( Maybe we can put together a volunteer lobbying force using former candidates from both parties? Just a thought.)

Do you remember when Arnold Schwarzenegger said he wanted to blow up the boxes and he pushed to eliminate county boards of education?

Anyways, the Ventura County Board of Education voted to end the contracts for lobbyists to work with the state legislature and the US Congress.

Click here for the story.

There goes the proposed earmark to construct a building for Ventura County students on a Christian High School campus in Indiana. Who was supposed to put the earmarks into the budget? Rep. Elton Gallegly or Rep. Lois Capps? Some other representative?

I never did understand why the board needed lobbyists to begin with. I am sure if they were worthy projects some of our local representatives and their staff would have been willing to help.

If there really was a need for these contracts the incumbents did a poor job educating the public of the value for the expenditure.