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My friend Bob Pace has a blog called “Surviving California.” Great name. I wish I’d thought of it. It makes you think of your life as being on one of those Reality TV shows, although in this case you’re not
Read MoreBook Exposé of Arnold
John Seiler: Too bad we didn’t have this info back in 2003. Although I’ve suspected a lot of it all along — such as Frau Maria running the show — and have written about it right here on CalWatchDog.com Moviefone.com
Read MoreFirefighters Fiddled, Mall Burned
Steven Greenhut: Check out my latest piece on lewrockwell.com regarding the firefighter response to the Roseville mall fire. In it, I argue: I hear endlessly from firefighters who typically earn pay and benefit packages of $175,000 a year here in
Read MoreFERC Denied Brown's Green Tax Hike
OCT. 25, 2010 By WAYNE LUSVARDI Back on July 15, in a story mainly reported in only trade journals and Web sites, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) denied Attorney General Jerry Brown’s appeal to put the cost of renewable
Read MoreRoad To Serfdom Paved With Politicians
OCT. 22, 2010 Here we are in another election cycle, bombarded by political advertising and politicians, offering claims of selfless “public service.” How did politicians and government employees hijack the concept of “public service”? When Hillary Clinton was running for
Read MoreSen. Jenny Oropeza Passes Away
Anthony Pignataro: I hate writing stuff like this. I hate calling people to report stories like this. No one wants to talk, and I can’t blame them, because I don’t like it either. But it’s gotta be done. Senator Jenny
Read More'This is our opportunity to elect our own bosses'
John Seiler: “This is our opportunity to elect our own bosses” is an actual quote from California School Employees Association Chapter 224 head Ronda Walen about Measure H in San Juan Capistrano. If you want, the details of Measure H
Read MoreMaldonado's Where?!
Anthony Pignataro: Twitter certainly makes for an odd news feed. I never know what I’m going to find in the 141 feeds @CalWatchdog follows, and today was no different: “As @aliciatrost said, Steinberg is the acting Guv today. @abelmaldonado is
Read MoreA Brief Quarrel With Briefs
Anthony Pignataro: Those guys over at the California Senate Office of Research have it pretty good. It’s a non-partisan shop set up back in 1969. Their job, according to their ABOUT SOR webpage: “serving the research needs of the California
Read MoreState Opens Dusty Files
OCT. 1, 2010 On Thursday I took a break from high-speed rail controversies and death penalty analysis by walking over to the State Archives. Located a block away from the Capitol, the Archives are home to our state’s most precious
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