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Steven Greenhut: Here’s my latest piece in the New York Times online Room for Debate, in which I argue: “The biggest problem for California Republicans is that their gubernatorial candidate, Meg Whitman, has not excited Tea Party activists and the
Read MorePro-Tax Villines Slams Taxes
John Seiler: I just got a mailer from from JobsPAC, a 527 organization, touting Republican Mike Villines, who’s running for insurance commissioner. The group reportedly is funded with insurance-industry money, from companies that don’t like Democratic opponent Dave Jones. It pillories
Read MoreTruth About Union Think Tank
Steven Greenhut: A new “study” purporting to show that public employee are underpaid has been getting lots of media play. Check out my news story today. Here is a 2003 op-ed in the Orange County Register by a former Pacific
Read MorePublic Pay Study Seems Bogus
OCT. 21, 2010 By STEVEN GREENHUT The media have been providing serious reporting about a “UC Berkeley” study showing that public employees earn a total salary and benefit package that’s about the same as those in the private sector. This
Read MoreBig Bucks to defeat Prop 23
Katy Grimes: UPDATE: Contributions for Proposition 23 have been updated today, according to MAPlight.org The YES on Prop 23 campaign has remained at $9,094,509 raised, and the NO on Prop 23 received another big contribution today totaling $29,932,149. Today, after
Read MoreSen. Jenny Oropeza Passes Away
Anthony Pignataro: I hate writing stuff like this. I hate calling people to report stories like this. No one wants to talk, and I can’t blame them, because I don’t like it either. But it’s gotta be done. Senator Jenny
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Unemployed congressman cartoon
John Seiler: Our friends Jocelyne Leger and Mike Shelton put up a great new animated cartoon on Youtube.com: Oct. 21, 2010
Read MoreState Pension Meltdown Coming
OCT. 21, 2010 By WAYNE LUSVARDI The independent Milken Institute has just released a report “Addressing California’s Pension Shortfalls” that has an alarming finding: assuming no corrections are made, the combined liability of the three major state pension funds (Cal-PERS,
Read MoreFPPC Fights For Public Records
OCT. 21, 2010 When I was a reporter in Orange County a decade ago, calling the Fair Political Practices Commission could be a frustrating experience. “We cannot comment on the existence of an investigation,” the nice spokesperson would tell me
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