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This picture was taken by the Ventura County Star of a Tony Strickland campaign rally. His campaigns have always been energetic including great efforts by the candidate himself. In his State Senate campaign I remember seeing him and his staff waving signs by my freeway exit on the way to work. His staff was out there many times. I don't think Hannah-Beth Jackson ever waved signs on a street corner in Simi Valley.

(Photo from the Ventura County Star)

Most signs are made before campaign events. I don't blame the person holding the sign for this spelling error. But I am surprised that nobody else noticed it in time.

Democrats and Republicans have been critical of Buck McKeon because of his position on the Cemex mine proposal. The Republican controlled Santa Clarita City council voted 5-0 asking him to take action again. For a senior Member of Congress it is surprising that he could not get something done on this issue if he felt strongly.

In the ad above Dr. Lee Rogers goes after Buck Mckeon on this local issue. With criticism also coming from Republicans I am wondering how effective of an issue this could be.

I am not fully educated on this issue. In the interest of fairness please post a comment if you support the Cemex mine project.

A blogger that supports Scott Wilk for State Assembly is really concerned that Simi Valley voters will not know that Paul Strickland is not related to Tony Strickland.

Scott Wilk has run a much better campaign in Simi Valley. I wonder if Patricia McKeon's money will overwhelm his campaign.

In a great blog post Ventura County Star reporter Timm Herdt analyzed what we know of the vote by mail ballots that have been returned. With votes coming in Tony Strickland hasn't updated his issues page yet. I am curious where he stands on many federal issues. Are you?

The message on his website says "coming soon". I am sure he wants to wait to see who his opponent is before he posts what he believes.

http://www.tonystrickland.com/tony-strickland-on-the-issues.php

Tony Strickland: I know you are a proud conservative. Post what you believe on the tough issues of our time.

Many campaigns turn negative in a primary when candidates don't disagree on much. Maybe that is why David Cruz Thayne has spent so much energy attacking Julia Brownley.

He has been relentless in the attention towards Julia Brownley. It seems he believes his only way to make the top two is to reduce her favorables. He doesn't seem to pay attention to the other candidates nor does he really discuss policy differences with Julia Brownley.

Why is his campaign so negative towards only one candidate?

What current campaign do you think is the most negative? Tell me your opinions and I will post mine.

Ventura County Star reporter Timm Herdt posted that a Democratic Super Pac made a huge purchase for this new ad supporting Julia Brownley. With only a few weeks to go before voters choose the top two candidates I expect more outside interest groups to help her.

This ad is designed to rally the base of the Democratic Party. What do you think? With only one registered Republican running I expect Tony Strickland will get first place. The real contest is between Julia Brownley and Linda Parks to make the top two. Have you seen this ad or others on television?

Republican Tony Strickland has a page on his website for issues. With vote by mail ballots coming out within weeks he hasn't filled it in yet. As of today it says coming soon.

Because the other candidates haven't been mentioning him much he has the luxury to leave his issues page blank.

http://www.tonystrickland.com/tony-strickland-on-the-issues.php

The top Democrat Julia Brownley hasn't filled in her page either. It also says "coming soon". These campaign has seemed much less energetic than I expected.

I understand Tony Strickland has the luxury of spending most of his time raising money. But I am surprised Julia Brownley has not updated that section of her page.

David Cruz Thayne when he mentions his opponents almost exclusively focuses his energies on Julia Brownley. I posted this on his Facebook page:

Does it make sense to target mostly Democratic voters or should he also be going after Linda Park's base of support too? It seems most of the candidates are ignoring Linda Parks. That seems like a mistake to me. She is a popular politician. I am curious what her upcoming campaign finance report will show us.

With absentee ballots coming out soon more mail and calls will be made. You can email me any mailers you receive that you want me to post.

Ventura county Star Reporter Timm Herdt destroyed the claim that Buck McKeon was paying Patricia McKeon a fair wage for her work. Click here to read his post.

I haven't followed this story enough to make sense of it. State Assembly Candidate Patricia McKeon was attacked by an anonymous website that she apparently complained was set up by her rival Scott Wilk. I saw the website a few times. Sometimes it was interesting but I didn't want to post from it because it included personal attacks and comments on physical appearances.

Now, Scott Wilk's team is arguing they caught Patricia McKeon in a blatant lie and they have a letter from the District Attorney and the audio to support their claim.

http://westranchbeacon.com/2012/03/patricia-mckeon-can-we-believe-anything-she-says/comment-page-1/#comment-496822

The 38th Assembly District primary election is going to get nastier as the election gets closer.

Who do you believe?

You don't need to register to comment. Please keep it classy.

Ventura County Democrats are trying to attack polarizing Republicans like Rick Santorum and Rush Limbaugh to Tony Strickland. Click on this link to read more.

Here is the message from the Ventura County Democratic Party.

As you've probably heard, Rush Limbaugh has gotten into a lot of trouble over his misogynistic and sexist remarks about women who use contraception. But it's not just Limbaugh. Republican leaders like Rick Santorum and Ron Paul have painted described basic contraception as immoral, too.

Well, it's time to get local Republicans like Tony Strickland on the record about birth control. [link]Ask them TODAY if they agree with Republican leaders Rick Santorum and Rush Limbaugh that birth control is immoral.[/link]

The citizens of Ventura County have a right to know if the Republicans who want to represent them in Washington and Sacramento share their Republican leaders' antiquated views. Please take a few minutes to ask Tony Strickland whether he would vote with Limbaugh and Santorum on birth control.

Please fill out the form below to send an email to Republicans asking them if they agree with Rush Limbaugh and Rick Santorum that birth control is immoral. Let them know that you support the ability of women being to control their own bodies, and the ability of families to plan their futures responsibly. And thank you again for helping to hold your local Republicans accountable to real moral values!

The Democratic candidates are spending time concentrating on each other as Linda Parks is campaigning on bipartisanship. That leaves Tony Strickland without much opposition that is organized against him.

I would ask Tony Strickland if he thinks Rush Limbaugh is a good conservative leader.