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Katy Grimes: Late Friday, legislative leaders, looking haggard, announced that they had come to an “agreement” on the budget. Details are trickling out, with the actual budget deal slated to be released on Wednesday, and voted on Thursday. Assembly Republican leader,
Read MoreLungren, Enemy Of Property Rights
Steven Greenhut: I was driving around some of the rural regions outside Sacramento yesterday and saw the signs for Dan Lungren for Congress. Lungren, the former state attorney general and a failed gubernatorial candidate against Gray Davis, is in a
Read MoreMaldo Lashes Out!
Anthony Pignataro: California Lieutenant Governor Abel Maldonado may be short, but he can be tough. And don’t get him angry — you wouldn’t want to see him angry. I know this because I saw him angry today, and it wasn’t
Read MoreGood News: Guv OK On Furloughs
Steven Greenhut: The state Supreme Court upheld Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s furlough program, which saved the state about $3 billion by imposing mandatory days off for state government employees. The union members wanted back pay — which would have meant a
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New ‘Green’ Law Is Union Giveaway
OCT. 4, 2010 By WAYNE LUSVARDI Will a new law mandating green power storage facilities along green pathway electric transmission lines paradoxically result in short circuiting green power in California? Or is this new law mostly symbolic to help Jerry
Read MoreSilly laws, sillier candidates
OCT. 4, 2010 Every legislator could have skipped out of the country for the entire legislative session, and it would not have mattered one iota to anyone outside of their staff members. That’s not cynicism, so much as a fair
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California needs a political 'Gong Show'
John Seiler: Oct. 4, 2010 Remember the old “Gong Show“? People would display some talent, such as singing or playing an instrument. Judges then would decide if the person had any competence. For the incompetent ones, a large gong was
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