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Posted on 01/03/2016 8:53:35 AM PST by Pelham
Throughout much of the 20th century, Orange County attracted white middle-class and upper-middle-class residents who were either fleeing an increasingly diverse and liberal Los Angeles or were relocating from the Midwest and the South and bringing conservative regional values with them....
Also helping focus the political energy was The Orange County Register's ardent libertarian slant, ...
Republicans' share of county voter registration peaked in 1990, when they outpaced Democrats by 22 percentage points. The GOP's edge is now 8 points and shrinking, and its share of registered county voters fell below 40 percent for the first time in December. Non-Latino whites are now a minority of the population....
...Proposition 187, co-authored in 1994 by Huntington Beach anti-illegal immigration activist Barbara Coe, called for an end to all public benefits for those living here illegally, including education. It passed with a whopping 59 percent of the state's vote.
It subsequently was ruled unconstitutional and has become an albatross for California Republicans, who have watched Latinos flock to the Democratic Party in greater numbers ever since. It was a cornerstone of GOP Gov. Pete Wilson's 1994 re-election campaign, but you'll be hard-pressed to find a Republican candidate in the state today who invokes the measure....
...Many mainstream conservatives like Baugh often steer clear of controversial social and ethnic issues championed by the likes of Taitz, Coe, Gilchrist and Pauly. They focus instead on issues like public pension and education reform and remain confident that their brand of politics will continue to resonate in the county.
“Conservative candidates are still being elected,†said Baugh, pointing out that more Republicans held Orange County offices when he stepped down as county chairman last January than when he took the post in 2004. “The conservative movement is alive and well.â€..
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The Pilot is owned by the LA Times.
When I was a kid (growing up in L.A.), Orange County was one big Nixon Land. How times have changed.
You understand the situation exactly.
“There are lots of Asians living in OC. Except for the Vietnamese they are only conservative with regard to how they bring up their children.”
That’s been my observation as well.
“Mexico has conquered California. “
With the collaboration and approval of GOPe politicians like Jeb and Dubya, not to mention Obama Democrats.
“Proposition 187 remains the law of the State of California. Mariana Pfaelzer put parts of it under injunction. Temporary injunction.”
You are absolutely right. Gray Davis conspired with Pfaelzer so that her decision was never reviewed by the court of appeals. And then Arnold, sock puppet of the Republican Amnesty crowd, didn’t send it on the appeals court either.
Prop 187 is in limbo thanks to the decision of one woman, Mariana Pfaelzer, and the collaboration of two men, Gray Davis and Arnold Schwarzennegger.
So much for voting.
“Too bad we don’t have the activist organizations like we used to (says the old YAFer.)”
The only activists that the Cal GOPe want to hear from today are La Raza and other such groups. In their opinion white America represents the past and can be safely ignored.
They arrogantly overruled the will of six million Californians. IMO, every murder, rape, and robbery committed by an illegal in California, who would not have been here if Prop 187 had not been put in limbo, is on their shoulders.
Mine too.
I walked into my Viet owned nail place the day after Obama won his first election to find the entire staff in tears. They were horrified, the owner said “I left Viet Nam to be free, and give good life to my children. People don’t realize what they just did voting for this man”.
I lived my entire life in Orange County and finally left about one year ago, taking wonderful memories. It’s so very sad to see what the entire state has become. Sort of like an old friend who is in hospice, going to die, but its so very sad because you recall when they were young and vibrant.
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