Newly Elected But Busy Putting the “Fun” Back into Fundraiser (Click “More” For the Invitations)

 

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The Diamond Bar Republican Has a New Twist on Fundraising

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The Recession Takes Its Toll — Even on Fundraising Events

SPEAKER’S CUP 2011

14TH ANNUAL SPEAKER’S CUP

Presented by AT&T

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April 15 & 16, 2011

Pebble Beach, Spyglass Hill & The Links at Spanish Bay

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2011 SPEAKER’S CUP PACKAGES THE ULTIMATE — $60,000

Golf for four for Two Days

Four hotel rooms for Friday and Saturday

Dinner for eight on Friday night and Saturday night

One spa treatment per day for non-golfers or golfer’s guest

Commemorative Gifts

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THE PLATINUM — $45,000

Golf for two Friday

Golf for two Saturday

Two hotel rooms for Friday and Saturday

Dinner for four on Friday night and Saturday night

One spa treatment per day for non-golfers or golfer’s guest

Commemorative Gifts

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GOLD — $35,000

Golf for four Saturday

Four hotel rooms for Saturday

Dinner for eight on Saturday night

One spa treatment per day for non-golfers or golfer’s guest

Commemorative Gifts

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BRONZE — $20,000

Golf for one Saturday

One hotel room for Saturday night

Dinner for two on Saturday night

Commemorative Gifts

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SPA PACKAGE — $25,000

One hotel room Friday night and Saturday night

Four spa treatments, two per day

Dinner for two on Friday and Saturday night

Commemorative Gifts

Due to the limited number of spa treatments available through Pebble Beach and the increasing scheduling problems including no shows because of conflicts with tee times, we’re only offering spa treatments to non-golfers or golfer’s guests.    Read more »

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Eeny, Meeny, Miney, Moe…

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Valentine’s Day Week Going To Be a Hectic One For Lobbyists

The week of February 14 is shaping up to be fairly frenzied.

Besides spending Valentine’s Day giving $1,000 to Sen. Elaine Alquist, a Santa Clara Democrat, Assemblyman Gil Cedillo, a Los Angels Democrat and Sen. Alex Padilla, another Los Angeles Democrat there’s the 15th, 16th and the 17th.

Assembly Speaker John Perez, a Los Angeles Democrat, wants $2,000 on the 15th to share margaritas or tequila shots at Zocalo, a noisy Mexican restaurant near the state Capitol.    Read more »

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Syntactically Odd, Tortuously Phrased Fundraising Solicitation

(Editor’s Note: Norma Torres, a Pomona Democrat, was elected in 2008. In the offending sentence, the simple edit of striking “for the” and inserting ” after my” before “re-election” then striking “of my” and replacing it with “to a” would resolve much of the ambiguity. The inclusion of “2010” somewhere near “re-election” would also increase clarity.    Read more »

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It Takes A Lot of Money to Run for Senate, Ask Fiona Ma

(This is Assemblywoman Ma’s final term. Under the terms of Propositon 34, California’s campaign finance law, she must declare for another office to continue raising money. She may or may not run for the Senate depending on how the current occupant, Leland Yee, does in his expected 2011 quest for San Francisco mayor.    Read more »

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It’s Budget Time For Lawmakers Too, Except Only Different

On January 10, Gov. Jerry Brown introduced his $119.4 billion spending plan for the fiscal year beginning July 1.

On January 10, several dozen lawmakers took the first step in creating the budgets for their fiscal year, which begins immediately.

In what is almost the first act of any consequence in the new year, those legislators sent 40 missives urging lobbyists and interest groups to “save the date” for fundraisers they have scheduled from as early as January 19 to December 1 when Assemblyman Marty Block, a San Diego Democrat, is hosting a “spa event” at Arden Hills Country Club in Sacramento.    Read more »

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Perhaps It Would Have Been Smarter to Give Only $160,000

Dear XXXX, 2010:

What an amazing year for politics. America turned right while California veered left, leaving Democrats in charge of every statewide office and with their highest legislative numbers since the post-Watergate blowout year of 1974. And yet, voters rejected two tax increases on the California ballot while making it more difficult for Democrats to raise taxes disguised as fees.    Read more »

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Solicitations for Campaign Contributions Seem to Never End…

(Editor’s Note: Assemblyman Mike Feuer was elected to his third and final term in the Assembly in November. The Secretary of State reports that as of October 16, 2010 he had $189,728.17 in his campaign kitty. The $3,200.00 is needd for what purpose?)

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