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John Seiler: Illegal aliens, once again, are doing Jobs Americans Won’t Do: SEATTLE When Maria Gianni is knocking on voters’ doors, she’s not bashful about telling people she is in the country illegally. She knows it’s a risk to advertise to
Read MoreSenate Candidate Threatened
Katy Grimes: Thursday evening, a man was arrested by Sacramento County Sheriff‘s deputies after making multiple threatening phone calls to the campaign office of Barbara Alby, candidate for Senate District 1, and acting board member for the Board of Equalization. The
Read MoreSharp Contrasts in Steinberg Debate
OCT. 22, 2010 By KATY GRIMES A little-publicized political debate ended up being quite charged Thursday evening at Sacramento State between incumbent Democrat Sen. President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, 20-year old Republican college student Marcel Weiland and libertarian Steve Torno.
Read MoreUnions A Bad Word in CA?
Steven Greenhut: Here’s my latest piece in the New York Times online Room for Debate, in which I argue: “The biggest problem for California Republicans is that their gubernatorial candidate, Meg Whitman, has not excited Tea Party activists and the
Read MorePro-Tax Villines Slams Taxes
John Seiler: I just got a mailer from from JobsPAC, a 527 organization, touting Republican Mike Villines, who’s running for insurance commissioner. The group reportedly is funded with insurance-industry money, from companies that don’t like Democratic opponent Dave Jones. It pillories
Read MoreBig Bucks to defeat Prop 23
Katy Grimes: UPDATE: Contributions for Proposition 23 have been updated today, according to MAPlight.org The YES on Prop 23 campaign has remained at $9,094,509 raised, and the NO on Prop 23 received another big contribution today totaling $29,932,149. Today, after
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Unemployed congressman cartoon
John Seiler: Our friends Jocelyne Leger and Mike Shelton put up a great new animated cartoon on Youtube.com: Oct. 21, 2010
Read MoreFPPC Fights For Public Records
OCT. 21, 2010 When I was a reporter in Orange County a decade ago, calling the Fair Political Practices Commission could be a frustrating experience. “We cannot comment on the existence of an investigation,” the nice spokesperson would tell me
Read MoreDoes the CA Election Really Matter?
OCT. 21, 2010 By JOHN SEILER On Nov. 2 Californians face the most important election in decades, deciding the governorship, a U.S. Senate seat that could tip the Senate into the Republican camp, legislative and local races and several crucial
Read MoreNew PPIC election Poll
Katy Grimes: A new poll just released by the Public Policy Institute of California of 2,002 people surveyed reports, “Jerry Brown leads Meg Whitman by 8 points in the governor’s race, Senator Barbara Boxer and challenger Carly Fiorina are locked
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