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Easy budget fix
Why hasn’t anybody thought of this before? California has a $20 billion budget deficit. Well… Thunder Valley Casino is in the Capitol region. So, all Gov. Schwarzenegger has to do is is take $20 billion over to the casino, walk
Read MoreState fails to track hot waste
March 8, 2010 By ANTHONY PIGNATARO Buried within the $3 billion state Department of Public Health is a tiny, troubled agency that deals with some of the most toxic and dangerous substances in the history of the world. Headquartered on
Read MoreDo big business leaders make good politicians?
In the GOP primaries two leaders of big business are running: Meg Whitman for governor and Carly Fiorna for U.S. Senate. Their claim is that they will bring “business discipline” to politics. How’s that worked in the past? In 2003,
Read MoreInitiative targets cap-and-trade
March 5, 2010 By KATY GRIMES California’s version of “cap-and-trade” is under attack – again. But this time, it’s in the form of a ballot initiative, and not proposed legislation that has thus far, been easily killed. Cap-and-trade, measures created
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