Romney passes education test, Obama flunks

Nov. 5, 2012 By Lance Izumi In the presidential debates and in recent interviews, it’s clear that Mitt Romney realizes something that President Obama can’t seem to fathom: the federal government is not the nation’s school board. In the third

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Video: Prop 39, The Clean Energy Jobs Destruction Act

Nov. 5, 2012 By Brian Calle CalWatchDog.com’s Katy Grines reveals the wealthy activist who is not only behind Proposition 39, but who is most likely to profit from its passage. For more information, check out our articles on Prop. 39

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Banner story on dubious Prop. 30 threat doesn’t mention CTA!

Nov. 4, 2012 By Chris Reed Early last week, an analysis I wrote for CalWatchdog questioned the central narrative of Proposition 30: that if it failed, there would be billions of dollars in automatic “trigger” cuts in public education. “At

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Michael Reagan backs maverick write-in Assembly challenger

Nov. 4, 2012 By Katy Grimes How does an unknown write-in candidate for Assembly in a June primary earn a spot on the November ballot? And gain the endorsement of Michael Reagan, the radio talk show host and eldest son of Ronald

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Sacramento water police warn of penalties

Nov. 3, 2012 Katy Grimes: The Sacramento water police are at it again. But it’s not about water conservation. A tiny blurb on page B3 of Friday’s Sacramento Bee announced the newest water restrictions for the city’s residents: “The City of

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About time: Bipartisan anger over political use of public funds

Nov. 3, 2012 By Chris Reed Everywhere one looks in California, school districts are openly using government resources to lobby for Prop. 30, and supporters of the tax-hike measure don’t care if it is against the law. Situational ethics on

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I can’t wait for this election to be over

Nov. 2, 2012 By John Seiler Just four more day to D-Day — Democracy Day. Then this dreadful election finally will be over. If the ancient Greeks could have seen how things would have turned out, instead of inventing democracy,

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Tax agency gets special treatment

Nov. 1, 2012 Katy Grimes: Californians already know that the thousands of laws and regulations passed every year by the Legislature rarely apply to government. Now we have more evidence of this. The Board of Equalization, the huge state agency

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Mitt Romney on rising gas prices

Nov 1, 2012 Mitt Romney weighs in on rising gas prices:  

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Playing dumb on why students are charged illegal fees

Nov. 1, 2012 Chris Reed: I think some of the best writing about California’s public schools appears on education-specific blogs and websites, not in newspapers. I’ve read EdSource regularly for a long time. But these sites also serve up lots

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