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Anthony Pignataro: The Los Angeles Times is really sticking it to Meg Whitman. Last night the paper ran this blog post reporting that Whitman, still on the fence over the anti-global warming measure Prop 23, has endorsed pro-redevelopment Prop 22:
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Meg: Stop lying about Jerry and taxes
John Seiler: Meg Whitman continues running commercials based on disproved assertions about Jerry Brown and taxes. It’s especially grating that she is using a Bill Clinton quote attacking Jerry from the 1992 presidential campaign. First, Clinton is a notorious liar.
Read MorePress "One" For Customer Service
Katy Grimes: When calling PG&E customer service to complain about something, the recording says, “press one for account payment or billing.” “Press two to turn gas on or off, or for an appointment.” “Press three for information on an outage or
Read More$10,000 is a Powerful Symbol
Anthony Pignataro: Symbols are everything, Governor Jerry Brown used to tell his cabinet, according to former Employment Development Director J.D. Lorenz’ magnificent 1975 memoir The Man on the White Horse. “Blacks are the wrong symbols for the 1970’s,” Brown would
Read MoreEngland for Lt. Gov.?
Steven Greenhut: It’s more than a rumor — California conservatives are actively recruiting a write-in candidate for lieutenant governor in response to Abel Maldonado’s refusal yesterday to sign onto the state’s appeal of the ruling overturning anti-gay-marriage Prop. 8. No
Read MoreGaines, Niello Love Big Government
Steven Greenhut: I turned on the Eric Hogue radio show this morning and heard Assemblyman Ted Gaines, R-Roseville, discuss his Senate race with liberal Republican Roger Niello of Fair Oaks and conservative former Assemblywoman Barbara Alby of Folsom. Niello is
Read MoreCastro as a model for California
John Seiler: Fidel Castro, the communist dictator of Cuba for more than 50 years, long has had his admirers in California. I remember when Rep. John Garamendi, when he was Insurance Commissioner, met with our editorial board at The Orange
Read MoreKnow Your FPPC Target
Anthony Pignataro: Dan Schnur has only been chairman of the state Fair Political Practices Commission since June but he’s already made huge changes in California’s campaign watchdog. Last month his special Political Reform Act Task Force met for the first
Read MoreConservatives help Maldo (sort of)
Steven Greenhut: We all know that most conservative Republicans don’t care for Lieutenant Gov. Abel Maldonado, the Santa Maria “Republican” who isn’t just liberal on most issues, but goes out of his way to poke conservatives in the eye. Most
Read MoreBerkeley's anti-Prop 23 Report
Katy Grimes: U.C. Berkeley produced its own study on global warming and greenhouse gas emissions in California. It quite interestingly states, “In the United States, California is second only to Texas in total greenhouse gas emissions.” What a clever attempt
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