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Back to homepageDan Lungren's Anti-Freedom Career
U.S. Rep. Dan Lungren’s big-government policies may make him the rare Republican to lose in November. OCT. 15, 2010 By JOHN SEILER Dan Lungren faces a tough re-election challenge in his re-election bid for Sacramento’s 3rd congressional district. He faces Democrat
Read MoreSacto's Measure B Big For State
OCT. 14, 2010 By KATY GRIMES City utility department increases are occuring all over the state. But in Sacramento, the fight is on between the city and anti-tax proponents. On the November ballot is “Measure B,” a utility rollback initiative that would “roll
Read MoreMaldonado's Where?!
Anthony Pignataro: Twitter certainly makes for an odd news feed. I never know what I’m going to find in the 141 feeds @CalWatchdog follows, and today was no different: “As @aliciatrost said, Steinberg is the acting Guv today. @abelmaldonado is
Read MoreMWD Chairman In The Tank
Please see the comments and corrections posted at the end of this story. OCT. 13, 2010 By WAYNE LUSVARDI An old fashioned method of water conservation was to put a brick in the water tank of your toilet. The Metropolitan
Read MoreRunner: Make BOE 'Client-Friendly'
OCT. 13, 2010 By KATY GRIMES George Runner may be in the middle of his last Senate term and will be termed out, but that hasn’t stopped the Antelope Valley Republican from running another campaign. But this time, Runner is setting his
Read MoreUnserious Debate, Unserious State
Steven Greenhut: Listening to the gubernatorial debate tonight was a painful experience. It’s more of the same. Whitman believes in pension reform but with a large enough loophole (public safety) to render the whole exercise pointless. Jerry Brown claims he
Read MorePension Funds' Odd Incentives
OCT. 12, 2010 By DAVE ROBERTS Billionaire investor Warren Buffett has compared investing in the stock market to gambling in a casino. He criticizes the large volume of daily trading and minute-to-minute tracking of the ups and downs of various
Read MoreTreasure Island’s Toxic Problem
San Francisco’s hottest property may be Treasure Island, where plans for glitzy development are threatened by the Navy’s legacy of radioactive waste OCT. 12, 2010 By ANTHONY PIGNATARO SAN FRANCISCO — The jet fighters raced across the sky maybe 500
Read MoreUC Physicist: Global Warming A Fraud
OCT. 11, 2010 By WAYNE LUSVARDI Harold Lewis, Professor of physics emeritus at University of California at Santa Barbara has resigned from membership in the top professional association for physicists in America saying that “the money flood” has corrupted science
Read MoreCarly Fiorina On Gold And War
OCT. 11, 2010 By JOHN SEILER Fred Barnes of the Weekly Standard calls the duel for U.S. senator from California “The Most Important Race of 2010: If Fiorina defeats Boxer, liberalism will suffer a grievous defeat.” His analysis is similar
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