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<p>The California Supreme Court declined a request Friday by Attorney General Bill Lockyer to immediately shut down San Francisco's gay weddings.</p> <p>Lockyer had asked the high court to take the matter under urgent consideration, to instruct San Francisco officials to stop issuing same-sex marriage licenses and to nullify the more than 3,400 marriages already performed.</p>

U.S. Senate candidate Howard Kaloogian (R) will be featured tonight on two national cable networks: 3:00 PM Pacfic Time CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight 7:00 PM Pacific Time MSNBC's Scarborough Country Howard's campaign has generated a tremendous amount of momentum and attention among national political observers. As a result, they're featuring Howard's surging campaign, particularly his leadership on the immigration issue. This weekend's Rally Against Drivers' Licenses for Illegal Aliens drew a crowd of over 500 people. We'll have a complete report on the rally and also the commencement of our radio advertising campaign in an email we will send later...

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...

Ventura County Star 'The Base Figures it Out' Kaloogian woos state's 1 million true believers By Timm Herdt February 18, 2004 On the morning of Dec. 5, the day after former Secretary of State Bill Jones announced he would run for the U.S. Senate, Ventura County Assemblyman Tony Strickland emerged from a sleepless night and dropped out of the race. Strickland, a keen political strategist, made the calculation that he could not beat Jones, who already had waged five statewide campaigns, had money and would likely get the support of the Republican Party establishment. It had been Strickland's hope the...

HOWARD KALOOGIAN’S NEW IMMIGRATION PROPOSAL:No Wire Transfers from Illegal Aliens To Foreign Countries(LOS ANGELES) – Republican U.S. Senate Candidate Howard Kaloogian (website: www.HowardForSenate.com) is releasing a new immigration proposal today, which is designed to remove an incentive for illegal immigration and increase national security. When elected to the U.S. Senate, Kaloogian will introduce legislation that will require any individual who electronically transmits money to a foreign country to be in the United States legally. Before funds can be transferred to another country, the sender must establish their identity with proper identification, such as both a valid Social Security number and...

Dispatch from California by William Rusher Posted Feb 16, 2004 In my last dispatch of the goings-on in California, I reported that the Democrats who control the legislature were stonewalling Gov. Schwarzenegger's requests for a $15-billion bond issue to pay for their previous profligacy. They were also blocking a constitutional amendment that would prevent similar behavior in the future by allowing increases in state expenditures only for inflation and population growth. I predicted that the governor would get both, however, by putting them on the ballot as popular initiatives in November and having the voters pass them over the legislature's...

Republican Family Feud Party solidarity? Ha! In the wild and woolly primary for California’s 3rd Congressional District, a trio of Republican candidates are engaged in a pitched battle. By Jeff Kearns Rico Oller clearly was in his element in the gun store, even if he looked a little out of place as the only person wearing a suit and tie. Walking into Badger John’s Huntin’ Stuff in the Arden-Arcade area, he greeted a group of supporters with enthusiastic handshakes and then gravitated to a counter. An array of guns was displayed on the wall behind it, and the Republican state...

BILL NUMBER: SB 1160 INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Cedillo FEBRUARY 2, 2004 An act relating to drivers, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 1160, as introduced, Cedillo. Highways: drivers. Existing law makes it unlawful for a person to drive a motor vehicle upon a highway unless that person holds a valid driver's license issued under the Vehicle Code, and provides proof of financial responsibility. This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact appropriate legislation that improves the safety of all California residents while operating motor vehicles upon our...

Posted on Sat, Feb. 07, 2004 Howard Kaloogian on the issues Associated Press Here are Senate candidate Howard Kaloogian's views on a variety of issues: BUDGET AND TAXES - Advocates a constitutional amendment that limits government spending, because, "No matter which party is in charge, the pressure to spend is irresistible. ... Controlling spending and encouraging a growing economy are the responsible ways to turn our budget deficit into a surplus again." HOW TO CLOSE THE BUDGET DEFICIT - Opposes tax increases to shrink deficit, saying that Republican and Democratic presidents have cut taxes and "have already proven that trimming...

Newsmax Exclusive! CONSERVATIVE UPRISING OVER IMMIGRATION Conservative Republican Howard Kaloogian is leading an opposition effort against amnesty and drivers licenses for illegal aliens. (SAN DIEGO) -- Howard Kaloogian [website: www.HowardForSenate.com] isn’t just a candidate for U.S. Senate against the extremist liberal, Barbara Boxer. Kaloogian is leading an effort to stop Republicans from ‘selling out’ on the issue of illegal immigration. Conservatives have become increasingly dismayed to see Republican political leaders, including President Bush and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, beating the drumbeat to reward illegal immigrants with an array of benefits and rights including amnesty and drivers licenses. Bush made international...

California Senate candidate calls proposal “unworkable, the morally wrong thing to do” January 13, 2004 U.S. Senate candidate Howard Kaloogian came out Monday against President Bush's plan to ease the way for immigrants to work in the United States. He also won the endorsement of Ron Prince, the author of Proposition 187, the controversial anti-illegal immigration measure that voters approved and a court later overturned. "The mechanics of (Bush's) program are pretty much unworkable," said Kaloogian, one of several candidates vying for the GOP nod in a bid to replace Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif. "But that's really not the main...

Copyright 2004 The Press Enterprise Co. Press Enterprise (Riverside, CA) January 28, 2004, Wednesday SECTION: A SECTION; Pg. A01 LENGTH: 635 words HEADLINE: Driver license issue returns; REPLACEMENT: The governor is confident he can legalize the road for undocumented residents. BYLINE: JIM MILLER; SACRAMENTO BUREAU/THE PRESS-ENTERPRISE BODY: SACRAMENTO Gov. Schwarzenegger said Tuesday he was "absolutely positive we'll come up with a great bill" to replace a law granting driver licenses to undocumented immigrants that was repealed days after he took office. It was a strong sign he supports giving driver licenses to California residents in the state illegally. Schwarzenegger said...

Thursday, January 22, 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6PM: HOWARD KALOOGIAN No- this isn't a typo. Former State Assemblyman and Chairman of the RecallGrayDavis.com committee Howard Kaloogian, tells BRIAN SUSSMAN about his very important announcement regarding Barbara Boxer's U.S. Senate seat.

RECALL HISTORY – SEPTEMBER 13TH – LONG BEACH Bring your children, lawn chairs and video cameras to the Queen Mary Special Events Park – Saturday, September 13, 2003. The “YES on RECALL” Victory Lap Rally will bring out all of the leading pro-recall candidates for governor, the recall leaders and thousands of recall supporters. For so many months our southern California supporters have been asking for a rally in the southland, so we decided to make our final grand push for the recall in your backyard! We want recall supporters from all over the state to show up with homemade...

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SUBJECT: RECALL CERTIFIED FOR THE BALLOT! From: The Honorable Howard Kaloogian Chairman, Recall Gray Davis Committee http://www.RecallGrayDavis.com Re: HISTORY IS MADE! THE RECALL EFFORT HAS BEEN CERTIFIED = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = We did it – we did it – we did it! Just moments ago Secretary of State Kevin Shelley announced that the recall election has been certified. Here’s the story from ABC’s News 10 in...

CALIFORNIA BUSINESS Postcards From the Edge What message is California sending to companies? Get lost! FORTUNE Monday, July 21, 2003 By Shawn Tully California has a long tradition of bombarding businesses with regulations, from rules that give Native Americans wide latitude to veto construction projects to environmental laws that favor exotic plants over power plants. But the Golden State's sumptuous assets—its climate, its appeal to immigrants, and its splendid universities—always trumped the business bashing. At least until now. The state government under embattled Democratic Governor Gray Davis is turning so stridently antibusiness that it threatens to inflict permanent structural damage....

<p>An appeals court on Friday sided with a group seeking to recall Gov. Gray Davis, ordering the secretary of state to direct counties to verify petition signatures as they count them. The ruling increased the likelihood that a recall election could be certified by the middle of next week.</p>

Another Political Earthquake The Gray Davis recall looks like a Prop 13 replay. by Fred Barnes 07/21/2003, Volume 008, Issue 43 Sacramento THE MEDIA and political establishment in California hasn't learned a thing in 25 years. In 1978, the Los Angeles Times editorialized sternly against the fiscal drain and "chaotic effects" of Proposition 13, the referendum that cut property taxes deeply and touched off an anti-tax wave across the country. Now, faced with a referendum to toss Democratic governor Gray Davis out of office, the newspaper is warning against the "deeper fiscal hole and the partisan political chaos" that may...

Some election officials to be sued By Harrison Sheppard Staff Writer A group supporting the recall of Gov. Gray Davis planned to file a lawsuit today accusing Secretary of State Kevin Shelley and officials in four counties of slowing down the process of signature verification to prevent a quick election. Sal Russo, chief strategist for the Recall Gray Davis committee, said on Wednesday that the lawsuit, accusing the defendants of improperly interpreting state law, will be filed in Sacramento. "We pretty much have had the papers drawn up for a week," Russo said. "But we've made progress over the course...