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Bee stokes phony crime wave
JULY 26, 2010 By STEVEN GREENHUT In what can only be viewed as an attempt to build public support for the hiring of more park rangers, the Sacramento Bee on July 25 published an overwrought front-page story – complete with
Read MoreCity muddles tax cut verbiage
JULY 26, 2010 By KATY GRIMES Ballot language for a Sacramento city utilities initiative that would rollback rates — proposed by the city attorney and approved by the City Council last week — is so confusing and unreadable that even
Read MoreGov't goes Google
Laura Sucheski: Today Google announced the launch of Google applications specifically for use by federal, state, and local government agencies. Google, which has received government and media attention for its questionable uses of private information, says that the applications have
Read MoreSeen at the Capitol…
Katy Grimes: A rally and resource fair was held on the steps at the state Capitol today to mark the 20th Anniversary of the signing of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). The goal of the “ADA 2010 educate and
Read MoreAdmin costs crowd out teaching
JULY 26, 2010 By JOHN SEILER A revealing new study shows that in recent years increases in the administrative costs of California’s K-12 schools have squeezed salaries for teachers. It shines a powerful searchlight on exactly what goes on in
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