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Safety Officials Threaten Mutual Aid Cuts

DEC. 2, 2010 By KATY GRIMES A legislative committee that met this week to discuss whether budget cuts to California’s emergency management agencies would threaten mutual aid agreements, primarily reiterated the vastly divergent positions between agency directors who defended their

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SF's Adachi Vows New Pension Effort

This article first appeared in City Journal. DEC. 2, 2010 By STEVEN GREENHUT San Francisco’s public-sector unions have been gloating following last month’s defeat of Proposition B, which would have required city employees to boost contributions to their generous pension

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Group Touts New Pension Initiative

DEC. 1, 2010 By STEVEN GREENHUT A pension reform organization has released a draft initiative plan for the 2012 ballot that would require public employees to pay half their retirement benefit costs, mandate defined contribution plans for new employees, significantly

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Arnold's Theme Song

John Seiler: Every great leader needs a theme song. Here’s Arnold’s: Here are the lyrics: If you could only see me I know exactly where I am You wouldn’t want to be me Oh, I can assure you of that

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Fast Rail's Iffy Ridership Claims

DE C. 1, 2010 By ANTHONY PIGNATARO In one of the many examples of inefficiency surrounding the proposed California High-Speed Rail system, there are currently two active lawsuits, largely consisting of the same parties and many of the same issues,

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Retrospective: Pork OD Kills Water Project

DEC. 1, 2010 By RICHARD TRAINOR When former San Francisco Mayor and California Assembly Speaker Willie Brown said that a “political earthquake” is rumbling in the Central Valley over water he was right on the money, and it seems that

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