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CalWatchdog will be reporting and live blogging tonight as election results come in. We’ll be at various election events and downtown election hot spots, reporting, opining and analyzing. You can also check in tonight for on-the-spot posts and comments on
Read MoreEven Many GOP Voters Oppose Prop. 23
NOV. 1, 2010 By WAYNE LUSVARDI The California Field Poll, reportedly one of the most accurate public opinion polls in the U.S., indicates that about one third or more of Republicans are tending to vote in favor of Green Power
Read MoreLockyer, Others Deny Pension Crisis
NOV. 1, 2010 News Analysis By BRIAN CALLE Apparently the ideological left, public employment unions and some the state’s top financial officials still don’t get that we have a public employee unfunded pension liability crisis, or they are just in
Read MoreCA Unemployment System Is Broke
OCT. 29, 2010 By WAYNE LUSVARDI U.S. House minority leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, quipped in June of this year that the only way to solve the chronic national unemployment fund deficit in each state is to pass a bill called
Read MoreCalifornia Debates Its Nuclear Future
OCT. 29, 2010 By KATY GRIMES California faces an energy conundrum: The 2006 global warming law AB32, dictates the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions back to 1990 levels, by 2020. However, with the demand for electricity increasing, state energy experts are
Read MoreProp. 23 Foe Profits From 'Dirty Coal'
OCT. 28, 2010 By WAYNE LUSVARDI NO on 23 backer and Democrat Tom Steyer’s Farallon Capital Management Company holds stock in “dirty coal,” nuclear, and oil and gas companies, and in a Chinese solar panel supply company that potentially would rob jobs from
Read MoreLooking Back At Absurd State Budget
This article was first published in City Journal. OCT. 28, 2010 By STEVEN GREENHUT Smoke and Mirrors in Sacramento: California’s latest state budget is a fraud. Even before Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed California’s state budget on October 8—100 days late—it
Read MoreFree BART Tickets for Caltrans
OCT. 27, 2010 By ANTHONY PIGNATARO The California Department of Transportation recently began investigating an allegation that employees at the department’s Oakland office are scalping free Bay Area Rapid Transit tickets given to them as part of a state commuter
Read MoreLiberal Dem Takes On OC's Campbell
OCT. 26, 2010 By JOHN SEILER A surprising duel is taking place in the 48th Congressional District in California, which centers on Irvine and includes Tustin, Laguna Beach, Laguna Hills and other cities. It’s between sitting Rep. John Campbell, a
Read MoreSenate Longshot Alby No Neophyte
OCT. 26, 2010 By KATY GRIMES In state legislative races, there are several underdogs – those who have seemingly little chance to win the election, but are nevertheless giving the race a shot. Many of these folks are political neophytes.
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