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Katy Grimes: In a mostly empty movie theater in Davis, CA, Monday evening, I saw the new documentary “Waiting For Superman.” But I didn’t just watch the movie as a spectator, I had the distinct privilege of watching the movie
Read MoreBoxer's Bailout Outsources Jobs
OCT. 20, 2010 By WAYNE LUSVARDI U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer has accused her opponent, Carly Fiorina, former CEO of Hewlett Packard, of outsourcing jobs. But by voting for HR1586, the State Bail Out Bill, it is apparently Barbara Boxer who
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 MoreBrown's Devastating Ad
Steven Greenhut: Check out this new ad against Meg Whitman by Jerry Brown — it’s devastatingly effective at depicting a Whitman administration as a continuation of the Schwarzenegger administration:
Read MoreBrown Ignored Union Bill's Warnings
OCT. 19, 2010 By ANTHONY PIGNATARO One of the few actual, honest issues in the California governor’s race has also been one of the least reported. And while it’s an old issue – dating back to 1977 – it’s nonetheless
Read MoreSteinberg To Debate 20-Year-Old Foe
OCT. 19, 2010 By KATY GRIMES In this election cycle, there are many new faces as well as underdog candidates. But there is none so new and fresh as that of a young outsider, or “outlier” as Howard Dean quipped
Read MoreHoward Dean Avoids Boxer, Brown
OCT. 19, 2010 By KATY GRIMES While in California on Friday, former Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean made a speaking appearance, but didn’t do any campaigning for Democratic candidates. It appears that every news outlet in the state is reporting
Read MoreAB32 Empowers State Regulators
OCT. 18, 2010 By SUSAN M. TRAGER As we head down the stretch to the November 2 election, Proposition 23 has become the top initiative people are talking about. The debate mainly focuses on whether it would create or kill
Read MoreIs California An Idiocracy?
OCT. 18, 2010 While trying to get the assembled, clueless staff at a phone store to tell me how to turn off an annoying e-mail alarm on my new smart phone, I was finally greeted by a manager, who declared
Read MoreRecall Gov. Jerry Brown
John Seiler: Let me be the first to say it: Recall Gov. Jerry Brown. As I’ve been predicting since last spring, our next governor will be Jerry Brown. Meg’s campaign was incompetent. She’s an amateur. As are the Schwarzenegger, Pete
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