Why subsidize millionaires and billionaires?

Here’s two cheers for Democratic Assemblywoman Lori Saldaña of San Diego. She’s introduced a new law that would ban stadium subsidies from taxpayers for the NFL — or any sports league — if it a “blackout” rule. Under the NFL’s

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The Ballad of John Nunez

Once upon a time — okay, in 1996 — there was a Garvey school board member named John Nunez. He apparently didn’t really get along with another school board member named Robert Miranda, because one day Nunez told a couple

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Easy budget fix

Why hasn’t anybody thought of this before? California has a $20 billion budget deficit. Well… Thunder Valley Casino is in the Capitol region. So, all Gov. Schwarzenegger has to do is is take $20 billion over to the casino, walk

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