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The following conversation took place moments ago in the CalWatchdog newsroom: ANTHONY PIGNATARO: What?! LAURA SUCHESKI: What happened? ANTHONY PIGNATARO: University of California post-doctoral researchers just announced they’ve signed a union contract. LAURA SUCHESKI: What?!
Read MoreMeg crashes on John & Ken
John Seiler: I heard Meg Whitman’s half-hour today on John & Ken’s radio show. While it was going on, this thought ran through my mind: “How did this woman earn $1.4 billion?” She was hesitant and unable to come up
Read MoreAG Brown Learns New Language
Katy Grimes: The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association won a decisive battle yesterday when a state judge ordered the ballot language of Proposition 23 to be rewritten. A win for voters as well, Proposition 23 is a November measure that would
Read MoreHow the Gov Honors the Dead
Anthony Pignataro: 16 soldiers, sailors and marines who were either from California or stationed here died in Afghanistan in July. I know this because Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger sends out a press statement every time such a service member dies. “Maria
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Arizona boycott backfires
John Seiler: You read it here first, folks. In several blogs over the past few months, I predicted that the boycott of Arizona for its immigration law, SB 1070, would be a massive failure. The YouTube at the end of
Read MoreHey Big Spender…
Katy Grimes: Democrat Gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown was on Univision recently and said that when he is elected, he will cut the mansion and private jet from the budget. “To “begin with I would cut back the governor’s expenses, like the
Read MoreA New Portrait for Jerry Brown?
Laura Sucheski: Here’s a question that’s surely been on the minds of California political history geeks everywhere. If Jerry Brown wins the governor’s race, it will be his second time holding the office. And just like the President of the
Read MoreSlower Than a Speeding Bullet
Anthony Pignataro: The California High-Speed Rail Authority really needs to work on its social media skills. On Aug. 2 the authority tweeted a link to this Washington Post story on the influx of federal stimulus money into big bullet train
Read MoreSF pension measure qualifies
Steven Greenhut: Here is the Smart Reform press release … good news: San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi‘s Sustainable City Employees Benefits Reform Act has qualified for the November election. The Department of Elections confirmed today that the measure received
Read MoreHow To Lose $17 Million
Katy Grimes: The case of the missing payroll money would be an easy scheme if it was not true. “$17 million that Sacramento County entrusted to a payroll services company is missing,” according to a report in The Sacramento Bee
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