Politics

• White House Lied, Jobs Died—Obama Hates Workers
  White House Lied, Jobs Died Michelle Malkin, Townhall, 5/11/12 While the White House and its media water-carriers try to distract the American [...]
• Dangers of the CA Ballot Initiative—Gov’t Lies About How $$ Will Really be Spent
      Dangers of the Ballot Initiative -By Warner Todd Huston, 5/12/12 At first blush, the idea of having ballot initiatives on election day [...]
• Charles Munger Jr. Gives $750,000 To Start California Reform Institute–Arnold Type Policies?
        Activist Funds Effort To Examine Calif.’s Problems Charles Munger Jr. Gives $750,000 To Start California Reform Institute AP, 5/9/12  http://www.kcra.com/politics/31039240/detail.html#ixzz1uUEkGbrF TO SEE STORY [...]
• Political Partisanship Kills Mike Morrell Resolution Honoring the Boy Scout’s 102nd Anniversary
  Democrats really do not like to promote moral values.  Try passing a resolution honoring the Boy Scouts and it becomes [...]
• July 1—Online Voter Registration Starts—Illegal Aliens Will Be Able to Register, With Illegal Drivers License
      Orange County Is Template for New Online Voter Registration Program Voiceofoc.org,  4/20/12 With help from a $239,240 federal grant, Orange County is [...]
• Amateur Arnold Blames Republicans for His Deficits and Job Killing Policies—Needs a Mirror
      Former GOP Govs Show Rift in Party by Pamela M. Prah, Pew, 5/7/12 Two former Republican governors made news over the [...]
• Greenhut: Schwarzenegger’s Bizarre Analysis
  “In what bizarro world are those unprincipled, tax-hiking, union backers up and comers in the GOP? In what way is [...]
• Editorial: Democrat Assemblyman Roger Hernandez—a Drunk or Just a Sleaze? by Stephen Frank
      Editorial:  Democrat Assemblyman Roger Hernandez—a Drunk or Just a Sleaze? By Stephen Frank, Editorial, California Political News and Views, 5/7/12 Under current [...]
• “Common Cause” Front for Democrats–$$ From the Super Rich Democrat Influence Peddlers
    Uncommon donors ‘Citizens Lobbying Organization’ Common Cause draws funds from super rich BY: CJ Ciaramella , Washington Free Beacon,  5/4/12 The self-described nonpartisan [...]
• Americans Did Not Buy Americans Elect/Democrats Effort to “Perot” the 2012 Election.
    [OP-ED] Americans Elect: They Built It, And Nobody Came BY David Karpf, Techprsident.com, 5/4/12 David Karpf: Americans Elect suffers from the “Field [...]
• San Fran Nan Caught Cutting Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid—to pay for Obamacare.
      Feingold: Pelosi wobbly on Social Security By JENNIFER HABERKORN, Politico, 5/3/12 Former Sen. Russ Feingold is going after House Minority Leader Nancy [...]
• Possible November Ballot Measure: Raise Taxes WITHOUT a Vote of People OR Legislature
      Tax hikes without a vote? A back door to new revenue By Steven Maviglio, Capitol Weekly, 05/02/12 There’s plenty of reasons for progressives [...]
• CA Worst State for Business—No Surprise, Texas BEST State for Business
      Best/Worst States for Business by JP Donlon, Chief Executive Magazine,  5/3/12 2011 RANK STATE 2010 RANK CHANGE 1 Texas 1 0 2 North Carolina 2 0 .3 Florida 6 3 4 Tennessee 3 -1 5 Georgia 7 2   6 Indiana 16 10 7 Virginia 4 -3 8 South Carolina 10 2 9 Utah 9 0 10 Nevada 5 -5   11 Oklahoma 19 8 12 Colorado 8 -4 13 Arizona 11 -2 14 Wyoming 15 1 15 South Dakota 14 -1   16 Delaware 12 -4 17 Kentucky 23 6 18 New [...]
• An All-Mail Ballot for Pomona? Your Town Next?
      An All-Mail Ballot for Pomona? San Gabriel Valley Business Journal,  4/30/12 Trying to cut cost where ever they can, Pomona City Council [...]
• Pro-Pot CA Judge—Jim Gray—to Run for Vice President—As Libertarian
      Pro-pot judge will be Gary Johnson’s VP pick By Will Rahn – The Daily Caller –4/30/12 Libertarian presidential candidate and former New [...]
• George Carlin On Global Warming Scam
  This is pretty funny with what George Carlin thinks about all the global warming BS. From PatriotsOath on YoutTube.
• Political Games in San Diego, While City faces Bankruptcy
  First you had the former Political Director of the California Republican Party (a Republican Assemblyman) denounce partisan politics.  Then a [...]
• Californians Will Likely Vote on Genetically Engineered Food Labeling Initiative in November
  Californians will have an opportunity to add costs to our food, make it more expensive and not get much as [...]
• Assemblymember Olsen on Speaker’s Proposal to Fund the Commission on the Status of Women
      Statement by Assemblymember Olsen on Speaker’s Proposal to Fund the Commission on the Status of Women Assemblywoman Kristin Olsen,  4/24/12 SACRAMENTO – [...]
• New CA Taxes Pay for Pensions, Not Schools
    New California Taxes Pay for Pensions, Not Schools By David Crane, Bloomberg,  4/23/ Most Californians would be surprised to learn that [...]
• Occupier Gang to Take Over Golden Gate Bridge on May 1—Communist May Day!
      Day of action on May 1 could lead to Occupy takeover of Golden Gate Bridge By: Will Reisman, SF Examiner, 04/22/12 A [...]
• Sen. Reid: Junk Mail Is Seniors ‘Only Way Of Communicating Or Feeling Like They’re Part Of The Real World’
      Sen. Reid: Junk Mail Is Seniors ‘Only Way Of Communicating Or Feeling Like They’re Part Of The Real World’ by Noah [...]
• Media Misleads on California Prop 29–No Surprise
  Are you shocked when you learn that the mainstream media misleads on a tax increase by special interests? “Take Dan Morain [...]
• Kennedy Calls for Higher Price Gas for Poor and Middle Class—Father Works With Hugo Chavez
  The Kennedy are rich—very rich.  So a few cents, or dollars per gallon of gas doesn’t matter o them.  The [...]
• Lt.Gov Newsom to Moonlight Hosting TV show on Radical Al Gore Network
      California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom Gets Second Job As Current TV Host by Meenal Vamburkar Mediate, 4/18/12 Gavin Newsom, the lieutenant governor [...]
• Even Media Knows Fraud of Tobacco Tax Ballot Measure.
      Just Because They’re Evil Doesn’t Mean They’re Wrong By Joe Mathews, nbclosangeles, 4/14/12 News item: The tobacco industry is pouring money into [...]
• City of Sacramento Citizens Saved From Paying for Arena for Billionaires Play Toy Basketball Team
      It’s official: Arena deal is dead Sacramento Business Journal by Gary Chazen, 4/13/12 The speculation on the fate of a proposed downtown [...]
• NRA, Ralph Reed group plan get-out-the-vote efforts
    NRA, Ralph Reed group plan get-out-the-vote efforts By Peter H. Stone, IWatchnews, 4/10/12 The National Rifle Association, a Ralph Reed-led social conservative [...]
• Most Taxes/Bonds Rejected by Local Communities
      Election Coverage: Voters Weigh Tax Measures; UUTs Rejected While TOTs Find Success California City News,  4/12/12 Voters in municipal elections only faced [...]
• US Attorney General Eric Holder’s Ballot to Vote Offered to Total Stranger
  Poll Workers on Primary Day in Washington, DC offer US Attorney General Eric H Holder’s ballot to vote… to a [...]
• Separated at Birth: Brown and Munger
      Separated at Birth: Brown and Munger By Joe Mathews, Nbclosangeles,  4/9/12 Gov. Jerry Brown and wealthy civil rights attorney Molly Munger are [...]
• List of SEIU Owned/Endorsed Candidates
      SEIU California Backs Candidates with Courage & Conviction to Fight for the Middle Class SEIU Press Release,  3/21/12 Congressional, State Senate and [...]
• Dianne Feinstein is a hypocrite
      Feinstein decries shakedown lawsuits By Joseph Perkins, Cal Watchdog, 4/6/12 The Consumer Attorneys of California caled themselves the Trial Lawyers Association before [...]
• Only One President Has Ever Ignored A SCOTUS Order—A Founder of Modern Democrat Party
  Only One President Has Ever Ignored A SCOTUS Order Matthew S Harrison, American Thinker, 4/4/12 Allow me to remind the American people [...]
• San Fran hunts down zombie candidates who used Millions of Tax $$ to Campaign
        San Fran hunts down zombie candidates By Dave Roberts, Cal Watchdog, 4/5/12 Zombies staggered around San Francisco during its 2011 [...]
• Americans Elect New Board Member Supported Obama and Opposes Private Property Rights—Still Claims to be “Non Partisan”
      BOARD OF ADVISORS MEMBER LAWRENCE LESSIG: AMERICANS ELECT BRINGS NEEDED REFORM TO THE ELECTION SYSTEM Americans Elect, 4/2/12 WASHINGTON, D.C., APRIL 2, [...]
• Good News! $11 Billion Water Bond Sinking
      Water Bond Sinking By Larry Gerston, nbclosangeles, 3/29/12 Sometimes good things happen for all the wrong reasons. That just may occur if [...]
• New Poll, Bad Questions–Question the Media Polls
      New Poll, Bad Questions By Joe Mathews, nbclosangeles, 3/29/12 The new USC-LA Times poll, released in full Monday, is an utterly frustrating [...]
• Editorial: American Elect: Not Independent—Part of Democrat Party
    American Elect: Not Independent—Part of Democrat Party Editorial by Stephen Frank, 3/29/12 Americans Elect claims to be a new political model—not Republican [...]
• Seiler: Jerry Brown Wants CA to have Nations Top Tax Rate of 13.3%
    Jerry Brown: ‘Governor 13.3%’ John Seiler, Cal Watchdog, 3/26/12 A Wall Street Journal editorial headline today branded Gov. Jerrry Brown: “Governor 13.3%.” [...]
• Beware: American Elect is Democrat Front Group to Divide Anti-Obama Vote
      Americans Elect’s goal is centrist choice By Darry Sragow Special to The Sacramento Bee, 3/25/12 TO SEE COMPLETE STORY CLICK ON BLUE HEADLINE “Every [...]
• What is Ahead for Terrorist Occupier Gang by Ideological Guru Frances Fox Piven
        What’s Ahead for the Movement? Occupy Spring and the Election Dilemma Frances Fox Piven, City Watch,  3/19/12 OCCUPY EFFORT EXPANDING – [...]
• Democrats Introduce 79 Bills in Sacramento WITHOUT Language
      State Sen. Harman Voices Concern Over Passage of Empty Bills Fountain Valley Patch,  3/25/12 The GOP senator says the bills will later [...]
• American Cancer Society Attacks Illinois Blogger Over Exposure of CA Tax Grab Support
      American Cancer Society Attacks Me by Name Over California Tax Grab? -By Warner Todd Huston, Publius Forum, 3/19/12 Oddly enough, a coalition [...]
• American Cancer Society is a Political Operation Supporting Tax Increases and Ballot Measures Instead of Concentrating on Research and Assistance
      American Cancer Society Attacks Me by Name Over California Tax Grab by Warner Todd Huston, Publius Forum,  3/18/12 Oddly enough, a coalition [...]
• Arnold/Munger End Third Political Parties in California
      The Hidden Cost of the “Top 2″ Changing the way we elect candidates By Larry Gerston, nbclosangeles,  3/19/12 When the voters passed Proposition [...]
• The Vetting: Obama’s Favorite Congressman Hangs With Commies
    Check out this great video on BHO’s communist buddy courtesy of the Breitbart.
• Munger’s $120 BILLION Tax Increase Doesn’t Add Up
      Munger’s  $120 BILLION Tax Increase Doesn’t Add Up By WAYNE LUSVARDI, Cal Watchdog,  3/14/12 Molly Munger’s proposed $10 billion school tax for [...]
• Del Beccaro: The President Will Have Earned His Defeat This Fall
      The President Will Have Earned His Defeat This Fall By THOMAS G. DEL BECCARO, Investors [...]
• Unions Oppose Gov’t School Finance Reform—Don’t Mess With Their $$$
      Thumbs down for finance reform Ed Coalition criticizes timing and formula By John Fensterwald – Educated Guess,   3/13/12 The Education Coalition, the powerful [...]
• L.A. Times: Jon Fleischman’s FlashReport is little-read but much-feared
    Jon Fleischman’s FlashReport is little-read but much-feared The website is fiercely conservative, with a small but influential readership. It works to [...]
• Mark Pruner: Filed Complaints Against Democrats Committee’s–$30,000 in Fines, etc. for Democrats
        Local Democrats Hammered with Heavy Fines for Reporting Violations Written by David Greenwald, Davis Vanguard, 3/13/12 TO SEE COMPLETE STORY CLICK ON [...]
• Over 73,000 Signatures Submitted for Initiative to Reduce SBDO Supervisors to Part-Time
  Over 73,000 Signatures Submitted for Initiative to Reduce SBDO Supervisors to Part-Time California County News,   3/12/12 While proponents of the initiative known [...]
• Black Radical Angela Davis is among honorees on D.C. court wall
          Jury isn’t out on Angela Davis Black radical is among honorees on D.C. court wall By Ronald Radosh – Special to The [...]
• Santa Barbara Leftists: Pass Tax Increase AND Pension Reform–Then Throw out the Reforms
      Finally, A Tax Initiative is Dropped By Joe Mathews, nbclosangeles, 3/11/12 Every shopper’s favorite day, Black Friday, made even better with the [...]
• Brown’s Tax Is Ahead, But Why Not By More?
  Brown’s Tax Is Ahead, But Why Not By More? Posted by John Myers, KQED, 3/7/12 A brand new statewide poll shows Governor [...]
• Arrogance: People Aren’t Smart Enough for Democracy to Flourish, Scientists Say
      People Aren’t Smart Enough for Democracy to Flourish, Scientists Say By Natalie Wolchover,| LiveScience.com, 2/28/12 The democratic process relies on the [...]
• Charters choose Brown’s tax plan
      Charters choose Brown’s tax plan Loyal to governor whose support they can count on By John Fensterwald – Educated Guess, 3/5/12 Charter schools [...]
• Billionaire Munger: Will Buy Your Paycheck AND Your Childrens Future Using an Initiative
      “Whatever It Takes,” Says Munger on Campaign by John Myers, KQED, 3/3/12 Attorney and education activist Molly Munger says she will spend [...]
• California’s Political Purple Reign
      California’s Political Purple Reign John Myers , KQED,  3/1/12 For years, we’ve talked about how the national color coded shorthand for California [...]
• Californians weigh the virtues of a part-time legislature—to do less harm
    First, Do Less Harm Californians weigh the virtues of a part-time legislature. Troy Senik, City Journal, 3/2/12 California voters don’t go for half-measures. [...]
• Why Poke a Stick at State Political Watchdog?
  Why Poke a Stick at State Political Watchdog? By Joe Mathews , nbclosamgeles, 2/27/12 The chair of the state’s Fair Political Practices [...]
• Democrat Want CA to Create a GOVERNMENT Bank
      State bank idea revived Sacramento Business Journal by Mark Anderson,  2/27/12 Assemblyman Ben Hueso thinks the state [...]
• CA Republicans Try Balancing Act. Again
      California Republicans Try Balancing Act. Again. John Myers , KQED,  2/26/12   BURLINGAME– This weekend’s gathering of the California Republican Party provided another [...]
• For Dems, No One ‘Plays by the Same Rules’
  Democrats play by their own rules.  The Constitution, laws, regulations mean nothing.  That is why we have courts, [...]
• CA Ground Zero in Battle for the Republican Soul
  It was the victory in the June, 1964 California primary that assured Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater his GOP [...]
• Democratic attorneys general snag $1.1 billion slush fund
  Democratic attorneys general snag $1.1 billion slush fund Daily Caller,  02/21/2012 Five big banks have agreed to give twenty-three Democratic attorneys general [...]
• Why Are These Jewish Foundations Funding Antisemitism?
  There folks that people in the community call “Self Loathing”  they are embarrassed by being who they are.  [...]
• Prop. 29: Billion $ Boondoggle for Political Hacks
  Would you trust these people with $1 billion? -By Warner Todd Huston, Publius Forum, 2/18/12 If the members of [...]
• Democrats Defend Castro Loving/Ethically Challenged Maxine Waters
  Assemblyman Defends Maxine Waters Katy Grimes, Cal Watchdog, 2/17/12 : I sat through a State Assembly session this morning wondering why [...]
• Lance Armstrong Texas Charity a Front for Politics
  “Charity gives $1.5M to tobacco tax initiative 1:01 am – The Reporter (Vacaville) SACRAMENTO (AP) — Supporters of an initiative on [...]
• Nanny State Food Effort for Ballot?
  Mandatory labeling of GMO foods moves close to ballot Central Valley Business Times, 2/16/12 •  Initiative given go-ahead to gather [...]
• ACORN HAPPY–Report: 1.8M dead registered to vote
  Report: 1.8M dead registered to vote By MACKENZIE WEINGER, Politico, 2/14/12 The United States’ voter registration system is in chaos — [...]
• Coupal: Stop Special Interest Money on November Ballot
  Stop Special Interest Money By Jon Coupal, Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association,  2/15/12 Unless one is wearing Brown colored glasses, it is easy [...]
• Political Secret: “Trackers” Stalk Political Candidates–Looking for Gaffe’s
  Californians fund super PAC that hounds GOP Will Evans, California Watch,  2/13/12 Everywhere Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney goes, he [...]
• Editorial: Job#1: Take Back America—Win the White House in November
    Editorial by Stephen Frank for the California Political News and Views, 2/13/12 Most of the readers of this newsletter have taken [...]
• Munger Says NO to Guv: Will Put $120 Billion Tax Increase on Ballot
  Brown Appears Unsuccessful at Blocking Other Tax Measures Posted by John Myers, KQED, 2/6/12 Somewhere out there is a [...]
• Proxy Drills: Political Operatives Sell Votes to Highest Bidder.
  Proxy Drills:  Political Operatives Sell Votes to Highest Bidder. Ashley Ingram and Chris Mays, Exclusive to the California Political News and [...]
• Unions Want Part Time San Bernardino Board of Supes–Full Time Union Controlled Legislature
  Unions Join Forces to Reduce SBDO Board into Part-Time Status; PAC Well-Funded California County News, 2/6/12 Influential unions are lining [...]
• San Fran Nan (Pelosi): CINO–Catholic In Name Only
  Nancy Pelosi Takes a Stand for Abortion Jeannie DeAngelis, American Think, 2/4/12 House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Ca) is a modern-day version [...]
• Pew Polls Show Jewish Shift Toward GOP, Away from Democrats
  Pew Polls Show Jewish Shift Toward GOP, Away from Democrats Republican Jewish Coalition, 2/2/12 Washington, D.C. (February 2, 2012) — The [...]
• Think Long Comes Up Short–Billionaires and Hacks Trying to Raise Taxes
  Think Long Comes Up Short Steve Greenhut,  City Journal,  Winter, 2012 A new report calls for higher taxes in California. California’s ongoing [...]
• Hell Froze Over!! Dems Vote to Slash School Funding–Cutting Quality Schools
  Dems Vote to Slash School Funding By KATY GRIMES, Cal Watchdog,  2/1/12 Anyone involved in state politics would concede that it would [...]
• Politics With $11 Billion Water Bond–two steps to take your $$
  A Watered-down Bond for Water System Improvements? CA Senate President Pro Tem tells water conference $11 billion is too much Kimberly [...]
• Jerry Brown As Insurance Commissioner? To Force Special Interest $$$
        Jerry Brown As Insurance Commissioner? by Jon Coupal, Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, 1/30/12 Wait. We know that Jerry [...]
• Democracy Prevails Again in Local Campaign Finance Fight
  Democracy Prevails Again in Local Campaign Finance Fight On Friday, a San Diego federal judge delivered a campaign finance ruling [...]
• Grimes: Democrats Petty Lawsuit Shows Leaders’ Motive
  Petty Lawsuit Shows Leaders’ Motive Katy Grimes, Cal Watchdog, 1/30/12 A petty lawsuit filed by Assembly Speaker John Perez and [...]
• Democrats and Arnold GOP’ers Win. Controverisal State Senate Maps OK’d by Court
  Top California court rejects GOP redistricting challenge San Francisco Business Times [...]
• Seiler: Don’t Tell Jerry: Tax Polls Irrelevant Now
  My first race, I walked precincts, was for Nixon in 1960 against Kennedy. If early polls meant anything Hillary would have [...]
• State Controller Sued by DEMOCRAT Lawmakers for Docking Pay during Budget Fight
  State Controller Sued by Lawmakers for Docking Pay during Budget Fight California County News,  1/25/12 When State Controller John Chiang [...]
• Grimes: Big Savings With Part-Time Legislature
  Big Savings With Part-Time Leg. Katy Grimes, Cal Watchdog, 1/23/12 Limiting the Legislature to only 95 days each year and $18,000 [...]
• NORTHERN CALIFORNIA REPUBLICANS GET PRO ACTIVE FOR NOVEMBER ELECTION
  NORTHERN CALIFORNIA REPUBLICANS GET PRO ACTIVE FOR NOVEMBER ELECTION Arnold Zeiderman, Exclusive to the California Political News and Views,  1/26/12 On Saturday, [...]
• November’s Ground Zero Initiative–Ending Extortion is Controversial
  November’s Ground Zero Initiative Posted by John Myers, KQED, 1/22/12 While talk about California’s November ballot has focused largely on [...]
• Legislators attempt to strip courts of power–Idea for CA?
  Legislators attempt to strip courts of power By Maggie Clark, Stateline, 1/23/12 Frustrated with what they see as “activist judges” who [...]
• Perkins: CA Courts Undermine State’s Initiative System
  Courts Undermine State’s Initiative System Joseph Perkins, Cal Watchdog,  1/21/12 I voted against Proposition 215, the so-called Compassionate Use Act, which [...]
• DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz Parents Off to Jail for Corruption
  DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz Parents Off to Jail for Corruption Atlas Shrugged, 1/19/12 The rotten apple doesn’t fall far from [...]
• Grimes: CA GOP Going to Elephant Graveyard? Major Statement on Legislative Future by Stephen Frank
  CA GOP Going to Elephant Graveyard? Katy Grimes, Cal Watchdog, 1/17/12 Many in the media say that Republicans are rapidly becoming irrelevant [...]
• Bipartisan Support to Revamp $11 Billion Water Bond?
  Bipartisan Support to Revamp Water Bond? Ben Adler, California Capitol Network, 1/16/12 An eleven billion dollar bond on this November’s ballot would pay [...]
• Politics, not funding, drove growth of Spain’s high-speed rail caused Depression
  Politics, not funding, drove growth of Spain’s high-speed rail Tim Sheehan, California Watch,  1/14/12 BARCELONA, SPAIN – Money wasn’t a [...]
• Democrats to Continue Corrupt Redevelopment Agencies for Two Months–Seven Months Notice Not Enough
  Senators Padilla and Rubio Introduce Legislation to Continue Redevelopment Agencies for Two Months Senator Alex Padilla, 1/13/12 Sacramento [...]
• Oakland’s radical mayor is in deep trouble of her own making.
  Quan Agonistes Oakland’s mayor is in deep trouble of her own making. Stephen Schwartz, City Journal, 1/11/12 Jean Quan, the ideologically leftist [...]
• Guv’s Initiative Finds Lucrative Donors Who Want YOU Taxed, Not Them
  It is cheaper for the Tribes to donate $300,000 to raise YOUR taxes than to have the State [...]
• The List Grows: Latest Sect. of St. Updates –46 MORE Propositions in Circulation
  The List Grows: Latest Sect. of St. Updates Submitted by jbrown, California Propositions, 01/05/2012 It’s now worth noting that there are 46 [...]
• San Diego Mayor Candidate Dumanis Reform: End Elected Boards of Education
  Dumanis releases reform plan for San Diego Unified School District San Diego News Room,  1/6/12 SAN DIEGO (CNS) – District [...]
• Grimes: CA– A Jagged Legislative Battle Ground
    A Jagged Legislative Battle Ground Katy Grimes, Cal Watchdog,  1/5/12 During Gov. Jerry Brown’s first year in office, business interests were [...]
• Heritage Foundation: Voter ID Prevents Election Fraud
      Voter ID Prevents Election Fraud Mike Brownfield, Heritage Foundation,   1/4/12 Last night’s nail-biter in Iowa marked the beginning of election year [...]
• Munger, Steyer, Berggruen and Other Billionaires Want YOUR Taxes Raised
  The Year of the Billionaire Jon Coupal,  Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, 1/2/12 For the Chinese, 2012 is the Year of the Dragon. [...]
• Democrats Are Terrified of Voter ID–Can Not Win Honest Elections
    Democrats Are Terrified of Voter ID Robert Knight, Townhall, 1/4/12 The most consequential election in our lifetime is still 11 [...]
• Mayor Villaraigosa Likens Himself to a Chihuahua–Also Does Not Know Value of $$
  Mayor Villaraigosa Likens Himself to a Chihuahua LAist, 1/2/12 In describing the way he plans to do business for the remaining 18 [...]
• San Fran: Hunters Point–Nightmere for Poor
      Formerly Great Cities All Over America Are Turning Into Open, Festering Sores End of the American Dream,  1/2/12 Once upon [...]
• Pelosi Rents $10,000 per DAY Suite in Hawaii for herself
  1 Percenter Nancy Pelosi Spends $10,000 per Day at Resort Godfather Politics, 12/27/11 A lot of attention has been put on the [...]
• Technology failures prompt criticism of secretary of state
  Technology failures prompt criticism of secretary of state Will Evans, California Watch,  12/20/11 The latest technology snafus to hit Secretary of State [...]
• Jobless rise was steep in Sacramento
  Jobless rise was steep in Sacramento Sacramento Business Journal, 12/23/11 Nearly every American city has seen unemployment spike with the Great Recession [...]
• New CA Laws to Drive you Crazy
  Car seats, shark fins, tanning beds, booze, epilepsy By Alisen Boada, Capitol Weekly,   12/22/11 As California rings in the New Year, a [...]
• Mungers Destruction of Legislative Districts: Democrats Helped Him
    How Democrats Fooled California’s Redistricting Commission by Olga Pierce and Jeff Larson, ProPublica,  12/21/11 This spring, a group of California Democrats gathered [...]
• Odds of hacker ‘shenanigans’ during the presidential primaries are high
  Odds of hacker ‘shenanigans’ during the presidential primaries are high By Aliya Sternstein, Nextgov, 12/16/11 Expect hackers to try to disgrace presidential [...]
• Gov’t Pension Plan Uses Pension/Tax $$ to Stop Pay Cuts
  Good news!!  Some workers are willing to receive a pay increase, but when the same agency gives them a cut, [...]
• Seiler: The More Taxes the Merrier!
  The More Taxes the Merrier! http://www.calwatchdog.com/2011/12/16/the-more-taxes-the-merrier/ John Seiler, Cal Watchdog,  12/18/11 It must be the season. I’m in a festive mood. I want to [...]
• California’s ‘Top Two’ – myth and reality in 2012
  California’s ‘Top Two’ – myth and reality in 2012 By Paul Mitchell, Capitol Weekly,  12/15/11 Much of this year’s legislative and congressional [...]
• Ballot Measure: Legislature Elected by 10,000 But NOT All the Voters
  A Legislature of 10,000? By Joe Mathews, Prtop Zero, 12/13/11 California is the largest American state, but proportionally it has the smallest [...]
• Coupal: CA ballot is electoral version of “Animal House”
  Who needs Sacramento, elected officials or bureaucrats–we have the November, 2012 ballot. Animal House 2012 By Jon Coupal, Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, [...]
• Taking the Pledge: Anti-Tax Pledge to Target CA Officials; Follows Norquist’s Efforts
  Taking the Pledge: Anti-Tax Pledge to Target CA Officials; Follows Norquist’s Efforts California County News, 12/06/11 If you paid any attention to [...]
• Coupal: Why We Don’t Trust Politicians
  Why We Don’t Trust Politicians By Jon Coupal, Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association,  12/05/11 Ask any of the politicians in Sacramento if they [...]
• Unemployment 8.6% Corrupt: Here’s the Math – Not Fuzzy But Corrupt
  Unemployment 8.6% Corrupt: Here’s the Math – Not Fuzzy But Corrupt: 17 Things to Think About By Maggies Notebook,   12/03/11 The unemployment [...]
• CA “celebrates” 100 years of the initiative, referendum, and recall. Direct Dysfunctionality
  Direct Dysfunctionality California “celebrates” 100 years of the initiative, referendum, and recall. Troy Senik, City Journal,  12/02/11 In the midst of California’s prolonged [...]
• Ousted L.A. Housing Authority chief leaves with $1.2 million–$$ Taken From Poor
  Ousted L.A. Housing Authority chief leaves with $1.2 million Critics see Rudolf Montiel’s departure pay as a symbol of misplaced priorities [...]
• California Dream is no more
  California Dream is no more Joseph Perkins, Cal Watchdog, 12/02/11 In 2010, according to Census figures, the proportion of us who moved [...]
• CA Elections 2012: Ballot stew starts to boil again
  Elections 2012: A ballot stew starts to boil again By Cindy Baker, Capitol Weekly, 12/01/11 Doesn’t it seem like Californians just did [...]
• Oakland Mayor–Elected With 31% of vote–Recall Started
  Recall Petition for Mayor Quan to Hit Oakland Streets Any Day Now California City News,  11/30/11 It’s been a bumpy road for [...]
• The Crowding Field of 2012 Tax Initiatives–$32 B and Growing
  The Crowding Field of 2012 Tax Initiatives by John Myers, KQED, 11/30/11 California voters have long had a reputation as anti-tax, a [...]
• Newsom Kills Off San Fran–Leaves Town to His Victims
  Gavin Newsom Officially Gives Up On Living In SF by Eve Batey, SF Appeal, 11/28/11 When former SF mayor, now Lt. Governor [...]
• 12/15: Trigger List Released..Rethinking Budget Trigger Unlikely, Says Speaker
  Rethinking Budget Trigger Unlikely, Says Speaker by John Myers, KQED,  11/28/11 Assembly Speaker John Perez isn’t ruling it out — never say [...]
• Ethically Challenged, Castro Loving Maxine Waters to be Top Democrat on House Financial Services Committee
  Maxine Waters in line to take over from Frank on Financial Services By Peter Schroeder, The Hills, 11/28/11 Wall Street executives [...]
• Occupying Gang Seven Deadly Sins
  Occupying Seven Deadly sins by Rusty Weiss, Big Government,   11/25/11 A friend of mine was recently opining on Facebook, in the midst [...]
• Public Funds No Boon To Stem Cells–Another Special Interest Gov’t Boondoggle
  Public Funds No Boon To Stem Cells By WAYNE LUSVARDI, CalWatchdog,  11/22/11 On May 4, 2011, the Los Angeles Times reported that [...]
• San Fran Election Corruption: 31,000 Votes do Not Count
  How Ranked-Choice Voting Silenced 31,500 Voters The Bay Citizen’s analysis of SF’s mayoral election reveals limits of the voting system By Shane [...]
• Georgia Democrat Party Tied to Absentee Ballot Fraud–How About CA Investigation as Well?
  12 charged with voter fraud in Georgia election By Neil Munro, Daily Caller,11/25/11 Law enforcement officials have charged 12 people with using [...]
• Pelosi Bashes Catholics: “They Have This Conscience Thing”
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