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Steven Greenhut: The California Grocers Association and the Pechanga Tribe of Indians have endorsed putting Gov. Jerry Brown’s tax-increase plans on the ballot. Because these groups seem to believe that taxes are the key to prosperity, the Legislature should immediately
Read MoreState Workers Angry At Me!
Katy Grimes: A story I wrote last week (State Printer Decides Election Date?) about the Office of State Printing being able to make decisions about future election dates based on printing schedules, created a stir when I suggested that Gov.
Read MoreBrown Hates Open Meetings?
MARCH 9, 2011 Where Governor Jerry Brown is concerned, anything goes. It’s a mistake to call him a mere liberal — while I have no doubt that he adheres to some vague progressive impulses, he is fully capable of proposing
Read MoreProp. 14 Changes the Political Game
MARCH 9, 2011 By DAVE ROBERTS The November elections were disastrous for California Republicans. They lost all nine statewide races, lost ground in the state Assembly and failed to gain a seat in Congress, despite California having 12 percent of
Read MoreSolar Industry Would Fade w/o Incentives
MAR. 9, 2011 By KATY GRIMES The California Solar Initiative Program has spent $2.1 billion in only three years. But three large utility companies and one contractor say is not enough to meet the Legislature’s solar power goal within the
Read MoreAdachi Forms New Reform Group
Steven Greenhut: San Francisco’s Public Defender Jeff Adachi, who had sponsored a pension-reform measure in the last election, is joining with Vallejo’s voice of sanity, Councilwoman Stephanie Gomes, to create a new reform group aimed at reining in California’s growing
Read MoreBrown's Tax Election Stalling
MARCH 8, 2011 BY JOHN SEILER A couple of days ago it seemed as though Gov. Jerry Brown had the needed GOP votes to slate a Special Election for June on increasing taxes. Now it seems he doesn’t. His deadline
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