Posted by
Katy Grimes on Monday, April 27, 2009 1:14:03 PM
I felt so left out on Saturday when my invitation to the $10,000-a-plate Nancy Pelosi fundraiser dinner at the home of Phil Angelides did not arrive. So I had a little party of my own... just down the street.
One friend of ours, Mark Williams and wife Holly, marched down the street and snagged a few interviews. Several of us followed and watched Mark do what he does so well. Mark shared his "chat" with the always controversial John Burton:
"I grabbed him as he was leaving.
He tells me what's going on inside
Defends Pelosi on the torture memo thing
Every penny the state is spending is being spent well; to cut anything means houses will burn down, schools and parks will close, the blind and elderly will be left to fend for themselves -- we have a budget problem becasue we are not taxed enough
Blames it all on Prop 13 (Prop 13 "...is the biggest problem") and says that we would not have that prop if he had been in leadership at the time.
Naturally, I forwarded this exchange to Howard Jarvis Taxpayer Association President Jon Coupal. Unfortunately for California, John Burton is the newly elected head of the California Democratic Party.
The swoiree was billed as a dinner, but seemed to wrap up early - about 7:30 guests started leaving the Angelides home. I've not seen such tasteless attire in one place since my last visit to the state fair.
However, bad taste and poor judgment aside, we did get a photo of a big black suburban with Washington D.C. license plates - Madame Pelosi had her D.C. Suburban flown out from Washington to California. Her carbon footprint is bigger than her Botox eyes and face.
Senator Darrell Steinberg and Assemblyman Dave Jones made brief appearances as did Baghdad Bob Mullholland.
There was one lone protestor and a wide-eyed reporterette and camera man, who made no effort to interview any of the guests or politicians.
The Dems did their best to keep this event quiet; it appears they succeeded as it was never reported in the MSM - only KTKZ's Eric Hogue covered it on his show on Friday at noon. I am looking forward to Hogue's show today for a little follow up.
Why the secrecy? Why the party at the downtown home of Governor wanna-be Phil Angelides? Where is all of this transparency they talk about?
Oh - most of the guests were parked illegally, but the Highway Patrol present gave out NO tickets. But when my friends park in front of my house more than one-hour, the tickets are handed out like candy.