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Dems damn dams
JUNE 16, 2010 By KATY GRIMES With a win for PG&E but a loss for hydroelectric power plants in the state, the Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications committee today killed part of a bill that would have added all hydroelectric
Read MoreAB32's echoes failed policy
JUNE 16, 2010 By JOHN SEILER Industrial policy is defined as government “policies that stimulate specific activities and promote structural change.” It’s intended to create businesses and jobs by government favoring one or more sectors of the economy through tax
Read MoreIgnoring 'public safety' abuse
Steven Greenhut: The Sacramento deputies union has been running full-age ads in the Sacramento Bee warning about the ramifications of cuts in their department budgets. In Stockton, city cops are placing billboards around town warning that people are being murdered
Read More"That car had better be waiting"
Katy Grimes: It’s always interesting traveling and observing how people treat one another. Some are exceedingly polite while other travelers seem to be clueless that they are traveling along with half of the world — peons, plebes and all —
Read MoreNava's paycheck protection hypocrisy
JUNE 15, 2010 By LAURA SUCHESKI If Assemblyman Pedro Nava, D-Santa Barbara, has his way, the days of corporate-funded political campaigns like failed Propositions 16, backed by PG&E to halt competition from municipal utilities, and 17, sponsored by Mercury Insurance
Read MoreBye-bye budget deadline
June 15, 2010 By LAURA SUCHESKI Boiled down, the state government has one big job: levy taxes and spend the revenues. But California’s statutory budget deadline passed again today with little notice from Sacramento lawmakers. The Legislature hasn’t met the
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