Mid-day Election Day Notes 2012

Vote Greg Krikorian for the 43rd Assembly District

Replace the Infant Assemblyman with a respected community advocate.

** The LA Times aka "Old Gray Obama Hag on Spring Street" is reporting that turnout is down compare to 2008. As of Noon, 23% of register voters have partaken in their civic duty, compare to 30% in 2008. Lower turnout bids well for republicans and conservative-themed ballot measures. But it also should be noted that nearly half of today's California voters, will do so by mail. Thus, final California results may take days to tabulate.

** The "LA Obama Times" also has some early testimonials from 30th Congressional District voters on their choice for Congress.

In Studio City, Rick McNally, a 66-year-old Vietnam War veteran, said he chose Brad Sherman in the hotly contested race for the 30th Congressional District.The Studio City resident, who lives in Sherman's old district, said he picked the familiar face and the candidate he says has more Valley ties."He is more hands-on here in the Valley," McNally said, shortly after voting at a polling place along Ventura Boulevard in Studio City. "He has more town hall meetings. He is more accessible."

 51st Assembly District Candidate Luis Lopez hands in absentee ballot.

** Orange County Republican Congressman John Campbell stated on the Hugh Hewitt Show about two weeks back, that many internal pols are showing Obama support trending downwards in many congressional districts.

National Update:

** Respected national political observer Michael Barone, just noted on the Sean Hannity Show that turnout is down in many democratic areas across the country. From Northern Virginia, South Florida and Ohio, the Obama luster has lost its shine. Meanwhile, turnout from republicans areas of Ohio are reported to be high. 

Your thoughts ..............

Scott Johnson in CD 14

Morning Briefs on the Los Angeles Political Machine for Election Eve

Rebuffing the Fake Republican Infant Assemblyman Mike Gatto

The petulant Infant Assembly caught engaging in political identity thief..

Assemblyman Mike Gatto won't be laughing at the voter backlash tomorrow.

The Republican choice?

Assemblyman Mike Gatto would have you believe that from the slate mailer that was sent to 43rd Assembly District voters in the last few days. But so laughable is the Infant Assemblyman's "bought and paid for assertion", that Breitbart.com posted this yesterday on its site.

In southern California, an incumbent Democrat state legislator appears to be running as a Republican in order to get reelected.Prominently picturing Mitt Romney, Ronald Reagan and Abraham Lincoln on campaign flyers addressed to California “Republicans,” and featuring the California Republican Assembly logo, Democrat Mike Gatto lists his own name in a ballot-style list of Republican candidates for federal and state office. This campaign literature has appeared on the weekend before the election.A reasonable inference from the flyers is that Gatto is a Republican endorsed by the California Republican Party.  Nowhere do the flyers identify Gatto as a Democrat.  In fact, Greg Krikorian is the Republican endorsed candidate for local state assembly office. This flyer suggests that even a local state district in California may not be as solidly blue as polls would have us believe.  And, like the Tea Party influence in 2010, Romney's coattails may sweep many Republicans into office all the way down the ballot to local dogcatcher…even in California.

Could a Romney win translate to Republican pickups in California? More on that later.

** Daily News Rick Orlov's "Tipoff Column" focus on the pending start of the 2013 Mayoral Campaign to replace the Failure Mayor Antonio Villar. The question to ask after the results of the Presidential Election are known, is what candidate would open doors in Washington D.C.?

** Toll roads will make their debut in Central Los Angeles County this weekend as the toll booths go up on the 110 Freeway.

Using the 110 Freeway through South L.A., which runs through some of the most economically challenged turf in Southern California, could soon cost you as much as ... $1.40 a mile.That's because Los Angeles County's first "High Occupancy Toll" system will spark up starting Saturday. You'll have the option of paying for using revamped diamond lanes, now called Metro ExpressLanes, or staying stuck in slower traffic.The rates will vary depending on how bad traffic is:
The lowest price will be .25 cents a mile; the highest toll will be $1.40. Says Metro:

...... and still Metro wants more Sales Tax money.

** As a Public Service, we present the Betty Pleasant Voting Guide!

Who else but Betty, could put some soul into a Voter Guide?

This is how I will vote on Nov. 6: President and vice president — Barack Obama and Joseph Biden; United States Senator — Dianne Feinstein; United States Representative — Howard Berman, because he did not endorse Carmen Lietanich for district attorney; State Senator — Fran Pavley, because she’s a Democrat; State Assembly — Bob Blumenfield — because he’s a Democrat; District Attorney — I pass because I dislike them both.
State Measures: Prop. 30 — NO (?). I’m voting No on 30 and No on 38 because the only public school district I know anything about is the Los Angeles Unified School District and as far as I’m concerned, LAUSD does not deserve another red cent of my money. Other school districts in the state may be decent, but this one is racist, is run by self-serving politicians instead of bonafide and qualified educators and doesn’t know what to do with the money it has. The LAUSD school board thoroughly offended me when it voted to give $200,000 of public education tax money to a middle-aged homosexual who said he was forced to have sex with the elderly homosexual school superintendent. Why do I have to pay for that?! We need a proposition that would exempt school funds from being spent on anything that has nothing to do with children. And until we get such a measure, I don’t want to give the public schools another cent. LAUSD can just disappear and that would be just fine.

Betty on Prop 32. 

Prop. 32 — NO. Because I was raised on unions. I grew up surrounded by family members who were staunch unionists and I learned to appreciate the value of unions to their members and their families. I would never do anything to undermine a union.

Betty on the Death Penalty 

Prop. 34 — NO. I do not want the death penalty repealed. What I want is the death penalty enforced. I want people who are convicted of killing people to be killed. I’m not interested in the issue of whether the death penalty serves as a deterrent to murder.

Betty on Measure J.

Measure J — Absolutely not! NO, NO and NO. We voted a tax increase for this not so long ago and now the county has asking for some more?! With none of it going on the Crenshaw Line?! NO.

Your thoughts ................
Scott Johnson in CD 14

Infant Assemblyman Mike Gatto resorts to Smearing and Lying in Desperation Bid for Reelection

Infant Assemblyman Mike Gatto's Lies, Smears and Repugnant Attack Ads get National Media Attention

This Infant Assemblyman's dirty tactics knows no crying shame.

Infant Assemblyman Mike Gatto is in the biggest struggle of his young political career against Glendale School Board Member Greg Krikorian, a he seeks reelection in the 43rd Assembly District. In a sure sign of desperation, the Silver Lake Infant Assemblyman has gone big time negative, with this smear mailer above. We should note that the baseless attacks made in the mailer, first appeared at this Gatto Truther astro-turf blog. Sadly, that is normal political behavior for the Infant Assemblyman.

Just how desperate is the Infant Assemblyman to get reelected? Little Mikey apparently used some of his Special Interest money to by himself a spot on a supposed Republican Slate Mailer pictured above. (** BTW, note that the mailer supports Prop 30 which would raise taxes and is against anti-union Prop 32). Noting this, any Republican should be able to ascertain that the Infant Assemblyman is lying, when a bogus slate mailer asserts that he is the "Republican choice" for the 43rd Assembly District. The blatant attempt by the Infant Assemblyman to cast himself as a Republican, has garnered national media attention via Breitbart.com 

As noted by the Jewish Journal and denounced by the Los Angeles Democratic Party, it appears that the Infant Assemblyman Mike Gatto's proclivities for creating repugnant, misleading mailers, is not limited to his own reelection campaign. Republican or Democratic foe alike, the Infant Assemblyman and his former boss Congressman Brad Sherman, will gladly hit low on their respective opponents. The question here for 43rd AD voters (and in extension 30 Congressional District voters), is whether someone who smears, lies and allegedly targets gender and ethnic groups in a repudiated mailer, is fit to continue representing their interests in Sacramento?

Your thoughts ..............

Scott Johnson in CD 14