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Arnold sez drink your water!
Anthony Pignataro: Ever get the idea government officials will do something, anything, except their jobs? I couldn’t help but feel that after reading this press release the governor’s office sent out yesterday. Titled “Gov. Schwarzenegger Urges Californians to Prepare for
Read MoreDon't whales poop in the ocean?
Steven Greenhut: From the EPA: U.S. EPA’s Pacific Southwest Regional Administrator Jared Blumenfeld will today announce details of the Agency’s proposal to ban all sewage discharges from large cruise ships and most other large ocean-going ships to the marine waters
Read More"Sign Me Up" For Financial Aid
Katy Grimes: A bill seeking to give away more student financial aid passed in the Assembly yesterday in a 60-0 vote. When Assemblyman Chris Norby stood to speak about it, Assembly members braced in preparation for his usual opposition. However,
Read MoreArnold should blame himself
John Seiler: Reports Capitol Alert: Speaking today at the Goleta Valley Chamber of Commerce, the Republican governor had no qualms about attacking public employee unions, whom he blamed for high costs everywhere in government. On pension costs: “All of a sudden you
Read MoreCDCR: No Visiting on Labor Day!
Anthony Pignataro: It’s finally happened. We’ve all known that not agreeing upon a state budget (this is Day 55 without a budget for those not keeping track at home) costs us all dearly, but now the calamity is starting to
Read MoreLegislators Support Census Counting LGBT
Katy Grimes: California’s legislators passed a joint resolution for the federal government to allow the Census Bureau to collect information about the sexual orientation and gender identity of America’s residents. Well, not all of the state’s legislators voted for this. Sen.
Read More$578 million L.A. school
John Seiler: As a punctuation point to my recent article, “L.A. spends $30K per student,” the LAUSD is opening it’s new $578 million school. It will have, incredibly, 4,200 students. This isn’t school, it’s an educational gulag. Imagine spending 13
Read MoreParty supports tax-hiking Villines
Steven Greenhut: The Republican Party supposedly was going to withhold its support from candidates who hike taxes, but insurance commissioner candidate Mike Villines is speaking at the luncheon and will receive party support despite his vote to pass a tax-raising
Read MoreCooley: the law-and-order guy!
Steven Greenhut: The Covina mayor is introducing Los Angeles District Attorney Steve Cooley as a tough drug warrior, pro-law-enforcement guy who will be the rare career prosecutor as attorney general — this is red meat for a law-and-order crowd. Cooley
Read MoreFiorina's tough blasts at Boxer
Steven Greenhut: Carly Fiorina is speaking now. “This is a ticket that represents the diversity and prominence and the common sense of California,” which perhaps is accurate in a strange kind of way. She promises to put an end to
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