Were you aware that there is a connection between Devin Nunes and Tal Cloud? Cloud worked on Nunes Camplaign in 2002 as his Fresno County Political Chairman/Consultant.

Thank you for the explanation.

The author says she was lead to the North Bay Business Journal through links on the Business Journal’s website. So there you have it.

So Mr. Mendoza is claiming Assemblyman Mathis raised taxes by $100. This article says that taxes were reduced by $371 million. That is, at worst case, a NET REDUCTION of $271 million. So even if, for sake of argument, we take this north bay article as factual. Mathis reduced taxes by $271 million, saved $1.1 billion in medi-cal reimbursements (do you have any idea what it would costs us taxpayers if we lost that money??), saved our hospitals here locally $7million which will save costs not passed on to the consumers, and funded the developmentally disabled community. Some of the most vulnerable in our community.

We think this is a bad deal???

This is the kind of leadership we have been lacking and sorely need.

I’m voting for Devon Mathis.

Our trusty tech wizard strikes again! It appears the author somehow omitted “North Bay.” Thank you, Tony–full marks!

Hi, Scott,

Plugging the quote from Catherine into Google gives me the following result from the North Bay Business Journal:

http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/industrynews/healthcare/5313191-181/california-mco-new-tax

“Whereas the old tax has been imposed only on managed care plans in the Medi-Cal business, the new tax will be levied on all managed care plans. However, to encourage providers not to pass the tax on to consumers and to offset the cost to insurers, other taxes insurers pay were eliminated. The new legislation includes $371 million in breaks on state premiums and corporation taxes.

The impact it will have on businesses is uncertain.

“It really depends on the carrier,” said Victor McKnight, a principal at EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants in Petaluma. “A carrier who doesn’t have much Medi-Cal, like Blue Shield, might get hit harder than someone who does.””

Go for it!

I couldn’t find the link. But I did some scouting around the Business Journal site. I’ll ask the author about this source and get back to you.