Business as usual

Steven Greenhut: The Capitol is a ghost town today for obvious reasons, as legislators head out to celebrate the 4th of July (with few of them thinking about how their policies more closely resemble those promoted by the oppressive Brits

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3 plans, no budget

JULY 2, 2010 The governor has a budget proposal. Democratic senators have a budget proposal. Assembly Speaker John Perez and the Assembly Democrats have a budget proposal. Does Mrs. Smith’s 10th grade civics class also have a budget proposal? With

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Pensions a policy disaster

JULY 2, 2010 By K. LLOYD BILLINGSLEY In May, The Economist judged California a “lean” state, where waste is hard to find, based on the single measure of state employees per 10,000 residents. In “Sanity in the offing?” in the

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Hey, why not increase taxes?

John Seiler: Again late for passing a state budget by July 1, Democrats in the Legislature have come up with a witches’ brew of tax increases: Democrats will pursue a new $1 billion tax on oil production, as well as

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"Non-Competitive" Sports and Politics

Katy Grimes: An advertisement in today’s Capitol Morning Report from Sacramento City Councilman Kevin McCarty, requests parent volunteers to help coach “non-competitive” kids soccer. Unfortunately, this typifies Councilman McCarty’s brand of politics. Non-competitive sports? Is that anything like non-competitive chess? Or

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Fined Russian firm gets Ft. Ross

JULY 1, 2010 By ANTHONY PIGNATARO Last week Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed an agreement with the Russian corporation Renova Group to help pay for the upkeep of Fort Ross State Park, on the Sonoma coast, even though the company is

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