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Northern California radio stations got something extra Monday with the monthly emergency alert system test transmitted by fellow station KFBK -- and at least one of them was none too happy about it. The test, complete with raspy alarm and tone, didn't end with the familiar words, "This concludes the test of the Emergency Alert System ... " Instead, it segued into a political advertisement by Republican Dick Mountjoy, who is running for U.S. Senate against Democratic incumbent Dianne Feinstein, and another spot for a mortgage company. "In layperson's terms, it's called operator error," said Jeff Holden, station manager for...

Welcome to the live thread for the California Primary Election. Polls are open until 8pm tonight. If you are a registered voter, it is your duty to vote and defend your rights and civil liberties, protect your pocketbook, and vote the bums out where applicable. Feel free to discuss issues key to your local area that others may be interested in. Post your polling place experiences if you like. And post numbers as they come in later tonight.

Television and Radio Ads Draw Strong Contrast Between Mountjoy and Feinstein on Illegal Immigration U.S. Senate candidate Dick Mountjoy today unveiled a media campaign aimed at drawing a stark contrast between himself and his opponent, Dianne Feinstein, on Mountjoy’s signature issue: illegal immigration. The ads point out that since 9/11, more Americans have been killed at the hands of illegal immigrants, than in the terrorist attacks and the war in Iraq combined. In addition, there are nearly 240,000 illegal immigrant sex offenders living in the United States. “Illegal immigration is a serious national problem,” said Mountjoy. “And what is Dianne...

Arnold Schwarzenegger will be re-elected governor, and Richard Mountjoy will upset Senator Dianne Feinstein if state follows students Many of us will exercise our right to vote two weeks from today in the November election. However, hundreds of thousands of kids got a head start today in a statewide mock election. Arnold Schwarzenegger will be re-elected governor, and Richard Mountjoy will upset Senator Dianne Feinstein ... that is, if Californians vote the same way that Templeton Middle School Students did today. Students there showed off their prized possessions today -- stickers which proved they exercised their rights to vote. Templeton...

Great news!. We've launched our media campaign taking on Dianne Feinstein with television and radio commercials that draw a stark contrast between her record on illegal immigration and mine. These powerful ads point out that since 9/11, more Americans have been killed at the hands of illegal immigrants, than in the terrorist attacks and the war in Iraq combined. In addition, there are nearly 240,000 illegal immigrant sex offenders living in the United States. Illegal immigration is a serious national problem, and what is Dianne Feinstein’s answer? She wants to give amnesty to illegal aliens. That’s not a solution. Amnesty...

Dick Mountjoy for U.S. Senate Good Old American Rally!!!! ******************************************* Bring your biggest American Flag Mountjoy for U.S. Senate signs and campaign literature will be available as well *******************************************October 30, 2006 4 pm to 6 pm Grand Ave. and Pipeline Chino, California Let's show Chino what we want Dick Mountjoy In! Dianne Feinstein Out!! ******************************************* Come meet the man himself with a vision for California's future. ******************************************* We will have plenty of signs and petitions to send home with you!!! Let's Roll!!

For real power in California, see Dianne Feinstein. The U.S. senator is the Momma Bear of California politics. These days, the coverage of the U.S. Senate race has engendered nothing but pity for the unfortunately named Dick Mountjoy, her Republican opponent, whose campaign photos come with their own helpful captions. Here is another point about the Feinstein ads: They bring out Feinstein Voters. And that could help Angelides, whose campaign has been struggling. (Feinstein and her husband, Dick Blum, also have donated $200,000 to the state Democratic Party this election.) Feinstein already has given Angelides the best advice of the...

The Republican candidate for one of California's two seats in the Senate — potentially one of the most powerful legislative positions in the country — walked alone into a banquet room at the Pomona Valley Mining Co. restaurant on a recent morning and looked around. The regular meeting of the California Federation of Republican Women, Southern Division, was underway, and the candidate, Dick Mountjoy, portly beneath a shock of white hair, stood mostly unnoticed. As a woman at the head table talked of plans for an upcoming convention, Mountjoy slipped small stacks of pamphlets and bumper stickers from the pockets...

October 11, 2006 Defend California: New Initiative Will Stop Government From Providing Benefits to Illegal AliensLegislative Analyst Says Initiative Will Save Hundreds of Millions of Dollars Annually Fed up with legislative action every year to give driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants, former State Senator Dick Mountjoy has joined with the non-profit organization Defend California to craft an initiative to prohibit such efforts. “Our initiative will once and for all prohibit any government entity from giving tax-funded benefits to illegal aliens,” said Mountjoy, a candidate for the U.S. Senate. “Thankfully, Governor Schwarzenegger vetoed the driver’s license bill the past two years,...

Those of you who choose to read the FlashReport over the weekends will recall on Sunday morning I pleaded for the Governor to start campaigning on behalf of our down ticket Republican candidates after another major poll put his re-election at almost certain. Well, San Jose State just released another poll's results with Schwarzenegger in a double digit lead. McClintock is leading Garamendi by one point in a recently released LA Times poll and the action superstar (as much as it might pain me, a conservative, to say) could have a solidifying effect on this race. The Sacramento Bee has...

A $37-billion package of proposed public works bonds that has strong bipartisan support in Sacramento is in some peril among voters, along with ballot measures dealing with alternative energy and a cigarette tax, according to a new Los Angeles Times poll. The vast majority of likely voters knew too little about the infrastructure bonds — backed by both Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Democratic legislators — to express an opinion. After poll respondents were read a ballot summary of each measure, none of the items generated much enthusiasm. Only two eked out a bare majority: those on housing and disaster...

LOS ANGELES - Republican Senate candidate Richard Mountjoy acknowledged that his campaign biography wrongly said he had served aboard the battleship Missouri during the Korean War, a newspaper reported Friday. Mountjoy, who will challenge Democrat Sen. Dianne Feinstein (news, bio, voting record) in November's election, did not appear on the ship's muster rolls, the Los Angeles Times reported, citing military records. The statement about the Missouri was on Mountjoy's campaign Web site, alongside a photo of him as a young sailor. "After graduating from Monrovia-Arcadia-Duarte High School, Dick joined the Navy and served during the Korean War aboard the Battleship...

California's U.S. Senate race has tightened slightly, but not enough to furrow the brow of the Democratic incumbent. Easily absorbing a five-point decline in her lead since July, Senator Dianne Feinstein now leads former Republican state Senator Richard Mountjoy 56% to 34%.

Senator leads GOP challenger Richard Mountjoy 56% to 34% in her re-election bid. A new poll shows Dianne Feinstein enjoying a comfortable lead over her Republican challenger in her Nov. 7 re-election bid for U.S. Senate. Feinstein leads 56 percent to 34 percent over former state Sen. Richard Mountjoy, according to Tuesday's Field Poll."Whenever an incumbent is above 50 percent in a re-election poll, the general consensus is that the seat is fairly safe," said Field Poll Director Mark DiCamillo. "It's more a yes-no vote on the incumbent than anything else." The incumbent holds a positive rating heading into her...

Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is leaving open the possibility of backing Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein for re-election, despite an impassioned appeal from her GOP rival, former state Sen. Dick Mountjoy. Schwarzenegger surprised his Republican backers shortly after the primary when he said he would have no problem endorsing a Democrat for office this year. "If I like someone, absolutely,'' he said at a June 8 campaign stop in Antioch. While the governor didn't name any names, Steve Schmidt, his campaign manager, wasn't quite so circumspect. "Like most Californians, (Schwarzenegger) thinks Dianne Feinstein is a great senator,'' Schmidt said. While Schwarzenegger...

Updated at 3:42 p.m. Thursday] ANTIOCH -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Thursday there is a possibility that he might endorse Democratic candidates in other statewide political races. "If I like someone, absolutely," the Republican governor said in response to a reporter's question inside the Veterans of Foreign Wars hall at a campaign even in the Delta town near the banks of the San Joaquin River. "Let's see. But right now, I'm just thinking about moving the state forward." Schwarzenegger's campaign manager, Steve Schmidt, said in an interview later, however, that the governor has endorsed all of the down-ticket Republican candidates...

Welcome to the live thread for the California Primary Election. Polls are open until 8pm tonight. If you are a registered voter, it is your duty to vote and defend your rights and civil liberties, protect your pocketbook, and vote the bums out where applicable. Feel free to discuss issues key to your local area that others may be interested in. Post your polling place experiences if you like. And post numbers as they come in later tonight.

A new Field Poll out today shows U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein retaining her strong lead in the Senate race, while support for a preschool funding initiative on the June ballot is narrowing. .... Field Poll: Likely voters on California's U.S. Senate race Dianne Feinstein, Richard Mountjoy, Other&Undecided April 59%, 31%, 10% February 56%, 28%, 16% Based on a survey of 706 likely general election voters voters April 3-10. Results have a margin of error of plux or minus 3.8 percentage points, meaning actual public opinion I likely no more than 3.8 points higher or lower than results shown here.

As the weather heats up in Sacramento, so does the legislating. This month dozens of bills are moving from committees to the floor, across the rotunda and back again. This week Capitol Weekly is taking a look at some of the less-noticed measures up for consideration. And we start with everyone's favorites: sex, drugs and alcohol. Newly elected Assembly Republican leader George Plescia, R-San Diego, is pushing a measure to take popular erectile-dysfunction (ED) drugs like Viagra off the list of medications covered by state's Medi-Cal laws. The bill, A.B. 2885, would make it so Medi-Cal can only cover those...

SACRAMENTO (AP) - State Sen. Sheila Kuehl says a key aspect of history is missing from school textbooks - the contributions that homosexuals have made to California and the nation. Kuehl, D-Santa Monica, has introduced a bill that would fill that void by requiring textbooks and other social science materials to discuss contributions that gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people have made to the state and nation's economy, politics and society. The bill also would prohibit textbooks from criticizing people because of their sexual orientation. Current law sets that standard for discussions of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, gender...