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Sat, 10/18/2008 - 17:30

Prison guards union donates $1 million to defeat drug offender ballot measure

By Jeff Mitchell, PolitickerCA.com Editor

Opponents of Prop. 5, the drug offender law reform ballot measure, received a sizeable injection of money this week when the powerful California prison guard's union donated $1 million toward efforts to defeat the initiative.

Records filed with the Secretary of State's office show the 30,000-member strong California Correctional Peace Officers Association made the donation on Wednesday.

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Tue, 10/07/2008 - 19:12

Secretary of State's office rejects prison guard union's gubernatorial recall form

By Jeff Mitchell, PolitickerCA.com Editor

A lawyer for Secretary of State Debra Bowen rejected on Tuesday the proposed petition forms the state's prison guard union wanted to begin circulating in its announced attempt at recalling Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger from office.

Robbie Anderson, elections counsel for the Secretary of State's office, told California Correctional Peace Officers Association (CCPOA) President Mike Jimenez in a letter that the petition form was rejected in part because it did not contain Schwarzenegger's response to the recall as required by California law.

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Wed, 10/01/2008 - 14:07

Spokesman for state prison guard union's Schwarzenegger recall campaign arrested on suspicion of DUI

By Jeff Mitchell, PolitickerCA.com Editor

Lance Corcoran, the spokesman for the state prison guards union, was arrested Monday night by the California Highway Patrol on suspicion of driving under the influence.

Corcoran, 44, the voice behind the California Correctional Peace Officers Association's recently announced drive to recall Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, was taken into custody around 7:20 p.m., CHP Valley Division Chief Mike Champion told the Lodi News-Sentinel in this story.

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Wed, 09/17/2008 - 16:15

Schwarzenegger officially responds to recall; Calls prison guard union effort an "intimidation tactic" to win bigger contract

By Jeff Mitchell, PolitickerCA.com Editor

SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday said the state's prison guards union's attempt to recall him an "intimidation tactic" designed to get them a bigger contract and to rake in campaign contributions along the way.

Schwarzenegger's formal legal response was as follows:

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Tue, 09/16/2008 - 18:23

Field Poll suggests gubernatorial recall attempt may be DOA

By Jeff Mitchell, PolitickerCA.com Editor

An effort by California's prison guard union to recall Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger may be off to a bad start according to a Field Poll released Tuesday.

The survey of 1,008 registered voters found the recall - should it be qualified for the ballot -- to be opposed by a greater than two to one margin, 63 percent to 29 percent.

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Wed, 09/10/2008 - 20:39

Prison guard union files recall paperwork with governor

By Jeff Mitchell, PolitickerCA.com Editor

SACRAMENTO - The union representing California's 31,000 prison guards made good on its threat to begin recall proceedings against Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger this week.

The California Correctional Peace Officers Association filed a formal notice to the governor on Tuesday.

The CCPOA gave this reasoning as the grounds for the action:

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Mon, 09/08/2008 - 20:53

Prison guards union confirms Schwarzenegger recall effort

By Jeff Mitchell, PolitickerCA.com Editor

SACRAMENTO - California's prison guard union decided officially late Monday to attempt to recall Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger from office.

After getting a big media ride from a small news item appearing in Sunday's San Francisco Chronicle, the 31,000-member strong California Correctional Peace Officers Association confirmed that they will attempt to knock the Golden State's celebrity governor from office.

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