Politics and Elections
Back to homepageAB 32 is high-tech Jim Crow
John Seiler: AB 32 really is high-tech Jim Crow. The great libertarian activist Richard Rider of San Diego wrote on open Salon about how, if Prop. 23 is defeated, AB 32 would especially kill black and Latino jobs. But Der
Read MoreElection "Perspectives" and more
Katy Grimes: On Friday in Sacramento, the 16th “Perspectives” event was held, and the speaker list was really interesting. Speakers included former Vermont Governor and Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean, former Alaska Governor, and Vice Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin,
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First Meg mailer
John Seiler: I finally got my first Meg mailer today. As I wrote earlier, my first two Jerry mailers came a week ago, just as I got my absentee ballot. Who knows why it took her so long. On the
Read MoreMcClintock No Whitman Fan
Steven Greenhut: Speaking at a Pacific Research Institute luncheon in Costa Mesa today, U.S. Rep. Tom McClintock made it clear that he’s not so excited about the candidacy of Republican gubernatorial nominee Meg Whitman. He said that while he agrees
Read MoreDan Lungren's Anti-Freedom Career
U.S. Rep. Dan Lungren’s big-government policies may make him the rare Republican to lose in November. OCT. 15, 2010 By JOHN SEILER Dan Lungren faces a tough re-election challenge in his re-election bid for Sacramento’s 3rd congressional district. He faces Democrat
Read MoreWhere's Doris and will she debate?
Katy Grimes: UPDATE: Right after this story published, I received a call back from Rep. Doris Matsui’s office. I asked if they had any campaign events planned, and was told yes. The caller offered to email an invitation to me,
Read MoreBig Green Outspends Big Oil!
Anthony Pignataro: Just want to take a few moments to congratulate Steve Maviglio, the official spokesman for the No on Prop. 23 campaign. Back in June, Maviglio told me that there was no way his little upstart effort built on
Read MoreMeg n Jerry buy into global-warming hoax
John Seiler: The evidence keeps piling up against the global-warming hoax, the biggest scientific fraud in history. It makes Piltdown Man look like a theorem in Newton’s Principia. Yet our next governor believes it. Both candidates support AB 32, although
Read MoreSacto's Measure B Big For State
OCT. 14, 2010 By KATY GRIMES City utility department increases are occuring all over the state. But in Sacramento, the fight is on between the city and anti-tax proponents. On the November ballot is “Measure B,” a utility rollback initiative that would “roll
Read MoreHard Hats And Enviros Hold Hands
OCT. 14, 2010 Don’t sweat it if you’ve never heard of the Blue-Green Alliance. I had never heard of it either, until a rally Thursday over at the Federal Building in downtown Sacramento for organized labor, Jerry Brown’s gubernatorial campaign
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