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    • Ghost of Prop. 16 haunts the Capitol
        Ghost of Prop. 16 haunts the Capitol   by JOHN HOWARD, Capitol Weekly, 5/13/14 In the Capitol, nothing really dies. Four years after California [...]
    • Let’s Keep Politicians’ ‘Secret’ Questionnaires Secret
        Let’s Keep Politicians’ ‘Secret’ Questionnaires Secret The Endorsement Dance Between Political Candidates and Advocacy Groups Offers Unexpected Benefits For Everyone by Mark [...]
    • Democrats propose Internet voting in 2016, making Republican also consider the idea
        Democrats propose Internet voting in 2016, making Republican also consider the idea FoxNews.com, 5/10/14 Democrats are thinking about using Internet balloting in [...]
    • Beverly Hills Becomes First City to Ban Fracking, Condemns Nation of Brunei
        Beverly Hills Becomes First City to Ban Fracking, Condemns Nation of Brunei California City News, 5/8/14 The Beverly Hills City Council gave [...]
    • Socialist Rep. Barbara Lee Charges $500 Monthly Car Lease to Her Congressional Budget
        Rep. Barbara Lee Charges $500 Monthly Car Lease to Her Congressional Budget Steven Tavares, ebcitizen, 5/8/14 CONGRESS | 13TH DISTRICT | [...]
    • Union Blackmail using “Ballot” Measure Works—Against Patients and Health Care
        California hospitals reach deal with union; initiatives limiting CEO pay dropped Kathy Robertson, Sacramento Business Journal, 5/6/14 The California Hospital Association [...]
    • League of Women Voters Bias Exposed Again: Invite Shop Lifter to Candidate Forum—But NOT the Republican
        League of Women Voters Apologize for Neglecting to Invite GOP Candidate Steven Tavares, EBCitizen, 4/30/14 STATE SENATE | 10TH DISTRICT | [...]
    • San Jose Court’s Flawed Decision Strikes Down Heart of Measure B Pension Reform
        San Jose Court’s Flawed Decision Strikes Down Heart of Measure B Pension Reform By John Moore, Union Watch, 5/2/14 In November of [...]
    • Ballot measures have become game of hide-the-pea
        Ballot measures have become game of hide-the-pea By Dan Walters, San Luis Obispo Tribune, 4/27/14 Writing California ballot measures has evolved – [...]
    • Democrat Party Divided: Pro-Education Democrats and Pro-Union Democrats
        California superintendent race shows Democrats split on school reform By Sharon Bernstein, Reuters, 4/25/14 The race to be California’s superintendent of education [...]
    • Covered California—Not Enough Doctors—But Registering Voters Instead
        Covered California targets voter registration by JOHN HOWARD, Capitol Weekly, 4/23/14 Voter registration, politics and health care: a volatile mix? Millions [...]
    • Election Fraud Easy in the United States: Over 40,000 People Are Registered to Vote in Both Virginia and Maryland
        Over 40,000 People Are Registered to Vote in Both Virginia and Maryland Heather Ginsberg, Townhall, 4/23/14 As midterm elections quickly approach, many [...]
    • Can California Secretary of State hopeful Pete Peterson help the State Republican Party?
        Can California Secretary of State hopeful Pete Peterson help the state Republican Party? Frank Stoltze, KPCC, 7/17/14 Pete Peterson is a Republican [...]
    • Poll: Even Some Republicans Bullish on Jerry Brown More Than Neel Kashkari?
        Poll: Even Some Republicans Bullish on Jerry Brown? John Myers, KQED, 4/23/14 It’s one of the most familiar sayings in the world [...]
    • Will Unions Force Silicon Valley Leftists Into a Libertarian Oriented Republican Party?
        How Will “Ambush” Union Elections Affect Silicon Valley’s Libertarians? By Ed Ring, Union Watch, 4/22/14 Despite being one of the biggest strongholds [...]
    • Radical Billionaire Made $$ by Buying Companies and Firing Employees—What Will Unions Say?
        The Black Book of Tom Steyer Allegations of fraud plague hedge fund of Democratic super-donor BY: Lachlan Markay, Washington Free Beacon, 4/21/14 The [...]
    • California Democrat Party: Our Candidates MUST be Rich—or Need to Go Away
        Two Dems Accuse Party Leaders in CA-33 of Changing Rules to Favor Wealthy Insiders by Joel B. Pollak, Breitbart, 4/18/14 Two Democratic [...]
    • Addiction to Federal Funds Hits Auburn—Now Needs to Fire One Third of Firefighters
        Auburn Fire Department Faces Layoffs Fox40, 4/18/14 Ahead of what looks to be a busy fire season, the Auburn Fire Department is [...]
    • Plenty of reasons not to trust state government: Thomas Elias
        Plenty of reasons not to trust state government: Thomas Elias By Thomas D. Elias, LA Daily News, 4/14/14 Californians don’t trust their [...]
    • In Plain Sight: The Rise of Corporate Democrats in California
        In Plain Sight: The Rise of Corporate Democrats in California Written by Gary Cohn, City Watch, 4/18/14 CALIFORNIA EXPOSE-Marin County is [...]
    • Democrats Catch Democrat Congressman LYING: Man Bites Dog Story?
        At Forum, Swalwell Says He ‘Stood for Privacy Rights,’ Record Says Otherwise Steven Tavares, EB Citizen, 4/16/14 Rep. Eric Swalwell said [...]
    • Voter Fraud Easy in California—Proof
        California’s on-line voter registration system lacks sufficient safeguards and enables voting fraud Over 6,000 duplicate registrations generated on line in just [...]
    • Editorial by Stephen Frank: Republicans in Trouble in California Statewide/Legislative races
        Editorial by Stephen Frank: Republicans in Trouble in California Statewide/Legislative races Editorial by Stephen Frank, California Political News and Views, 4/14/14 On [...]
    • Cong. Henry Waxman: I Demand the LA Times be Managed As I say—or Else
        Congressman Waxman calls on LA Times’ owner to change newspaper spin-off plans Wendy Lee, KPCC 4/11/14 http://www.scpr.org/blogs/economy/2014/04/11/16348/congressman-wants-la-times-corporate-parent-to-cha/   Rep. Henry Waxman said Friday [...]
    • Steve Frank to Debate Dan Richard, chair of High Speed Rail Authority—April 17th Noon, on Ray Appleton Show (Fresno) KMJ 580 and Internet
        WHAT: Debate between Steve Frank, Publisher of the California Political News and Views and Dan Richard, Chairman of the Board, High [...]
    • California Republicans seek new blood
        California Republicans seek new blood Republicans are desperate for anything to help their standing in California. | Getty By BYRON TAU, [...]
    • Democrats/Special Interests Lie by Omission About Electoral Reform to Steal Elections
        CA GOP stays neutral on new electoral-college initiative By Dave Roberts, Calwatchdog, 4/3/14 An initiative seeking to get on California’s November [...]
    • Dan Schnur-Candidate for Secretary of State: Public Financing of Campaigns Not the Answer to Sacramento Corruption
        Dan Schnur-Candidate for Secretary of State: Public Financing of Campaigns Not the Answer to Sacramento Corruption Dan Schnur, Candidate for [...]
    • Sen. Walters: CTA Lobbies Against CalSTRS Fix Despite Growing Debt-Inaction Adds $17 BILLION to Debt
        CTA Lobbies Against CalSTRS Fix Despite Growing Debt Senator Mimi Walters, 4/4/14 Even while California’s retirement fund plunges deeper into debt, [...]
    • Activists CHASE Hillary Clinton From San Diego Appearance—Hillary afraid to Face the Family of her Benghazi Victims
        Activists plan protest for Hillary Clinton visit by Jen Musa, Fox5 San Diego, 4/4/14 SAN DIEGO – Hillary Clinton cancelled her upcoming [...]
    • California Experiments with Open-Source Voting—hacking made easy
        California Experiments with Open-Source Voting By Dave Roberts, Calwatchdog, 4/2/14 After spending tens of millions of dollars in recent years on ineffective [...]
    • The nexus between crime and politics runs over Sacramento
        The nexus between crime and politics runs over Sacramento Robert Jeffers, 4/2/14 Something is rotten in the state of California. In [...]
    • Felon and Indicted State Senators: Suspended WITH Pay—Stop the Paychecks
        Sen. Joel Anderson alone in call for State Senate to expel 3 disgraced Democrats By John Hrabe, CalNewsroom, 3/30/14 A lone Republican [...]
    • Which is the bigger Flop? Arnolds Movies or His Governorship
        Did Arnold Schwarzenegger ‘Sabotage’ His Movie Comeback? by Christian Toto, Breitbart, 3/28/14 Did Arnold Schwarzenegger’s RINO-esque turn as California Governor derail [...]
    • Proof: Covered California Part of Democrat Party—Not a Government Agency
        Local couple upset after receiving pre-marked voter registration card from Covered California Preston Phillips, 10News, 3/29/14 LA MESA, Calif. - [...]
    • San Jose City Council, Court Rules, Can Hide Emails From Public
        Appeal Restores Lid on Texts and Emails of Public Officials By BARBARA LEONARD, Court Hosue News, 3/28/14   (CN) - The San [...]
    • California Dems Worried Their Corruption Scandals Will Benefit GOP
        California Dems Worried Their Corruption Scandals Will Benefit GOP by William Bigelow, Breitbart, 3/22/14 The unethical and illegal behavior of Democratic state [...]
    • Covered California ramps up voter help after being faced with a lawsuit.
        Covered California ramps up voter help after being faced with a lawsuit. John Myers, KXTV, 3/21/14 Facing a deadline of early next [...]
    • Editorial by Stephen Frank: California Republican Party Partners With SEIU (NOT a Typo)
        Editorial by Stephen Frank: California Republican Party Partners With SEIU (NOT a Typo) By Stephen Frank, California Political News and Views, [...]
    • UC Santa Barbara Vice Chancellor lashes out at conservatives for using free speech.
        Message from UC Santa Barbara Vice Chancellor Michael Young March 21, 2014 To: Campus Community Fr: Michael D. Young Vice Chancellor for Student [...]
    • Tea Partier wins write-in race for Pennsylvania State Senate Seat-GOP in Trouble?
        Tea Partier wins write-in race for Pennsylvania state Senate seat By Mark Tapscott, Washington Examiner, 3/19/14 York is a modest little city [...]
    • Honesty in Election—Wow, what a Concept
        Kansas, Arizona prevail in voter citizenship suit By Dion Lefler, The Wichita Eagle, 3/19/14 U.S. District Judge Eric Melgren in Wichita [...]
    • Pennsylvania Democrat Attorney General REFUSES to Prosecute Crooked Politicians Due to COLOR
        Pennsylvania AG Shuts Down Political Corruption Probe After Catching Only Black Democrats Appalachian Area News Network, 3/17/14 The attorney general of [...]
    • Soon to be San Fran Law: Non Profits Staffers Considered Lobbyists—for Talking to Elected Officials
        SF Nonprofits Face New Attacks from County Legislation By Randy Shaw, Beyond Chron, 3/14/14 A San Francisco Board of Supervisors committee hears [...]
    • Watts: How Unions and Democrats Steal Local Elections
        How Unions and Democrats Steal Local Elections By William Watts, Treasurer, Patriot PAC, Exclusive to the California Political News and Views, [...]
    • State Convention: Democrat Betty Yee calls out hypocrisy within her own party
        State Convention: Democrat Betty Yee calls out hypocrisy within her own party By John Hrabe, Calwatchdog, 3/10/14 Betty Yee, who has developed [...]
    • Montaine: Candidates Preparation: Smile, You’re On Candidate Camera
        Smile, You’re On Candidate Camera Through the eyes of a political photographer Rick Montaine, Exclusive to the California Political News and [...]
    • Democrats Want to End Special Elections—Fill Vacancies by appointment
        How to Solve the Special Elections Problem By Jean Kinney Hurst, CSAC, 3/7/14 In a recent Sacramento Bee, the prolific political [...]
    • Beware of “Local” Measures: School Districts Take Advantage of Parents and Taxpayers
        Beware of “Local” Measures By Thomas Adams, Ventura Citizens Journal, 3/5/14 At the last mid-terms in 2010, Ventura County had measure [...]
    • Criminal Sacramento Democrats “Help” Honest Taxpayers-by being arrested
        Loss of supermajority in Senate could doom vote on 55 percent majority for parcel tax By John Fensterwald, EdSource, 3/5/14 The exit of [...]
    • Who’s in charge here? Lawmaker challenges Delta tunnels process
        Who’s in charge here? Lawmaker challenges Delta tunnels process Central Valley Business Times, 3/4/14   • Assemblyman wants Legislature, not appointees, to [...]
    • Conservatives like Assembly candidate Ron McCoy frustrated by GOP’s compromises, lack of leadership
        Conservatives frustrated by GOP’s compromises, lack of leadership By Ralph Z. Hallow, The Washington Times, 3/2/14 Prominent Republicans see no evidence that [...]
    • Corrupt State Senate Democrats Kill Super-Majority
        Political math toughens for Democrats as Calderon takes leave John Myers, KXTV, 3/3/14 In the middle of Sunday night’s Academy Awards, the [...]
    • Tribes aim to legalize online poker in California
        Tribes aim to legalize online poker in California By JOHN HOWARD, CAPITOL WEEKLY/Press Democrat, 3/1/14 Rival attempts to legalize Internet poker in [...]
    • Back to Normal in San Diego-Moderates in Charge
        Back to Normal in San Diego Steve Greenhut, City Journal, 2/28/14 Moderation and reform trump union hyper-partisanship in a special mayoral [...]
    • Another corrupt Sacramento Democrat Outed?
        Lawsuit: Assemblyman forced staffers to work for his law firm By John Hrabe, Calwatchdog, 2/27/14 A former employee of Assemblyman Steve Fox [...]
    • Sacramento Democrat Hypocrisy—Throw Out Indicted Senator—Keep CONVICTED Senator
        Senate ready to toss out one of its own Central Valley Business Times, 2/22/14 Southern California state Sen. Ron Calderon would [...]
    • Like Slow Moving Car Accident, California Political Parties are Dying
        ‘No Party Preference’ gains in CA voter registrations By John Seiler, Calwatchdog, 2/18/14 “No Party Preference” continues its gradual rise in voter [...]
    • Assembly moves to rein in ‘abuse’ of government outsourcing
        Assembly moves to rein in ‘abuse’ of government outsourcing Assemblyman Richard Pan has introduced legislation that would stop what he calls [...]
    • State’s Problems Caused By Disconnect Between Voters And Elected Officials
        State’s Problems Caused By Disconnect Between Voters And Elected Officials Assemblywoman Shannon Grove, Bakersfield Californian, 2/11/14 I am often asked, especially by [...]
    • Is California’s Union-Controlled Legislature Waking up to Pension Problem?
        Is California’s Union-Controlled Legislature Waking up to Pension Problem? By Jon Coupal, Union Watch, 2/12/14 Is it possible that the California Legislature [...]
    • Overtly Corrupt California Elections Delayed Due to Technical Errors for at Least Another Year
        Same-Day Voter Registration Law Delayed Until 2016 By John Hrabe, Calwatchdog, 2/6/14 Californians can expect to wait at least two more years [...]
    • Voters in Bankrupt San Bernardino Sweep Pro-Union Guard from Office; Hard Line on CalPERS Coming
        Voters in Bankrupt San Bernardino Sweep Pro-Union Guard from Office; Hard Line on CalPERS Coming Mish Global Economic Trend Analysis, [...]
    • Editorial by Stephen Frank…Why I am a Tea Party Member
        Editorial by Stephen Frank…Why I am a Tea Party Member Stephen Frank, California Political News and Views, 2/6/14 I started in politics [...]
    • Taxpayer Group Pushing to Gut California’s Prop. 13 is Union Front Group
        Taxpayer Group Pushing to Gut California’s Prop. 13 is Union Front Group By Kevin Dayton, Union Watch, 2/4/14 One lingering success of [...]
    • Lawsuit challenges SEIU opt-out rules for state workers
        Lawsuit challenges SEIU opt-out rules for state workers John Myers, KXTV, 2/5/14 If a group of California state workers prevails in federal [...]
    • ACLU/League of Women Voters—“Let Released Criminals Vote
        ACLU, LWV sue Debra Bowen over voting rights By Josh Richman, ibabuzz, 2/4/14 Former inmates on post-release community supervision and mandatory supervision [...]
    • California Voters NOT Apathetic—Realistic About Government and Politicians
        What Can Be Done to Conquer California’s Voter Apathy? By Alexandra Bjerg.California Forward, 2/3/14 By now you’ve probably heard there’s a drought [...]
    • Drought Bill Sets Up Water Fight in House
        Drought Bill Sets Up Water Fight in House Public News Service, 2/3/14 SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Emergency drought-relief legislation for California is heading [...]
    • California marijuana legalization supporters to start collecting signatures for ballot measure
        California marijuana legalization supporters to start collecting signatures for ballot measure Ashley Bailey, KPCC, 2/1/14 Supporters of legalizing marijuana in California have been [...]
    • Reed pension reform stalls, 401(k) favored in poll
        Reed pension reform stalls, 401(k) favored in poll Ed Mendel, CalPensions, 1/31/14 San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed said yesterday the backers of a [...]
    • ELECTION INTEGRITY PROJECT SUBMITS 60,000 VOTER LIST IRREGULARITIES TO LA COUNTY REGISTRAR County has twice the rate of suspected illegitimate registrations of other counties.
        ELECTION INTEGRITY PROJECT SUBMITS 60,000 VOTER LIST IRREGULARITIES TO LA COUNTY REGISTRAR County has twice the rate of suspected illegitimate [...]
    • ELECTION INTEGRITY PROJECT SUBMITS 60,000 VOTER LIST IRREGULARITIES TO LA COUNTY REGISTRAR County has twice the rate of suspected illegitimate registrations of other counties
        ELECTION INTEGRITY PROJECT SUBMITS 60,000 VOTER LIST IRREGULARITIES TO LA COUNTY REGISTRAR County has twice the rate of suspected illegitimate [...]
    • WORST BILL EVER!!! SB 33 KILLS Prop. 13 Protections on Taxes and Bonds
        SB-33 Infrastructure financing districts: voter approval: repeal. (2013-2014) Senator Lois Wolk, 12/3/14 Amended IN Assembly August 26, 2013 Amended IN Senate March 06, 2013   CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2013–2014 [...]
    • Sacramento Citizens to Be Forced to Spend Hundreds of Millions of Tax $$ for Billionaires Basketball play toy
        Arena ballot measure has little chance in court, elections attorney says Ben van der Meer, Sacramento Business Journal, 1/27/14 An [...]
    • Officials Admit: California Voting Process Neither Transparent OR Reliable
        Open Source Voting: The Future of Elections By Alex Gauthier, Independent Voter Project, 1/23/14 The integrity of an election is equally, [...]
    • “Reforms” to Boost Voter Turnout Unlikely to Achieve Big Gains-make fraud easier
        Reforms to Boost Voter Turnout Unlikely to Achieve Big Gains Public CEO, 1/23/14 But Online Registration, New Rules For Mail Ballots Have [...]
    • Symbolic or Not—People in Northern California Angry With Sacramento—Enough to Secede!
        State of Jefferson takes root in Glenn County By HEATHER HACKING, Chico Enterprise Record, 1/21/14 WILLOWS — Glenn County Supervisors voted unanimously [...]
    • San Fran Bigots Oppose Latina Actress Endorsing Conservative for Governor
        Actress Out Of San Francisco Production After Endorsing Tea Party Candidate KPIX. 1/18/14 A famed actress is facing backlash in San Francisco’s [...]
    • Water bond facing rewrites-can we afford them?
        Water bond facing rewrites by JOHN HOWARD Capitol Weekly, 1/14/14 The ink was barely dry on the governor’s budget before new [...]
    • Greenhut: California’s attorney general politicizes the initiative process—again.
        Losing Propositions California’s attorney general politicizes the initiative process—again. Steven Greenhut, City Journal, 1/16/14 More than any other state, California relies on [...]
    • California Economy Could Cost Jerry Brown Re-Election
        California Economy Could Cost Jerry Brown Re-Election By Lanhee Chen, Bloomberg Opinion, 1/14/14 The release of California Governor Jerry Brown’s 2014-15 [...]
    • California ballot propositions could boost usually lackluster midterm voter turnout
        California ballot propositions could boost usually lackluster midterm voter turnout Kitty Felde , KPCC 1/13/14 Turnout in California midterm election could be [...]
    • Unions/Radicals Killing Democrat Party—Big Government Types Killing Republican Party—Independent Voters Rule
        More Americans than ever say they are political independents Central Valley Business Times, 1/8/14 • 42 percent shun traditional political parties [...]
    • Radical Democrat Congressman Henry Waxman Found Abusing Powers—As if this was Cuba
        Congressman Henry Waxman requests Tribune documents Wendy Lee, KPCC, 1/6/14 A Southern California Congressman is requesting documents from the parent company of [...]
    • Target gets Hacked—Yet Some in California Want Voting by Internet Implemented
        New Team Seeks to Take Online Voting From Fantasy to Reality By Matthew Grant Anson, Public CEO, 1/3/14 You can do almost [...]
    • Court Says Secretary of State Cannot REFUSE to Allow Counting of Ballot Measure Signatures
        BREAKING: Court Rebukes Secretary of State for Attempting to Disenfranchise Voters Pacific Justice Institute, 1/2/14 Sacramento, CA-A Sacramento judge today rebuked the [...]
    • Study shows soda tax would save California millions in health care costs
        Study shows soda tax would save California millions in health care costs By Jason Hoppin, Santa Cruz Sentinel, 1/2/14 SACRAMENTO — A [...]
    • Literally: Democrats ARE the Criminal Class—or, the Criminal Class Are Democrats? Felons Register Democrat!
        Jail survey: 7 in 10 felons register as Democrats By PAUL BEDARD Washington Examiner, 1/1/14 A new study of how criminals vote [...]
    • Nevada: Union Registering and Getting Illegal Aliens to Vote
        How many noncitizens are registered to vote? Glenn Cook, Las Vegas Review Journal, 11/4/2012 Voter registration fraud is not a groundless [...]
    • Voter Fraud Easy (97% in New York) Everywhere—No Honest Elections?
        Report: New York Investigators Obtain Fraudulent Ballots 97 Percent of Time By John Fund, National Review Online, 12/31/13 New York City’s Department [...]
    • Election-year focus will be away from top of ticket: Thomas Elias
        Election-year focus will be away from top of ticket: Thomas Elias By Thomas D. Elias, LA Daily News, 12/27/13 In any normal [...]
    • Do water woes help 2014 bond? Politicians and Special Interests Hope So
        Do water woes help 2014 bond? by SAMANTHA GALLEGOS, Capitol Weekly, 12/25/13 When it comes to water, there’s bad news flowing [...]
    • California judge bars voter-approved pension cuts for city workers
        California judge bars voter-approved pension cuts for city workers By Tim Reid, Reuters, 12/23/13 A state court judge has barred the city [...]
    • Schnur: Even With FBI Investigation Corruption Continues in Sacramento
        FBI raid spurs scant political reform by DAN SCHNUR, Capitol Weekly, 12/24/13 OPINION: In the months since the FBI raided the [...]
    • Dan Schnur for Secretary of State? GOP Could Finish THIRD in Primary—Not be on November Ballot
        Dan Schnur for California Secretary of State? Frank Stoltze, KPCC, 12/22/13 Fixing California Dan Schnur, director of USC’s Institute of Politics and former [...]
    • Seiler: California Ready to Be Divorced—Cut Into Six Parts?
        Six Californias? By John Seiler, Calwatchdog, 12/21/13 Dissatisfaction with the current state of California continues to spread. The latest idea: Split the [...]
    • Rep. Waxman expresses concern about LA Times future
        Rep. Waxman expresses concern about LA Times future By Kevin Roderick, LA Observed, 12/19/13 Rep. Henry Waxman posted a letter today to [...]
    • Possible 2014 ballot fight over firing teachers, looser tenure rules
        Possible 2014 ballot fight over firing teachers, looser tenure rules John Myers, News10, 12/18/13 After two years of bitter legislative fights over [...]
    • Democrat Provides Silly Plan to Pretend to Open Government to the Citizens
        Assemblyman wants public to take DIY approach to drafting a bill Sharon McNary, KPCC, 12/16/13 Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D-Los Angeles) wants the [...]
    • Bay Area Techie Rich: New Arrogant Elitists—Obama Radicals
        Silicon Valley Is Living Inside A Bubble Of Tone-Deaf Arrogance Jim Edwards, Business Insider, 12/15/13 . AngelHack CEO Greg Gopman apologized [...]
    • Grimes: ‘Since voters are so stupid, let govt. make all decisions’
        ‘Since voters are so stupid, let govt. make all decisions’ By Katy Grimes, Calwatchdog, 12/14/13 The pabulum voters are being fed has [...]
    • Berkeley Council to study $20M parks bond, 10% parks tax boost
        Council to study $20M parks bond, 10% parks tax boost by Emilie Raguso, Berkeleuside, 12/12/13 The Berkeley City Council is set to [...]
    • VEGAS RULES: Harry Reid pushed feds to change ruling for casino’s big-money foreigners
        VEGAS RULES: Harry Reid pushed feds to change ruling for casino’s big-money foreigners By John Solomon and David Sherfinski, The [...]
    • Ballot initiatives to watch in 2014
          Ballot initiatives to watch in 2014 By Adam O’Neal, Calwatchdog, 12/12/13 It’s no secret Republicans have seen their influence wane throughout California. [...]
    • Supervisor proposal seeks to ban plastic water bottle sales on SF property
        Supervisor proposal seeks to ban plastic water bottle sales on SF property by Joshua Sabatini, SF Examiner, 12/12/13 San Francisco is [...]
    • Democrats: use state budget surplus on schools, poor
        Democrats: use state budget surplus on schools, poor John Myers, News 10, 12/11/13   Assembly Democrats want to spend some $3.5 billion of [...]
    • Unions Spending MILLIONS to Take Over Republican Party and Nominees
        Guess Who’s Funding the Republican Civil War? Labor unions. And they’re doing it through a pro-business Republican PAC. By Scott Bland, National [...]
    • Nancy Pelosi: I Was a Mother, Then I Got A Life
        Nancy Pelosi: I Was a Mother, Then I Got A Life -By Warner Todd Huston, Publius Forum, 12/5/13 Former Democrat Speaker [...]
    • 2014 Ballot Measure Allows insurance Commissioner to Cut Health Insurance Rates to Close Down Private insurers.
        Political fight boils on health care by SAMANTHA GALLEGOS, Capitol Weekly, 12/5/13 California is in the forefront of the nation’s new [...]
    • Del Beccaro: Reagan Would Have Found Common Ground With Tea Party
        Reagan Would Have Found Common Ground With Tea Party by Thomas Del Beccaro, Breitbart, 12/5/13 Political parties are in the business [...]
    • Astro-Turf Campaign Against California GOP Telling ObamaCare Truth is Run from New York—NOT California
        Brett Abrams : 516-841-xxxx : [email protected] Over 24,000 Californians Outraged Over State GOP’s Sham Obamacare Website Fitzgibbons Media, 12/5/13 http://www.fitzgibbonmedia.com/contact/ ** http://act.couragecampaign.org/sign/CAGOP_BogusHealthSite/ ** Thousands [...]
    • Poll: GOP label is a turn-off for Californians-but why?
        Poll: GOP label is a turn-off for Californians John Myers, News 10, 12/5/13 After years of news stories about dwindling registration, rising [...]
    • Neel Kashkari for GOP Guv? More Liberal Then Schwarzenegger—VOTED for Obama
        Kashkari Bets on U.S. Rescue to Fuel Challenge of Brown By James Nash & Michael B. Marois, Bloomberg, 12/1/13 Neel Kashkari, the [...]
    • Ethically Challenged (Fined $500,000) Lobbyist Takes Sacramento Legislators to CUBA
        NEW: Lobbyist organizes second legislative junket to Cuba By John Hrabe, Calwatchdog, 12/1/13 An influential Sacramento lobbyist — who paid out a [...]
    • Covered Calif. Seeks Consumer Data, Triggers Privacy Concerns
        Covered Calif. Seeks Consumer Data, Triggers Privacy Concerns California Health Line, 12/2/13 Health care stakeholders are concerned about Covered California’s plans [...]
    • Democrat Assembly Speaker John Perez Using Slush Fund—Given to Him by State Budget
        Cash-strapped California Arts Council pays it forward Adolfo Guzman-Lopez, KPCC, 11/26/13 The California Arts Council is funding new public school, youth, and [...]
    • Elias: Ballot Measure Industry: Millions to be made—who cares about policy?
        “THE NEED FOR INITIATIVE VOLUNTEERS” Tom Elias, California Focus, 11/29/13 There is little doubt about the historical veracity of one statement in [...]
    • ACLU Critical of Covered California Voter Registration Process
        ACLU Critical of Covered California Voter Registration Process By Max Pringle, Capital Public Radio, 11/25/13 The American Civil Liberties Union of California [...]
    • Will California Union Officials Get to Discuss Project Labor Agreements in Closed Session?
        Will California Union Officials Get to Discuss Project Labor Agreements in Closed Session? By Kevin Dayton, Union Watch, 11/26/13 A September 17, [...]
    • First Victims of Questionable Progressive Policies: Self-Employed, Small Business Owners
        First Victims of Questionable Progressive Policies: Self-Employed, Small Business Owners Written by Joel Kotkin, City Watch LA, 11/26/13 Obamacare’s first set [...]
    • Labor Union Gives $150,000 to GOP PAC Dedicated to Defeating Conservatives—Plan is to Divide GOP
        Labor Union PAC Gives $150K to Republican Business-Oriented Super PAC By Kent Cooper, Roll Call, 11/25/13 The political action committee (PAC) of [...]
    • Did Senator Dianne Feinstein hint at retirement?
        Did Senator Dianne Feinstein hint at retirement? Kitty Felde, KPCC, 11/21/13 Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) is the oldest sitting U.S. Senator. It was an [...]
    • Another Democrat Admits Corruption—Problems of a One Party State
        Former Rosemead Mayor Admits to Witness Tampering, Lying to FBI Public CEO, 11/19/13 In the past month alone, California politicos have seen [...]
    • Sen. Goldwater: “Any Government Big Enough to Give You Everything is Big Enough to Take it Away”
        Scandal sparked by Capitol’s high stakes Big money naturally flows to big and powerful government By Steven Greenhut, San Diego U-T, 11/19/13 [...]
    • California Leftists LIKE Free Choice in Health Care—Why Feinstein Turned on Obama
        Feinstein’s Flip-Flop Even her constituents forced her to back a bill fixing one of Obamacare’s problems. By Charles C. W. Cooke, National [...]
    • Oakland Voters Demand Honest Government Not More Taxes to Pay for Corruption
        Oakland Hills voters reject wildfire prevention tax By Matthew Artz, Oakland Tribune , 11/15/13 OAKLAND — In a vote that could herald [...]
    • Grimes: Democrat Speaker John Perez: Looking More Like Cruz Bustamante Each Day
        No Assembly video for Donnelly, but ok for Speaker Perez By Katy Grimes, Calwatchdog, 11/15/13 Last week gubernatorial candidate Tim Donnelly was [...]
    • Nathan Fletcher: UC Hires Him as “Professor” for Political/Financial Reasons ONLY
          UCSD didn’t get Fletcher transcript either Mayoral candidate says the records are irrelevant to campaign By Trent Seibert, San Diego U-T, 11/17/13 [...]
    • Calderon: FBI Targeted me Because I REFUSED to be Wired for Secret Meetings With Democrat Senator Leader Steinberg
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    • Three leaders of bankrupt San Bernardino head to recall ballot
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    • CRP Vice Chair Belongs to Group That OPPOSES Her Lawsuit Against Munger Games
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    • Nancy Pelosi booed, heckled at Netroots Nation 2013-Left Tired of her Lies
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    • Greenhut: Fat Times for California or Ignoring the Truth?
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    • Editorial by Stephen Frank: The GOP Divide is Serious and Real
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    • How does the firefighters’ union feather its nest?
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    • Senator Marco Rubio: Foreign Born Criminals Must Become legal BEFORE We Secure Our Borders
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    • How Sacramento Really Works: Editorial: Illegal meeting? Just change the law
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    • The California Captivity of the Democratic Party Column: How Hollywood and Silicon Valley took America
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    • Are Republicans Completely on Board With Gabriel Gomez? (Massachusetts Senate) Gave to Obama in 2008
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    • Coupal: Will Republican Legislators Betray Taxpayers?
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    • EDITORIAL: Act now to ease looming pension shock
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    • Menshevik vs. Bolshevik for L.A. Mayor—Greuel vs. Garcetti
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    • Coalition Supports Bill to Impose Penalties on Big Businesses With Medi-Cal Workers
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    • Hypocrisy of Gang of Eight—Using “Law” to allow criminals to vote, criminals from foreign nations.
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    • Top-two fallout: Is this goodbye to the little guy?
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    • GOP Wants 48hrs. for Legislators and Public to Look At Budget Before Vote
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    • Fidel Castro Loving Congresswoman Maxine Waters Ethics Investigation to Continue
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    • Liberal downfall of San Diego falsely blamed on conservatives
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    • Redistricting Commission Closing Down: Damage Already Done
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    • Did Cal Budget Deficit Sink Wisconsin Recall?
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    • List of SEIU Owned/Endorsed Candidates
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    • Beware: American Elect is Democrat Front Group to Divide Anti-Obama Vote
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    • What is Ahead for Terrorist Occupier Gang by Ideological Guru Frances Fox Piven
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    • American Cancer Society is a Political Operation Supporting Tax Increases and Ballot Measures Instead of Concentrating on Research and Assistance
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    • Arnold/Munger End Third Political Parties in California
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    • The Vetting: Obama’s Favorite Congressman Hangs With Commies
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    • Over 73,000 Signatures Submitted for Initiative to Reduce SBDO Supervisors to Part-Time
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    • Black Radical Angela Davis is among honorees on D.C. court wall
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