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Laura Sucheski: The sponsoring committee for Yes on Proposition 20 and No on Proposition 27 hosted a small press conference today on the West Steps of the Capitol to announce endorsements from key constituent groups including California AARP, the National
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Direct De-mockery
Laura Sucheski: Supporters of “traditional marriage” may soon have the opportunity to legally ban divorce. That’s right… ban it. As of today, proponents of the 2012 California Marriage Protection Act may begin collecting signatures to get their proposal on the
Read MoreCan GOP quit weed-whacking?
July 12, 2010 If the California Republican Party were serious about its oft-stated calls for limiting government, then it should be championing an initiative on the November ballot that would reduce government interference in our lives, increase the efficiency of
Read MoreI would be a lousy politician
JULY 9, 2010 There seem to be two types of people today – those who are political junkies and those who successfully tune out and totally ignore everything political. As a lifelong political junkie, it’s only been in the last
Read MoreI think I'm a Latino
Anthony Pignataro: That’s right, folks, it looks like I’m actually a Latino. I never knew this before today, but the evidence looks pretty solid. It comes straight from state Senator Gil Cedillo, D-Los Angeles, in the form of an e-mail
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Expropriate PG&E
By John Seiler: The Marxists have a saying, “Expropriate the expropriators.” That’s what we should do to PG&E. It’s an expropriator. It wants to expropriate your job and mine. Because it has come out against Prop. 23, which would effectively
Read MoreWhitman 'mistreats' workers
Katy Grimes: Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown’s campaign sent out an email blast today with more accusations of Republican candidate Meg Whitman’s alleged temper and accusations of “assault.” News broke last month about Whitman physically pushing a staff handler, when
Read MoreDem incumbents’ sneaky ploy
JULY 1, 2010 By LAURA SUCHESKI California incumbents have started to pony up cash to protect their seats from bipartisan redistricting, hoping to restore the old system that favors safe seats and partisan gerrymandering. This week, the ballot measure to
Read MoreBig Green’s opaque funding
JUNE 30, 2010 By ANTHONY PIGNATARO In the race to pass Proposition 23, the effort to roll back California’s landmark and sweeping global warming regulations this November, some of the biggest decisions in the race are being made in a
Read MoreSEIU Brings In The Heavy Hitters
Katy Grimes, Laura Sucheski: At the SEIU rally today, state employees made their voices heard and disappointment with the governor known. Looking more like a carnival than protest rally, lovely white tents housed tables where SEIU members could send emails
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