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Katy Grimes: Thursday evening, a man was arrested by Sacramento County Sheriff‘s deputies after making multiple threatening phone calls to the campaign office of Barbara Alby, candidate for Senate District 1, and acting board member for the Board of Equalization. The
Read MoreDebt Default Still Coming Soon
Anthony Pignataro: This morning a colleague of mine handed me a copy of an article dating back to Dec. 16, 2009, saying that Bill Watkins, the director of Cal Lutheran’s Center for Economic Research and Forecasting, was saying California’s state
Read MoreSan Fran Pension Forum Tonight
Steven Greenhut: Here’s a statement from the Prop. B folks in San Francisco: BAYVIEW FORUM ON ADACHI’S PROP B SET FOR TONIGHT -San Francisco Public Defender Joined by Local Supervisor Candidates to Discuss Measure – San Francisco (October 22, 2010)
Read MoreUnions A Bad Word in CA?
Steven Greenhut: Here’s my latest piece in the New York Times online Room for Debate, in which I argue: “The biggest problem for California Republicans is that their gubernatorial candidate, Meg Whitman, has not excited Tea Party activists and the
Read MorePro-Tax Villines Slams Taxes
John Seiler: I just got a mailer from from JobsPAC, a 527 organization, touting Republican Mike Villines, who’s running for insurance commissioner. The group reportedly is funded with insurance-industry money, from companies that don’t like Democratic opponent Dave Jones. It pillories
Read MoreTruth About Union Think Tank
Steven Greenhut: A new “study” purporting to show that public employee are underpaid has been getting lots of media play. Check out my news story today. Here is a 2003 op-ed in the Orange County Register by a former Pacific
Read MoreBig Bucks to defeat Prop 23
Katy Grimes: UPDATE: Contributions for Proposition 23 have been updated today, according to MAPlight.org The YES on Prop 23 campaign has remained at $9,094,509 raised, and the NO on Prop 23 received another big contribution today totaling $29,932,149. Today, after
Read MoreSen. Jenny Oropeza Passes Away
Anthony Pignataro: I hate writing stuff like this. I hate calling people to report stories like this. No one wants to talk, and I can’t blame them, because I don’t like it either. But it’s gotta be done. Senator Jenny
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Unemployed congressman cartoon
John Seiler: Our friends Jocelyne Leger and Mike Shelton put up a great new animated cartoon on Youtube.com: Oct. 21, 2010
Read MoreNew PPIC election Poll
Katy Grimes: A new poll just released by the Public Policy Institute of California of 2,002 people surveyed reports, “Jerry Brown leads Meg Whitman by 8 points in the governor’s race, Senator Barbara Boxer and challenger Carly Fiorina are locked
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