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John Seiler: At this point in the bodybuilding championship, every move Arnold makes is for his memoirs. Things haven’t gone so well lately. So he needs to “pump up” his accomplishments, at least as they take shape in his own
Read MoreRunning From California Government
Katy Grimes: More than 10 million Americans moved from one county to another during 2008. The map below visualizes those moves. Click on any county to see comings and goings: black lines indicate net inward movement, red lines net outward
Read MoreWimpy pension deal
Steven Greenhut: We got the heads up earlier that the governor had negotiated a blockbuster pension deal with four public employee unions, but now we see that this is no sort of deal. As the Bee reported, “Newly hired patrol
Read MoreCalPERS does the right thing?
Anthony Pignataro: So CalPERS just voted to spend a bit more General Fund money on our state’s Mount Everest-like public employee pension debt, which is estimated to run about half a trillion dollars. Almost immediately, David Crane, the Governor’s Special
Read MoreIgnoring 'public safety' abuse
Steven Greenhut: The Sacramento deputies union has been running full-age ads in the Sacramento Bee warning about the ramifications of cuts in their department budgets. In Stockton, city cops are placing billboards around town warning that people are being murdered
Read More"That car had better be waiting"
Katy Grimes: It’s always interesting traveling and observing how people treat one another. Some are exceedingly polite while other travelers seem to be clueless that they are traveling along with half of the world — peons, plebes and all —
Read MoreFree Swag!
From the Editor: CalWatchdog recently attracted its 199th follower. Since society likes round numbers, we’re going to give out free — FREE! — Official CalWatchdog Keychain/Flashlights to the next five new followers to our hilarious, brilliant, informative, wonderful Twitter feed.
Read MoreWhat Budget Deadline?
Katy Grimes: With the Assembly budget deadline tomorrow, members of the California Legislative LGBT Caucus (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender) took nearly one hour during today’s floor session to honor members of the LGBT community, including having a musical performance by an
Read MoreWoohoo! CDCR is blogging!
Anthony Pignataro: Please don’t all rush there at once because we don’t want to jam up anyone’s servers, but I just wanted to tell you that the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has a new website: www.cdcr.ca.gov. The
Read MoreSen. Boxer vs. Latinos
John Seiler: Suppose an American auto company in Detroit opened a new plant in Canada. Would anybody gripe that the company was “killing American jobs”? No. And if someone did, he would be laughed at mightily. Everybody knows that the
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