GOP Sen. Sam Aanestad seeks state lieutenant governor post
Veteran Grass Valley legislator in crowded Republican field
State Sen. Sam Aanestad has joined a crowded field in the race for California lieutenant-governor. Current Lieutenant Governor John Garamendi is making a strong bid to succeed U.S. Rep. Ellen Tauscher in the Nov. 3 runoff for her Bay Area seat. That sets up an open field for next year’s lieutenant-governor’s election. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger would appoint a successor but seven candidates have already put their names forward for the June primary – three Democrats and four Republicans. Aanestad, R-Grass Valley, is being termed out of office after eight years representing the 4th District. The district takes in a broad swath of Northern California, including the communities of Rocklin, Loomis and Lincoln. His district also stretches from North Auburn to Grass Valley along both sides of Highway 49. Other Republican contenders at this point are state Sen. Jim Denham of Salinas, state Sen. Jim Battin of Palm Desert, and Assemblyman George Plescia of San Diego. Three Democrats have also announced their candidacy for the June primary – Mervin Evans, Dean Florez and Alan Lowenthal. A dentist who was named 2006 California Charter School Legislator of the Year by the California Charter Schools Association, Aanestad said he’ll be running on conservative values “such as free enterprise, individual liberty and the freedom of the individual to succeed.” “They may sound old-fashioned, but those are still the values of most of the people of this state, and those are the values I will bring to the lieutenant governor’s office,” Aanestad said. Tom Hudson, president of the Placer Republican Party, said Monday that while his position dictates that he not endorse candidates, he was pleased to see Aanestad enter the race.
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Mr. Ring's former boss, John Doolittle, and his wife Julia, are named as a co-conspirators. Jack Abramoff is not expected to testify, nor are the two disgraced lawmakers mentioned most frequently in the case, John Doolittle and Ernest Istook of Oklahoma. Both are Republicans who resigned their seats when the Abramoff scandal broke. Culture of Corruption.
"A dentist who was named 2006 California Charter School Legislator of the Year by the California Charter Schools Association, Aanestad said he’ll be running on conservative values “such as free enterprise, individual liberty and the freedom of the individual to succeed.”
Anti public schools, anti working class, anti civil rights, supports "freedom of the individual to succeed" meaning less taxes on the rich, corporate welfare and he toes the Republican party line.
Sounds like a Doolittle or McClintock clone.
Chuxxr
Charter Schools are public schools
Whoops! I can always count on you, momof11, to straighten me out;-) Charters are privately owned and operated and governed by self-appointed boards of trustees. There needs better accountability for charter schools. Currently charter schools are being closed for political reasons.
"But no matter how well intentioned or successful, charter schools are part of a national conservative agenda to take public education out of citizens’ hands and put it in the hands of powerful individuals and corporations.' Source: saveourschools.com
" Charter schools are part of the reinvention of public education. They first emerged in the 1990s as a prominent and controversial school reform idea. Parents, teachers, and community organizations are the founders of most charter schools, but some are started by for-profit companies.Charter schools are public schools that have been freed of many restrictive rules and regulations." Source:familyeducation.com
Newcastl Elementary School is a Charter School, it is not privately owned. It is part of our Placer County School system. ChuxxR, you are misguided on this one. Please tell all of us what freedoms this school has that other schools don't have, as the curriculum is set by the state just like Ophir/Loomis, Penryn or any of the Auburn Unified District schools are guided by. Source: myself
Chuxxr
you're so funny. Very cute how you use a quote from an organization sponsored by the single worst school district in the country to try to convince us all that public education is now controlled by citizens but "powerful individuals & corporations" are trying to take over using charter schools, when actually the inverse is true. But hey, it's all those evil republicans, whatever.
And btw, I'm sure that you are aware that familyeducation.com is owned by Pearson International, a multibillion euro company that sells textbooks and multimedia education materials to schools worldwide. Yea, it is actually one of those evil greedy corporations that you hate that control school district curricula materials used in public schools. Since they have already cultivated "successful relationships" with those "powerful individuals" that select curricula and determine state standards throughout the country, they would prefer not to have to break up those large lucrative orders into smaller, more labor intensive, and therefore, expensive orders. That kind of a system, where individual parents and/or teachers control purchasing and demand service, could really cut into their profit margin.
So all in all, you get an C for effort but F for execution and A+ for comedic value.
OK momof11, I have been sliced and diced by you before. Thanks for keeping it real. While I don't support the way schools are required to purchase books and other media learning tools, I would much rather have an overseeing body when it comes to text book selection. Some charter schools are good, very good in fact, while others are corrupted by outside interests like religion and racial bias.
Yes, chuxxr, it's really unfortunate that you seem to think that individuals in voluntary associations practicing self determination is corrupting but that coercive central planning is somehow liberating. I don't think I will ever understand how you got there but I hope you will see the light one day.
Charter schools are run by private companies and decide who to hire and fire as teachers- it's a very innocent sounding way to use your tax dollars to kill public school support and funding, discriminate against certain races and religions, and cut benefits such as living wages, insurance, and retirement, all at the same time.
That photo selection is absolutely priceless.
Here ya go, from cal access
Aanestad has had his Lt Gov account up for years. Many of these pols run multiple accounts for different offices at the same time.
Aanestad's biggest single expenditure from last year was to the Winchester Country Club for fundraising events, $20,000 paid Oct 6 2008
http://Cal-Access.ss.ca.gov/Campaign/Committees/Detail.aspx?id=1294043&session=2007&psort=AMOUNT&view=general
In 2008 he took in $129,546 and spent $79,735 out of his Lt Gov's account
Large contributions 2007 - 2008 $7,200 from the CA Optometric PAC 10/4/08
and more from them, $1,500 5/7/2007
Pechanga Band Mission Indians $ 3,900 $2,400 $1,600 $1,500 $600
Sierra Pacific Industries (sawmill) $ 3,600
CA assoc health underwriters $3,600
Ca assoc oral maxil. surgeons $3,600
Ca academy opthamology pac $3,000
Ca society plastic surgeons $3,000
Emergency medical pac $2,000
Elk Valley Rancheria $2,000
Paskenta Band Nomlaki Indians $2,000
Agua Calliente Cahuilla Indians $1,500
Station Casinos Las Vegas $1000
Anheuser Busch (indirectly, McCain's money from his wife) $1,500
LOTS of money from Blue Cross and Blue Shield
LOTS of money from pharmaceutical companies
There's Monsanto. Everybody hates them.
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for 1st half of 2009
Largest contribution $3,000 from the CA Society of Plastic surgeons on 5/11/09
next is only $2000 from …
grrrrrr cut off
next from the 1st half of this year, was only $2,000 from Pacific Life
$1,800 Blue Shield
$1500 CA Speech Language Hearing Assoc
$ 1500 Optimetric Assoc
money from insurance companies, various medical specialties, Anheuser Busch again
nothing really big out of the first half of 2009 , and no obvious Indian Casino money going into the Lt Gov Aanestad account
Total raised only $37,550
expenditures, $22,316
still has ending cash of $ 158,950
http://Cal-Access.ss.ca.gov/Campaign/Committees/Detail.aspx?id=1294043&session=2009&psort=AMOUNT&ssort=AMOUNT&view=general
more candidates = much less money, still, quite a droppoff, unless he's socking it into one of the other accounts
Wow, only $37,171 in the Aanestad for Senate 2006 account and $6,688 in the Aanestad Officeholder Committee Senate 2006 account.
I would say this one is..... not the favored candidate. Unless the announcement makes lobbyists all excited.
I take that back. Could be worse.
Jim Battin got all of $807 from the first half of this year.
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Plescia doesn't look like he has a Lt Gov account yet at cal access.
He has $5,743 in an assembly account. Good luck with that head start.
Aanestad- more money than these two, but.......
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Denham for Lt Gov 2010, Friends of Jeff
Contributions $335,352
Expenditures $ 431,112
End cash $190,950
Oh, wow, this is where the Indian Casino money is going $13,000 in just 2 donations from the Morongo Mission Indians Native Am Rights Fund -B
Viejas Tribal Govt. 13,000 from 2 donations
And big money from the Re Elect Tony Strickland Senate 2012 account is being pumped into Denham's account
Strickland, oh, he is just an indictment waiting to happen someday
$7,800 from 2 donations
CA Republican Party $30,260 on 8/25 /09 Looks like this is the Annointed One for them
CR - Thanks for all that info
Canyon, Were you one of the folks in the ACORN video?