On August 30, the California Assembly Appropriations Committee passed SB 696, the bill to force the American Independent Party to change its name to something that doesn’t have either “independent” or “independence.” All Democrats voted for it; all Republicans voted against it.
The sponsor, Senator Tom Umberg, is amending the bill, but he refused to let American Independent Party leaders (who were present) know what the amendment will be.
ANY CA GERRYMANDER DONKEY WHO IS NOT AN ANTI-DEMOCRACY RED COMMUNIST ???
ARE SCOTUS HACKS DETECTING WHAT IS GOING ON IN RED CA ???
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My bet is it is to also prohibit “American” as part of the party name.
How soon before ONLY ***RED COMMUNIST*** is allowed in the CA soviet socialist republic — CASSOR ???
While there is a lot wrong with the bill, to imply that Republicans are not doing some kind of rigging in states that they control is really misleading.
A bizarre hearing.
The committee ran through about 200 senate bills, in alphabetical order of senaror, so Umberg was near the end, ahead of Wieckowski, Wiener, and Wilk.
For each bill the committee chair would read the caption, and then the the disposition including a roll call vote. Roll call A was apparrently a unanimous vote, and roll call B a party-line vote.
If I understand the motion on the AIP bill, the amendments would change the effective dates. Perhaps Umberg will make it retrosctive.
While all this was going on antiva activists were standing on the seats of chairs chanting, “You aren’t representing all Californians!” This literally went on for three hours.
Apparently the committee determined that their pro forma motions could be heard over the chanting.
Another chant for antiva activists standing on the seats —
Oligarch HACKS at work. Oligarch HACKS at work.
How soon before ALL closed doors in CASSOR — so-called legis. hearings and legis. votes ???
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One Republican the Assemblyman from AD 73 voted with all the Democrats yes on SB 696.