Whitman Disavows Councilman

Posted on | February 2, 2010 | No Comments

California Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman announced on Saturday that she is severing ties with Bob Kellar, a Santa Clarita Councilman.

At a recent Whitman rally in southern California, Bob Kellar blamed illegal immigrants for harming the economy.

“As President Theodore Roosevelt once said, the United States has one flag and one language — English.” Kellar told the crowd.

Democrats called on Whitman to distance herself from Kellar. The Whitman campaign agreed and disavowed Kellar’s comments.

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Political Gifts

Posted on | February 2, 2010 | No Comments

Accrding to the Associated Press, the following California lawmaker has acknowledged that he failed to report gifts received in 2008:

Sen. Dave Cox, R-Fair Oaks, failed to report a $390 ticket to the Holiday Bowl college football game between Oregon and Oklahoma State from Pacific Life Insurance Co.

Cox said he has amended the report and is working with the Political Practices Commission to resolve the matter.

Cox also failed to report $101.17 in food and beverages paid for by the California Professional Firefighters. He has agreed to a $400 penalty.

The following Lawmaker has an outstanding case with the Commission:

Assemblyman Tom Berryhill, R-Modesto, failed to report a $59.90 Keith Urban concert ticket and an $89.50 Sacramento Kings basketball ticket from the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians.

Also $195 for Sea World tickets from Anheuser-Busch and $282 for Disneyland tickets from the Walt Disney Co.

His chief of staff Laura Ortega said that Berryhill is disputing the violations.

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Rush Limbaugh Heart Scare

Posted on | January 3, 2010 | No Comments

Rush Limbaugh was rushed to a hospital in Honolulu last week with severe chest pains. Rush had been spending his Christmas vacation golfing in Hawaii. As the most listened to talk show host in America, this caused quite a stir. The good news is that Rush is out of the hospital and is scheduled to return back to the microphone sometime this week.

Rush is heard on AM 1450 KVML each weekday from 9 am -- Noon.

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Schwarzenegger’s New Educational “Climate Action In California” Video

Posted on | December 3, 2009 | No Comments

Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger educates the children of California. According to the Governor, many areas of San Francisco will be going underwater in less than ninety-years. The Governor uses this video to show us what he claims will happen to California, all because of man’s selfish desires… like pumping gas:

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Good News Or Bad?

Posted on | November 30, 2009 | No Comments

I was once told by a listener, that news radio tends to focus only on bad news. I’m not so sure about that. It could simply be her perception of what is good news vs what is bad. For example, when we are broadcasting election night results, many in the audience will hear mostly bad news while others in the audience are popping champaigne corks and cheering. Regardless, it is news.

Based on your perception, I found good news…. or did I? This is a perfect example of how you read this story and whether or not it is good news or bad:

Published on Sunday, Nov. 29, 2009

By Vanessa Rakis-Garabedian / The Fresno Bee

Fresno Police have identified Fernando Valencia, 29, of Fresno, as the armed robber who was shot and killed Sunday night by a clerk at U-Save Liquor on East Tulare Avenue near Maple Avenue.

Valencia has a criminal history that includes carjacking, carrying concealed weapons, vehicle theft and domestic violence, police said.

Two men entered the liquor store on the 4600 block of Tulare Avenue around 8:30 p.m. The first man pointed a handgun at the clerk and demanded money. The clerk fatally shot the man and the second man left the scene on foot, Vasquez said. She declined to release further details.

Police are asking for help finding the second man who was a lookout in the attempted robbery.

Anyone with information about the case is asked to call detective Mark Yee at (559) 621-2451 or CrimeStoppers at (559) 498-STOP.

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Limbaugh Wins 60 Minutes Poll

Posted on | November 30, 2009 | No Comments

A CBS/Vanity Fair Poll shows that Rush Limbaugh is thought to be the most influential conservative voice in America.

In order of smallest to greatest, the CBS poll results are as follows:

4% Congressman John Boehner

8% KVML Talk Show Host Sean Hannity

10% Former Vice President Dick Cheney

10% Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin

12% KVML Talk Show Host Glenn Beck

26% KVML Talk Show Host Rush Limbaugh

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Whitman Admires California’s Tax Structure

Posted on | November 24, 2009 | No Comments

Meg Whitman, who is running in the 2010 Governor’s race as a Republican, recently told CNBC’s Larry Kudlow that California’s current tax structure is not a problem…. no really, she did.

I’ve been asked a number of times and I don’t think that Whitman is a part of an ongoing Saturday Night Live prank.

Based on her facial expression and dismissive “yeah”, I’m not so sure that she really even knows who Texas Governor Rick Perry is. And flat tax? No, because according to Whitman, California’s tax structure is “not the problem” and neither is “who we tax and how we tax them”.

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Marriage Protection Act

Posted on | November 23, 2009 | No Comments

The proposed 2010 California Marriage Protection Act would make divorce illegal in California. This proposed initative still needs enough valid signatures to be placed on the ballot in November of 2010.

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Sonora Christmas Parade

Posted on | November 23, 2009 | No Comments

The Sonora Christmas Parade will take place this Friday (November 27th) at 5:30pm.

I will be announcing the parade from the balcony of “Go Figure” Accounting, located near the intersection of Washington and Stockton. Joining me is former KVML News personality, Alisha Cruz.

For optimum visual and sound, the best place to watch the parade from will be just across the street from us, by Bank of America & Yosemite Title. There is no better place to be….

OK, one exception. Bill Johnson (KVML News Director) and BJ Hanson (KVML Reporter) will both be announcing from the balcony of Yosemite House (which is located across from the Courthouse) on Washington Street.

The parade travels from the Red Church to Restano Way.

We’ll see you this Friday night!

- Mark Truppner

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Water Bill’s $2 Billion In Pork

Posted on | November 16, 2009 | No Comments

The $11 billion water bond that California voters will be asked to approve next year, contains nearly $2 billion in earmarks or wasteful pork.

Hundreds of millions of dollars of these pork projects would do nothing to increase the state’s supply of clean and reliable water.

Republican State Senator Dave Cogdill, who authored the bond bill that Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed immediately, told KVML’s Bill Johnson on November 10th, that the pinnacle of his career was the “recent passage of the comprehensive water bill”.

Cogdill tried to justify his “pinnacle” porkulus water bill by telling the San Francisco Chronicle that, “…you can look at any bond that has been brought forward the last few years and probably find pork in it. You’ve got to be able to convince the majority of the people in the state that there’s something in there for them.”

In the same interview, the removed Senate Minority Leader told KVML that he will not seek re-election for the 14th District California Senate Seat, which includes Tuolumne County.

Here’s a look at some of the pork projects in the $11 billion dollar water bill that Senator Cogdill authored:

– $100 million for the “Lake Tahoe Environmental Improvement Program” which includes bicycle trails and recreation projects.

– $75 million for the Sierra Nevada Conservancy, for interpretive projects, physical projects and “improving community sustainability.”

– $250 million for dam removal on the Klamath River, to restore salmon runs.

– $20 million for Siskiyou County to help its economy.

– $20 million for the Baldwin Hills Conservancy to be used to buy land.

– $10 million for the Sierra Nevada Research Institute at UC Merced

– $30 million for watershed recreation centers

Conservative critics of the water bill, such as Assemblyman Chuck DeVore, R-Irvine, (who is racing against Republican Carly Fiorina for Democrat Barbara Boxer’s US Senate seat) said that he would prefer a bond that funds only construction of new dams and other water storage projects, which he claims, wouldn’t cost more than $5.2 billion.

According to the Legislative Analyst’s Office, the debt on this $11 billion bond would be repaid from the general fund (which is already facing a $21 billion deficit). If approved by the voters, the debt payments would eventually reach $800 million per year.

With Thanksgiving this week, anyone want to guess what the Senator would like us to eat?

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