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Dems Scare Voters, Protect Unions
Steven Greenhut: Sen. Bob Huff, R-Diamond Bar, the vice chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, issued a statement today blasting Democratic hysteria over coming budget cuts: “I’m disappointed to see Democrats resort to scaring the public by threatening to close
Read MoreCard Check Blazing Through Assembly
APRIL 7, 2011 By KATY GRIMES With a sucker punch from the Assembly Speaker’s office, the public notice rule for legislative hearings was suspended on Wednesday. That allowed an Assembly committee to push through a quick hearing about Senate President
Read MoreSouthern Cal Expelling Families
APRIL 7, 2011 By JOHN SEILER Using data from the 2010 U.S. Census, analysis from various think tanks will be trickling out. One of the most revealing just was released by the Brookings Institution on America’s child population (boldface in
Read MoreAg Water Use Estimated Too High
APRIL 7, 2011 By WAYNE LUSVARDI Dr. Jay R. Lund, Director of Watershed Sciences at U.C. Davis, posted the comment below at Calwatchdog.com on April 6 in response to my article, “Not A Shortage of Water Mythmakers”: You can get
Read MoreLooking At Texas For CA Jobs
Katy Grimes: Apparently California lawmakers need to feel more shame before dealing with the real crisis we are living with. A delegation of California legislators and business leaders are going to be making a trip to Texas next week to
Read MoreRepublicans Still Don't Get It
John Seiler: Yesterday John & Ken on KFI-640 here in Southern California talked with Assemblyman Tim Donnelly, Republican of Hesperia. John & Ken attacked Republicans for being spineless. Donnelly said things had changed, that the GOP now was courageous and
Read More$2 Billion Solar Rebates Program Broke
APRIL 6, 2011 By KATY GRIMES California legislators are pushing a bill through the system for a bankrupt solar subsidy program, despite a $200 million shortfall. And while the large shortfall would make most subsidy beneficiaries go belly-up, California legislators
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