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The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) held the second annual Day At The Capitol event today. What might sound like a snoozer to many, of particular note on the speaking agenda were Assembly members Felipe Fuentes, D-Sylmar and Alyson
Read MoreEducation waste: a textbook case
APRIL 29, 2010 By LLOYD BILLINGSLEY State Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, seeks to block California from adapting textbooks from Texas, currently revising its curriculum along what Yee and other critics view as right-wing lines. The senator has not submitted
Read MoreUnable Abel
New Light Gov. Abel Maldonado is proving to be as amusing as I hoped he would be. Having provided the key vote to the record $13 billion 2009 tax increase that has slammed California’s economy, unemploying tens of thousands, he
Read MoreMixed results from local crackdowns
APRIL 29, 2010 By JT LONG An uneasy partnership that includes local police and sheriff officers in enforcement of immigration laws, may not be working as planned, according to a new report from the Department of Homeland Security Office of
Read MoreAl Gore: Your new neighbor
Despite his environmental hysteria, Al Gore long has had one of the biggest “carbon footprints” of any mammal on the planet. A “carbon footprint” is how much carbon your existence spews into the environment. Gore already owned a massive, 20-room,
Read MoreWe're No. 3! (in high taxes)
A new study ranks Taxifornia No. 3 among the 50 states in taxes. First is New Taxersey. Second is Taxesota. Taxifornia jumped from fourth place to third place. Come on, my fellow Taxifornians, we can do it! We can be
Read MoreDGS Absent At Hearing
The Department of General Services Director Ron Diedrich was requested to appear before today’s Assembly Accountability and Administrative Review informational hearing to answer questions surrounding the 11 state properties for sale, but did not appear. His absence prompted committee chair Assembly
Read MoreCritics slam state property sale
APRIL 28, 2010 By KATY GRIMES Recently, Department of General Services (DGS) Director Ron Diedrich removed several of the oversight appointees from building authorities in San Francisco and Los Angeles for making waves about the 11 state properties for sale, replacing the critics
Read MoreS.F. should declare independence
I don’t like Arizona’s new immigration law, because it increases the arbitrary authority of the polizei, as William Grigg explains. (The real solution to the immigration problem is Ron Paul’s: Build the border fence, and cut off all tax money
Read MorePrisoner-transfer bans rejected
APRIL 27, 2010 By KATY GRIMES In a sometimes contentious Public Safety Committee hearing earlier this month, Sen. Jeff Denham, R-Merced, presented SB1078 dealing with the transfer of California’s prison inmates to out-of-state prisons, as well as prisons out of the
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