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California: Greg Aghazarian

February 27, 2009 - 05:30 pm
NEWS FEED: Sacramento Bee

Schwarzenegger taps sixth ex-legislator for six-figure post

By Shane Goldmacher

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has appointed yet another termed-out lawmaker to a six-figure post in state government, his sixth such appointment in recent months.

The latest appointee, former GOP Assemblywoman Sharon Runner, will earn $128,109 as a member of the Agricultural Labor Relations Board, which meets once a month.

The Schwarzenegger appointments -- whose cumulative salaries total more than three-quarters of a million dollars annually -- have come as the state is battling record-setting deficits.

Last week, the Legislature adopted a Schwarzenegger-backed budget plan that contained a wide array of tax hikes and spending cuts in education, health and many other state services.

The Schwarzenegger administration defends the ex-lawmaker appointees as all qualified for the job.

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January 28, 2009 - 06:36 pm
NEWS FEED: Capitol Weekly

Big Daddy

By Big Daddy

Dear Big Daddy,
Am I the only one who’s troubled by all these former legislators getting appointed to lucrative board slots? As a longtime Dem staffer, I’ve had enough of the likes of Migden and Parra.
--Put ‘em out to pasture

Dear Pasturized,

If there’s one thing that politicians hate more than kissing babies, its term limits. I mean, would you want to take a job where you were told that no matter what, you’re out in a few years? Oh wait, if you’re a longtime staffer, you’ve probably done that a few times already. And if you were a Midgen or Parra staffer, the thought of a finite job tenure might have been your only reason to get out of bed in the morning.

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Thu, 11/20/2008 - 18:49

Fogliani to serve as Berryhill's chief of staff

By Ben van der Meer, PolitickerCA.com Senior Reporter

After managing Assemblyman-elect Bill Berryhill to victory in the 26th district race, campaign manager Carl Fogliani will return to Sacramento as his chief of staff.

Fogliani, who was also chief of staff to Republican Berryhill's predecessor in the 26th, termed-out Assemblyman Greg Aghazarian (R-Stockton), said the move is a return to familiar territory.

"I've known Bill for a long time, and I think he's going to do well," said Fogliani of Berryhill, a farmer and former school board member from Ceres.

There have been 15 comments posted in response to this story.
Fri, 10/17/2008 - 16:18

Peace officers PAC spends to support Huber, Buchanan and Berryhill

By Ben van der Meer, PolitickerCA.com Senior Reporter

The Police Officers Research Association dropped $30,000 into three heavily contested Assembly races Thursday, twice to benefit the Democratic candidate and once in favor of the Republican.

In Assembly Districts 10 and 15, the group spent $10,000 each to support respective Democrats Alyson Huber of El Dorado Hills and Joan Buchanan of Alamo with a slate mailer of suggested candidates to back.

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Wed, 10/15/2008 - 19:01

Democratic website says GOP abandoning SD-05 race

By Ben van der Meer, PolitickerCA.com Senior Reporter

A Democratic news and opinion website has asserted that state Republicans have pulled the plug on Assemblyman Greg Aghazarian's (R-Stockton) campaign for the 5th State Senate District seat.

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There have been 41 comments posted in response to this story.
Wed, 10/08/2008 - 19:44

Aghazarian campaign attacks Wolk over car she drove

By Ben van der Meer, PolitickerCA.com Senior Reporter

Assemblywoman Lois Wolk (D-Davis) should think more about her own modes of travel before she criticizes others, said the campaign for her state Senate seat opponent Wednesday.

Assemblyman Greg Aghazarian's campaign put out a release noting that when Wolk was first elected to the Assembly in 2002, she drove a Lincoln Town Car - at taxpayer expense - before giving it up after bad press about the car.

Aghazarian's (R-Stockton) campaign pointed out that Wolk traded in a Toyota Camry for the Lincoln, which cost $37,851 and was charged to the State Assembly.

There have been 37 comments posted in response to this story.
Thu, 10/02/2008 - 16:22

Aghazarian hits back on Wolk's negative commercial

By Ben van der Meer, PolitickerCA.com Senior Reporter

Assemblywoman Lois Wolk (D-Davis) is paying more for her television commercials so that she can avoid a requirement that campaign commercials must feature the face of the candidate who pays for them, according to the campaign of her opponent, Assemblyman Greg Aghazarian.

Normally, campaign commercials are charged at a lesser rate than other types of commercials, a difference Aghazarian's campaign said can be 20 to 50 percent less, depending on the TV station.

But to qualify for the lesser rate, a candidate's face must appear in the commercial at some point.

There have been 33 comments posted in response to this story.
Wed, 10/01/2008 - 15:39

Aghazarian airs second ad calling for nonpartisan legislature

By Ben van der Meer, PolitickerCA.com Senior Reporter

Greg Aghazarian lets his kids illustrate a Sacramento problem for him in a new ad in his campaign for the 5th State Senate District seat.

The ad features Aghazarian's three sons playing a game called "Legislature" in which one son immediately declares, "It's all about me! It's all about me!" while another puts his fingers in his ears and says, "I can't hear you," and then, "Talk to the hand."

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Sat, 09/27/2008 - 14:33

Berryhill endorsed by business groups

By Ben van der Meer, PolitickerCA.com Senior Reporter

Assembly candidate Bill Berryhill has received endorsements from the National Federation of Independent Businesses and the Modesto Chamber of Commerce in his 26th district race.

The executive director for NFIB/California said in a press release that Berryhill was the right candidate to help small businesses start, develop and grow.

Berryhill said in the release that he understands business needs as a small businessman himself, working in agriculture.

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Wed, 09/24/2008 - 17:03

Aghazarian commercial calls for nonpartisan state Assembly

By Ben van der Meer, PolitickerCA.com Senior Reporter

State Senate candidate Greg Aghazarian launched a campaign commercial this week with a bold, if unlikely, call for change: Make the state legislature a nonpartisan body.

Aghazarian, a termed-out Republican assemblyman from Stockton, describes the current legislature as a broken system in the 30-second commercial.

"So let's fix it, by making legislative races nonpartisan, just as we do for city councils, mayors and supervisors, where people vote their districts, not the party line," Aghazarian says in the ad. "It's time to rock the system."

There have been 36 comments posted in response to this story.