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Days after a Republican congressman asked Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to step down, Assembly Republican Leader Mike Villines has a target on his back. Shawn Steel, a former California Republican Party chairman and one of two representatives to the Republican National Committee, on Wednesday told Rob Johnson of Modesto's KMPH 840 that he and other Republicans plan to ask Villines to step down from his Capitol leadership post. Steel said Republicans are angry that Villines helped approve billions in temporary taxes during the latest budget agreement and that he is now advocating passage of Proposition 1A, which contains a spending limit...

As a conservative, I'm rooting for the re-emergence of Gov. Schwarzenegger circa 2005, who pledged to "blow up the boxes," eliminate the structural deficit and rein in the powerful government unions. Shawn Steel, a Rolling Hills resident, is chairman of the California Club for Growth and former chairman of the California Republican Party. "What will Arnold do now?" That is usually a rhetorical question used by news media as a lead-in for stories about second-term policy agendas. Here in California, there's nothing rhetorical about it because no one is sure what Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will do during his second term...

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Mideast politics have usurped traffic congestion and job creation as the hot topic in an upcoming municipal election, with a powerful GOP operative accusing a city council candidate of pro-Hezbollah and anti-Israel activities. A letter by former state Republican Party chairman Shawn Steel has been circulating on the Internet accusing Syrian immigrant Belal "Bill" Dalati of helping sponsor an anti-Israel rally and associating with "zany left wing groups." "There is much more to learn about Bill Dalati," Steel wrote in the letter. "Dalati would be a poor choice, who focuses on American's (sic) enemies in the...

<p>SACRAMENTO (AP) - State Republicans elected Palo Alto attorney Duf Sundheim as their new chairman Sunday, choosing the head of a moderate Republican group over a longtime grass-roots activist after a racially charged campaign.</p> <p>He also praised the losing candidate, current party Vice Chairman Bill Back, as ``one of the greatest Republicans.''</p>

Politics: State leader Shawn Steel speaks his mind, even when Bush team advises against it. Shawn Steel threw himself into politics on the streets of the San Fernando Valley in 1964 by ripping down Lyndon Johnson posters at construction sites. In the Youth for Goldwater brigades, it was known as "sniping." "You peel off their stuff and trash it, and you put up your stuff. I loved it," Steel recalled. "I learned to be confrontational pretty early." Decades later, Steel, now the state Republican Party chairman, still has a knack for confrontation, even when others—important others—would like him to back...

June 12, 2002 Mr. Gerald L. Parsky Chairman, Team California 10877 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 2100 Los Angeles, CA 90024 Dear Gerry, With the greatest urgency, I am writing to express my concern over the seeming lack of interest by Team Cal in supporting the Cal Plan approved unanimously May 3, 2002 by the CRP Board of Directors. You voted for the plan and expressed your strong support for its components. The Party’s problem is that all funds from appearances by Bush Administration officials go into the Team Cal account. You therefore have control over all the California Republican Party’s discretionary...

<p>WASHINGTON -- The conservative head of the California Republican Party has quietly stepped down from a national committee position, apparently under pressure from other party leaders.</p> <p>Without fanfare, California Republican Party Chairman Shawn Steel resigned last week from the Republican National Committee's executive committee, which exercises the national committee's executive and administrative functions between RNC meetings. Steel held one of the three seats appointed by RNC Chairman Mark Racicot.</p>

Republican Official Blasts Democrats in Campus Speech Students Offended by Steel’s Rhetoric, Views The Democratic Party, like a child molester, has stolen the future of the state's youth, said California's top Republican in an on-campus speech yesterday. "Gross negligence is too soft of a word," said Shawn Steel, chair of the California Republican Party. "It's almost like child molestation that prevents generations of young people from having an equal chance in our society." In addition, the Republican spoke about the upcoming gubernatorial race and other hot-button political issues in front of an audience of UC Berkeley students. Steel, who was...