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JUNE 9, 2010 By JOHN SEILER The entry level of personal worth for winning the GOP nomination for governor now is $1 billion. That’s the net worth of Meg Whitman, who won yesterday’s primary nomination for governor. That’s up from the more
Read MoreThe many faces of Arnold
Anthony Pignataro: Unlike his last three predecessors, Arnold Schwarzenegger will make a fascinating subject for a biography after he leaves the governor’s office next year. The former actor and body builder’s politics fall somewhere between “scattered” and “all over the
Read MoreDuvall nearly out of money
JUNE 4, 2010 By ANTHONY PIGNATARO Former Assemblyman Michael D. Duvall of Yorba Linda, who left office suddenly in September 2009 following revelations that he talked freely of alleged sexual conquests in a legislative hearing chamber, has given away just
Read More'No on 17' funding questioned
JUNE 4, 2010 By LAURA SUCHESKI Both proponents and opponents of controversial Proposition 17 are spending the eleventh hour before the June 8 primary lobbing accusations at each other from the trenches. Prop. 17 would modify a previous law enacted
Read MoreWhitman: banal and unconvincing
JUNE 1, 2010 Steven Greenhut: I have rarely seen a political candidate who avoided taking tough stances during the election campaign suddenly get some courage and embrace a firm reform platform once in office. Unfortunately, the Republican Party’s best hope
Read MoreSacramento Bee helping with Brown campaign
MAY 31, 2010 Katy Grimes: The Sacramento Bee has been very critical of the Poizner/Whitman Republican primary gubernatorial race. That’s expected, but now it appears that The Bee editorial board is not only falling all over themselves to write about Jerry
Read MoreThe Great Green Job Mystery
I used to think Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger‘s favorite word was “jobs.” But after reading this press release his office sent out today, I’d have to say it’s actually “green.” “California is already seeing green job growth but we must continue
Read MoreCooley as pension-reform poster boy
MAY 26, 2010 By ANTHONY PIGNATARO Recent news reports have mentioned our state public employee pension liabilities topping half a trillion dollars. This is an astronomical figure, but one that’s pretty hard for most people to understand. One easy way
Read MoreStates' rights revival in CA?
MAY 14, 2010 By JOHN SEILER Political waters are boiling all across America, including California. One of the areas this is happening is the Tenth Amendment Movement, which takes seriously the last of the Bill of Rights, which reads: “The powers
Read MoreAB32 driving higher energy costs
MAY 11, 2010 By SUSAN M. TRAGER May 3 saw 807,946 signatures submitted to the California Secretary of State to qualify for the November ballot the California Jobs Initiative. If approved by voters, it would suspend AB32, the Global Warming
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