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State of the State
Just received a copy of the Governor’s speech… someone actually asked the Governor’s press office assistant if he was going to start on time.
Read MoreState of the State
I arrived at the Capitol early enough to beat the rush for seating in the Assembly chambers, but did not quite make it past the police guards… however, I am comfortably sitting in the media overflow room watching with interest,
Read MoreJanuary 2010 – State of the State
It is the morning of the Governor’s first state-of-the-state address for 2010. I am about to make the short trek to the capitol to claw my way through the crowd for a good seat. But first, I need to change
Read MoreWe Live-Blog Arnold!
Watch this space at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 6 when Cal Watchdog reporter Katy Grimes live-blogs Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s annual State of the State address. Given that these speeches tend to run during prime time, it’s pretty clear Arnold
Read MoreJust how many boxes did Arnold blow up?
By ANTHONY PIGNATARO The promise was to do nothing less than “blow up” the boxes of government. “We cannot afford waste and fraud in any department or agency,” Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger famously said in his January 2004 State of the
Read MoreJust Cruzing
At first, I thought this was a joke, but sadly, it is all too real. For those who thought Joseph Conrad’s 1897 novel The Nigger of the Narcissus too harshly racist, there is now The N-Word of the Narcissus, all
Read MoreA Tweet No More
Last week U.S. Rep. George Radanovich, R, Mariposa, announced he would not run for re-election in November. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger immediately sent out a brief but laudatory press release thanking Radanovich for his public service. “Congressman Radanovich has built a
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