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Dec. 14, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi In George Orwell’s novel “1984,” “doublespeak” meant the reversal of the meaning of words: “war is peace,” “ignorance is strength” and “freedom is slavery.” Ever since the California Electricity Crisis of 2000-01, California has been

Teacher unions the enemies of ‘social justice,’ not the champions

CalWatchdog Staff December 14, 2012

Dec. 14, 2012 By Chris Reed Here’s the intro to my take for City Journal on the absurdity of the California Federation of Teachers pretending to care about minorities. “The online premiere last week of the California Federation of Teachers’

Bienvenue à Québec, CARB!

CalWatchdog Staff December 13, 2012

Dec. 13, 2012 By Katy Grimes Hear ye! Hear ye! Cap and trade is alive and working, so says the big announcement today from the California from the California Air Resources Board and California Environmental Agency… at least between California

George Skelton: 34% is a ‘small minority’

CalWatchdog Staff December 13, 2012

Dec. 13, 2012 By Chris Reed The persistence with which George Skelton writes silly, slanted stuff is hard to exaggerate. He only occasionally tells his L.A. Times readers that unions run Sacramento. He is a constant advocate of the Sacramento

Obama come and Belafonte want concentration camps

CalWatchdog Staff December 13, 2012

Dec. 13, 2012 By John Seiler I’ve liked Harry Belafonte over the years, especially his music. Now here’s how he has rewarded me: For the record, he said: “The only thing left left for Barack Obama to do is to

Rail series: Single-track bottleneck slows CA trains

CalWatchdog Staff December 13, 2012

This is Part 3 of a series on Medium-Speed rail alternatives to California’s High-Speed Rail project. Click to read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 and Part 6. Dec. 13, 2012 By Stan Brin So why are California’s trains so sluggish? Aside from political inertia,

McClintock schools Congress and President on fiscal cliff

CalWatchdog Staff December 13, 2012

Dec. 13, 2012 By Katy Grimes If you really want to cut through all of the media noise about the ‘”Fiscal Cliff,” Rep. Tom McClintock, R-CA4, does this succinctly in a speech on Wednesday. In a nutshell, McClintock explains: “In their

Izumi criticizes state employee’s cyber-goldbricking

CalWatchdog Staff December 13, 2012

Dec. 13, 2012 By John Seiler A state government employee posted thousands of times on the Sacramento Bee’s Web site during work hours. Taxpayers subsidized his cyber-goldbricking. CBS News just ran a story on it with interviews of Lance Izumi, our

Audacity! Mich. shows Calif. GOP how to revive party

CalWatchdog Staff December 12, 2012

Dec. 12, 2012 By John Seiler When I was growing up in Michigan in the 1960s, the Democratic Party mostly dominated the state. Kennedy, Johnson and Humphrey won the presidential contests. Democrats controlled the Legislature. And labor unions dominated the

CA state budget goes off the cliff

CalWatchdog Staff December 12, 2012

Dec. 12, 2012 By Chriss Street California State Controller John Chiang announced that total State revenue for the month of November 2012 fell $806.8 million, or 10.8 percent, below budget. Democrats thought they could hammer “the rich” by convincing voters