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DEAR DR. RAND PAUL
Dear Dr. Paul:
I wish to extend to you and your family my heart-felt congratulations on the occasion of your overwhelming victory yesterday in the Republican U.S. Senate primary in Kentucky. Your “randslide” ( as the media is calling it ) is a powerful reflection of the Great Awakening sweeping America which the Tea Party movement embodies.
Your victory over the entrenched, “business-as-usual” Republican establishment. . .
May 6, 2010
WATERFIELD FLIP-FLOPS ON ARIZONA LAW
33rd District candidate tells KVEC she supports law for Arizonans only
SAN LUIS OBISPO — 33rd Assembly District candidate Etta Waterfield is changing her position on the recently-enacted Arizona immigration law only days after she claimed to support it.
In a Tuesday night interview with KVEC’s Dave Congalton, Waterfield said she supports the law for Arizonans only but would not support such a law in California.
Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
MATT APPEALS TO VOTERS - Don't split the vote
Dear 33rd District Voter:
New developments in the race for 33rd Assembly District make it more critical than ever for conservatives not to split their votes on June 8, but to unite behind one conservative who can win.
Several recent surveys in the District put me in the lead over Katcho Achadjian:
Regardless of the methodology of each of these surveys and the varying "point spreads," they are all consistent in three respects:
1. Matt Kokkonen is leading the race
2. This is a Kokkonen vs. Katcho race
3. Etta Waterfield trails in a distant third place
Thursday, April 22, 2010
ONLINE SURVEY SHOWS KOKKONEN AHEAD IN 33RD
A new online survey conducted Sunday through Wednesday by Farm Team Consulting, a Republican political consulting firm based in Sacramento, indicates San Luis Obispo financial planner Matt Kokkonen continues to hold the lead in the race for 33rd Assembly District.
Results from over 230 high-propensity GOP voters in the District give Kokkonen 32.6% support, followed by...
March 30th, 2010
FARMERS AND RANCHERS BACK KOKKONEN
Matt Kokkonen has announced the support of numerous local farmers and ranchers in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties.
These include John Dana, George Dana, Marcus Williams, Bob Williams, Jack Mitchell, John Bognuda, Charles Porter, Ernest Righetti, Bill Righetti, David Righetti, Donald Righetti, Ernie Amarillas, Fernando Holguin, Joe R Jorge, Joey Jorge Jr., Dan Wixom, Daren Gee, Patrick Ferini, Benjamin Dohi, Sean McGrath, Bryan Billing and Rex Hendrix.
March 16th, 2010
PROMINENT AG LEADER ENDORSES KOKKONEN
Peter Adam, one of the Santa Maria Valley’s most prominent agricultural leaders, has endorsed Republican Matt Kokkonen for Assembly in the 33rd District.
March 15th, 2010
KOKKONEN TO DELIVER ANTI-TAX PETITIONS TO GOVERNOR, LEGISLATORS
Republican frontrunner Matt Kokkonen plans to deliver more than 400 signed petitions from local residents opposed to tax increases in next year's state budget.
March 5th, 2010
KOKKONEN TO HOLD APRIL 15 "TEA PARTY" SAN LUIS OBISPO
33rd Assembly District candidate and Republican frontrunner Matt Kokkonen will hold a "Tea Party" in Atascadero on Tax Day, April 15 from 12 noon to 2 PM at the Famous Sunken Gardens.
March 5th, 2010
KOKKONEN NAMES NORTH COUNTY CAMPAIGN DIRECTOR
33rd Assembly District candidate and Republican frontrunner Matt Kokkonen has named Atascadero resident and local business owner Brent MacGregor as his North San Luis Obispo County Campaign Director.
Feb 22nd, 2010
MATT'S OPPONENTS REFUSE DEBATE CHALLENGE
33rd Assembly District candidate Matt Kokkonen is strongly criticizing Wednesday’s decision by federal Judge Oliver W. Wanger cutting off water pumping to San Joaquin Valley farmers. Kokkonen said Wanger’s edict which closes down one of five delta pumps in the Valley to save the delta smelt fish “is another example of an out-of-control, rogue federal judiciary which is unaccountable to anyone and unanswerable to the people.”
Feb 12th, 2010
KOKKONEN BLASTS JUDGE'S DECISION ON WATER
33rd Assembly District candidate Matt Kokkonen is strongly criticizing Wednesday’s decision by federal Judge Oliver W. Wanger cutting off water pumping to San Joaquin Valley farmers. Kokkonen said Wanger’s edict which closes down one of five delta pumps in the Valley to save the delta smelt fish “is another example of an out-of-control, rogue federal judiciary which is unaccountable to anyone and unanswerable to the people.”
Feb 8th, 2010
KOKKONEN DENOUNCES CYBERSPACE ATTACKS
33rd Assembly District candidate Matt Kokkonen is denouncing the “scurrilous and underhanded” dissemination of e-mails in the Assembly campaign which attack the records of Republican Etta Waterfield and Democrat Hilda Zacarias.
Feb 4th, 2010
KOKKONEN ISSUES DEBATE CHALLENGE
33rd Assembly District candidate Matt Kokkonen has invited his three Republican challengers in the June 8 primary to a series of five debates to be organized in five major cities throughout the District between now and the June 8 primary.
Friday, Jan 15th, 2010
FORMER HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION ENDORSES KOKKONEN
San Luis Obispo resident, Cal Poly graduate, and former Ultimate Fighting Championship ( UFC ) light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell, the “Iceman” has endorsed Republican activist and SLO financial planner Matt Kokkonen for Assembly in the 33rd District.
Thursday, Jan 14th, 2010
ENFORCE THE 14th AMENDMENT TO STOP ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION
According to the Federation for American Immigration Reform ( FAIR ), the cost of illegal immigration to California taxpayers is $10.5 billion per year. That figure represents half of the projected state budget deficit for the next year, meaning that illegal immigration is contributing hugely to the massive budget shortfalls California faces year in and year out.
Our educational system alone is spending $7.7 billion per year to educate the children of illegal immigrants in our public schools where these children now constitute more than 15% of the student pool. Another $1.4 billion is going to pay for health care to illegal immigrants and their kin which is about the same amount being spent to house illegal immigrant criminals in our prison system. The cost per California household is almost. . .
Monday, Dec 28th, 2009
THE CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX
Global warming is probably one of the most contentious issues currently. Al Gore’s film, “An Inconvenient Truth”, documents his belief that humans are the cause of this warming and of an impending catastrophe on the planet. Therefore, many experts call for reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, such as carbon dioxide.
Dissenting experts claim that global warming is cyclical as evidenced by the several historical ice ages and periods of warming. They also point out that the increase in carbon dioxide has always followed periods of warming rather than being caused by the warming.
Friday, Dec 11th, 2009
NEWS FLASH!!
New Survey Has Matt Kokkonen Way Ahead!
SAN LUIS OBISPO -- San Luis Obispo financial planner and 2008 Republican Congressional nominee Matt Kokkonen is way ahead in the race for 33rd Assembly District, according to a new online survey of Republican voters in the District.
The new survey, released today by Carmel Advertising of Monterey County, shows Kokkonen leading with 52.7% of the vote, more than twice the percentage received by the second-ranking candidate, San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Katcho Achadjian who had 21.6%.
The poll was conducted online to more than 16,000 predominantly high-propensity voting Republicans in the 33rd Assembly District and included questions about how to balance the state budget and the job performances of Governor Schwarzenegger, Assemblyman Sam Blakeslee, and Senator Abel Maldonado as well as the State Legislature itself.
On the issue of the state budget, the three top choices for balancing the budget were a 10% across-the-board cut in state departments and agencies, reducing the number of state employees, and abolishing state commissions and agencies.
Most Republicans disapproved of the job Governor Schwarzenegger is doing ( 65.3% to 21.6% ) and also of the job the State Legislature is doing ( 92.8% to 3.6% ). 51.3% opposed the job State Senator and Lieutenant Governor-designate Abel Maldonado is doing while 65.3% approved of Assemblyman Sam Blakeslee’s job performance.
The survey validates other recent polling data, including one conducted by Farm Team Consulting of Sacramento in late October which showed Kokkonen eight points ahead of Achadjian.
Monday, Oct 28th, 2009
SLO TRIBUNE SAYS:
"MATT KOKKONEN WOULD WIN"
The San Luis Obispo Tribune says in its October 27 "Political Notebook" column that SLO financial adviser and past Assembly and Congressional candidate Matt Kokkonen "would win the Republican primary" for 33rd Assembly District if "it were held today."
According to Tribune reporter Bob Cuddy, an online survey of over 12,000 likely Republican voters in the 33rd District conducted by Farm Team Consulting (a Republican political consulting firm based in Sacramento) showed Kokkonen "leading San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Katcho Achadjian 44 percent to 36 percent." None of the other candidates — including Santa Maria Planning Commissioner Etta Waterfield garnered even 10% support among GOP voters.
Even allowing for a margin of error, Cuddy quoted Farm Team Consulting president Andrew Russo as saying "this appears to be a two-way race between Katcho and Matt Kokkonen, regardless of who may be on top at this point."
The Tribune said the survey identified the state budget crisis as the most important issue facing California today (33 percent), followed by illegal immigration (19 percent), "other" (15 percent) and jobs and the economy (14 percent). Six percent said the cost of public employee salaries and pensions was the "state’s most pressing problem," and five percent cited water.
The 33rd Assembly District seat is being vacated by Sam Blakeslee who is term-limited out. The District includes all of San Luis Obispo County as well as Santa Maria, Lompoc, Guadalupe, and Orcutt in Santa Barbara County.
Monday, Oct 26th, 2009
Matt Kokkonen Announces Bid for 33rd Assembly District:
San Luis Obispo financial planner Matt Kokkonen is now the fourth Republican to enter the race to replace incumbent Sam Blakeslee in the 33rd State Assembly District. Kokkonen filed papers last Wednesday for the seat, which is being vacated by Blakeslee, R-San Luis Obispo.
Kokkonen is a 39-year resident of San Luis Obispo and joins Republican candidates Fourth District County Supervisor Katcho Achadjian, Paso Robles City Councilman Fred Strong and Santa Maria businesswoman Henrietta “Etta” Waterfied as Republican candidates. Santa Maria City Councilwoman Hilda Zacarias is currently the sole Democratic candidate.
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