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Arizona boycott backfires
John Seiler: You read it here first, folks. In several blogs over the past few months, I predicted that the boycott of Arizona for its immigration law, SB 1070, would be a massive failure. The YouTube at the end of
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Katy Grimes: Democrat Gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown was on Univision recently and said that when he is elected, he will cut the mansion and private jet from the budget. “To “begin with I would cut back the governor’s expenses, like the
Read MoreA New Portrait for Jerry Brown?
Laura Sucheski: Here’s a question that’s surely been on the minds of California political history geeks everywhere. If Jerry Brown wins the governor’s race, it will be his second time holding the office. And just like the President of the
Read MoreSlower Than a Speeding Bullet
Anthony Pignataro: The California High-Speed Rail Authority really needs to work on its social media skills. On Aug. 2 the authority tweeted a link to this Washington Post story on the influx of federal stimulus money into big bullet train
Read MoreFeds Quash Non-Profit Student Loan Money
AUG. 3, 2010 By EVELYN STACEY On July 30 the U.S. Department of Education quashed California’s plan to sell EdFund, the non-profit student-loan guarantor. Ed Fund was created in 1997 as the state loan guaranty agency under the Federal Family Education
Read MoreAssembly Takes on Free Speech in Charters
AUG. 3, 2010 By KATY GRIMES After passing several innocuous-sounding resolutions, Assembly members were back at work in the legislature yesterday after summer recess, but quickly found themselves voting on a surprisingly partisan charter school bill. The first resolution to
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