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Legislators To Cut State Board Bureaucracy

FEB. 16, 2011 By DAVE ROBERTS “A government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we’ll ever see on this earth,” said Ronald Reagan. Which makes California, with its hundreds of state regulatory boards, commissions, authorities, associations, councils and committees,

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New CalWatchdog Radio Show

Steven Greenhut: Stay tuned to 870 am KRLA in Los Angeles every Saturday night at 11 pm for the Martha Montelongo Show with CalWatchdog. Various CalWatchdog writers will join Martha every Saturday night and we will soon have the podcast

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OC Cities Exit Leftist League Of Cities

FEB. 14, 2011 By SHERRI M. BUTTERFIELD In California, a state gone left and wrong, a conservative searches desperately for signs of intelligent life and finds few reasons to be optimistic. However, a recent development in Southern California provides a

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CA Forward Offers Slate Of Phony Fixes

FEB. 14, 2011 By LAER PEARCE One of my daughters is an esthetician, and as she studied for her state certification so she could be sanctioned by Sacramento as worthy to give facials and wax eyebrows, she had to learn

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Another Police State Viewpoint

John Seiler: Here’s another viewpoint on “Big Sis” Janet Napolitano’s Heimat Security Police state: Feb. 20, 2011

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Rally Exposes GOP Weak Links

FEB. 7, 2011 After Gov. Jerry Brown’s State of the State address Monday pushing for the Legislature to place a series of tax-extension measures on the ballot, Republicans countered by emphasizing their continuing opposition to higher taxes. For instance, Assemblyman

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CA Judges Get Cold Feet On Warming

FEB. 7, 2011 By CHRISS STREET California’s effort to save the Earth by punishing humans is taking a beating in the courts in California. Last week, San Francisco Judge Ernest H. Goldsmith squashed the 2006 Global Warming Solutions Act, meant

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The Real Meaning of the Constitution

By JOHN SEILER Writing recently in the Sacramento Bee, two professors mangled the actual meaning of the U.S. Constitution. Alan Gibson of Cal State Chico and James Read of the College of St. Benedict and St. John’s University in Minnesota

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Green Jobs Or Tax Reform?

Katy Grimes: A day of extremes at the state Capitol on Wednesday led to very different budget crisis resolution angles – green jobs or tax reform? From a press conference announcing a green jobs initiative to a panel discussion about

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Tunisia, Egypt, California, America

John Seiler: First Tunisia. Now Egypt. Next, California. Out-of-touch ruling elites are tumbling everywhere. Tunisia and Egypt have been ruled by elites in power for decades. Egyptian boss Hosni Mubrarak has been working to set up his son, Gamal, as

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