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Failed convention post-mortem
March 18, 2010 By ELISE VIEBECK Repair California, the campaign to overhaul the state’s constitution through a constitutional convention, reports that interest remains high in its governmental reform ideas since it suspended its efforts a month ago. Critics maintain that
Read MoreThe Happiness Factor
With a headline like that, I bet you people can’t wait to read this one. But after reading this New Yorker piece by writer Elizabeth Kolbert on how psychological research into happiness translates into public policy, I couldn’t resist writing
Read MoreCaltrans accused of waste, sloth
March 18, 2010 By ANTHONY PIGNATARO “Caltrans is a good organization with lots of good policies and procedures,” Manas Thananant told me. “The problem is that no one reads them.” Thananant knows what he’s talking about. Recently retired from the California
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Democrats for Tax Cuts!
Anthony’s blog about the JFK Profile in Courage award going to the California legislator-tax increasers reminded me of something. Democrats used to cut taxes. JFK himself was the biggest tax-cutter in American history. At the right is a YouTube of
Read MoreDOJ to state agencies: pay up
March 17, 2010 By KATY GRIMES The California Department of Justice wants to be compensated by California’s state agencies for legal services. Last year, the DOJ lost $30 million of its budget and had to cut 130 attorneys from its staff. As a way
Read MoreEd funding gets contentious
March 17, 2010 By KATY GRIMES Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s proposal for education funding did not sit well with the Assembly education subcommittee. Coming from two vastly different ideological arenas, committee members appeared more open to spending, instead of budget cutting. Analyzing
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