I GIVE PRAISE TO JESUS!!!

"Kranz couldn’t be reached for comment by phone Tuesday. He defeated veteran supervisor Rex Bloomfield four years ago and has emphasized fire safety and public safety."

See my blog on this.

Pork Barrel Ose Endorsement - HUGE mistake

$100K Pay Raise Request - HUGE mistake

When Ollar-Burris was nabbed, Kranz should have taken up the flag for fixing the quartering problem in Placer County, instead he runs from it. Quartering is happening all over and destroying our county. Placer *can* put a 10 year restraint on quartering properties if they want to. Its no different than zoning, you just require that a minor-subdivision not be done on land that has been subdivided with a prior minor permit in the last 10 years.

Pick it up Kranz, or prepare to retire. We Conservative Republicans will not vote for you otherwise.

I should have noted: If Houston's vote had gone to Montgomery, Kranz would be out.

He owes Bob Houston a breakfast.

Hey Bruce...feel that warm breeze? It's not the heat coming off a pile of asphalt, or the heavy breathing of some developer.

It's 'change'.

Rational_Thinker, and, if the votes went to Kranz Montgomery would be out.

If Placer County truly wanted change then there would not be two Supervisor seats that were ran un-opposed. This is clearly a 5th district Bloomfield fueled revenge having Bloomfield's toadies run against his rival Kranz.

CJpeach; yeah blame it on Bloomfield. You Kranzees are nervous because Montgomery got 3% more than Kranz--he's not entitled to this position.

CJ: This is a huge miscalculation if you think that Kranz has not lost significant conservative Republican support by going with Ose.

I should have stated "If HALF of Houston's votes went to Montgomery, Kranz would be finished".

He came in 2nd, and Montgomery might have beat him if not for Houston.

I say, "wake up and smell the coffee" Bruce. If you delude yourself into thinking this was a Rex Bloomfield hit job and refuse to accept that there are conservative republicans who are not happy with you, you will lose our support and perhaps the race.

Of course it was Bloomfield. The guy was thirsting for revenge. Second, Houston and Kranz had to share the logical thinker voter. Montgomery got the emotional utopian vote. I suspect most Houston voters will vote for Kranz when they realize what Montgomery is about, if they don't already.

Realist, I wouldn't bet on that. What exactly is Montgomery about that would turn Huston voters off to her? The fact that she's not whoring herself to developers?? You are quite wrong; most Huston voters would likely go with Montgomery--not good for Krnz.

Well I disagree. Montgomery did well because the Republican vote was split. It won't be in November. You make assumptions about who is "whoring".

Also, Kranz has done more for public safety than any other supervisor. A fact all residents should note. Montgomery doesn't have the experience or ability to do the job of the supervisor. If she was serious, she should start out with a small school board or business management position. Jumping into a leadership position for a entity the size of Placer County without any leadership or management experience is silly and foolhardy. She is only running because of Bloomfield. That said, nothing above is intended as an insult to her, no one could do the job with the life experience she has. That's just the way it is.

To answer your question, Montgomery is a liberal unexperienced democrat. Houston is a less than conservative Republican that made something of himself and knows the political world. Plus I hear he is a genuinely nice guy. They have a different demographic.

Realist; a vote for Huson was more a vote against Kranz than against Montgomery--that much is clear; therefore Montgomery will siphon many more Huston voters than will Kranz.

The reality is people throughout the country are sick of conservatives who don't conserve anything but want to rape the land. It's just that simple. If you are a so-called conservative you are in trouble in 2008.

Montgomery will beat Kranz by 15-20% in November.

I voted for Houston as a vote against Kranz. I will vote for Montgomery in November. So much for Realist's theory.

One Miuwtant does not a theory disprove! You voted for the third place finisher in a three horse race and will vote for the second place horse in November. As far as conservatives being in trouble, heard of the results in the McClintock/ Ose contest? Or just ignoring facts you can't dispel?

As far as your predictions...we'll just have to wait and see. I suspect you'll be disappointed.

RT, Kranz voted against the pay raise. And if you remember the time line... He supported Ose before there was a better alternative in McClintock. I suspect it would have been different if McClintock hadn't announced do late.

By the way... McClintock was outspent 3 to 1 by Ose had still had a huge win. Nice to know who our Conservative representative will be next year. Sorry Miuwtant, I couldn't resist.

You guys are hilarious. Rational Thinker I think I got your number. lol. Let's not forget that 4 years ago in the 3rd Sup Dist we had this exact same situation. The second place person, Holmes, took it in the run off.

Bruce will clean house in November. Montgomery is a Bloomfield drill -- we know it b/c Bloomfield prances around the place and can't keep his mouth shut.

I think its time for Bruce and THE OTHER FOUR REPUBLICAN SUPERVISORS to now get behind their Congressional candidate and show us that they aren't "local government conservatives" (the kind that always have their hands out to the Feds for more of my hard earned cash). McClintock will have long coattails in this county in November, they'd be wise to consider that.

Yeah, let's blame the state of our supervisor race on Rex Bloomfield, or better yet Bill Clinton or Jimmy Carter or FDR. And CJPeachfuzz: You admonish me for name-calling, yet you refer to "Bloomfield's toadies"? Practice what you preach, "my friend"!

UhHuh, come on now. You don't have much room to complain on the name calling issue. Maybe everyone needs to reflect on that issue. It's easy to make insults fly when your identity is hidden and when the target is simply a moniker.

cdmays: Its not so simple for Kranz.

He was a big proponent of the $100K salary because he thinks the job is an executive job, its not. He opposed it only because it was politically inexpedient. We need to see a change in mentality.

He supported Ose, but did not shift his endorsement to McClintock the second McClintock came into the race and was listed as a supporter in Ose mailers.

Finally, the Ollar-Burris issue could have become an opportunity for him if he had taken the issue and driven it from "I hired Ollar-Burris" to "I will prevent quartering from happening" which is a real issue regardless of Ollar-Burris. Many of us "property rights" people consider property rights to be a two-way street and do not like it when someone moves in next door and starts impacting our ability to enjoy our own properties by scheming the system.

Unrealist: You missed an earlier post on a different letter in which CJpeach took me to task for name-calling. And BTW, you use a moniker and are not exactly innocent of name-calling. So, what's your point?

"McClintock will have long coattails in this county in November. It would be wise to remember that."

The odds are McClintock won't win the election much less carry anyone else on his shoulders.

McClintock got only 43% of the CD4 registered voters to vote for him in the primary and only 56% of those who actually did vote voted for him.

I keep reading how his primary victory was a blowout and have to scratch my head. A guy who has been on a statewide ballot four times including for Governor in 2003 and Lieutenant Governor in 2006, who is revered as "California's conservative icon" and as a beacon of hope for Republicans everywhere barely got a majority among Republican primary voters in the most conservative district in the state.

Why didn't those Republican primary voters vote for him? Does anyone here think these voters thought Ose was their true blue guy and couldn't wait for him to represent them in Congress? Maybe. But I suspect quite a few of them simply could not make themselves vote for Tom McClintock and voted for Ose (or Jones) instead. They won't be voting for McClintock in November, either. And since McClintock has painted himself into the far-right corner throughout his career he won't be able to reach out in the general and bring many of these voters back.

McClintock has several big disadvantages in the general election:

1) A LOT of Republicans don't like him and won't vote for him. A LOT (see above).

2) He has pitifully little crossover appeal to Democrats and to most Independents. Sure a few Dems will vote for him on his merits and maybe another handful will vote for him because Charlie isn't liberal enough so they will protest by voting for McClintock in an irrational act that unfortunately is quite common in politics.

3) McClintock has tapped out his big donors and is going to have trouble raising serious cash. He is used to tapping a statewide donor pool for his statewide races that won't be nearly as interested in him as a representative for some distant congressional district. His millionaire loophole is gone with Ose's defeat, too.

4) Brown has tremendous fund raising potential and has spent very little of his war chest so far. The national Democrats will outspend the national Republicans 4:1 in this race. The Republicans are almost broke.

5) McClintock's campaign has ethical issues on top of the per diem issue McClintock contorts himself to explain. If people in CD4 are sick of anything they are sick of ethically-challenged congressmen.

6) Many will say that the fact that the marriage initiative that will be on the ballot will be a boon for McClintock because it will get more conservative Republicans to go to the polls. Fact is, most conservatives go to the polls anyway and would vote for McClintock anyway so there won't be much of a positive bump in turnout. On the other hand, moderate Republicans and many Democrats will go to the polls to vote against a divisive, bigotry-motivated constitutional amendment--and to vote against a guy like Tom who supports divisive and bigoted policies like the marriage amendment and draconian treatment of illegal aliens. The marriage amendment is going to blow up in their face and it will result in a net reduction in votes for McClintock.

My point is maybe everyone needs to cool the rhetoric and insults and stick to the issues. I wasn't excluding myself.

I think you are deluding yourself and are replacing facts with hope, Miuwtant.

Hold on Realist. Kranz has done more for public safety AT THE COST OF other IMPORTANT programs. The man nearly (or maybe he did) fell asleep at the May 6th BOS meeting where Health & Human Services made a pitch to fund their department for the county's most needy - the mentally ill, drug addicts and the children of these individuals, just to name a few. These same people who if not assisted BECOME criminals or continue their life of crime. The two go together yet Kranz can't see any connection. He voted against funding the department in any way shape or form. But you are correct, he has been the front-runner that created Bonner's Empire of jails, pushed to allow deputies to take police cars home with them and diverted most of the county's general fund money to the Sheriff's department. Oh almost forgot, whined about a $3 million dollar helicopter for the Sheriff too. And all this is good why? I don't think Placer is any safer than it was BEFORE Kranz.

Kranz is a one-track man, incapable of compromise and ignorant of the need for overall leadership, i.e., regional approaches to county's issues. I also fear his poor relationsihp with his Board collegues has rendered him ineffective.

Blackcrow, and your point? Public safety (police and firefighters) is the most important function of government. period.

Empire of jails?? That doesn't hold water, BlackCrow. My research shows that the Placer County Jail holds less than 500 inmates. Placer County has a population of over 333,000 people. Seems we're a bit short on beds. That's an empire like Fiji is an empire. I suspect you are a county worker that's mad that your department didn't get it's wish list filled and the money was actually spent on something worthwhile. HHS maybe?