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Steven Greenhut: While surly overpaid French union workers riot and commit acts of violence, British officials are peacefully enacting major reforms that will slash public sector jobs by as many as 500,000 thus leading the way for post-welfare-state politics. The
Read MoreNot Exactly Historic, But Not Bad
Steven Greenhut: This is from the governor’s office: Governor Schwarzenegger Signs Historic Pension Reform into Law Reforms to Save $100 Billion and Impose New Requirements on State Pension Fund Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today signed SB 867 and SBX6 22 by
Read MoreWaiting for an education
Katy Grimes: In a mostly empty movie theater in Davis, CA, Monday evening, I saw the new documentary “Waiting For Superman.” But I didn’t just watch the movie as a spectator, I had the distinct privilege of watching the movie
Read MoreUnemployment Insurance Deficit About To Blow
Anthony Pignataro: Is it just me, or is disaster just everywhere these days? Unfunded pension debt is exploding. Legislators slipped a secret San Diego stadium deal into the budget at the very last second. Cities like Bell and Vernon are
Read More'This is our opportunity to elect our own bosses'
John Seiler: “This is our opportunity to elect our own bosses” is an actual quote from California School Employees Association Chapter 224 head Ronda Walen about Measure H in San Juan Capistrano. If you want, the details of Measure H
Read MoreBrown's Devastating Ad
Steven Greenhut: Check out this new ad against Meg Whitman by Jerry Brown — it’s devastatingly effective at depicting a Whitman administration as a continuation of the Schwarzenegger administration:
Read MoreUnfunded Pension Liability Study!
Anthony Pignataro: This one comes to us from Perry Wong and I-Leng Shen at the Milken Institute in Santa Monica. Founded by convicted felon Michael Milken, the non-profit think tank seeks to “create a more democratic and efficient global economy,”
Read MoreDeath Penalty Activists Soldier On
Anthony Pignataro: If you happened to walk past the north steps of the State Capitol around noon today and you ignored a nice man in a baseball cap who tried to hand you a small slip of peach-colored paper while
Read MoreRecall Gov. Jerry Brown
John Seiler: Let me be the first to say it: Recall Gov. Jerry Brown. As I’ve been predicting since last spring, our next governor will be Jerry Brown. Meg’s campaign was incompetent. She’s an amateur. As are the Schwarzenegger, Pete
Read MoreAB 32 is high-tech Jim Crow
John Seiler: AB 32 really is high-tech Jim Crow. The great libertarian activist Richard Rider of San Diego wrote on open Salon about how, if Prop. 23 is defeated, AB 32 would especially kill black and Latino jobs. But Der
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