'This is our opportunity to elect our own bosses'

John Seiler: “This is our opportunity to elect our own bosses” is an actual quote from California School Employees Association Chapter 224 head Ronda Walen about Measure H in San Juan Capistrano. If you want, the details of Measure H

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Brown's Devastating Ad

Steven Greenhut: Check out this new ad against Meg Whitman by Jerry Brown — it’s devastatingly effective at depicting a Whitman administration as a continuation of the Schwarzenegger administration:

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Brown Ignored Union Bill's Warnings

OCT. 19, 2010 By ANTHONY PIGNATARO One of the few actual, honest issues in the California governor’s race has also been one of the least reported. And while it’s an old issue – dating back to 1977 – it’s nonetheless

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Steinberg To Debate 20-Year-Old Foe

OCT. 19, 2010 By KATY GRIMES In this election cycle, there are many new faces as well as underdog candidates. But there is none so new and fresh as that of a young outsider, or “outlier” as Howard Dean quipped

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How Not To Fix A Broken State

OCT. 19, 2010 This book review was first published in City Journal. By STEVEN GREENHUT California Crackup: How Reform Broke The Golden State And How We Can Fix It, by Joe Mathews and Mark Paul (University of California Press, 240

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Howard Dean Avoids Boxer, Brown

OCT. 19, 2010 By KATY GRIMES While in California on Friday,  former Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean made a speaking appearance, but didn’t do any campaigning for Democratic candidates. It appears that every news outlet in the state is reporting

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Unfunded Pension Liability Study!

Anthony Pignataro: This one comes to us from Perry Wong and I-Leng Shen at the Milken Institute in Santa Monica. Founded by convicted felon Michael Milken, the non-profit think tank seeks to “create a more democratic and efficient global economy,”

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