Recall effort to aggressively pursue Arizona

RecallCityHall.org has developed plans to aggressively seek influence from Arizona citizens for the Recall of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.

The Recall is crafting press releases to distribute in Arizona, along with a campaign of calling in to popular radio stations.

The facts of the situation are very clear.

Mayor Villaraigosa has no support. Less than 10% of voters went to the polls to vote for him in March 2009.

And that is after 4 years of his "stellar" leadership, which led Los Angeles into a 400 million dollar budget deficit.

RecallCityHall.org has developed a plan to do a direct mail campaign and to get hundreds of thousands of Recall Petitions into the hands of registered voters at their homes. This will cost around $200,000 to $300,000 to achieve.

The losses from the City Council boycott are estimated to cost Arizona about 26 million dollars in the future.

For about 1% of that money, we can launch a Recall effort that would remove most of these crooked politicians from their jobs.

Mosque at WTC site = McVeigh part 2

I am one of those Americans who is loudly saying "No" to the concept of building a Mosque at the former site of the World Trade Center in New York City. Even though the planned new Mosque is not being built directly on top of the former site --- it is planned for two blocks away -- it is still close enough to rile the sensibilities of the families of those who died there at the hands of Muslim fanatics on September 11, 2001.

As a Conservative, I always support freedom. Even though I am not a fan of Islam, I respect the rights and freedoms of others to practice this religion if they so desire. However, freedom to worship this religion doesn't mean they have the freedom to infringe on the rights of others.

I have been in Muslim countries, and I can tell you that the 5-times-daily call to prayer that blasts out from their minarets is somewhat annoying, and would not be allowed here in America because it interferes with the rights of others. When I was in Turkey and in Israel, I found the 4:30 a.m. call the most annoying. Most people are still in bed at that time. Of course, in Muslim countries, they don't have democracy -- so infringing on the rights of the individual is something that doesn't even enter their minds.

I'm not saying they can't worship Islam, even though I find that religion offensive.

I'm not saying they can't build a Mosque somewhere in New York City.

I just think a Mosque at the former WTC site is a bad idea.

Doesn't anyone remember Timothy McVeigh? The guy who blew up the Federal Building in Oklahoma City?

I think a Mosque at the WTC site might provoke another Timothy McVeigh.

You never want to make plans based on the fear of something, however in this situation I think a compromise might be the best idea.

Too many people are offended by the idea, and too many family members are still suffering from the pain of losing loved ones on 9/11. A Mosque at the WTC site would be a provocation. A slap in the face.

Build it somewhere else.

Welcome to the Big 10!

As a Wisconsin Alumni, I would like to welcome the Nebraska Cornhuskers to the Big Ten Conference.

I think the decision was a great one for both parties.

Instead of traveling to small towns like Stillwater, Oklahoma and Lawrence, Kansas -- the Nebraska Cornhusker supporters will now visit major cities for their football.

Minneapolis, Minnesota. Madison, Wisconsin. Columbus, Ohio. Chicago, Illinois.

Nebraska supporters travel well, and this will give them exposure to a whole new circuit of college football stadiums across the Midwest. I can only imagine the excitement the first time that Nebraska comes to Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin. Or the first trip to "The Big House" in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

I think Nebraskas first trip to "The Horseshoe" in Columbus, Ohio will be a very tough ticket to obtain.

And that is not even to mention all these majors schools traveling to Lincoln, Nebraska to visit Memorial Stadium. Great experiences for everyone.

The Big Ten conference is having its decision schedule accelerated because of the Pac 10 Conference threatening to swallow up half of the Big 12 and become the first 16 team "Super Conference" that many in the media have been discussing.

The Big Ten will probably invite several other schools in the next few months.

The Big Ten has always wanted Notre Dame because their national following in football makes them a cable television draw for the Big Ten Network. The massive income from the Big Ten Network is what accelerated all these moves in the college football world.

Colorado left the Big 12 for the Pac 10... a much better Conference.

My preference would be to see the Big 10 invite Missouri, Kansas, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, and and my own unusual choice... Boston College.

Most media is obsessed with talking about Rutgers, but there is nothing I like about Rutgers.

New York market? Eh. Rutgers is in New Jersey and there are more Notre Dame fans in New York than there are Rutgers fans.

West Virginia is another choice, but I don't think their academics are up to the Big Tens standards.

I could see the Big Ten at 18 or 20 teams, with two divisions and a Championship game.

However, the Big Ten tends to move slowly and methodically.

They might only add one or two teams by next year.

Jennerjahn for City Council - District 4

Today I am announcing my intentions to seek the City Council seat in District 4. The seat is currently held by City Council Member Tom La Bonge.

I do not underestimate his skills as a politician.

I have been at local events where Mr. La Bonge has spoken.

I have seen him turn a somewhat hostile crowd into a passive, subdued, and sympathetic one.

There is a reason he has been hanging around at City Hall for 20 years in one capacity or another.

Unlike some of the other Council Members, I do not dislike him personally.

He is a friendly and gregarious man. He works well in crowds.

When I ran for Mayor in 2009, he actually gave me five minutes of time to listen to my views.

While I appreciate his abilities, I am not without criticism.

I consider him to be the "Al Bundy" of local politics.

He spends far too much time talking about his glory days as a football player at Marshall High School.

That time would be better spent fixing the City.

Instead, he votes right along with the other Big Government Socialists on the City Council for spending program after spending program. Eventually, they have come to put this City in dire jeopardy of bankruptcy.

Mr. La Bonge, like several other Council Members, is facing term limits after this election.

I fear that the City Council Members, if given four more years with no repercussions from voters, would embark on a path that would make their current level of destruction look amateurish by comparison.

Someone has to stop them.

I'm hoping the voters will choose me for the job.

Recall City Hall .Org Progress Report

Spent the night delivering hundreds of Recall business cards out in the Valley. We had a meeting with people who want to work as fundraisers. Set up a plan to contact hundreds of businesses in Arizona and asking them to donate to oust the Mayor.

Developing the budget for the bulk mail program to get the petitions into the hands of hundreds of thousands of voters. Also planning on going on local media some more to talk about the Recall.

We also came up with a concept that is far bigger than the Recall, but not sharing those details until after the Recall campaign is finished. This new concept extends outside of Los Angeles.

Election Night Catastrophe!!

It went far worse than I could ever have imagined. I'm going to lose my election. Not all the precincts are in, but James Andion has 50% of the vote through 75% of the precincts, so he pretty much has it won. I'm a thousand votes behind. I don't think I can catch up.

I guess the voters prefer a guy who doesn't live in this district. That's fine.

I'm sure he'll take the same amount of time off his job as an attorney (zero ) to campaign as he did for this one.

Andion will get an ass kicking from Karen Bass in the fall.

Almost all the great Conservatives I was supporting got wiped out. Whitman blew Poizner and Naritelli away. Fiorina trashed Chuck DeVore. Even that traitor Abel Maldonado is going to be rewarded for the big tax hikes with a run for Lt. Governor.

I walked into the Anaheim Hilton thinking I would be seeing some Chuck DeVore supporters.... no.

I see Carly Fiorina supporters dancing onstage. Celebrating.

I felt sick. I felt like someone had punched me in the stomach.

I didn't stick around long.

I said hello to Alexia Deligianni, who was very depressed because she was losing her election for Superintendent of Public Instruction.

One upside of this election is that I don't have to spend the next five months of my life talking about Karen Bass. Too bad, because I had some good strategies worked out.

I can concentrate my time and efforts on the Recall and other things now.

Election Day in California

I hope to be celebrating a victory at the Republican Party get-together in Anaheim tonight.