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Katy Grimes: Political campaigns get nasty. That’s not news. We expect the gloves to come off and a good fight between candidates to ensue. However, when the attacks turn intensely personal, some operatives just don’t know when to shut up.
Read MoreFelons near top of Orange County pension bloat
John Seiler: People think of Orange County as a staid place where people make sure government is stingy. Nothing could be further from the truth. Actually, according to an incisive Orange County Register investigation: The percentage of Orange County retirees
Read MoreTacky Unprofessional Newspaper trick
Katy Grimes: In today’s Sacramento Bee is a piece in the editorial pages about the race between U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer and Carly Fiorina. However, the photos chosen by The Bee editorial staff are the real story. It looks as
Read MoreDump the HSBBCCS
John Seiler: I’m not a fan if either candidate for governor. But for whatever reason, Meg Whitman has taken the right position on the High-Speed-Bullet-Boondoggle-Choo-Choo-Train-Scam (HSBBCCS): she’s against. And Jerry Brown, predictably, is for it, as the Mercury News notes.
Read MoreSeen at the Capitol…
Katy Grimes: At the governor’s public pension press conference yesterday, one reporter relaxed and showed a little too much leg. This is the definition of a “fashion don’t” for men. However, in the same room was Willie Brown, the epitome of
Read MoreI think I'm a Latino
Anthony Pignataro: That’s right, folks, it looks like I’m actually a Latino. I never knew this before today, but the evidence looks pretty solid. It comes straight from state Senator Gil Cedillo, D-Los Angeles, in the form of an e-mail
Read MoreOakland Protesters, Outsider Looters
Katy Grimes: The Oakland protestors upset over the “involuntary manslaughter” verdict of Johannes Mehserle’s murder trial of victim Oscar Grant, have a reason to be upset. Many city residents feel that it could have been any of their kids shot
Read MoreWrist-slap in Grant case
Steven Greenhut: It’s easy to understand why many people in Oakland believe that it’s impossible to get a fair shake from the justice system, after a Los Angeles jury came back with an involuntary manslaughter verdict in the murder trial
Read MoreUp side of down economy
Steven Greenhut: There are plenty of reasons to be happy about a down economy (provided you have a job). From a policy standpoint, the down times force governments to live within their means — something they haven’t been doing for
Read MoreFirst 5 funding up in smoke
John Seiler: Back in 1998, actor Rob “Meathead” Reiner tricked voters into passing Prop. 10, the California First 5 initiative, which jacked up cigarette taxes 50 cents a pack to pay for programs that took over from parents the privilege
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