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HEAVY-METAL superstar James Hetfield of the band Metallica has erected a metal fence on his property on a Terra Linda hilltop, closing off a popular trail and angering hikers, bikers and equestrians. Someone scrawled "SHAME DISGRACE" on the 300-foot-long, 8-to 10-foot-high corrugated metal silver fence adorned with barbed wire at its far edges. "Look at the barbed wire. This a serious fence," said hiker Tom McMillan of San Rafael, as he walked along the shiny behemoth late last week. The fence, at the end of a fire road in the Terra Linda-Sleepy Hollow Divide open space preserve, went up in...

FAIRFAX, Calif., Oct. 1, 2007 (KGO) - For all the big debates about the environment and global warming, there are small ones, as well. Consider the town of Fairfax in Marin County. Residents are looking hard at a proposal some say violates a basic right -- to wash your car in your front yard. It is the kind of environmental debate you're likely to find only in a mostly affluent community. One resident asks, "do you save the fish or wash your car?" It's the debate du jour in Marin County's Fairfax. There's a town council proposal to ban residents...

David Weinsoff, Fairfax city council member and environmental lawyer, wants the American and California flags to fly at half staff at town hall until either the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan end or a new president is inaugurated on January 20, 2009. He claims, according to today's Marin IJ, that his idea is not meant to be support or dissent for the war, but a reminder of the sacrifices of our military and their families. The City Council plans to discuss this item at their next meeting. In reality, his lame brained idea is nothing but an insult to our...

  The Marin Alliance medical marijuana dispensary attracts patients from around the county (Light photo by Micah Maidenberg).   A minty scent hangs in the air of the Marin Alliance for Medical Marijuana’s Fairfax office, unmistakable to anyone who ever saw the Grateful Dead live or has walked down Haight-Ashbury Street. Reggae music plays softly over hidden speakers as Lynette Shaw, the proprietor of Marin’s sole marijuana dispensary, leads a tour of the office, a small facility with two couches up front and two offices in the rear. Posters on the wall show marijuana plants and a hand holding...

This is a photo essay that describes a recent appearance by Gore in Marin county, California. Almost as much fun as Kerry Krack-ups.

Marin Teen Turns Into Prom-Dressed Crime Fighter POSTED: 10:35 am PDT April 27, 2007 SAN FRANCISCO -- Superman might have his cape, but Marin Academy sophomore Erin Schrode has a prom dress, tiara and combat boots. San Francisco police were crediting Schrode with chasing down two thieves while wearing her prom dress, a tiara and combat boots after they allegedly stole a purse and laptop from her friends at a Union Square rally earlier this week. Schrode and her friends were part of "Project Prom" -- a teen rally for safe cosmetics that was being staged in the middle of...

This Saturday afternoon, citizens of San Rafael and Marin County have a golden opportunity to show support for enforcement of America's immigration laws. The Golden Gate Minutemen Project, as well as other local chapters, will rally in opposition to the City of San Rafael's stated refusal to enforce immigration law. The rally will be held at the corner of Second and Lindaro streets in San Rafael from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Though San Rafael City Officials say the town is not a "sanctuary city," the Mayor, Al Boro, told a crowd protesting the recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement sweeps, "The...

Canal district leader says enforcement violates civil rights - A community advocate in San Rafael voiced outrage Tuesday over the handling of federal immigration raids this month in which agents arrested dozens of people, in some cases arriving at homes before dawn and identifying themselves as police. "This is a huge civil rights issue," said Tom Wilson, executive director of the Canal Alliance, who called a press conference Tuesday evening in the city's largely immigrant Canal district where many of the raids were carried out. "This is a story of federal officers coming into people's homes without a search warrant,...

The fourth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq on March 20, 2003, will be marked Saturday with a rally, protest march and peace party in San Rafael. The event will begin at 11 a.m. with music in the San Rafael City Plaza and will continue from noon to 1 p.m. with a series of speakers including Supervisor Susan Adams. The rally will be followed from 1 to 2 p.m. by a march through downtown San Rafael that will stop at City Hall for an address by Rep. Lynn Woolsey, D-Petaluma. A peace party will begin at 2 p.m. in...

Elected officials in Marin County continue their attacks on Immigration & Customs Enforcement for apprehending illegal aliens during raids in the Canal area of San Rafael and Novato last week. In the process, many of these “leaders” are using the most extreme and outrageous language in their criticism of federal immigration officials. State Assemblyman Jared Huffman picked up the "terrorizing our community" mantra used by open borders advocates at a community rally on Monday at Pickeleed Park Community Center in San Rafael‘s Canal area. "I've just driven almost 100 miles from Sacramento to be with you. I would have driven...

More proof how the "Marin Appeasement & Injustice Coalition" embraces America's enemies. If you go to their website, on the left hand side about halfway down is a section entitled "Osama bin Laden's 2006-07 Book Club Selections." It reads: "Book club members were extremely pleased with Osama's first selection, William Blum's ROGUE STATE. We found it to be a concise yet devastating account of U.S.-sponsored skullduggery, assassination, and massacres around the world, all done in the service of U.S. capital and its imperial interests. The book is an excellent response to the question, "Why do they hate us?" (Apparently we...

The Leftist's Jihad against Pat La Tray of San Anselmo continues Tuesday night at a meeting of the Marin Human Rights Commission. According to Sunday's "In Your Town" Section of the IJ, the commission will discuss La Tray's effigy of an Islamic terrorist hanging from a gallows with the American flag piercing the terrorist's chest. It was stolen by some Marin County Leftist from La Tray's property a few days after the original IJ story appeared. Nowhere in the IJ's announcement of the meeting was it mentioned that the effigy was that of a terrorist. Instead, the IJ wrote the...

An effigy of a man in Arab headdress hanging from a gallows in a San Anselmo yard has become the latest public display of politics to raise eyebrows in a town becoming known for that type of thing. Pat La Tray, 57, built the gallows for the straw effigy - which has an American...

A wild turkey crashed through the window of the school counselors' office at Novato High School on Monday morning, startling school employees. "I thought it was a bomb," said office manager Lillian Rincon, who called police after the turkey broke in at about 10:15 a.m. "It was so loud. I said, 'Oh my God,' ducked under my desk and dialed 911. I had no idea what was going on, until I heard someone saying 'It's a turkey! It's a turkey!' " After bursting through the window, the turkey bolted through the school offices, finally coming to rest in the office...

WHO? All Men and Women, you and everyone you know. WHERE? Everywhere in the world, but especially in countries with weapons of mass destruction. WHEN? Winter Solstice Day - Friday, December 22nd, at the time of your choosing, in the place of your choosing and with as much privacy as you choose. WHY? To effect positive change in the energy field of the Earth through input of the largest possible surge of human energy ( a Synchronized Global Orgasm. There are two more US fleets heading for the Persian Gulf with anti-submarine equipment that can only be for use against...

USS Iwo Jima - Sailors aboard the multipurpose, amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) paused to remember AP photographer Joe Rosenthal, who died Aug. 20 at the age of 94. Rosenthal’s photograph of the flag-raising atop Mt. Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945 became the most famous image of World War II – an instantly recognizable symbol of the sacrifices made by American service members during the Pacific campaign. Rosenthal’s image, later immortalized by sculptor Felix DeWeldon as the U.S Marine Corps Memorial in Washington D.C., also serves as the official logo of LHD 7....

Director Oliver Stone has done something I thought was impossible. He made a great movie about September 11, 2001 and managed to stay off the "Grassy Knoll" in the process. I, along with my wife and father-in-law (visiting from the East Coast) went to see World Trade Center this past Saturday night. If you need a reminder of why we are at war today, I recommend (as I did with United 93, coming out on DVD in about three weeks) seeing this movie. True, it is not an all encompassing tale of what happened that day, yet you get the...

Fairfax officials will vote Wednesday on whether to endorse a local petition calling for the impeachment of President George Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney. Millie Barrett, a 33-year town resident, said she has collected more than 200 signatures since Thursday. Getting the council involved gives the petition legitimacy and makes it more likely to be considered by federal officials, she said. "I want people to jump on the wagon and do it," she said. "Maybe someone in Congress will listen." Barrett, 62, said she dove into progressive politics after retiring last July. She said she has signed every anti-Bush...

Prior to the May 1 illegal immigrant rallies, the Democrats in the California State Senate endorsed the protests and boycotts, calling it "The Great American Boycott." Keeping with their party's tradition of siding against America, Democrat Candidates for Assembly in District 6 held a forum for Latino voters sometime in April. On the evening of May 20, Novato Public Access Television replayed "Encuentro Latino - CA Assembly (District #6) Candidate Latino Forum." All candidates--Jared Huffman, Cynthia Murray, Alex Easton-Brown, Damon Connolly, Pamela Torliatt and John Alden--attended the event. District 6 includes Marin and Southern Sonoma counties. Besides the bilingual nature...

Just the other day, I wrote that Looney Lynn Woolsey was too busy aiding America's enemies--foreign & domestic--to get involved in the fight to remove high-risk sex offenders placed among her constituents in Marin County. Need proof? From the Lefty website The Raw Story, Woolsey, plus 70 other Democrats in the House and Independent Socialist Bernie Sanders filed briefs in two federal courts to stop the NSA terrorist eavesdropping program. Also among the 70 are fellow Treason Lobby members John Conyers, "Baghdad" Jim McDermott, Barbara Lee, Jerrold "Jabba-the-Hut" Nadler, Fortney Pete Stark and Maxine Waters. They were also joined in...

One of the most recognizable women of our time, Jane Fonda—actress, activist, feminist, workout guru, entrepreneur, and philanthropist—examines her “life so far”. As Fonda relates her story, what emerges is a full portrait that transcends the many labels that have been used to define her as well as a cultural history of our nation’s last forty years as her life has woven through our times. “Coming to see my various individual struggles within a broader societal context enabled me to understand that much of my journey was a universal one for women. …. I’m proof that you teach what you...

Anti-war veterans will visit San Rafael High School this week to brief students on their experiences in the military. The event, sponsored by several peace groups, will feature three panelists: Aidan Delgado, a former Army reservist from Sarasota, Fla., who served in the Iraq war; Aimee Allison, a former combat medic in the Army Reserves from Oakland, who was assigned to a Sunnyvale hospital during the Persian Gulf War; and Pablo Paredes, a former Navy enlistee from San Diego, who was court-martialed for refusing orders during the Iraq war. The three plan to share their objections to the Iraq war...

An intimate film preview and fundraiser for the award-winning documentary Sir! No Sir! Hosted by Jane Fonda and filmmaker David Zeiger, featuring special guest Maria Muldaur Wednesday, February 22 6:30pm Reception 7:30pm Program $100 Guest $250 Sponsor (includes 2 tickets) Co-Hosts Janice Anderson-Gram and Carole Simon Mills invite you to join Jane Fonda and filmmaker David Zeiger at an intimate fundraiser for the award-winning documentary Sir! No Sir!, a film about the thousands of GIs whose courageous rebellion helped end the war in Vietnam. "Anyone waging war with American troops might want to listen carefully to the largely untold story...

The principal of San Rafael High School said the school is doing everything it can to protect more than 1,000 students who attend classes there. Principal Judith Colton fielded inquiries from the media Tuesday, a little more than 24 hours after a 15-year-old San Rafael High freshman was allegedly raped on campus as she arrived late for classes Monday morning. Colton said the campus is outfitted with 20 surveillance cameras and has two full-time security supervisors. In addition, the San Rafael Police Department assigns two officers to work with the schools full time, but they travel among all the city's...

Why do I make such a provocative statement? Well, according to Saturday’s Reporter’s Notebook in the Marin Independent Journal, the Democratic Central Committee of Marin approved a resolution to impeach President Bush. What for? Their excuse is the President’s “illegal domestic wiretapping of American citizens,” which is the big lie being promoted by the party’s national leadership, its elected officials, plus their grassroots activists and PR agents in the mainstream media. If it was any other time, this would be a good joke. However, with the threats facing America after 9/11, times are too serious for this cheap partisan stunt...

Cindy Sheehan, whose grief at losing her son in Iraq has been manipulated by the Enemy Within, was arrested by Capitol Police prior to tonight's State of the Union Address. She was the guest of "Red" Lynn Woolsey, the treasonous Congresswoman representing Marin & Sonoma Counties. According to news reports, Sheehan was trying to unfurl a banner in the balcony of the House of Representatives. Woolsey is one of a handful of Democrats in the House who co-signed an impeachment bill. As mentioned here on January 14, she is one of 200 signatures for an "Urgent Peace Plan" by the...

After months of tacit approval, Vermont Democrats made it official: Bernie Sanders is one of them, at least for this election season. Despite the endorsement — and the campaign cash is likely to follow — Sanders still keeps the Democratic Party at arm’s length. “Congressman Sanders put it best when he said the Democrat Party is ‘ideologically bankrupt.’ Their endorsement of him proves it,” ... Attracting national Democratic support...Howard Dean, ...Harry Reid...Sen. Russ Feingold have backed Sanders’ Senate bid. Feingold...was in Vermont earlier this month to stump for Sanders. “Bernie is a true progressive,” said Feingold. While a top Sanders...

Frank Lindh is on a campaign to gain clemency for his son, John Walker Lindh, a.k.a Johnny Jihad or (my favorite nickname, courtesy of Michael Savage) Ratboy. And he has the Marin Independent Journal giving him a helping hand. It all started in November, when the IJ ran a front page feature on the traitor by Beth Ashley, the Lifestyles writer. Her article told how Ratboy was bound by duct tape to a stretcher, with a bullet wound which remained untreated for a couple of days. Her story also contained discussions with his lawyers, who are trying to get the...

Code Pink Women For Peace (hereafter to be nicknamed "Code Pinko" in this blog, more on that later) has Lynn Woolsey as one of 200 signatures of prominent women for the group's "Urgent Peace Plan" to end the War in Iraq. Other signers include Berzerekeley CA's own Barbara Lee (the lone dissenter against the resolution for military action after 9/11) and Cynthia McKinney (D-GA).

As his The Truth (With Jokes) promotional tour gets underway, Al Franken must be feeling at least some unease. Me TooAfter all, the book's timing isn't exactly red hot, coming just after revelations of questionable dealings and practices at Air America Radio. Since its inception, Franken has served as the liberal talk network's marquee talent. Since our investigative report uncovered proof Franken knew about shady taxpayer-funded "loans" from the Bronx-based Gloria Wise Boys & Girls Club to the liberal radio network, contrary to Al's public assertions, he's avoided the topic. That might be tougher out on the road. So what's...

08.31.05: The Corner of Anderson and Bellam , San Rafael, Marin County California Witnessing the destruction of my country as the politicians pimp for votes and dollars makes me sick. This is just one street corner in my community. Multiply this by 100,000 or more and the picutre is clear DSCN0072768 X 57684 KB DSCN0073768 X 57683 KB DSCN0074768 X 576108 KB DSCN0076768 X 576141 KB DSCN0077768 X 57693 KB DSCN0080768 X 576100 KB DSCN0083768 X 57679 KB DSCN0086768 X 576125 KB

I thought you would be interested in the following message. =============================================== Dear Friend: Protecting our oceans makes good economic and environmentalsense.  Our oceans not only provide food and recreation butalso help to regulate our water quality and climate.  Someareas of our ocean are particularly vital, supporting anabundance of fish and marine mammals.  One of these areas isfound just off the coast of Mendocino, Sonoma, Marin, and SanFrancisco counties. I recently joined Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey at a pressconference to highlight our legislation to provide greaterprotection to a larger portion of California’s coast.  Her billin the House, and mine in the Senate,...

So we have studied Cubism, Expressionism and Surrealism in Europe. What was happening in America? At first, as we saw earlier, the American Ash Can School thought they were the most modern school. They sponsored the Armory Show in 1913 and brought over the Europeans from Cezanne through Kandinsky, and as a result the American works looked a bit backward. Robert Henri Snow in NY 1902 and Kandinsky Improvisation 28 1912 But some Americans were intrigued by the Armory show, and a few knew about European modernism before 1913. In fact, the famous photographer Alfred Stieglitz pioneered more than just...

A federal judge has ruled against a former student columnist who claims he was reprimanded and disciplined by his California high school for writing two opinion editorials opposing illegal immigration and affirmative action. A lawsuit filed by former Novato High School student Andrew Smith alleges the district violated his free-speech rights by confiscating copies of his articles and publicly apologizing for them. The case went to trial earlier this month, and in his ruling Marin County Judge John Sutro said he found no evidence Smith's rights were violated. According to Judge Sutro, Smith's articles were equivalent to something from "a...

When Rebecca Braun saw a flyer requesting male volunteers for a breast cancer fund-raising calendar she suggested that her husband try out for it. Steve, 46, her husband, agreed. After all, Rebecca, 41, is a five-year survivor of breast cancer. Then he went on the calendar's Web site to uncover further information and learned the bare essentials. "I didn't know you were supposed to pose naked," he said. "But after reading the Web site I said, 'I get it.' " Braun, of Inverness, and 11 other men -- each representing a month of the year -- have posed au naturel...

Furor over flag in Marin By Nancy Isles Nation, IJ reporters and Tad Whitaker Ford Greene of San Anselmo put this upside-down flag on his building on Sir Francis Drake Boulevard this week to express his displeasure with the re-election of President Bush. He replaced it with another sign after angry callers objected to his display. IJ photo/Jeff Vendsel San Anselmo resident Ford Greene is annoying some residents of the Ross Valley again, only instead of using a political sign he's enlisted the American flag to make his point. After President Bush won re-election this week, Greene hung a large...

Marin County: How Do You Like Those Apples? [ liberal intentionally rear ends me ] Some of you may or may not have followed my thread concerning my solo freep in Marin County on Monday, Tuesday and a special Gloat Freep on Wednesday morning. In all cases I had a 4 x 8 foot Bush Cheney sign and caused an incredible negative response that will be recapped in an essay this weekend. For those interested they can read the after action report here, and leave a post if you want to be included I the ping to the overview essay...

From The Belly Of The Beast As promised, here is the after action report on my Central San Rafael solo freep tonight. For those not in the know, Marin County is ground zero in the war on the mental disorder known as liberalism. We are what the other side of the Golden Gate Bridge is attached to. Some of our more infamous citizens include Nancy Pelosi, Barbara Boxer, Sean Penn and none other than Johnny Jihad Walker Lindh. Yes that's right!, the same Taliban Johnny now doing 20 years up the stony lonesome courtesy of Federal Prosecutors. Read this precursor...

Into The Belly Of The Beast For those not in the know, Marin County is ground zero in the war on the mental disorder known as liberalism. We are what the other side of the Golden Gate Bridge is attached to. Some of our more infamous citizens include Nancy Pelosi, Barbara Boxer, Sean Penn and none other than Johnny Jihad Walker Lindh. Yes that's right, the same Taliban Johnny now doing 20 years up the stony lonesome courtesy of Federal Prosecutors. I am the last to shrink from a battalion of leftist crusaders, and have in the past taken the...

For the fifth time my Bush-Cheney 2004 sticker has been defaced or vandalised. Witness the so called 'tolerance' of the left.Deep behind the lines, I attended a friends party in Fairfax California last night. Yes, the same Fairfax California that spawned America's Taliban, Johnny 'Jihad' Walker-Lindh. At some point during the evening, the seething hate of the vagrant Marin left reared its ugly head. Marin County is what left wants America to become. Void of morals and honor; repressive and intolerant of any dissent. To hell with them...I will never surrender.Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or...

ARLINGTON, VA — Former U.S. Treasurer Rosario Marín issued the following statement regarding John Kerry’s remarks to the National Council of La Raza convention in Phoenix, AZ: "While President Bush has delivered on education reform, prescription drug coverage under Medicare, and tax incentives for Latino small business owners, John Kerry has a 19-year record of consistently standing on the wrong side of issues important to the Latino community. Kerry voted against the President's historic tax relief that has contributed to the drop in the Hispanic unemployment rate to 7% in May, which is below the 9.6% rate it reached in...

Plumber might have been victim of hate crime By Tad Whitaker, IJ reporter Marin City man arrested in incident Kirk Willworth of Novato has been on some tough calls as a Roto-Rooter employee, but none worse than the one in Marin City on Wednesday night. The 36-year-old was summoned to repair a flooded apartment in a public housing complex at 11 p.m., only to have a group of men standing outside accuse him of being an undercover police officer. That's when one man - and his pit bull, Chopper - launched an attack, police said. "I'm still shaking," Willworth said....

Anti-war group to be allowed in Mill Valley Memorial Day parade [ more kooky antics from kooky vally] By Carla Bova, IJ reporter This year anti-war activists will march along with everyone else in the 25th annual Memorial Day parade in Mill Valley. The Marin Peace and Justice Coalition was banned from participating last year and held a march of its own after the group's application was rejected by the I Love A Parade Committee, which puts on the private event. The parade is not city-organized. "We had been struggling to be allowed to participate for a number of years,"...

The Solo Freeper...doing his duty... I set out tonight to crash the local peace and freedom rally at the corner of 3'rd and Irwin in San Rafael [Marin County] California...but none of the hippies showed up. This street corner is normally packed on Friday night's during the evening commute, and the Kucinich crowd froth at the mouth with their virulent posters and banners. I was so hoping to capture images of them for you guys. All is not lost ...I went to Borders to get a 4Wheel Drive magazine...and wasn't disappointed for freeping opportunity.. The first order of business was...

WASHINGTON, DC— Former U.S. Treasurer Rosario Marin issued the following statement addressing John Kerry’s travel to California: "John Kerry is out of touch with California's Latino community on the most important issues. Kerry called the President's No Child Left Behind legislation 'groundbreaking' when he voted for it, but now attacks it on the campaign trail. President Bush dramatically increased education funding to help close the achievement gap between Latino students and their peers. The President requested a 55 percent increase in Title I funding to benefit over 15 million students from low income homes and is leading the Commission on...

The LIVE California Primary Thread for March 2, 2004 U.S. PRESIDENT- Republican Bush, George W. (unopposed) U.S. PRESIDENT- Democrat Edwards, John Kerry, John F. Kucinich, Dennis Sharpton, Al U.S. SENATE - Republican Ball, Danney Casey, Toni C. Hatch, Barry L. Jones, Bill Kaloogian, Howard Marin, Rosario Quraishi, Bill Stewart, James Van Zandt, John M. U.S. SENATE- Democrat Boxer, Barbara (unopposed) PROP 55 Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2004. YES NO PROP 56 State Budget, Related Taxes, and Reserve. Voting Requirements. Penalties. Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute. YES NO PROP 57 Economic Recovery Bond Act. YES NO PROP 58...

The Official Unofficial California Freeper Exit Poll for March 2, 2004 Primary Since everybody's voicing their opinions on Tuesday's California primary, let's get everybody together here for a Freeper sample of the vote. U.S. PRESIDENT- Republican Bush, George W. Write-in (explain) U.S. SENATE - Republican Ball, Danney Casey, Toni C. Hatch, Barry L. Jones, Bill Kaloogian, Howard Marin, Rosario Quraishi, Bill Stewart, James Van Zandt, John M. Write-in (explain) PROP 55Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2004. YES NO PROP 56State Budget, Related Taxes, and Reserve. Voting Requirements. Penalties. Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute. YES NO PROP 57Economic Recovery...

San Marino Area News & Information TRIBUNE ELECTION ENDORSEMENTS SAN GABRIEL VALLEYWIDE NEWSThe Tribune urges the following votes in the March 2, 2004 election.United States Senator: Republican former State Assemblyman Howard Kaloogian played one of the key roles in recalling failed former Governor Gray Davis. It was Kaloogian who launched the web-driven people’s campaign to clean up Sacramento. It was Kaloogian who challenged Secretary of State Ken Shelley in Court to force Shelley to count the people’s signatures when he threatened to delay. Now, Kaloogian gives California voters the best chance they have of replacing a very ineffective United States...

Prominent Democrats question S.F. nuptials BOXER, GAY LAWMAKER DISAGREE WITH MAYOR'S DECISION For a week, the parade of gay couples lining up to marry at San Francisco City Hall has resonated as a love story, a civil-rights struggle, a morality play and a legal tussle. (SNIP) But the biggest surprise of the day came from U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer, seeking her third term this fall and long a champion of gay rights, who publicly stated that she does not believe in changing state law to allow for the recognition of same-sex marriage. (SNIP) Democratic Rep. Barney Frank of Massachusetts, a...

Bush plan alienates GOP Senate candidates IMMIGRATION PROPOSAL DRAWS OPPOSITION FROM 4 HOPEFULS By Edwin Garcia Mercury News Smaller government. Tax cuts. Defeating Democratic incumbent Barbara Boxer. The main contenders in the California Republican primary for U.S. Senate all agree when it comes to those views popular with their party. But there's a topic that's too touchy for any of the candidates to line up behind President George Bush -- illegal immigration. Bush's proposal to legalize many undocumented workers -- the largest share of whom are in California -- has the GOP candidates criticizing, albeit carefully, the president. In...