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Back to homepageThe Complete Guide to John Burton’s Tirades, Outbursts and Expletives
Sept. 4, 2012 By John Hrabe California Democratic Party Chairman John Burton kicked off the Democratic National Convention Monday by comparing Republicans with Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels. “They lie and they don’t care if people think they lie… Joseph Goebbels
Read MoreDem confab sports California stars
Sept. 4, 2012 By John Seiler Except for a hilarious Clint Eastwood stand-up routine, last week’s Republican convention in Tampa featured hardly any Californians. At their convention this week in Charlotte, Democrats are showing off their powerful California delegation. The
Read MoreCalifornia government gone wild
Sept. 4, 2012 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO — California, you’ve gotta love it. But beautiful weather and majestic landscape can’t fix what ails us. California now has the third highest unemployment and the highest foreclosure rate in the country, highest
Read MoreWhy low-wage jobs boom is good news for California
Sept. 4, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi Is there anything for California to celebrate about the news that there has been a recent “explosion” of low wage jobs? Not according to the union-backed National Employment Law Project’s new study, “Low Wage Recovery
Read MoreAB 145 attacks voter registration
Sept. 4, 2012 By Dave Roberts Seventy-two percent of Californians who are eligible to vote are registered to vote. That’s up 2 percentage points from four years ago, but down from the three-quarters of eligible Californians who were registered in
Read MoreA darker shade of blue
Sept. 3, 2012 By Steven Greenhut SACRAMENTO — City officials across California typically spare police officers from even modest reductions in the pay and pension packages that are a leading cause of municipal budget problems, even when the alternatives are
Read MoreIs Ted Lieu the state’s Ultimate Nanny?
Sept. 4, 2012 By Steven Greenhut If you want to understand just about everything that’s wrong with Sacramento, you need only peruse a press release recently sent out by Sen. Ted Lieu, D-Torrance. Lieu is proud of his laundry list
Read MoreEncouraging signs from Todd Spitzer
Steven Greenhut: Over the years, I’ve been pretty tough on Orange County Supervisor-elect Todd Spitzer because of his closeness to the public safety unions and support for retroactive pension increases that put the county in a financial bind. I was
Read MoreDing, dong, tax bill is dead!
Sept. 1, 2012 Katy Grimes: The California Senate killed Assembly Speaker John Pérez’s AB 1500, which would have taxed out-of-state businesses. Ding dong, one more tax measure is dead… for now. Perez worked like a mad man on Friday to
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