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By JOHN SEILER Writing recently in the Sacramento Bee, two professors mangled the actual meaning of the U.S. Constitution. Alan Gibson of Cal State Chico and James Read of the College of St. Benedict and St. John’s University in Minnesota
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Steve Lopez Myopia on Oil
FEB. 4, 2011 by JOHN SEILER L.A. Times columnist Steve Lopez this week enthuses for bikes, buses and the potential of fusion power — and he attacks oil and gas-powered cars. I’m all for fusion power — when it gets
Read MoreLockyer Supports Redevelopment End
FEB. 3, 2011 By KATY GRIMES State Treasurer Bill Lockyer just this week joined the chorus of calls to deny funding for local redevelopment as one way to reduce the state’s $25 billion budget shortfall. Gov. Jerry Brown’s January budget proposal
Read MoreGreen Jobs Or Tax Reform?
Katy Grimes: A day of extremes at the state Capitol on Wednesday led to very different budget crisis resolution angles – green jobs or tax reform? From a press conference announcing a green jobs initiative to a panel discussion about
Read MoreCARB Wants To Take On Vast New Powers
FEB 3, 2011 By LLOYD BILLINGSLEY On Wednesday UC Santa Cruz environmental studies professor Timothy P. Duane addressed an audience at the University of California Sacramento Center on the “Greening of the Grid.” His lecture also provided a revelation of
Read MoreCRA's Linda Barton: Deer In Headlights
FEB. 2, 2011 By STEVEN GREENHUT If California Redevelopment Association President Linda Barton’s presentation Tuesday at a Sacramento Press Club debate was any indication, then Gov. Jerry Brown might have an easier time than expected in getting rid of the
Read MoreMore Democracy At Election Time
FEB. 2, 2011 by JOHN SEILER “All the ills of democracy can be cured by more democracy,” said Al Smith, the New York governor and presidential candidate in 1928 (pictured at right). He was the last small-government Democratic presidential candidate
Read MoreMoody's Views of Brown's SOS Speech
FEB. 1, 2011 By WAYNE LUSVARDI In a press release dated Jan. 27, Moody’s credit-rating agency began adding unfunded public pension debt to total bonded indebtedness for state and municipal governments across the U.S. Moody’s press release wasn’t reported until
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