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RDA Dynamic Shifts In Assembly
Steven Greenhut: Assembly Speaker John Perez, D-Los Angeles, apparently is too busy offering meaningless resolutions about teachers, etc., to bring SB77 — the plan to end redevelopment — back for a vote. There’s a good reason to do so now.
Read MoreGOP Proves It Ain't Rocket Science
Steven Greenhut: The California Assembly Republicans just released a budget blueprint that closes the remainder of the state’s budget deficit without raising taxes or imposing any severe restrictions on the state Leviathan. It doesn’t cut any education funding or law
Read MoreLindsay Lohan Given Absurd Sentence
MAY 12, 2011 By JOHN SEILER One thing I’d like to know is how many millions of our tax dollars the government spent to convict beautiful actress Lindsay Lohan of petty theft. You know they spent that much because the
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Paywatch: $200,000 Lifeguard Salary
John Seiler: In better days, lifeguards were young guys and gals who pulled hapless folks out of the drink. It usually was a temporary, summer job. Now they’re beneficiaries of California’s massive pay, perks and benefits to government workers. Writes
Read MoreGriping Teachers & Bad Grammar
Katy Grimes: Sitting in the Capitol lunchroom Wednesday after the big Senate education hearing, I overheard some interesting comments from the teachers union activists. Wearing matching blue t-shirts that read, “CTA – We Are One,” it was evident that these
Read MoreEducation Reform Dies At Capitol
MAY 12, 2011 By KATY GRIMES As teachers union activists descended upon the Capitol this week, it was clear that education reform was not foremost on the agenda. Instead, the priority was preserving union jobs. Wednesday, as hundreds of teachers observed
Read MoreArnold Was Detached As Gov.
John Seiler: As I’ve said before, the problems between ex-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and his estranged wife, Maria Shriver, are their business. But news articles on their split have brought up some interesting tidbits about why he was such an abysmal
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