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AUG. 7, 2010 By JOHN SEILER The goal is bold: To graduate 2,000 students from inner-city high schools in South Los Angeles — then have them all graduate from college. The method: put 40 charter schools within the 45 square
Read MoreS.F. cops shut down girl's lemonade stand
John Seiler: Just when you thought the Police State couldn’t get any worse, cops in San Francisco recently shut down a little girl’s stand selling lemonade and brownies. How un-American can you get. It’s like banning Mom and apple pie. Well,
Read MoreMeg disses Poizner
John Seiler: Amateur Meg just keeps making mistake after mistake after mistake. Her latest: Attacking primary opponent Steve Poizner about putting employees on unpaid leave at his department. As Poizner quipped, she apparently hadn’t heard that she already had beaten
Read MoreThe Meginator…
Katy Grimes: I’ve heard Gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman described as Arnold Schwarzenegger, only less articulate. Ouch. However, after her appearance on the John and Ken show earlier in the week, I agree. I read the very painful transcript. Should Meg
Read MoreBudget Reform Bills headed for Guillotine
Katy Grimes: I received a tip from a Capitol insider that there are three budget reform bills poised for decisive death in the Assembly Budget Committee next week. The committee is quite large with 26 members — 15 are Democrats,
Read MoreOther People's Money
AUG. 6, 2010 After sitting through another week of state legislative sessions and committee hearings, the phrase “other people’s money” keeps running through my head. Last week I spoke with Senator Denise Moreno Ducheny, D-San Diego, and that started me
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