The Thousand Oaks campaign office for Hannah-Beth Jackson is this Thursday. Click on continue reading for details.

Who's going? If you want me to post a photo of the event, please email it in. I don't plan on attending as of now.

Tony Strickland's supporters are also planning to go negative early. Click on continue reading for a press release about their planned attacks on Hannah-Beth Jackson.

At the same time Tony Strickland's campaign has an ad up. Here is the youtube version of it.

And here are some photos from Tony Strickland's team out at a Ventura parade. Do you think both candidates will be in the Simi Valley days Parade about a month?

Thanks to the Tony Strickland campaign for sending me the photos to post.

The Democratic Club of the Conejo Valley is hosting a candidate's forum Wednesday night with State Senate, State Assembly, and Congressional candidates scheduled to appear. Click on continue reading for details.

I went to Donna Prenta's house for a garden party to support Hannah-Beth Jackson on Sunday. There was about 30 plus people including school board members from Simi Valley and Moorpark. I took some photos but none of them came out great. Have both candidates been contacting pretty much every school board member across Ventura County?

( When you read about this story remember that out of more than a hundred people only a few got in each other's faces. Most of it was peaceful and respectful from both sides.)

I went back and forth trying to write a decent headline. What would you suggest that is accurate?

If you are new to the story click here, here, here and here to get a background on it.

A news alert went out that some of the people that say Audra Strickland's Chief of Staff pushed them will be filing charges at the Sheriff's station today.

I will update this later when I know what happened. If you are going with the group please take a video or picture to send in.

Has Assemblywoman Audra Strickland said if he is back on the job yet? I know she has been busy talking about the proposed prison hospital in Camarillo. By my count the month suspension is over.

I received an email earlier alerting me to a new website put up with the provocative title
"Democrats for Tony Strickland". I checked the registry information and a few other sources to find out more but they did a professional job at hiding their information. I sent them an email to let them know I don't reveal sources except if they violate basic rules like using rated X language and being really foul even after being warned. I wouldn't reveal your identity for political reasons.

I asked for a link on their site back to my blog. But I ask people that all the time. If you ever call me and really need a post put up right away it helps if your campaign links to me. Okay fine, I would do it anyways for asking but I appreciate the links.

To the person that sent me the email: Will you reveal yourself after the campaign? Let me know.

Anyways, what do you think? A real site put together by a Democrat? Was it done by a Tony Strickland operative? If you are a Democrat or DTS do you agree with what it says?

Any word on when Hannah-Beth Jackson's campaign will announce a "Republicans for Hannah-Beth Jackson" group?

Looks like the process to replace outgoing Superintendent of county schools Charles Weis might take some time. Here are my quick thoughts on the replacing him, the county board of education, and the recent articles about Charles Weis.

1. It is true that most incumbents win election or reelection when they choose to run again. That means that if the person who replaces Charles Weis plans to run after this term ends in 2010 they will have a significant advantage and will likely win.

Being that Charles Weis was appointed and then ran again do you agree with me it is a problem when there are very little open seat elections?

If you have been paying attention to county politics long enough when was the last competitive election for county superintendent? When was the last open seat election?

Of course, many people appointed to an open seat go on to serve the public in great ways. I am not denying that they have good intentions and frequently great outcomes.

But in a democracy people should choose their leaders.

What could be done to fix this problem?

2. None of the articles I saw have the details of Charles Weis's new compensation package. That is sure to upset my reader Andy Levinson. Maybe it is because his new employer is out of this area and makes it less news worthy?

3. Do you remember the governor's push to eliminate the county boards across California to save money? Do you think we will see such a push again anytime soon? Do you favor eliminating the county boards?

4. Not many people can explain the policy portfolios of the county board of education. Is this a problem? Voters are often educated during election about the functions of government positions they are voting on. Maybe more competitive elections could help out with this ignorance. There is a move to recruit candidates for this November to run. Do you know anything about it?

5. But for the people that use the county services this board is critical. Do the stake holders think they could be better served by local school districts? What do you think Donna Prenta? You seem to understand the county board better than most of the people that comment here, myself included.

6. Do you think there should be term limits for the county superintendent or the board members? How much exactly do they get paid? How can I check the figures? Citizens would be better served if this information was easy to access online/

7. Two of the current board members are on their party's central committee and a third is a political activist. Do you think the next Superintendent will be free from being involved in partisan politics?

8. You can apply online for the job. Anybody planning on doing it? Have you seen any names being mentioned for the position?

9. I am impressed that even with all of their disagreements between the board and the superintendent they were able to keep their working relationship professional. Grudges are so easy to keep it impresses me when people keep to Reagan's maxim:

• "I always throw my golf club in the direction I'm going."

Does it further your interests to stay angry? If not, move on.

10. That's it but I didn't want to stop a list at #9. What are your thoughts on these issues?

( A video critical of Sen. Chris Dodd for his favorable home loan that has raised ethics questions. For more reading on this issue click here. A friend thought I wouldn't talk about it as I am too partisan. Well, I finally found a local tie in.)

Looks like Rep. Gallegly refunded a recent contribution from CountryWide CEO Angelo Mizilo but it doesn't say why. Scroll down to the very bottom of the page to see it. I had the wrong link in there earlier. Thanks for pointing it out I have corrected it.

It might be completely meaningless or explainable but if the Democrats were organized you would expect to hear about it more. A campaign, not a blogger, would have discovered it.

Have you heard from his Democratic opponent? If you see an email from her send it my way.

If you see her at an event, send in pictures.

Through the last reporting period Marta Jorgensen spent $1,375. That's correct! She won her primary without spending almost any money and according to the last filed FEC report no contributions from individuals.

She is a zen master at campaigning. Rep. Gallegly better be prepared. She doesn't need to spend money to win. I am trying here. If you have your own spin to add let me know. What would you suggest to Marta Jorgensen to do to overcome Rep. Gallegly's name ID and massive war chest?

Seriously, Elton we know you are heavily favored to win. We know Republicans nation wide are afraid to talk about Iraq. But are you that afraid of Marta Jorgensen?

Why not talk about Iraq on your issues page?

Is it some DC consultant that chose to leave talking about Iraq off your issues page?

Take a chance. Talk about Iraq on your issues page.

I know you need to run a campaign but representing us is your job. Don't run away from it. If it was an oversight done by some staff members remind them about what is important to voters.

In related news Moorpark city council member Keith Millhouse is considering running for the seat when Rep. Gallegly retires.

There are many names being mentioned as potential candidate but over the weekend I heard a dark horse candidacy mentioned. The Republican primary to replace Rep. Gallegly could be really exciting. What names have you heard or what candidates would you like to see in that primary?

I also heard a rumor that Audra Strickland plans to run for County Supervisor. I assume she is intending to run for Peter Foy's seat since I have heard he isn't running again for that seat. Maybe he is planning to run for congress too?

Have fun sifting through campaign finance reports.