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Howard Kaloogian is one of those rare politicians who may have spent more time in the public eye since leaving office than he did while he was in it. Since being termed out of his San Diego-area Assembly seat in 2000, Kaloogian has had a hand in some of the more visible conservative media efforts in recent years. The organization he founded, Move America Forward, has made headlines with campaigns that took on liberal icons such as Cindy Sheehan and Michael Moore. Republican political consultant Mark Bogetich, who counts himself as a philosophical supporter of many of Move America Forward's...

Important Information for the Special Congressional Election on April 11 4/5/06 2:02 PM NRA-ILA This Tuesday, April 11th, there is a special election to nominate candidates to succeed former Representative Duke Cunningham in the 50th congressional district of California. We have been receiving inquiries about the position on gun control by candidates in this open seat race. As you consider which candidate to support in this special election on April 11, we hope that this information about some of the candidates will be timely and helpful to your decision and voting. NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION INSTITUTE FOR LEGISLATIVE ACTION While the...

SENATOR BILL MORROW IS THE ONLY CANDIDATE FOR THE 50TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT WITH A 14-YEAR RECORD OF FIGHTING TO SECURE OUR BORDER AND DEAL WITH ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION. NOT AN EASY TASK IN A DEMOCRAT-CONTROLLED LEGISLATURE BUT HE HAS NEVER SHIED FROM THE BATTLE. AS A STRONG CONSTITUTIONALIST AND DEFENDER OF THE 2ND AMENDMENT, MORROW IS HIMSELF A REGISTERED MINUTEMAN. SEE BELOW HIS LATEST WORK ON THESE ISSUES AT THE STATE LEVEL; SEE ALSO HIS OUTRAGE AT OCEANSIDE, CA SCHOOL DISTRICT'S BANNING OF THE AMERICAN FLAG AND OTHER PATRIOTIC SYMBOLS For Immediate Release Contact: Rhianna Bauer April 3, 2006 Phone: (916)...

Some people have a knack for being in the right place at the right time – Francine Busby might just make a career of it. Two years ago, she was a no-chance Democrat who agreed to run in a heavily Republican congressional district – against a wildly popular Republican incumbent and war hero – because no one else would. Few paid attention to the self-described soccer mom whose eight-year career in the travel industry ended in 1981, and whose political career amounted to winning a school board seat in a two-school district. National Democratic Party committees didn't give her money....

SAN MARCOS ----- There's been a deluge of TV advertising, extensive newspaper and TV coverage and one candidate forum after the other. And yet, one can only wonder how many voters have had the time or energy to educate themselves on the qualifications, political beliefs and personalities of all of the 18 candidates in the running for the 50th District Congressional seat formerly held by disgraced Republican Randy "Duke" Cunningham. With less than three weeks until the April 11 special election to pick a temporary replacement for Cunningham, the latest opportunity for voters to get to know the candidates came...

In their battle to replace former Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham, Republicans are embracing their party's ideals while distancing themselves from its record in Washington. As deficits balloon and scandals multiply under a Republican-controlled Congress, these candidates are touting independence over party loyalty and lashing out at the GOP as often as they criticize Democrats. Setting the tone is millionaire businessman Eric Roach, whose television commercials ask, “When did Congress begin losing touch?” “I think it began when Republicans quit being Republicans,” Roach answers in the ad. “You know, they were sent to Congress to bring the budget in balance, to...

Republican Congressional candidate and millionaire Eric Roach on Friday notified the Federal Election Commission and competing candidates in the 50th District race that he has surpassed the self-funding limit that triggers the so-called "Millionaire's Amendment." That little-known rule allows competing candidates, in some cases, to triple the limit on individual campaign donations. In Roach's notification, he reports that as of Thursday, he had spent $750,000 on the April 11 special election where voters will pick a replacement for former U.S. Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham, who resigned from office in November after pleading guilty in federal court to receiving more than...

Pro-Life Lawmaker Clarifies Connection with ESCR-Promoting InstituteAgreement with Group Excuses Wife from Lobbying for Employer in That Arena (AgapePress) - A California state senator says a Christian activist's claims that he is not pro-life are unfounded. The allegations that he and his wife support embryonic stem-cell research are simply untrue, he says.Last week, AgapePress reported on allegations by James Hartline against State Senator Bill Morrow and his wife, Barbara.  Hartline, a Christian activist in the San Diego area, said the Morrows were clandestinely tied with embryonic stem-cell research, despite their public professions of being pro-life. To support his claims, Hartline...

NORTH COUNTY ---- For the last few months, Republican political consultants, campaign managers and others have been predicting the 50th Congressional District race to replace former U.S. Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham would turn into a mudslinging free-for-all. In the wake of Cunningham's resignation in November after pleading guilty to taking millions in bribes, the number of candidates grew to 14 as of late last week. And the more the competition increased, the more likely it became that dirty politics would come into play, those political observers predicted. It appears the pundits may have been right. In recent days, two so-called...

The recent spotlight on the impending execution of multiple-murderer Stanley “Tookie” Williams has once again highlighted the flaws in California’s death penalty law. Williams was put to death at 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday, after he was denied clemency by Governor Schwarzenegger. Williams was convicted in 1981 of murdering four people and sentenced to death. Yet 26 years after his victims took their final breaths, the killer still lives. His lawyers have continued to maneuver to thwart the sentence duly handed down by a jury of his peers until the very end. Williams’s case demonstrates just how dysfunctional the death penalty...

The downfall of former Rep. Randy ''Duke'' Cunningham in a bribery scandal has cleared the way for a surprisingly competitive race for his San Diego County congressional seat, a contest that will test the strength of Democratic efforts to regain control of Congress. In a poor political climate for the GOP, analysts say, a suburban coastal district of California -- even one that leans as Republican as Cunningham's -- is just the kind that could prove the leading edge of a potential national tide against the party. Yet Democratic candidate Francine Busby faces a steep uphill battle, thanks to a...

SAN DIEGO (AP) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday set an April 11 special election to replace former San Diego area U.S. Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham. Cunningham, a 64-year-old Republican, officially resigned his 50th Congressional district seat Dec. 1 after pleading guilty to accepting $2.4 million in bribes from defense contractors and others in exchange for government business and other favors. If no candidate wins a majority in the primary, the top vote-getters in each party will face off June 6, the date of a statewide primary. County officials had asked Schwarzenegger set the April 11 special election to consolidate...

By Senator Roy Ashburn, 18th Senate District The recent spotlight on the impending execution of multiple-murderer Stanley “Tookie” Williams has once again highlighted the flaws in California’s death penalty law. Williams was put to death at 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday, after he was denied clemency by Governor Schwarzenegger. Williams was convicted in 1981 of murdering four people and sentenced to death. Yet 26 years after his victims took their final breaths, the killer still lives. His lawyers have continued to maneuver to thwart the sentence duly handed down by a jury of his peers until the very end. Williams’s case...

http://www.americanpatrol.com/ Republican state Sen. Bill Morrow of Oceanside said he organized the forum to discuss how defense of the nation begins at the border, and that he timed it for yesterday based entirely on Tancredo's busy schedule. Morrow said he has talked to Tancredo for months, even before embattled Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham, R-Rancho Santa Fe, announced he will not seek re-election in the 50th District. Morrow said yesterday he will run for Cunningham's seat next year. "I know what the solution is," Morrow said. "We are not controlling our borders and it's a sea coming through. We are capable...

CARLSBAD ---- Thursday night's town-hall meeting on illegal immigration at Carlsbad High School was a decidedly lopsided affair. Those who showed up after about 4 p.m. for the 7 p.m. meeting didn't get one of the coveted tickets to attend the forum, titled "The Illegal Immigration Crisis." One anti-illegal immigration advocate inside the school's 400-seat capacity Community Cultural Arts Center said he believed the reason that so few immigration-rights advocates made it inside was because radio talk-show host Roger Hedgecock, who emceed the meeting, gave his listeners a heads-up on his Wednesday radio show. "Roger told his listeners that we...

With a lawsuit hanging over the school district's head, Carlsbad Unified School District Superintendent John Roach announced late Tuesday that he was backing down from his cancellation of a town-hall meeting on illegal immigration. The decision ---- "effective immediately," Roach said ---- came on the eve of a court hearing on the matter. Citing concerns about possible acts of violence by protesters, Roach last week canceled a permit that the school district had issued in early July to state Sen. Bill Morrow, R-Oceanside, to hold the forum, titled "The Illegal Immigration Crisis." The forum is scheduled for Thursday. But Roach...

FLASHFAX ALERT FORBIDDEN COMMUNITY FORUM ON THE IMPACT OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION WILL BE HELD AS SCHEDULED THURSDAY AUGUST 11TH , 2005 7PM Carlsbad Cultural Arts Center • Location: 3557 Monroe Street, Carlsbad, CA 92008 • Neighborhood: Carlsbad • Phone: 760.931.8709 I-5 EXIT CARLSBAD VILLAGE DRIVE EAST, RIGHT ONTO MONROE THE TOWN HALL MEETING WILL BE MODERATED BY KOGO’S ROGER HEDGECOCK GUESTS INCLUDE: COLORADO CONGRESSMAN TOM TANCREDO STATE SENATOR BILL MORROW STATE SENATOR RAY HAINES PLEASE ATTEND: THIS IS THE MEETING THAT PRO-ILLEGALS TRIED TO SHUT DOWN!! We need your support, your voice and your attendance!! THE ROGER HEDGECOCK SHOW KOGO/AM...

Facing the threat of legal action, Carlsbad Unified School District Superintendent John Roach decided late Tuesday to allow a forum about illegal immigration to be held at the Carlsbad Cultural Arts Center. "I believe the first amendment issue regarding free speech outweighs the concerns I had regarding crowd behavior," he said. State Sen. Bill Morrow filed suit against Roach and the Carlsbad Unified School District on Monday after the school chief withdrew the availability of the center for security concerns. The case, scheduled to be heard in Vista Superior Court early Wednesday, has been dropped. Last month, Morrow received a...

NORTH COUNTY ---- An attorney for state Sen. Bill Morrow filed a lawsuit Monday asking a Superior Court judge to force the Carlsbad Unified School District to rescind its superintendent's cancelation of a town-hall meeting on immigration, the attorney said. Attorney Peter Lepiscopo, who represents Morrow, said he expects a judge to decide within a day or two whether the meeting, originally scheduled for Thursday, can be held at the Carlsbad Community Cultural Arts Center on the Carlsbad High School campus. Morrow described the lawsuit as a "last resort" and an effort to protect free speech.

So a local pol wants to have a town hall forum on a pressing matter of interest. That should be a simple affair, right? Not if the issue is illegal immigration. State Senator Bill Morrow wanted to have a forum on the subject in the Carlsbad, Ca Cultural Arts Center. He invited Jim Gilchrist, Minuteman Founder and Congressman Tom Tancredo. The approvals were granted and invitations sent. Until John Roach, Superintendent of the Carlsbad Unified School District, got cold feet. It seems at other Gilchrist events, the supporters of illegal immigrants have gotten violent. So the natural bureaucratic response is...