Maldonado's Where?!

Anthony Pignataro: Twitter certainly makes for an odd news feed. I never know what I’m going to find in the 141 feeds @CalWatchdog follows, and today was no different: “As @aliciatrost said, Steinberg is the acting Guv today. @abelmaldonado is

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Debate not Oscar-worthy

Katy Grimes: Being far less cynical than some of my colleagues, I found the debate entertaining. The performances may not have been Oscar-worthy, but they were still performances – scripted, practiced, with some lines delivered flawlessly, and some, not quite

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Unserious Debate, Unserious State

Steven Greenhut: Listening to the gubernatorial debate tonight was a painful experience. It’s more of the same. Whitman believes in pension reform but with a large enough loophole (public safety) to render the whole exercise pointless. Jerry Brown claims he

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Gubernatorial candidate arrested at debate!

John Seiler: Earlier today I blogged about one of the gubernatorial candidates arresting the other at tonight’s debate. I was joking about Jerry arresting Meg. But a gubernatorial candidate was arrested at tonight’s debate: Green Party hopeful Laura Wells. This

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Prop 19 may go up in smoke

Katy Grimes: A new poll just released shows that Proposition 19 may be just a pothead’s pipe dream, and could actually go up in smoke. Instead of reaching an all time high with the proposition as supporters expected, a new

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Budget Skeptic Disconnected!

Anthony Pignataro: Just listened in on an unintentionally hilarious conference call put on by the Governor’s Office of External Affairs. This one featured Budget Director Ana Matosantos briefing business leaders across the state on the 100-day-late budget Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger

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What if Jerry arrests Meg at the debate?

John Seiler: October 12, 2010 Meg Whitman admitted she hired an illegal alien as a nanny. So, what if Jerry Brown, as attorney general of California, at tonight’s debate arrests her? What if Jerry walks over and slaps a pair

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Meg Whitman, Shrinking Violet

Steven Greenhut: Meg Whitman, or at least one of her 1,428 campaign aides, is outraged that a Jerry Brown aide referred to her as a — hold your ears, ye of little strength — “whore” because of the way she

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Romero Wants Pringle And Katz Out!

Anthony Pignataro: State Senator Gloria Romero, D-Los Angeles, is pissed. The California High-Speed Rail Authority seems to be doing all of nothing to address the controversy over Board members Richard Katz and Curt Pringle holding “incompatible offices” (the story broke

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Where are Meg's mailers?

John Seiler: Oct. 9, 2010 Yesterday I got a mailer from Jerry Brown. Today I got another mailer from him. Today I also got my absentee ballot. Nothing yet in the mail from Meg. As I’ve been saying, Meg’s campaign,

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