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All three Republican candidates for U.S. Senate are blasting Barbara Boxer over her run-in with Brig. Gen. Michael Walsh. Here’s the exchange from June 2009, after the general replied to a question by calling her “ma’am.”: Boxer: “You know, do
Read MoreSnake Oil Legislators
APRIL 21, 2010 Nearly every person I talk to is either feeling the crush of the bad economy or knows people who are really suffering. Which leads me to believe that most California legislators don’t run in the same circles
Read MoreBrown calls market 'dangerous'
APRIL 20, 2010 By CALWATCHDOG STAFF Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown, in response to a question from a TV reporter about the role of religion in public life, called for a living family wage and described the marketplace as “dangerous.”
Read MoreDems focus attacks on Tea Parties
APRIL 17, 2010 By BRIAN CALLE “California is a moderately taxed state.” That is just one of many takeaways from speeches given by Democratic elected officials today in the second day of the California Democratic Party Convention at the Convention
Read MoreJerry! Jerry! Jerry!
At their convention this weekend in L.A., instead of backing Jerry Brown for governor (again), maybe instead Democrats should back Jerry Springer. That would get his trashy shows off the air during the time when children watch, and Springer, a former mayor
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The Polite Sacramento Tea Party
The tax day Tea Party held at the state capitol in Sacramento was a bustling event, attended by colorful, patriotic and well-mannered people from all walks of life. No angry outbursts… no fights… just thousands and thousands of very polite
Read MoreAssembly Candidates Need Gravitas
Two of the Sacramento politicians who are running for the same state Assembly seat, can’t see fit to even cast votes as members of the Sacramento Regional Transit board of directors. Sacramento City Council member Lauren Hammond and Sacramento County
Read MoreTax day spurs calls for activism
APRIL 15, 2010 By EVELYN STACEY On April 14, the eve of the tax-day Tea party, Americans for Prosperity, a free-market grassroots group, hosted a dinner fundraiser packed with speakers across the conservative political spectrum. “Spring is finally here —
Read MoreArnold's greed
Arnold can’t leave office soon enough. Today he blasted as “greedy” oil companies Valero and Tesoro, which are funding the initiative to repeal the mega-jobs-killing AB32. In a few months he’s going to be in Gstaad, skiing and writing his
Read MoreInitiatives tax state budget
APRIL 13, 2010 By JOHN SEILER Drastic times call for innovative measures. California’s budget problem this year certainly is so serious that new solutions are in order. One could be to look at the budget initiatives over the past 20
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