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Water Board Can't Add

Katy Grimes: The State Water Resources Control Board, the agency responsible for ensuring “the highest reasonable quality for waters of the State,” appears to have a very difficult time with basic counting. The State Auditor issued a report updating the

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Judges Blast Pricey Computers

DEC. 21, 2010 By KATY GRIMES The state’s Department of Motor Vehicles is notorious for glacially paced licensing procedures, lackluster customer service and a horrifically expensive, unreliable computer system. But the DMV isn’t the only state agency sporting pricey computers wrought

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CARB Vote Full Of Self Congrats

DEC, 20, 2010 By DAVE ROBERTS “This is the end of the beginning,” declared California Air Resources Board (CARB) member Ron Roberts on Thursday before the board approved a plan they have been working on for four years that’s designed

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Alt Energy Makes State Budget Redder

DEC. 20, 2010 By LAER PEARCE When the 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show opened last month, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was there, which is not surprising since the manly man is quite the car lover.  Remember his H1 Hummer? Or his

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CA Economy Holding Back Nation

DEC. 20, 2010 By JOHN SEILER Strong doses of reality keep throwing cold water over Gov.-elect Jerry Brown. The mess left behind by departing Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger seems to grow worse every day. The latest cold water splashing comes from

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Nichols to California: Drop Dead

John Seiler: Consider the revealing quote in this article about CARB Commissar Mary Nichols, concerning CARB’s Friday decision to impose jobs-killing cap-and-trade edicts: Nichols noted concerns that the new regulations and its subsequent costs could burden the state’s economy, and

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California Joblessness 2nd Worst

John Seiler: California’s unemployment rate for November stayed the same, at 12.4%, placing it second worst in the nation; tied with Michigan. Only Nevada is worse, at 14.3%. Michigan improved from 12.8% the month earlier. And with a new Republican

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State Board Loans State Dept Money

Dec. 17, 2010 By KATY GRIMES On Dec. 15, a state investment fund loaned more than a million dollars to the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The Pooled Money Investment Board, which approved the loan, plays a quiet role

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School Cuts Would Mostly Target Fluff

DEC. 17, 2010 By WAYNE LUSVARDI At a state budget forum held on Dec. 14 in Los Angeles, Gov.-elect Jerry Brown and re-elected state Treasurer Bill Lockyer indicated that they are going to move quickly to significantly cut state funding for K-12 public schools

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Roseville Avoiding Liability

Katy Grimes: With the report out today about how the fire at the Roseville Galleria Mall in October so amazingly escalated, rational people are asking why anyone is still talking about a mall fire. Roseville city officials should be publicly

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