Jim, You're No B-1 Bob!

Our friends up the I-5, at the Liberal OC is reporting that neo-fascist Minutemen leader Jim Gilchrist has pulled GOP nomination papers to run against Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez in November.[Link]

Considering that Congresswoman Sanchez can boast to having ended the political career of B-1 Bob Dornan, I don't expect would be Reichfurher Gilchrist to put up much of a fight.

Election Day - Quick Hits

By the time polls close this evening a record 8.9 million Californians are expected to have cast votes today. UT

Minutemen to sue Caltrans for moving its Adopt-aHighway sign. UT

Judge rules that president Bush cannot override a judicial ruling requiring the U.S. Navy to take more caution regarding marine mammals when there is no emergency. UT

Profiles in courage: city council still trying to figure out how to give themselves a pay raise without creating a uproar. UT

Housing crisis update, Riverside County Board of Supervisors to consider countywide foreclosue counseling program. NCTimes

Tuesday - Quick Hits

Caltrans has decided to relocate the Minutemen "adopt-a-highway" from the I-1 to route 52. UT

Faculty and students at UCSD will be participating in four days of Climate Awareness discussions. UT

City of Vista marks 45th anniversary of incorporation. UT

City attorney Mike Aguirre informs SEC that he's concerned about city's actions. UT

Foreclosures in Riverside county skyrocket. Up 50% from month before and up 300% from same time last year. UT

Hey CalTrans! What's Next Adopt-A-Highway by the KKK or the Nazi Party?

The UT reported this morning that Caltrans has allowed the neo-racist group the Minutemen to participate in its Adopt-A-Highway road-cleanup program. By coincidence the portion of highway adopted by the Minutemen happens to be along the I-5 near the San Clemente border check.[Link]

I have no idea who the Caltrans official was that granted approval to the Minutemen, but it is obvious to me that they have made a major mistake.

Grandma What have you Gone and Done?

I saw this story on the AP wire this afternoon that I wanted to share it. A controversy is brewing in Kansas City, as the mayor named 73-year old grandmother to the city's park board. However, Francis Semler's appointment has rightly drawn fire from both the National Council of La Raza and the NAACP for her membership in local Kansas chapter of the Minutemen Civil Defense Corps. [Link] Both La Raza and the NAACP are now threatening to pull their respective national conventions that are scheduled to be held there in 2009 (La Raza) and 2010 (NAACP). This could cost the city upwards of $15 million dollars in convention business.

Semler said she would not resign and that it was, "the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard." [Link] She claims that she only joined the Minutemen because the Federal Government's failure to enforce the immigration laws. Last Friday the Kansas chapter of the Minutemen announced that they are going to hold their two day conference in Kansas City scheduled for this December. The conference is expected to drawn 300 people. I wonder if they'll have a screening of Birth of A Nation in the evening?