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* Brian FitzGerald. Don’t know the name? He looks set to be the GOP nominee for Insurance Commissioner, after not spending any money to defeat Mike Villines in the primary.  Sometimes less is more?

* CalBuzz and Tom Meyer on the Whitman-Fiorina “ticket”.

* No apology from Fiorina on the comments about Sen. Boxer’s hair. Stay classy Carly.

* Some staffing up in the swing SD-15 district special election. Calitics is a big, big, big fan of John Laird.  Give him money.

* And hey, it’s June 15 tomorrow, the date the budget is supposed to be wrapping up its legislative tour.  No chance on that one, but they did meet.

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* Tax receipts beat expectations for May. However, given how bad the April receipts were, it will take years of this pace to catch up.

* The Feds have dropped the investigation into former Congressman John Doolittle. Doolittle is “thrilled.” Sure he is, he let Kevin Ring, his former staffer, take the hit, and he escaped with some legal bills and heartburn.

* Carly’s comments on Boxer’s hair have made the national news including the New York Times.

* Brian FitzGerald is still holding on to a small lead over Mike Villines. Brian FitzGerald you ask? Well, he was the benificiary of a lot of anger against Mike Villines in his run for Insurance Commissioner.  If FitzGerald holds on, he’ll have to start rolling up that nameID rapidly. Perhaps starting with GOP chair Ron Nehring.

* CalPERS is still mulling over asking for $700 million.

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* Peter Schrag thinks California is over the AZ-esque anti-immigration days. He points to the defeat of Steve Poizner as a sign that the time of Prop 187 is gone.

* PPIC and the California Broadcasters Assn. invited Whitman and Brown to do two debates in the fall.

* Meg Whitman paid $76/vote on Tuesday. A Bargain!!

* Sarah Palin attacked Jerry Brown. You have to wonder who this is really supposed to influence. General election voters? or 2012 primary voters?

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* Meg Whitman is already avoiding debates with Jerry Brown.

* Former Speaker Karen Bass won her primary and will most likely be headed for DC soon.

* A Daily Beast story about Democratic AG nominee.

* By spending nearly $50 million, PG&E did succeed in one area.“PG&E bought half a generation of bad corporate image for itself.”.

There was a bit of other news besides our low turnout.  Some of both as we wait for results:

* Debra Bowen says there will be an “army of lawyers” reviewing Prop 14 if it passes.

* The Supreme Court put a stay on the Arizona election matching funds. It’s a more robust system than Prop 15’s fair elections, but we could see some settled law on the issue with this case.  If it is overturned, a constitutional amendment might be the only route left for fair and clean elections.

* Meg Whitman already has a rally planned for Wednesday. That’s gotta sting Poizner…

* Hey, the Lakers are in the Finals, but SoCal sports revenue is down.

It’s Election Day Tomorrow. Tell your friends to vote!

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* In the Senate race, Fiorina and DeVore defended Israel’s recent flotilla incident.

* Skelton says today’s GOP would snub St. Ronny.

* While California’s population has grown, the population of whites has shrunk by half a million. Of course, these lines themselves are going to become less meaningful over the next 50 years,

* Poizner and Whitman get personal.  For Poizner, part of that was going anti-gay today. Nice touch, jerk.  

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* A fun campaign sign incident in CoCo County.

* Business groups are dominating political donations to all California legislators in a report from MapLight.org.

* Oh lookie! Steve Poizner found another way to pick on immigrants.

* Afghanistan Exit Date? Boxer Yes, Feinstein No.

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* The Assembly passed legislation banning carrying unloaded handguns in public.

* Arnold and the gang officially applied for lots-of-strings attached funding from the “Race to the Top” education fund.

* LA City Attorney Carmen Trutanich looks set to get legislation passed to get a grand jury of his own. The Governor hasn’t commented on the issue as of yet.

* Meg Whitman got an earful at rally in Westminster.

It’s getting close to election day, so while some of us will be busy working away, hopefully it will be a restful period for others. With the DADT repeal still up for debate, it is important to remember the sacrifices that those of every orientation, ethnicity, and faith have made for the Dream of America.

Now, to the links:

* The Wall Street Journal took a scrap from the LAO to scream that the sky will fall unless AB 32 is repealed.  Except…not really. As the Environmental Defense Fund points out, they weren’t really all that honest about the report, and the long-term effect of AB 32 is positive.

* Meg Whitman wanted to stay firmly planted in the middle of the electorate. Steve Poizner did not let her. And now, the immigration issue has pushed her firmly to the right of the majority of California voters. ANd then she compounds it by forgetting that she shows a border fence in her tv ad. One of her many TV ads.

* Speaking of immigration, it appears that Mark Ridley-Thomas will be the deciding vote on the LA County boycott of Arizona for its immigration policies.

* The OC Register has a recap of the GOP Senate hopefuls positions.  

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* Sarah Palin charged CSU-Stanislaus nearly $100,000. That’s double what she charged a Republican Party group in Oregon. Apparently, Palin gouges students, but gives Republicans the ol’ discount.

* Costa Mesa’s grandstanding on the immigration issues might cost them on their other pet project, the OC Fairgrounds.

* Carly Failorina is defending her failing record at HP. Well, hope she has those tap dancing shoes shined up.

* A labor backed group, California Working Families for Jerry Brown for Governor 2010 committee,  says that they will go up with ads against eMeg over the summer.