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Back to homepageUnions trounced in Wisconsin, California
JUNE 5, 2012 By Steven Greenhut The AP headline declared, “Wisconsin voters divided on governor, bargaining,” but that piece reviewing exit polls stood in stark contrast to reality. Voters always are divided to some degree, but Wisconsin voters overwhelmingly rebuked the
Read MoreLiberal Wisconsin rebukes union power
June 5, 2012 By John Seiler Maybe it’s the cheese. Tonight Wisconsin, one of the country’s most liberal states, rebuked its powerful government-worker unions by keeping Republican Gov. Scott Walker in office. As of 8:29 pm California time, with 60
Read MoreCalWatchDog.com election coverage tonight…
June 5, 2012 By John Seiler Shortly after the polls close in Wisconsin at 6 pm Pacific Time CalWatchDog.com will be posting analysis on the Scott Walker recall, followed by even more commentary after the polls close at 8 pm in
Read MoreThe Battle of San Diego: Unions Go All Out for Status Quo — With Unlikely Ally
June 4, 2012 By Chris Reed SAN DIEGO — On Tuesday, ground zero in the unions’ war on California taxpayers will be here, fought on three fronts. In the mayor’s race, there’s a fascinating four-way campaign pitting county District Attorney
Read MoreTop two primary intensifies anonymous online attacks
June 4, 2012 By John Hrabe Patricia McKeon is the prohibitive favorite to win the 38th State Assembly seat. As the wife and campaign fundraiser of Rep. Howard “Buck” McKeon, the influential chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, she
Read MoreBeware the California Pension Reform Foxes
Commentary June 4, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi Two big pension reform measures are on Tuesday’s ballots in San Jose and San Diego. For advancing the measures, the cities’ mayors are being lionized: Democrat Chuck Reed in San Jose and Jerry
Read MoreScott Walker vs. Jerry Brown
June 3, 2012 By Brian Calle Californians know a thing or two about recalls. Only two state governors in U.S. history have been removed from office via recall; the first was North Dakota Gov. Lynn J. Frazier in 1921. Of
Read MoreAre American children really hungry?
June 3, 2012 Katy Grimes: Did you know that more than “one in five children don’t know where their next meal will come from?” Over the weekend I caught the commercial, sponsored by childhungerendshere.com that made this ludicrous claim. This appears
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Leslie Daigle supports eminent domain robberies
June 1, 2012 By John Seiler In preparation for next week’s election crunch, I’ve been taking a couple of days off to get in shape with plenty of sleep and bourbon. But something just happened I must report on. At
Read MoreDid California budget deficit sink Wisconsin recall?
June 1, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi New York Times journalist Frank Rich once wrote about the spectacle that surrounded the recall of former California Gov. Gray Davis in 2003: “Eastern snobs who airily condescended to the spectacle as merely another
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