Senate Republican Leader Jim Brulte Archive

  • Is Linda Ackerman using political slush fund money to fund her campaign for the Assembly seat (AD 72) vacated by the disgraced Mike Duvall?  A recent campaign finance disclosure indicates that she took thousands of dollars from a suspicious political committee - Citizens for Brulte.  The committee is apparently controlled by Republican lobbyist Jim Brulte.  Critics question Brulte's ties to a political scandal in San Bernadino county and District Attorney Michael Ramos.  California Common Cause has criticized political committees like Brulte's as

    Ackerman Political Slush Fund Money?

    Is Linda Ackerman using political slush fund money to fund her campaign for the Assembly seat (AD 72) vacated by the disgraced Mike Duvall? A recent campaign finance disclosure indicates that she took thousands of dollars from a suspicious political committee - Citizens for Brulte. The committee is apparently controlled by Republican lobbyist Jim Brulte. Critics question Brulte's ties to a political scandal in San Bernadino county and District Attorney Michael Ramos. California Common Cause has criticized political committees like Brulte's as "slush funds, for lack of a better word". While Linda Ackerman's campaign funding smells of Sacramento's bipartisan Culture of Corruption, it also reeks of a Culture of Creepiness.

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  • Earlier today I joined with 175 other Republicans, Libertarians and elected officials at a luncheon held at the Irvine Hyatt Regency. We gathered to listen to CA Insurance Commissioner Steve […]

    GOP gubernatorial candidate Steve Poizner’s appearance at the Irvine Hyatt Regency today

    Earlier today I joined with 175 other Republicans, Libertarians and elected officials at a luncheon held at the Irvine Hyatt Regency. We gathered to listen to CA Insurance Commissioner Steve […]

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