Mama Grizzlies

I think this is Sarah Palins first commercial for her run for President in 2012.

She is one of the favorites in the GOP.

She's in my top 5, that's for sure.

Can anyone stop Krekorian?

A comment made by Petra over on the Mayor Sam Blog got me thinking....

Can anyone stop the budget-destroying Socialist Paul Krekorian from winning re-election in CD 2?

The March 2011 election is coming up quickly and few have mentioned their intentions to challenge him.

Christine Essel spent over a million dollars and lost to him. That will certainly discourage many people from running against him. Don't cry for Chris Essel, though. She ended up with a cushy job at the CRA controlling hundreds of millions of dollars of taxpayer money.

Krekorian definitely got the chump end of that deal.

Tamar Galatzan? No, I think she and Paul have some type of Gentleman's Agreement.

Paul probably owes her a future favor for her support last year.

We will probably see Tamar in a future election, but not in 2011.

Mary Benson? Mary is now a Krekorian staff member at City Hall, last I heard. She won't be running.

Zuma Dogg? ZD is living the good life in a rent-free pad down by the beach in Venice.

I doubt he'll come back to the Valley to fight again.

Joe Essavi? Last time I talked to Joe he was planning on running for a Community College Board position, or something like that. I doubt he will run.

Frank Sheftel is dealing with some legal issues between his business and the City. I think he is too busy with that for another run.

Maybe Pete Sanchez. Maybe Michael McCue.

Who knows?

I have come to like and appreciate businessman Augusto Bisani in the last year.

He's a good man. I know he would have the courage to try it again.

If Augusto wants to run against Krekorian -- I'm willing to join "TEAM BISANI".

Governor Rick Perry for President!!

Listen to this interview.

Perry has helped create the best economy in America.

He says the moratorium on offshore oil drilling is wrong. It will kill jobs.

He is the Governor of one of the most important states in America, yet has never received a call from the President.

Perry says that Washington is incompetent.

"We don't want you down here trying to micro-manage our business!"

He supports the 10th Amendment. He understands why it exists.

I am praying he runs for President in 2012.

President Zero and his pinhead boy wonder Ken Salazar

The Nanny State government of President Zero strikes again!!

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has recently decided to do an end-run around the judicial branch and declare a moratorium on all drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.

The financial effects of this would be catastrophic. Even Governors of Gulf States who are struggling with the clean up from the BP spill are begging the federal government not to do this.

If the wells close, thousands lose their jobs. Tens of thousands down the line lose theirs...the refinery workers who process the oil, the truckers who deliver petroleum products to market...businesses who depend on those products for their livelihood, etc...etc...

If the oil platforms pick up and move, like one has already, then those jobs are never coming back.

Shortsighted, ignorant, and fearful is a description of those now in power.

This is why you don't vote for someone who has never had a real job.

They don't understand that there are real world complications to sweeping acts of government decree.

Is City Council Candidate Stephen Box a member of Scientology?

City Activist Stephen Box has recently declared his candidacy for the 4th Council District seat currently held by Tom La Bonge.

While I respect the passion and commitment Box has shown to civic issues, there are some troubling questions about him. And I'm not talking about the fact that he just now became a U.S. citizen. Nope...that doesn't trouble me at all.

(Welcome to America, Stephen. Enjoy the rights and freedoms. Feel free to run for office.)

What is troubling to me is that I have heard rumors and comments that Stephen Box is a member of The Church of Scientology.

I don't know if these rumors are true, but I trust my sources as they have provided me valuable information in the past. These sources have been correct on other things.

Again, I may be wrong, and if I am I will write a retraction. But as of right now, I remain somewhat convinced that my sources are accurate.

Scientologists believe that an alien named "Xenu" brought billions of people to earth and killed them with hydrogen bombs.

Mr. Box is free to worship any faith he chooses, but I am personally not a fan of a religion created by a science fiction writer. (For the record, I am Catholic and attend services at Christ The King in Hancock Park.)

The other troubling concept here is this: Is Scientology paying the costs for the Stephen Box campaign in order to have a puppet installed in CD 4?

It would make a great deal of sense as they have a large amount of valuable property in Hollywood. Controlling the Council Member from CD 4 might prove invaluable to them.

Again, this could all be wrong, but I am hearing it from sources that I trust.

(Disclaimer: I intend to file papers and become a candidate for the 4th Council District in the March 2011 election.)

Vengeance & Payback at RPLAC. It's not pretty...

Well, thanks to my informed sources, I am able to share an exclusive with readers of The Jennerjahn Report.

Things at the Republican Party of Los Angeles County (RPLAC) continue to go from bad to worse.

I chose to stop associating with that group when they decided to kick out two members who had been elected to their positions by the voting public in an actual certified election.

If you are a political figure and you can't abide by the rule of law, then you have no business being in power.

Any organization that holds itself out to be professional and asks for and accepts the money of others needs to be run in a way that is in accordance with and subject to the rules of law and the rules of that organization. If you can't respect the results of an election, then maybe your political organization needs to be de-certified and run strictly as a "club" for friends who pursue it strictly for their own amusement.

Months ago, some disgruntled members of RPLAC chose to have a "sudden election" - a kind of beer hall putsch - where they instantly voted out the previously elected officials and voted in new leaders all in one meeting. I had serious issues with this meeting. One, they didn't give notice to everyone about it in advance, which denied others the freedom to announce their candidacy and ask for votes in this "new" election. Two, as I later found out, this type of action was not covered by the by-laws of the organization. Nowhere in the organizational structure does it say that this is allowed. Officers elected to a two-year term were thrown out after only five months on the job. It doesn't make the group as a whole look professional, organized, or competent when they throw out people that they themselves elected just five months ago. It's practically schizophrenic.

They compounded these wrongful actions by kicking out Central Committee Members who had actually been elected by the voting public in a real election certified by the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder.

I was at that meeting where Jose Aguilar and Robert Vaughn were thrown out of the organization.

It was ugly behavior by people who claim to stand for freedom and individual rights.

You can watch it here.

The dispute over the power shift deteriorated into a lawsuit that was just recently heard. The new leaders were upheld by the court as being in charge of RPLAC. But the parties that filed the lawsuit may be appealing that decision.

My view on this is that as a Conservative, you have to stand up for the individual rights of others... even those with whom you disagree with or don't particularly like. There is a bigger issue involved.

While Vaughn and Aguilar may have been irritating or behaved in a way that other members didn't appreciate, they were standing up for what they believed was right. I don't have a problem with that.

My opinion is that RPLAC has no business being the "thought police" and targeting individuals simply because they disputed the results of a highly unusual election.

The bad news for RPLAC is that the voters decided to re-elect Vaughn and Aguilar to their Central Committee positions. What will RPLAC do now? Throw them out again!??

(Making the organization look even more petty and unprofessional?)

Now comes word that RPLAC member Allen Wilson (who I consider to be a friend) is going around with a wrong-headed motion about Censuring Robert Vaughn from not only RPLAC but banning him from the State Convention.

I find this incredibly disturbing and again, a bit schizophrenic.

If you look at the video above, you will see State Senate Candidate John Stammreich doing some real grandstanding and talking about "getting Republicans elected in November".

Robert Vaughn is the official Republican Party candidate for Congress in the 38th Congressional District.

Do RPLAC members really think that Censure motions and kicking Vaughn out of the party is a way to help him get elected? Or is it just business as usual in what has become a whimsical organization that seems to be based on personalities - and not on the rule of law.

Vengeance and Payback at RPLAC. It's not pretty....

The Reign in Spain

Congratulations to Spain for winning the World Cup.

My friends there will be ecstatic.

I was rooting for Spain all the way.

It is one of my favorite countries. I enjoyed my time there.