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Election 2012: ‘Survivor’ or ‘Clueless?’
Oct. 2, 2012 Katy Grimes: Voter fatigue is no longer an factor this election cycle because thoughtful voters appear instead to be tuning out entirely to media and polls, and instead tuning into reality television. There’s an irony. “It’s getting
Read MoreBill injects mandatory vaccines into Calif. law
Oct. 2, 2012 By Katy Grimes California’s kids receive more than 50 childhood vaccinations. However, not all parents agree with the aggressive vaccination schedule and opt out. But this option will no longer be a choice, now that a new state law
Read MoreIt’s a tragedy! It’s a comedy! It’s Crazifornia!
Oct. 2, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi In 2050, after California was hit with a 6.9 Richter scale earthquake on the Hayward Fault, the city of Vallejo didn’t suffer much because it already was a ghost town. California no longer had
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12,744 new laws signed by Brown
Oct. 2, 2012 Katy Grimes: Whenever someone tells me what a lousy governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was, I remind then that at least he was a pretty good goalie. Schwarzenegger vetoed nearly 2,000 bills. It’s too bad he didn’t veto a
Read MoreCrazifornia exodus: People fleeing dense cities, regulations
Oct. 1, 2012 By Laer Pearce In The Great California Exodus: A Closer Look, the Manhattan Institute has chronicled California’s fall from “the state with more jobs, more space, more sunlight, and more opportunity” to, well, the state with more
Read MoreSomebody else compares Mitt to Meg
Oct. 1, 2012 By John Seiler On Sept. 25, I pointed out the similarities between Meg Whitman and her 2010 campaign for California governor and Mitt Romney and his 2012 campaign for president. I wrote: “Remember Meg Whitman’s campaign for
Read MoreAnother small biz bites the dust
Oct. 1, 2012 Katy Grimes: The news that another small Sacramento business is closing its doors seems only to draw yawns these days. The famed Fords Real Burgers, a local Sacramento burger joint since 1987, is being forced out of business
Read MoreLibertarian ideology blinds Republicans on Prop. 31
Oct. 1, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi When I recently spoke before an Orange County crowd of Republicans at a ballot forum as the “No on Proposition 31” speaker, I was not surprised to find opposition. One person offered the observation
Read MoreThe ‘nut graph’ you’ll never see in a state government story
Oct. 1, 2012 By Chris Reed On Sunday, as I read iconoclastic pollster Pat Caddell‘s sharp, persuasive tirade documenting the many issues where the national media have spared the public from the details of the Obama administration’s venality and incompetence,
Read MorePush for charter cities enrages unions
Part 1 of a series on charter cities. Sept. 30, 2012 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO — The November election is shaping up to be a biggie, and probably even a game changer. In addition to California’s tax increase ballot initiatives
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