blog-June, 2010SEIU Brings In The Heavy HittersWednesday, June 30th, 2010 Katy Grimes, Laura Sucheski: At the SEIU rally today, state employees made their voices heard and disappointment with the governor known. [caption id="attachment_6283" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Hey Arnold!"][/caption] Looking more like a carnival than protest rally, lovely white t... People of the Capitol: SEIU RallyWednesday, June 30th, 2010 Katy Grimes, Laura Sucheski: SEIU protested the Governor's cuts to state programs today. Read the story here. [caption id="attachment_6259" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Ask Nancy? Pelosi?"] Food tent shop stewards. [/caption] [caption id="attachment_6261" align="aligncent... State Employees Misuse Taxpayer MoneyWednesday, June 30th, 2010Katy Grimes: Say it isn't so... some state employees abuse their public service jobs? I'm shocked. The state Auditor Elaine Howle released another spate of reports on Tuesday that include some damning information. Several state agencies were caught with employees abusing and stealing from the ... Arnold aide: AB 32 will have no effect on global warmingTuesday, June 29th, 2010John Seiler: Arnold's beloved AB 32 is a jobs killer. Yet its imposition would have no effect on global warming, as top Arnold aide David Crane admits in the following video. That's another reason to pass Prop. 23, which effectively would kill AB 32. Prop. 23 will set you freeMonday, June 28th, 2010John Seiler: The California Jobs Initiative, which effectively will suspend Arnold's AB32 jobs-killer, was given a number today: Proposition 23. So I've come up with a slogan: Prop. 23 Will set you free. Boo boo boo To AB 32 Kind of catchy, don't you think? I offer it to the pro-23 campai... Viva The Free Press!Monday, June 28th, 2010Katy Grimes: Time spent today on an Assembly Joint Resolution to declare a free press in California seemed a little redundant given that California already declares that its press is "free." Existing law states that a journalist cannot be held in contempt for refusing to name a source. However, fede... Small steps toward pension fixMonday, June 28th, 2010Steven Greenhut: The governor's office took issue with my last post that called his pension deal "wimpy," but there's no question that the past deal and new one announced today fall far short of the deep pension reductions needed to reform the system. But the governor has pledged that this is a firs... It’s White Suit Day!Monday, June 28th, 2010Katy Grimes: Last week Sen. Rodrick Wright reminded colleagues during a hearing that today is the official kick-off of White Suit day at the Capitol. And if you're really feeling natty, Wright and Sen. Alex Padilla are having a cocktail party for wearers of white suits at Ella bar on K Street at ... Privatize fire departmentsSaturday, June 26th, 2010John Seiler: We pay massive taxes to subsidize, among other things, massive pay and pensions for firemen. In Orange County, firemen receive on average an incredible $175,000 yearly pay, perks, and pension package. Now, around the state, fire departments are starting to charge for services that... Boxer the protectionist?Saturday, June 26th, 2010John Seiler: Barbara Boxer just said of Carly Fiorina's tenure as CEO of HP: She fired 30,000 plus workers and shipped their jobs to China. It’s a record that is not a good one…. And I don’t think that people are going to think that’s a qualification. So, is Boxer going to sponsor prot... |
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