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Katy Grimes: Talk of record temperatures across the country did not make it into the panel discussion held by the Public Policy Institute of California on Friday, but discussion about the partisan divide on global warming did. Discussion fueled by
Read MoreArnold at Bohemian Grove
John Seiler: Tonight, July 30, Gov. Arnold gave a speech before the supersecret, elitist, cultish Bohemian Grove club. Reports the Santa Rosa Press Democrat: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is scheduled to address a throng of rich and powerful men on Friday
Read MoreLet's Dig Through A Budget!
Katy Grimes – I spoke with a man yesterday who was looking for information about his city council salaries and benefits. So I did a little digging into the beautiful southern California coastal town of Laguna Niguel, an sent him
Read MoreMeg's "management" style
John Seiler: Meg’s campaign boasts of her management prowess. But compare this. Here’s how Meg ran eBay: She didn’t go out and hire retired GM, Ford or GE managers. Instead, she hired young hotshots hungry to create the Internet future.
Read MoreAnother Bee parks-story critic
Steven Greenhut: I’m not the only writer who sent an op-ed rebuttal to the Sacramento Bee’s overwrought park “crime wave” story (here is the follow-up editorial calling for increased park fees) and who got no response. I didn’t even get
Read MoreFirst CalWatchdog Caption Contest!
We have been rendered speechless. Words escape us. Help CalWatchdog caption this photo of our colleagues, taken in the CalWatchdog newsroom today. Add your caption ideas in the comments section, and win a gift package from CalWatchdog. – Katy Grimes
Read MoreTax hikes up in smoke
Steven Greenhut: The Sacramento Bee published a fascinating story on the front page of Wednesday’s paper, “Nose dive in cigarette sales slices tax revenue,” which details how new taxes and regulations have pushed cigarette sales to “their lowest levels in
Read More1/5 of Californians admit they're crazy
John Seiler: News item: Almost 5 million California adults say they could use help with a mental or emotional problem, according to a survey released Wednesday by researchers at UCLA. About 1 million of them meet the criteria for “serious
Read MoreCow Killing Cal Expo Cops
Katy Grimes: Cal Expo cops shot and killed a “rampaging,” pregnant Holstein dairy cow at the state fair in Sacramento yesterday, claiming that they couldn’t corral her. Local television news reported that the U.C. Davis Veterinary school was preparing to
Read MoreDebates: Meg & Jerry should do 25
John Seiler: Meg Whitman is OK with three debates until the November election, Jerry wants 10. But what we should have is two debates every week. That would be about 25. My idea comes from the JFK-Goldwater debates of 1964.
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