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Prediction: CTA, CFT will kill Brown push to help English learners

Feb. 27, 2013 By Chris Reed On the Fox & Hounds website, veteran Sacramento watcher John Wildermuth has a sharp piece about how Gov. Jerry Brown’s push to give more money to school districts with students with higher numbers of

Is there any hope for CA Republicans?

CalWatchdog Staff February 25, 2013

Feb. 25, 2013 By John Seiler Last week I riffed on a column by Tony Quinn on Republicans, immigration and California, “Are Republicans Finally Learning to Count?” In turn, Quinn has responded to me: “He argues that even if they

CA suffers 3 of 8 “most miserable” cities

CalWatchdog Staff February 23, 2013

Feb. 23, 2013 By John Seiler In Forbes’ new ranking, three of the eight “most miserable” cities in the United States are in California: Modesto (No. 5 worst), Vallejo (No. 6) and Stockton (No. 8). Cities were graded on such

CA admits higher taxes kill tax collection

CalWatchdog Staff February 21, 2013

Feb. 21, 2013 By Chriss Street Gov. Jerry Brown was just forced to admit reality. His supposed $5 billion boost in January tax collection from Proposition 30, which increased sales and income taxes, was really just an early collection of

High-speed rail enthusiasts dream of national system

CalWatchdog Staff February 20, 2013

Feb. 20, 2013 By John Seiler High-speed rail enthusiasts don’t just want it for California. They want the whole country covered by high-speed rail tracks. An alert CalWatchDog.com reader tipped me off to this from the Plan Your City Web

How can computer science not be state graduation requirement?

CalWatchdog Staff February 20, 2013

Feb. 20, 2013 By Chris Reed The reports earlier this month that the state will no longer require eighth-graders to take Algebra 1 and allow them instead to take a somewhat less rigorous course covering algebra touched off a minor

We predicted there was no tax ‘windfall’

CalWatchdog Staff February 19, 2013

Feb. 19, 2013 By John Seiler The office of Gov. Jerry Brown and the Los Angeles Times finally are catching up with what we reported earlier here on CalWatchDog.com. The Times reports today: “SACRAMENTO — The surge of revenue that

Skelton: GOP would win if it became just like Dems

CalWatchdog Staff February 19, 2013

Feb. 19, 2013 By John Seiler L.A. Times columnist George Skelton continues to amuse as he keeps telling Republicans they could win again if they just became like Democrats. After all, Democrats are winners, aren’t they? As the psychologists say,

Gov. Antoinette-Brown: Let the unemployed eat cake

CalWatchdog Staff February 19, 2013

Feb. 19, 2013 By Chris Reed Over the weekend, the U-T San Diego had a story about the Texas vs. California business-climate debate. It featured an astounding claim from Gov. Jerry Brown’s top economics adviser: “California provides a higher level

Most East Coast media misjudge CA bullet train

CalWatchdog Staff February 19, 2013

Feb. 19, 2013 By Chris Reed The immense perception gap between East Coast and West Coast journalists when it comes to reporting on the Golden State was never in sharper relief than in 2003. If you were in California, the