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L.A. Times Attempting Suicide
Commentary MARCH 5, 2012 By JOHN SEILER Today the Los Angeles Times is charging for visiting its site online. This is a suicide attempt that will severely damage the paper. Its parent company, Tribune Co., long has been in bankruptcy,
Read More‘Fire Sale’ Prices Can’t Save Chevy Volt
MARCH 5, 2012 By JOSEPH PERKINS Wouldn’t you know it: No sooner did General Motors start shipping its Chevrolet Volt toCalifornialast month before the automaker decided to halt production of the low-emission vehicle. Californiacar buyers must be bummed. To bribe
Read MoreCapitol Protest: Occupy vs. Teachers
Katy Grimes: California Teachers Association and Occupy Protestors are going to fight for relevance on Monday. Glitter-wearing Occupy protestors from Berkeley and Davis are headed to the state Capitol Monday morning. In a well-orchestrated protest planned for Monday, teachers and school
Read More‘Fem Dems’ Seeking Applicants
Katy Grimes: The “Fem Dems“ of Sacramento, a feminist political organization, are sponsoring the “2012 Fem Dems Candidate Boot Camp this weekend in Sacramento, for like minded candidates running or thinking of running for office.” The boot camp will teach candidates the “ins
Read MoreCalWatchDog.com Exclusive: Cal State Lies about Executive Pay
MARCH 2, 2012 By JOHN HRABE California State University officials have provided false and misleading information to the public about the total compensation provided to at least one of the system’s 23 presidents, a CalWatchDog.com investigation has found. According to
Read MoreWill Stockton Trigger Bankruptcy Run?
MARCH 2, 2012 By WAYNE LUSVARDI Stockton … Hercules … Lincoln … Milpitas. The list of cities has grown to four in the span of one week. These are all cities in California recently threatened with budgetary insolvency — where
Read MoreCARB ‘Rogue Agency’ Snubs Legislators
MAR. 1, 2012 By KATY GRIMES A Wednesday hearing in the Legislature to discuss pending state cap-and-trade auction revenues produced very few answers. But it did prove that no one in the state has a handle on the implementation of
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