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Unions bow out of OC supe race
OCT. 25, 2010 By STEVEN GREENHUT Those Orange County political observers who have been awaiting a repeat of the June supervisorial grudge match that pitted pension-reforming Shawn Nelson, then a Fullerton councilman, against union-backed Anaheim Councilman Harry Sidhu must be
Read MoreDefending PRI Study on Prop. 23
John Seiler: The Pacific Research Institute, CalWatchDog.com’s parent institute, earlier this month released a study showing that Prop. 23 would create 1.3 million jobs by 2020. It would do so by suspending, until unemployment dropped to 5.5% for a year,
Read MoreBill Gates: Another AB 32 Hypocrite
John Seiler: Bill Gates, the mega-billionaire anti-populationist, also is dumping money into the anti-Prop. 23 campaign, as I’m reminded by David Kramer of the great LewRockwell.com. Gates, who’s worth around $54 billion, donated $700,000 to the anti-Prop. 23 campaign. What’s
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Hypocrite Cameron Disses California
John Seiler: James Cameron is another filthy-rich elitist — like Der Arnold, Bill Gates and Meg Whitman — who loves dissing California, Californians, and California jobs — and therefore is opposing Prop. 23, which would suspend AB 32. They want
Read MoreAnother Job Americans Won't Do
John Seiler: Illegal aliens, once again, are doing Jobs Americans Won’t Do: SEATTLE When Maria Gianni is knocking on voters’ doors, she’s not bashful about telling people she is in the country illegally. She knows it’s a risk to advertise to
Read MoreState of Emergency?
Anthony Pignataro: First of I want to get on the record that I am totally opposed to the fire that gutted — or at least partially gutted — the Roseville Galleria. I have purchased small home appliances in this mall,
Read MoreSenate Candidate Threatened
Katy Grimes: Thursday evening, a man was arrested by Sacramento County Sheriff‘s deputies after making multiple threatening phone calls to the campaign office of Barbara Alby, candidate for Senate District 1, and acting board member for the Board of Equalization. The
Read MoreDebt Default Still Coming Soon
Anthony Pignataro: This morning a colleague of mine handed me a copy of an article dating back to Dec. 16, 2009, saying that Bill Watkins, the director of Cal Lutheran’s Center for Economic Research and Forecasting, was saying California’s state
Read MoreSharp Contrasts in Steinberg Debate
OCT. 22, 2010 By KATY GRIMES A little-publicized political debate ended up being quite charged Thursday evening at Sacramento State between incumbent Democrat Sen. President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, 20-year old Republican college student Marcel Weiland and libertarian Steve Torno.
Read MoreSan Fran Pension Forum Tonight
Steven Greenhut: Here’s a statement from the Prop. B folks in San Francisco: BAYVIEW FORUM ON ADACHI’S PROP B SET FOR TONIGHT -San Francisco Public Defender Joined by Local Supervisor Candidates to Discuss Measure – San Francisco (October 22, 2010)
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