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Back to homepageFPPC Fights For Public Records
OCT. 21, 2010 When I was a reporter in Orange County a decade ago, calling the Fair Political Practices Commission could be a frustrating experience. “We cannot comment on the existence of an investigation,” the nice spokesperson would tell me
Read MoreDoes the CA Election Really Matter?
OCT. 21, 2010 By JOHN SEILER On Nov. 2 Californians face the most important election in decades, deciding the governorship, a U.S. Senate seat that could tip the Senate into the Republican camp, legislative and local races and several crucial
Read MoreBrown Ignored Union Bill's Warnings
OCT. 19, 2010 By ANTHONY PIGNATARO One of the few actual, honest issues in the California governor’s race has also been one of the least reported. And while it’s an old issue – dating back to 1977 – it’s nonetheless
Read MoreAB32 Empowers State Regulators
OCT. 18, 2010 By SUSAN M. TRAGER As we head down the stretch to the November 2 election, Proposition 23 has become the top initiative people are talking about. The debate mainly focuses on whether it would create or kill
Read MoreMarch on CARB
Katy Grimes: Calling California’s global warming law “an energy rip off,” Jon Coupal, President of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, led a rally today in support of Proposition 23, and then marched with supporters to the California Air Resources Board’s building…
Read MoreRunner: Make BOE 'Client-Friendly'
OCT. 13, 2010 By KATY GRIMES George Runner may be in the middle of his last Senate term and will be termed out, but that hasn’t stopped the Antelope Valley Republican from running another campaign. But this time, Runner is setting his
Read MoreRomero Wants Pringle And Katz Out!
Anthony Pignataro: State Senator Gloria Romero, D-Los Angeles, is pissed. The California High-Speed Rail Authority seems to be doing all of nothing to address the controversy over Board members Richard Katz and Curt Pringle holding “incompatible offices” (the story broke
Read MoreThe Grimes Poll
OCT. 8, 2010 A friend and I have a bet about this election cycle. He says that voters are lazy, dumb and selfish and will reelect Jerry Brown and Barbara Boxer. Being an eternal optimist, I disagree. I think that
Read MoreAre Smaller Parties Finished?
OCT. 7, 2010 For someone who may be the last of her kind, Laura Wells is remarkably chipper – even when talking about the new law that has made her essentially obsolete. “Prop. 14? I hope it has a boomerang
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Maldo Goes Immigrant Bashing
Anthony Pignataro: The Abel Maldonado for Lieutenant Governor camp recently put out a new radio ad attacking San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom’s “sanctuary city” policies. “For four years while Newsom was mayor, San Francisco refused to turn dangerous illegal immigrant
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