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JUNE 9, 2010 By JOHN SEILER The entry level of personal worth for winning the GOP nomination for governor now is $1 billion. That’s the net worth of Meg Whitman, who won yesterday’s primary nomination for governor. That’s up from the more
Read MorePG&E Buying Spot In State Constitution
JUNE 7, 2010 By KATY GRIMES With PG&E spending $43 million on radio, television and print ads promoting Proposition 16, all-the-while insisting that the funding comes only from the shareholders and not ratepayers, one cannot help but ask that if
Read MoreCal recovery lags USA
JUNE 7, 2010 By JOHN SEILER California’s economy is recovering, but more slowly than that of the rest of America, according to the June 3 forecast of the A. Gary Anderson Center for Economic Research at Chapman University, which I
Read MoreDuvall nearly out of money
JUNE 4, 2010 By ANTHONY PIGNATARO Former Assemblyman Michael D. Duvall of Yorba Linda, who left office suddenly in September 2009 following revelations that he talked freely of alleged sexual conquests in a legislative hearing chamber, has given away just
Read More'No on 17' funding questioned
JUNE 4, 2010 By LAURA SUCHESKI Both proponents and opponents of controversial Proposition 17 are spending the eleventh hour before the June 8 primary lobbing accusations at each other from the trenches. Prop. 17 would modify a previous law enacted
Read MoreNanny May I?
JUNE 3, 2010 By KATY GRIMES The proper role of government is on the minds of many people in the state, particularly with a record budget crisis in California. But legislators continue to offer massive quantities of legislation that meddle
Read MoreCARB's leadership fetish
JUNE 3, 2010 The word is “leadership.” These days, it’s hard to find a news article or press release about the California Air Resources Board (CARB) that doesn’t talk up the agency’s “leadership” in something or other. California’s automobile fuel
Read MoreElection pre-mortem
JUNE3, 2010 By JOHN SEILER What a mess departing Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is leaving for his successor. Endemic deficits. A bond rating the lowest of any state, inching toward junk-bond status. School performance vying with Louisiana for America’s worst. The
Read MoreCA legislators rebuke Texas textbooks
JUNE 2, 2010 By DAVE ROBERTS César Chavez can rest safe in the knowledge that his place among the pantheon of American giants in history books will be preserved in California. The state Senate last week approved by a 25-5
Read MoreWhitman: banal and unconvincing
JUNE 1, 2010 Steven Greenhut: I have rarely seen a political candidate who avoided taking tough stances during the election campaign suddenly get some courage and embrace a firm reform platform once in office. Unfortunately, the Republican Party’s best hope
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