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John Seiler: As I wrote in a blog yesterday, California Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the former House Speaker, cackled at President Obama’s joke about the TSA’s molestation pat-downs of innocent American citizens. Now we know why she thinks the joke was
Read MoreCA Obamacare Lead Will Hurt
JAN. 27, 2011 By JOHN SEILER The U.S. House of Representatives, now controlled by Republicans, voted to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, commonly called Obamacare. The U.S Senate, still controlled by Democrats, will not follow
Read MoreSacramento Passes Crash Tax
Katy Grimes: Defying its own push to increase the use of downtown restaurants, entertainment venues, as well as the K Street Mall and the nearly empty downtown shopping mall, the Sacramento City Council has just passed a new “crash tax.”
Read MoreAgency Employee Shift Lacked Approval
JAN. 25, 2010 By KATY GRIMES At a hearing riddled with government-acronyms on Monday at the Capitol, one state agency sought permission for a move it had already made, in a hearing where the outcome seemed pre-determined. In order to
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Obama Must End TSA Molestations
John Seiler: There’s one thing I want to hear from President Obama tonight in his State of the Union Address: That he is ending the molestation of airline passengers by the perverts at the Transportation Security Administration. Under edicts imposed
Read MoreState Officials Ignore Ed Alternatives
JAN. 24, 2011 The news is not good for college students in California, or at least that’s what lawmakers want everyone to believe. Earlier this week a legislative committee held a formal hearing at the Capitol to discuss the governor’s
Read MoreA Redevelopment Hush
Katy Grimes: There’s mostly silence coming from Republican legislators on Gov. Brown’s budget plan proposal for for eliminating redevelopment agencies. The plan would take $1.7 billion dollars from city redevelopment agencies, and redirect the money to school districts, counties and
Read MoreSounds Like California
John Seiler: Wikileaks’ recent release of a cable from the U.S. ambassador to Tunisia supposedly led to the downfall of that country’s government. The cable actually looks like it could have been written about the government of another state enjoying
Read MoreThe Loss of Mourning
Katy Grimes: Watching the “memorial” of the Tucson shooting victims killed by Jared Loughner earlier this week was a flashback to the Wellstone Memorial – an event supposed to be somber and sad, but ended up getting hijacked by Democratic
Read MoreMexican View of Government
John Seiler: We can learn about government from our Mexican friends just across the border. Millions of them now live here in California, as well as the rest of the USA. After all, it wasn’t too long ago that Mexico’s
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