Highlights of Peninsula Harbor Republicans Meeting June 27: Craig Huey

June 27, 2012 -- Keller Williams Realty Training Room

The Peninsula Harbor Republicans assembled for their monthly meeting for a meet and greet with two prominent contenders for election in the South Bay.

Bill Bloomfield, Manhattan Beach resident who won the second-place spot to take on Henry Waxman for the 33rd Congressional District, was slated to speak. A surprise guest opened up the meeting, Craig Huey, the GOP candidate who edged fellow Republican Nathan Mintz for the opportunity to take the newly-drawn 66th Assembly district of the South Bay.

Huey reported that Nathan Mintz endorsed him for the Assembly seat. He also shared that prominent Republicans in the South Bay, including Torrance City Councilman Bill Sutherland, chose to endure Murastuchi, a reversal which has not received enough attention in the South Bay.

Mr. Huey has shocked the political establishment once again. First taking the number 2 spot against Janice Hahn for the 36th Congressional district last May, and now edging out a Republican challenger and taking in the top vote for the city of Torrance following the June 5th primary for the 66th Assembly district.
State party leaders up and down the state of California have evaluated cogently that the South Bay seat, which barely trends Democratic by three points, is a sure-fire swing district. If the Democrats pick up two more seats, they will command a two-thirds majority in both of chambers of the state legislature, with the disconcerting authority to pass tax and spending increases over the heads of the growing number of disillusioned Californians. Progressivism is a regressive political philosophy, one which expands state power at the expense of the individual while placing this ill-gotten power in the hands of disconnected elites.

This trend must not allow to continue any further.  Two major municipalities have already dealt a serious blow to the labor unions who have amassed considerable power by instituting pension reform. The rising number of voters in the Golden State will not tolerate business as usual in the statehouse. Businessman Craig Huey will put a stop to the Sacramento landslide of taxes and regulations that are killing jobs and frustrating city sovereignty and individual liberty. Huey could not hammer enough times the crucial importance of his victory over Al Muratsuchi in November. Labor unions are pouring money into the 66th Assembly race. Huey asked for donations, which he received in large numbers within minutes of his short speech.

The Republican Party is on the rise in the South Bay. The state of California is tired of one group of virulent lobbyists taking the time and money away from state lawmakers and forcing them to accommodate a narrow policy of enriching public unions at the expense of everyone else.