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Good News: Guv OK On Furloughs
Steven Greenhut: The state Supreme Court upheld Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s furlough program, which saved the state about $3 billion by imposing mandatory days off for state government employees. The union members wanted back pay — which would have meant a
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New ‘Green’ Law Is Union Giveaway
OCT. 4, 2010 By WAYNE LUSVARDI Will a new law mandating green power storage facilities along green pathway electric transmission lines paradoxically result in short circuiting green power in California? Or is this new law mostly symbolic to help Jerry
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California needs a political 'Gong Show'
John Seiler: Oct. 4, 2010 Remember the old “Gong Show“? People would display some talent, such as singing or playing an instrument. Judges then would decide if the person had any competence. For the incompetent ones, a large gong was
Read MoreNew budget – election day trap
Katy Grimes: News came late yesterday that the “big five” finally reached agreement on the state’s budget. Yeah right. They reached a “handshake agreement.” Now there’s something you can bank on. What an embarrassment. And someone is going to lose
Read MoreMeg's amateurish response
John Seiler: As I’ve been writing, despite spending more than $120 million (so far), Meg Whitman’s campaign is amateurish. The Nannygate scandal shows that. When the scandal broke, what she should have said was, “I’ve been saying all along that
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