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L.A.'s joke boycott of Arizona
Although I don’t back the new Arizona immigration law, I pointed out earlier that a boycott of the state would be a joke. That the parlous financial state of California and its cities would preclude any major attempt to raise
Read MoreMish on California's 'cuts'
Mike “Mish” Shedlock of the popular Global Economic Analysis blog allows CalWatchdog to cross-post his California commentary. Here’s a great analysis of the governor’s latest statement on the budget crisis: Now that growth in California’s tax revenue is widely understood
Read MoreDoomed pension reform
MAY 12, 2010 By STEVEN GREENHUT “One cannot be both a progressive and be opposed to pension reform,” argued Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s top pension advisor, David Crane, during a pension-reform hearing on Monday. “The math is irrefutable that the losers
Read MoreGOP rebuts Dems' tax roadshow
MAY 12, 2010 By STEVEN GREENHUT At a press conference at the Capitol this morning marking a 50-day countdown until the end of the state’s fiscal year, Assembly Republicans made it clear that they will not accept any new taxes
Read MoreDuvall still giving out money
MAY 11, 2010 By ANTHONY PIGNATARO For reasons he didn’t really want to discuss, former Assemblyman Michael D. Duvall of Yorba Linda still has about $72,000 in campaign money, according to the most recent reports on file with the California
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Meg's problem
I admit I’m jaded about political campaigns. I’ve been watching them closely since 1964, when I was nine and supported the great Barry Goldwater against the ogre LBJ, who lied his way into re-election with a cynical campaign, especially the
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