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Bullet Trains, Green Jobs and ‘The War Between Data and Storytelling’
May 15, 2012 By Chris Reed SAN DIEGO — The smug, insufferably superior politics of the faculty lounge have gone mainstream on the Left in the past decade to the point where many “progressive” pundits and Democratic lawmakers openly act
Read MoreHas Jerry Brown’s budget deficit become a cliche?
May 15, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi Has California’s legendary structural budget deficit evolved into an overworked and obsolescent cliche? This is a question to be asked of Gov. Jerry Brown announcement yesterday that the state general fund budget deficit has
Read MoreNew Brown budget pushes tax increases
May 14, 2012 By Brian Calle Gov. Jerry Brown and his allies, in predictable fashion, are using California’s latest $16 billion budget black hole as a tool to justify big tax hikes. Brown did so today in presenting the May
Read MoreBook Review: The higher Street to public management
May 14, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi When I first started working for Los Angeles County government decades ago, it was what might have been called “republican” (with a small “r”). Decision-making was delegated down to the managerial and supervisorial level.
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Brown’s new budget attacks producers
May 14, 2012 By John Seiler Gov. Jerry Brown’s May Revise to his 2012-13 budget proposal, released today, only will club more producers into leaving the state. It calls for $8.5 billion in tax increases from the initiative he is
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Brown’s budget video address
The following video address was given by Gov. Jerry Brown to explain his new budget and call for tax increases. Note that he says the second budget from last year, the one he signed, was an improvement in ending budget
Read MoreMay Revise budget stories coming soon…
We’re working on stories on the May Revise of the govenor’s budget and they’ll be up soon.
Read MoreCartoon on Obama and Time
May 14, 2012 By John Seiler My friend Mike Shelton just drew this cartoon, a parody of the Time magazine cover. And make sure to check out his website, which he shares with Jocelyne Leger. They have many funny cartoons
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