Newsweek just ran a debate, California: America's First Failed State," among six people. The most humorous part involved Bobby Shriver, described as "a Santa Monica city councilman, activist and brother-in-law of California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger." Also, rich, pampered scion of America's royal f...
blog-January, 2010Is California a “failed state”?Saturday, January 30th, 2010No cussing? Hell yeah!Friday, January 29th, 2010As if we needed more evidence as to why the latest Field Poll shows a scant 16 percent approval rating for the California State Legislature, we have ACR 112, a new bill before the Assembly that would, I kid you not, "designate the first week of March of each year as Cuss Free Week" (click here for ... Arnold on taxes in 2003 vs. 2010Thursday, January 28th, 2010Here's Gov. Arnold Schwarzeneger, when he was running for governor in 2003, solemnly pledging not to raise taxes: I am firmly opposed to raising taxes. Californians are already overtaxed. California has one of the highest tax burdens in the nation, and just about everything a Californian does today... Where Are The Stinkin’ Badges?Thursday, January 28th, 2010Today I made my fifth in-person request to the Capitol Correspondents Association for Cal Watchdog's press credentials. Once again I was told by staffer Brian O'Hara that they still don't have my stinkin' badges. And today the excuse was "they are in D.C." "They?" Who is "they?" "They" have our p... Jobs, jobs, jobs…Thursday, January 28th, 2010We’re still pretty new around here, but this morning, after reading this press release from Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, we suddenly detected a pattern in his speeches. He likes to talk about jobs. All the time. He hasn’t been able to do much about them, but he loves to talk jobs. "Jobs, jobs... Obama’s State of the Union and CaliforniaThursday, January 28th, 2010I listened last night to President Obama's State of the Union address to find out whether he will adapt policies that will revive the economy. This is critical for California because the assumptions in the state budget proposed by Gov. Schwarzenegger assume a modest economic recovery: "For 2010‑11... Stem cell porkWednesday, January 27th, 2010Back in 2004 California voters passed Prop. 71: $3 billion in bonds for research on embryonic stem cells. The full cost, including interest on the bonds, will be $6 billion. Many people opposed it because of the abortion argument. But another argument in opposition was that this was "industrial p... State of the UnionWednesday, January 27th, 2010Those wishing to understand the full power public employee unions hold over state government -- or who simply feel too good about life in general and want to come down a few notches -- ought to peruse today's new Legislative Analyst's Office report titled, The Governor's Employee Compensation Propo... Mixed reviews to Baugh’s gauntletTuesday, January 26th, 2010Orange County Republican Party Chairman Scott Baugh told me today that his speech, delivered at the county central committee the night before the Scott Brown victory in Massachusetts, calling on the his county party to withhold its endorsement from candidates who accept union funds has met with a mi... We wuz robbed!Tuesday, January 26th, 2010There's an old rule in journalism that says always credit your sources. I think they still teach it in Journalism School. Anyway, someone ought to school Sacramento Bee blogger Torey Van Oot in this practice. I'm referring to this Capitol Alert blog entry, posted at 10:41 on the morning of Tuesda... |
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