His report released today shows $15,000 from attorneys at Shernoff, Bidart, Echeverria, which advertises itself as “Lawyers for Insurance Policyholders,” $1,300 from Mannion & Lowe whose business is “representing plaintiffs in disputes with their insurance carriers,” and $2,500 from Manatt, Phelps & Phillips whose clients include Metropolitan Life Insurance, Monumental Life Insurance Company, and an unnamed “largest workers’ compensation carrier in California.” Health care contributors who will be affected by federal health care reform issues before the Commissioner include United Pharmacists Network ($1,000), Union of American Physicians & Dentists ($2,000), and CA Optometric PAC ($5,000).

Perhaps the most egregious example of Jones’ hypocrisy is his acceptance of a total this year of $11,000 from the law firm Roxborough, Pomerance, Nye and Adreani, who in March filed a major lawsuit with the Department of Insurance over health insurance issues.

The Los Angeles Times, Capitol Weekly, and other publications have previously exposed Jones and his fundraising tactics. When caught by the media fundraising from insurance interests, Jones and his campaign only had the following to say:

“‘If they list Mother Teresa on their website, should I return it?’ Jones said. ‘I would just ask that it be kept in perspective.’” (Sacramento Bee, October 13, 2010)

“Jones spokeswoman Sandra Sanchez said the campaign screens contributions for licensed insurance companies and brokers but would not automatically reject money from a group representing those providers or a PAC funded by insurance money.

“‘It’s very, very difficult to track every single organization to find out what money they accept and what they don’t,’ Sanchez said.” (California Watch, October 11, 2010)

Jones will cripple California’s economy, raise workers comp rates exponentially and kill private sector jobs. VOTE NO ON DAVE JONES!

At 5:13 Jerry McNerney predicts that if we stop stimulus spending we’ll have a double dip.

Watch as Jerry McNerney explains his plans for doing nothing differently. He voted on $1.3 Trillion in spending already, and he reveals that it’s not enough.

And if you’re looking for some humor: in the beginning he says Joe Biden had some good ideas about Afganistan.

Bigoted and unconstitutional Blaine Amendment language aside (in the constitutions of western states), government has no business favoring and subsidizing one form of religious (parochial or secular) pedagogical worldview over any other.

So vouchers are great in theory, but tough to execute in practice.

That said, I’ll also add that it makes a huge difference in student learning when government is not involved in any aspect of a school — we’ve experienced this first hand with a student at Hillsdale College which accepts zero state or federal monies (even government loans).

The academic freedom this affords professors benefits student learning like no other school environment (public or private). And elimination of state-mandated politically-correct mickey mouse multicultural B.S. courses frees up tons of time in student schedules for, well, actual learning! What a concept.

Which also is why homeschooled students receive a vastly superior education than that available in any group classroom.

And again, private schools — K-12 as well as universities — are capable of delivering superior service at a significantly lower price than government schools.

The fact is everything the government does is lower quality at a higher price. The private sector can always provide services better, faster and cheaper. Which is one reason why taxpayers are tired of paying inflated prices for mediocre (or worse, in the case of Mt. Diablo USD schools) service — and seek to limit government services to the bare Constitutional minimum.

Who in their right mind wants to pay top dollar for crap? That’s essentially what taxpayers are doing by funding most government services. Sad but true.

Empower parents, not unions and their puppets

If parents want to send their kids to MDUSD that’s their choice. If they want to send them to some other school, that’s their choice; just like the taking a Pell Grant and choosing between St Mary’s or Cal, or selecting a doctor (while you can) before Obamacare kicks in.

A reporter rightly–and repeatedly–asks the candidate: Do you believe what you wrote?

Had they more time, the reporters might have asked: do you support federal spending on public education?

Revealing interview!