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Back to homepageLaird loses to Blakeslee
John Seiler: Republican Sam Blakeslee Tuesday beat Democrat John Laird for the open state Senate seat. I hope Blakeslee is more faithful to taxpayers that was the man who previously held the seat until he left it in May to
Read MoreLegislators Celebrate Ramadan
Katy Grimes: Senate President pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, and Assemblywoman Mariko Yamada, D-Davis, are hosting the annual Ramadan Iftar dinner at the state Capitol next week, together with 36 Assembly members and Senators, and the governor. The event invitation states
Read MoreFirst Meg mailer
John Seiler: I just got my first mailer of the November campaign season. It’s from Meg’s Millions. I’d scan it but my scanner is on the fritz, and taxes are so high I can’t get it fixed right now. On
Read MoreShould state hike park fees?
AUG. 11, 2010 By KATY GRIMES Even with recent hefty park fee hikes, a battle between supporters of state funded parks and anti-tax groups resumed in the Legislature yesterday, over an upcoming ballot initiative that would add $18 to every
Read More“Delivering For Sacramento”
Katy Grimes: Congresswoman Doris Matsui, D-Sacramento, must have an interesting mailing list. Some people in her Sacramento district receive her mailed puff pieces, and others do not. I am guessing that I am not on the A-list. A friend of
Read MoreMeg disses Poizner
John Seiler: Amateur Meg just keeps making mistake after mistake after mistake. Her latest: Attacking primary opponent Steve Poizner about putting employees on unpaid leave at his department. As Poizner quipped, she apparently hadn’t heard that she already had beaten
Read MoreThe Meginator…
Katy Grimes: I’ve heard Gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman described as Arnold Schwarzenegger, only less articulate. Ouch. However, after her appearance on the John and Ken show earlier in the week, I agree. I read the very painful transcript. Should Meg
Read MoreMeg crashes on John & Ken
John Seiler: I heard Meg Whitman’s half-hour today on John & Ken’s radio show. While it was going on, this thought ran through my mind: “How did this woman earn $1.4 billion?” She was hesitant and unable to come up
Read MoreAG Brown Learns New Language
Katy Grimes: The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association won a decisive battle yesterday when a state judge ordered the ballot language of Proposition 23 to be rewritten. A win for voters as well, Proposition 23 is a November measure that would
Read MoreHey Big Spender…
Katy Grimes: Democrat Gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown was on Univision recently and said that when he is elected, he will cut the mansion and private jet from the budget. “To “begin with I would cut back the governor’s expenses, like the
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