloria Negrete McLeod for the San Bernardino County Fourth Supervisorial District seat in 2014. Negrete McLeod is said to already be raising funds for that race, hoping to have amassed at least $1 million for what could be a contentious race. Hagman would be a formidable opponent and is a strong fundraiser himself.
Among Hagman’s successes this past term:
AB 515: Tightens licensing requirements related to vehicles impounds, prohibits the owner of an impounded vehicle from changing the name of the owner until the vehicle is released from impound.
AB 1209: Allows police officers to book a person arrested for a misdemeanor crime at the scene or prior to the release of the arrested person. Previous law did not specify that booking could take place at the scene of the crime.
AB 1675: Makes entering an animal enclosure at a zoo, public aquarium, circus, or traveling animal an infraction or misdemeanor offense.
Additionally, AB 430, AB 794, AB 1129, AB 1800, AB 2128, AB 2181, and AB 2500 were all signed by Governor Schwarzenegger.
Hagman, who won re-election easily this past November, continues this term as one of the Assembly Floor Leaders, working with Assembly Minority Leader Connie Conway, to keep Republicans in line over the “no tax” issue.
We hear that Governor Schwarzenegger reduced the prison sentence of former Speaker of the Assembly Fabian Núñez’ son from 16 years to 7 years. Earlier this year, Núñez and an accomplice pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and two counts of assault with a deadly weapon in connection with the stabbing death of a college student at San Diego State University.
Barbara Cram Riordan
Earlier this year popular KFI 640 radio talk show hosts John and Ken focused a number of shows on the California Air Resources Board (CARB), detailing the facts that show the agency is out of control. The upcoming implementation of AB 32, the Global Warming Solutions Act, only makes this very powerful agency all the more dangerous to the teetering economy of California.
John and Ken primarily focused their attention on Mary D. Nichols, who is the chairperson for CARB. Nichols was first appointed to the CARB in 1978 by then-Governor Jerry Brown. She served under Brown until 1983. She was reappointed as chairman in 2007 by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
What came out of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s mouth this afternoon was a devastating blow to local governments across California.
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San Bernardino County’s past continues to haunt us. It is not corruption, at least not exactly, but we find that yet another former Chairman of the Board of Supervisors is making news. This time we have to go back even further than Jerry Eaves to find the culprit.
Barbara Cram Riordan, a 1961 University of Redlands graduate, served on the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors from 1983 until her third full term ended in 1996. Prior to her stint with the County of San Bernardino, she served on the Redlands City Council for four years.
Riordan was appointed to the California Air Resources Board in 1991 by then-Governor Pete Wilson, reappointed in 1999 by former-Governor Gray Davis and again in 2004 by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. She served as Chairman of the Air Resources Board twice for short periods of time. She has also previously served on the Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District Board of Directors.
So what does all of this have to do with killing jobs and scandal you might ask? Has anyone been listening to KFI640′s John and Ken of late? If not, you are missing out. Continue reading