Sunday, October 14, 2007

More documents re the "50% Law"

Re Friday’s post about the SOCCCD's “50% Crisis” (Never mind Mathur, look at the data!):

I have provided further district documents.

Just click on this link.

(Yes, there's even data about “location 9” [which is reputed to be a cannabis farm deep in the Santa Ana Mts.].)

"Proceeds will benefit Tom’s upcoming re-election"

TODAY, I CAME UPON this announcement on the website for the Republican Party of Orange County:
Thursday, 11/1/07

An Evening With Tom Fuentes & Friends, Chairman Emeritus - Republican Party Of Orange County
Featuring Bruce Herschensohn
Where [where else?]: Balboa Bay Club, Newport Beach

You are cordially invited to attend An Evening With Tom Fuentes and Friends on Thursday, November 1, 2007 beginning with a 5:30pm Reception and 7:00pm Dinner at the Balboa Bay Club in Newport Beach featuring Bruce Herschensohn. Proceeds will benefit Tom’s upcoming re-election to the Board of Trustees of the South Orange County Community College District….
That’s odd. We keep hearing, even from those close to Fuentes, that Tom will definitely not run for reelection, perhaps owing to illness. (The election is more than a year away.)

If that’s true, then, of course, proceeds from this fundraiser are not really intended to benefit Tom’s re-election.

BY THE WAY: we saw this in yesterday’s LA Times: Christianity's image taking a turn for the worse:
Christianity's image in the United States is declining, especially among young people, according to a new study. ¶ A decade ago, an overwhelming majority of non-Christians…were "favorably" disposed toward Christianity's role in society. But today, just 16% of [young] non-Christians … had a "good impression" of the religion, according to research by the Barna Group, a Ventura firm that has tracked trends related to values, beliefs and attitudes since 1984.

Evangelicals come under the severest attack, with just 3% of the 16- to 29-year-old non-Christians indicating favorable views toward this subgroup of believers….

Among the most common perceptions held by young non-Christians about American Christianity were that it is judgmental (87%), hypocritical (85%), old-fashioned (78%) and too involved in politics (75%). ¶ Even among Christians, half of young believers said they too view Christianity to be judgmental, hypocritical and too political. One-third said it was old-fashioned and out of touch with reality….
Herschensohn & Fuentes are card-carrying members of the Richard Nixon masochism league. Odd, isn't it?

Roy's obituary in LA Times and Register: "we were lucky to have you while we did"

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