“Scoping Plan” Approved, Money for LA Freeways, Having a Temp. License Tag Ain’t No Crime

California Air Resources board adopts the “Scoping Plan” for AB 32, it’s touted as the most sweeping environmental regulatory action in the history of such things.  We don’t write all that much about the environment, there’s people that are better at it than we are, so click on the link to Green Inc. Blog and [...]

Meg Whitman Campaign Falters As Budget Deficit Increases Again As Legislature Turns Into-Part Time Zombies, People Believe In Miracles But Not UFOs

Meg Whitman’s campaign for governor is not going well.   First, her two campaign advisers, Steve Schmidt and Adam Mendelsohn, quit only weeks after they were hired. [PolitickerCA]  Now, Whitman lost an attempt to force the owners of “meg2010.com” and “megwhitman2010.com” to turn the names over to her.   Apparently, the name “Meg Whitman” is too [...]

Video: Gov. Schwarzenegger Warns of “Financial Armageddon”, Wants To Lock Legislature In Capitol

Gov. Schwarzenegger called a press conference today and warned of “Financial Armageddon” unless the legislature came up with a solution soon. The Governor also broke the news that the short-term deficit is no-longer $11.2 billion, it’s now $14 billion. Things are so bad that the  Governor also called for a “Big Five” Meeting, which he [...]

Three Former Governors Honestly Explain California’s Government and Budget Problems

In this morning’s email, we found this video of UCLA- sponsored 2005 panel discussion between former Governors Jerry Brown, George Dukemajian, and Gray Davis.   The topic is “How Can California Meet the Challenges of the 21st Century.” If you ever want to understand California’s budget problems, why the government is so dysfunctional, and how it [...]

Jamiel’s Law On Ballot? Antonio and Britney, Teacher Sells Ads On Tests

According to an email we got from LA Mayoral perma-fringe candidate Walter Moore, “Jamiel’s Law” has enough signatures to get on the May 2009 special election ballot.  Yet another misguided, ineffective and emotionally driven waste of resources which will mislead voters and incite racial tensions.  Well done Mr. Moore. At least you get your name [...]

Guns, Weed, Fast Food and Gavin Newsom

Wanna hear the 911 tape from the Toys ‘R’ Us Shooting in Palm Desert?  Come On…ya know you do.  It’s OK, we won’t tell anyone.  [LAist] GavinTV – Mayor Newsom’s Seven-And-A-Half Hour snoozefest of a campaign commercial disguised as a  “State of the City Address” is getting VERY bad reviews and nobody is watching it.: [...]

Gavin Shot First: Newsom Uses YouTube Channel to Attack Villaraigosa (VIDEO)

The 2010 California Governor’s Race is officially underway.  As we reported yesterday, SF Mayor Gavin Newsom launched his own YouTube channel.  The channel features a serialized seven-and-a-half-hour campaign commercial “State of the City” address for the people of San Francisco. It took all of 24 seconds into the education “webisode” before Newsom tells viewers why [...]

Prop 8 Q&A: Where do 2010 California Governor Candidates Stand on Prop 8?

Everyone wants to know where declared and likely 2010 Gubernatorial Candidates stand on Prop 8 (isn’t it weird that “Gubernatorial” means “Governor” in the context of an election? Why??).  Ready?

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