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NEW: Legislators debate tax reform

SEPT. 3, 2010 By KATY GRIMES The state is still operating without a budget, but not all the legislative budget discussions this week focused on that pressing problem. The Assembly's Taxation and Revenue committee on Wednesday looked at the broader issue of tax reform in a hearing filled with r...

Funds for Moonbeam’s sick buildings

SEPT. 2, 2010 By WAYNE LUSVARDI California newspaper editorials cry out that it is “outrageous” and “unacceptable” that almost a year after Congress granted California $25 million in Stimulus Funds to make state buildings more energy efficient that only one percent of the money has bee...

Bloviating rather than budgeting

SEPT. 1, 2010 By KATY GRIMES Speeches, speeches and more speeches, took precedence over cries for “jobs, jobs, jobs,” at the Capitol Tuesday. Posturing, arguing, grandstanding, partisanship and passion were on tap in the Assembly and Senate as legislators debated budget bills, leading many...

Redevelopment giveaway for Oakley?

AUG. 31, 2010 By KATY GRIMES A small Contra Costa city appears to have an unusual amount of pull in the Capitol. A bill working through the Legislature would designate property tax revenues from a proposed power plant in the small city of Oakley, to specifically benefit the city's redevelopmen...
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Whitman’s impenetrable bureaucracy

SEPT. 1, 2010 By ANTHONY PIGNATARO The Meg Whitman for Governor Campaign is like the Pentagon – or possibly even the NORAD command bunker – of political operations. Its headquarters in Cupertino is highly secured, with all access absolu...
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NEW: Money Money Money!

Anthony Pignataro: Former eBay chief Meg Whitman spent $65.29 American per vote to win the Republica...

NEW: Sacramento Mayor’s New Wheels

Katy Grimes: Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson has a fancy new set of wheels. So what? Sacramento is la...

NEW: Protectionist Babs?

John Seiler: During the Carly Fiorina-Barbara Boxer debate Wednesday, Babs charged: When she was...

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Steven Greenhut

Is budget a tragedy or a horror?
SEPT. 2, 2010 As entertainment goes, ...
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Katy Grimes

Dems boast of state’s great ed system!
SEPT. 2, 2010 Tuesday brought Califor...
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Anthony Pignataro

No hope for finance reform success
SEPT. 2, 2010 As you read this, pleas...
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