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The same thing is happening in Salinas. The press conferences, the snivelling and the threatening is in high gear. They saw what happened in Santa Claus County. And, if it can happen there, it can happen anywhere.

Dead on. The reality is that no one paying the taxes in this state wants to keep paying and getting nothing back except subsidized housing and general welfare.

The amazing thing is how little effort was expended, how clueless the Republican party was in pushing the whole thing. They literally got broadsided in the month before the election: I think the opposition had a final tally of spending $400,000 to fight Measure M, and the Repugnants spent maybe $60,000. And still it passed by a comfy margin.

It tells me that there is far more support among the electorate for tax relief than the socialists here might suspect, but that our side is utterly incapable of organizing to make it happen. If you want to help the process along in Salinas, be as vocal as possible and be prepared for an all assault. They want your money and they will do anything to get it.

The amazing thing is how little effort was expended, how clueless the Republican party was in pushing the whole thing. They literally got broadsided in the month before the election...

It appears the local Republican central committee was taken over by RINOs and people who do little but attend cocktail parties. They seem too content with their minority status and the local government largess. The roadways are in terrible shape, the schools are awful, the traffic is a nightmare. If people in California think the power and education is a problem, just wait until the water issue crystalizes. Republicans had better prepare big time for that one...

The local political structure of the Central Coast (including Monterey and Santa Cruz counties) is run by liberals and Demroncrats. The local government entities are by far the largest employers. They think the rest of the people are just stupid Mexicans, "oppressed" blacks and white trailer trash. Somehow though, Sam Farrce and the likes of Fred Pee-wee Herman Keeley keep getting elected.

It tells me that there is far more support among the electorate for tax relief than the socialists here might suspect, but that our side is utterly incapable of organizing to make it happen.

In the Monterey area, the only ones who actually do anything positive is a loose coalition of dissatisfied Republicans and devoted Libertarians. Many of people with the financial means to do anything are just content with their wealth or are limousine liberals.