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John Seiler: Democrats in the Legislature have been advertising their tax increase as hitting just the rich. Yeah. We get it. They think the “rich” are the middle class. Now, the LAO confirms that: The nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office said today
Read MoreUnions sue to stop pension reform
Steven Greenhut: San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi’s modest pension reform measure has drawn the predictable lawsuit from the city’s public sector unions who, goes to figure, don’t even want to allow the city’s voters to have a say on
Read More“Delivering For Sacramento”
Katy Grimes: Congresswoman Doris Matsui, D-Sacramento, must have an interesting mailing list. Some people in her Sacramento district receive her mailed puff pieces, and others do not. I am guessing that I am not on the A-list. A friend of
Read MoreArnold's gas-guzzlers
John Seiler: Did you know there’s a museum in das Vaterland that boasts Arnold’s gas-guzzling Mercedes S600? That’s the huge, 12-cylinder job that drinks gas like a boozer guzzles cheap vodka and drives faster than one of Werner von Braun’s
Read MoreToo "Stupid" To Purchase For The State?
Katy Grimes: Some of the state’s school districts haven’t exactly been the best purchasers of products or services, according to Assemblyman Hector De La Torre, D-South Gate. De La Torre has authored AB 635 to address state’s bidding system for
Read MoreFort Ross is Now Logoriffic!
Anthony Pignataro: Fort Ross State Historic Park has a new logo! To commemorate the 200th anniversary of its 1812 founding! And it’s already for sale! “The logo will be in all exhibits and publications related to the programs and projects
Read MoreS.F. cops shut down girl's lemonade stand
John Seiler: Just when you thought the Police State couldn’t get any worse, cops in San Francisco recently shut down a little girl’s stand selling lemonade and brownies. How un-American can you get. It’s like banning Mom and apple pie. Well,
Read MoreMeg disses Poizner
John Seiler: Amateur Meg just keeps making mistake after mistake after mistake. Her latest: Attacking primary opponent Steve Poizner about putting employees on unpaid leave at his department. As Poizner quipped, she apparently hadn’t heard that she already had beaten
Read MoreThe Meginator…
Katy Grimes: I’ve heard Gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman described as Arnold Schwarzenegger, only less articulate. Ouch. However, after her appearance on the John and Ken show earlier in the week, I agree. I read the very painful transcript. Should Meg
Read MoreBudget Reform Bills headed for Guillotine
Katy Grimes: I received a tip from a Capitol insider that there are three budget reform bills poised for decisive death in the Assembly Budget Committee next week. The committee is quite large with 26 members — 15 are Democrats,
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