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Back to homepageBrown's Address: Egypt on the Pacific?
JAN. 31, 2O11 By JOHN SEILER In his State-of-the-State address today, Gov. Jerry Brown compared Republican legislators’ refusal (so far) to put taxes on a special election ballot in June to the longstanding thwarting of democracy in Egypt. Apparently he
Read MoreBrown's Full-Court Tax Hike Press
JAN. 31, 2011 By STEVEN GREENHUT Gov. Jerry Brown’s State of the State speech Monday night was pretty much what anyone should have expected, as the new governor championed his “tough choices” budget and pushed hard for its centerpiece: a
Read MorePreviewing Gov. Brown's State Address
JAN. 31, 2011 By KATY GRIMES With Californians poised to hear Gov. Jerry Brown’s State of the State address this evening, many of them want more details about his recent budget proposals. Brown set the stage with a recent state
Read MoreEnd Redevelopment 'Luxury'?
JAN. 31, 2011 By WAYNE LUSVARDI We live in a virtual age of images that sometimes doesn’t reflect reality. Redevelopment agencies across the state are blitzing newspapers with online images of a group of elderly persons in a senior citizen
Read MoreDon't say no to bankruptcy option
JAN. 31, 2011 Congressional Republicans “should be ashamed of themselves for even suggesting” bankruptcy as an option for California and other debt-plagued states, according to Sacramento Bee Capitol columnist Dan Walters. Unlike municipalities, states aren’t allowed to go bankrupt, but
Read MoreA Clue To Gov. Brown's Pension Plan
JAN. 31, 2011 By LAER PEARCE Shuffled in with Arnold Schwarzenegger’s last-minute appointments was one – a very good one – that almost slipped by largely unnoticed, until The Buzz blog at the Sacramento Bee outed it: Among other actions
Read MoreGOP Union Allies Humiliate Conway
JAN. 28, 2010 By STEVEN GREENHUT The three Assembly members who joined with Democrats at a union-sponsored rally to oppose government cuts to In-Home Supportive Services — Jim Silva of Huntington Beach, Brian Nestande of Palm Desert and Paul Cook
Read MoreAnother Bee Front-Page Parks 'Editorial'
JAN. 27, 2011 By STEVEN GREENHUT The Sacramento Bee is nothing if not persistent in its push for higher taxes to pay for the state’s park system, as evidenced by its umpteen-part series last summer prior to the failed state
Read MoreLiberal PPIC Puts Pro-Tax Spin On Poll
JAN. 27, 2010 By WAYNE LUSVARDI ‘Hey, diddle diddle, The poll cat played the fiddle, The Gov jumped over the moon (beam), The little (CalWatch) dog laughed to see such sport, And the Gov dished out the budget with a
Read MoreMayors Scoff At Redevelopment Cuts
JAN. 27, 2010 This story first appeared in the San Francisco Examiner. By KATY GRIMES Redevelopment is crucial to creating jobs in California to fight the plague of 12.5 percent unemployment, the mayors of the state’s nine largest cities insisted
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