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MAY 31, 2010 Katy Grimes: The Sacramento Bee has been very critical of the Poizner/Whitman Republican primary gubernatorial race. That’s expected, but now it appears that The Bee editorial board is not only falling all over themselves to write about Jerry
Read MoreRead Skelton's lips: More new taxes!
I’ll give L.A. Times columnist George Skelton marks for consistency: He always favors tax increases. Here he is back in 2007, even before the economy crashed, calling for “a temporary tax increase to balance the books.” And I’m consistent, too:
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Steve, you are right when you write, “I would be thrilled if Californians and their political leaders would sit down and decide the following: What public services do we need? How do we pay for them? What services can we
Read MoreUnions use malleable Sidhu to flex power
MAY 28, 2010 By Steven Greenhut: Orange County Republican Party Chairman Scott Baugh issued in January what OCers are calling the “Baugh manifesto”: a warning to local candidates who are seeking the party’s influential support that they must first reject
Read MoreAnother reason for biz to leave Cal
Wasn’t Obamacare supposed to reduce medical costs for families and businesses? I’m sure its supporters will say we just have to wait until 2014 when it’s fully implemented — and, after that, “single payer” socialized medicine. Meanwhile, health insurance costs
Read MoreResponse To Steinberg Staffer’s Response
After a CalWatchdog story last week about Democrat Senate Pro Tem President Darrell Steinberg’s response to a constituent’s letter expressing her dismay that he would encourage a boycott of Arizona’s businesses because of the recent immigration law passed, (Senator Steinberg
Read MoreThe Great Green Job Mystery
I used to think Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger‘s favorite word was “jobs.” But after reading this press release his office sent out today, I’d have to say it’s actually “green.” “California is already seeing green job growth but we must continue
Read MoreNow this is dumb
California still, despite its many problems and follies, is the global center of the Internet. Our companies here include Google, eBay, Apple, Conexant (Internet switches), and thousands more. Public policy should be simple: more and more Internet! For everybody! Doing
Read MoreSteinberg the Philosopher
Turns out that Senator Darrell Steinberg isn’t just a Democrat, legislator from the Sacramento area or President Pro Tem of the California Senate. He’s also a philosopher right up there with Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Baruch Spinoza and Winnie the
Read MoreCops cause Sacto melee
Bad cop stories have been filling the news lately, but this videotaped melee of off-duty cops causing a melee at a Sacramento Radisson boxing match is particularly shocking, because so many cops and their family members and friends willingly took
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