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Katy Grimes: Today is day 89 without a California budget. As the November election draws near, and with the no-budget record already broken, loose lips around the Capitol are speculating about the motive behind this late budget. Consensus seems to
Read MoreOC Tax: Stop The Public Option
Steven Greenhut: The Orange County Taxpayers Association has written the following letter opposing efforts to create a public health-care option in California. OC Tax succinctly makes an important point. September 23, 2010 Mr. Michael D. Stevens, Chair CalOptima 1120 West
Read MoreRedistricting Panel Down to 60!
Anthony Pignataro: And now, for a bit of good news for our embattled Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, whose poll numbers are currently at the same level enjoyed by Gray Davis shortly because his 2003 recall election. The California State Auditor’s Applicant
Read MoreWhitman: Echoes of McCain?
Steven Greenhut: Polls show that Jerry Brown has gained a slight lead on GOP candidate Meg Whitman despite her record-setting $119 million contribution to her race. My guess is that the polls will stay fairly tight but that Brown will
Read MoreLiberal PPIC Bolsters Dem Claims
Steven Greenhut: The Public Policy Institute of California, the liberal think tank that insists that it is nonbiased, continues to insist that higher taxes and stiffer regulations do not cause businesses to leave California. Its newly revised study attempts to
Read MoreMeg = AB32ifornia
John Seiler: As I’m sure you heard, California’s new official name is AB32ifornia. The whole state, from the economy to the very centers of our families, is to be remade by AB32, the Global Warming Jobs Killing Schwarzenführer Act of
Read MoreSEIU Gets One Right (By Accident)
Steven Greenhut: The Service Employees International Union — those purple-shirted bullies who think that average Californians should pay far more in taxes to prop up their huge pensions — has actually taken a reasonable position by supporting marijuana legalization, Prop.
Read MoreDavis Guarantees Car Deal
Katy Grimes: The city of Davis has made a deal with Zipcar, guaranteeing that the city would pay Zipcar $76,800 per year for four cars. There is a reason it’s called The People’s Republic of Davis. This is not a
Read MoreBudget Framework In Place
Steven Greenhut: This is from Assembly Republican Leader Martin Garrick’s office: “There is a budget framework in place. Members and staff will be working on language through the weekend so that the leaders can come back together Monday with a
Read MoreCooley Goes Soft On Greedy Cop
Steven Greenhut: LA County DA Steve Cooley, the attorney general candidate, made some welcome, well-publicized and politically helpful charges against the Bell officials who, as he said, used the city as a personal piggy bank. But he didn’t indict former
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