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John Seiler: Only in California would the Legislature hold up the appointment of Bo “10” Derek to…let me check, I was distracted…the state Horse Racing Board. Except for putting Bo on it, there’s no reason for this board to exist.
Read MoreBill Gives Students Extra Time to Vote
AUGUST 24, 2010 By KATY GRIMES College kids are stressed out and have so little time because of exams and college life, they should be allowed an extra five days to vote on campus, according to legislators in the Senate
Read MoreParty supports tax-hiking Villines
Steven Greenhut: The Republican Party supposedly was going to withhold its support from candidates who hike taxes, but insurance commissioner candidate Mike Villines is speaking at the luncheon and will receive party support despite his vote to pass a tax-raising
Read MoreCooley: the law-and-order guy!
Steven Greenhut: The Covina mayor is introducing Los Angeles District Attorney Steve Cooley as a tough drug warrior, pro-law-enforcement guy who will be the rare career prosecutor as attorney general — this is red meat for a law-and-order crowd. Cooley
Read MoreFiorina's tough blasts at Boxer
Steven Greenhut: Carly Fiorina is speaking now. “This is a ticket that represents the diversity and prominence and the common sense of California,” which perhaps is accurate in a strange kind of way. She promises to put an end to
Read MoreBig Labor Smackdown!
Steven Greenhut: I was on the Big Labor Smackdown panel this morning at the GOP Convention, where we discussed the iron grip of public sector unions on the state government. Orange County Supervisor John Moorlach detailed the importance of taking
Read MoreGOP: dump Meg for McClintock
John Seiler: I don’t know what California Republican Party rules are for getting rid of a candidate who won a primary. But nobody follows the rules anymore anyway — certainly not the California or U.S. constitutions. So, who cares about
Read MoreWhitman critics hold presser
Steven Greenhut: Despite efforts by the Meg Whitman campaign to shut down a press conference critical of her by denying it a room, a group of influential conservatives held a lobby press conference denouncing Meg Whitman’s post-primary positions on the
Read MoreWill moderates get their revenge?
Steven Greenhut: The mainstream media background thesis of the GOP convention in San Diego, which I am here to attend and to speak on a union panel, remains to be seen given that the convention doesn’t really get off the
Read MoreWill GOP oppose property rights?
Steven Greenhut: At the state Republican convention here in San Diego, Republicans will take up the issue of Prop. 22 — a shameless attempt by redevelopment agencies and transportation agencies to protect their budgets as the state wrestles with declining
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