September, 2010San Fran Is Pension Ground ZeroTuesday, September 28th, 2010 SEPT. 28, 2010 By DAVE ROBERTS SAN FRANCISCO -- San Francisco’s 26,000 city government employees have had it pretty good for many years – so good that city officials have had to cut services and could be looking at eventual bankruptcy if the generous health and pension benefits continue fl... Taxation Without Representation?Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010 SEPT. 22, 2010 By ANTHONY PIGNATARO If you’re a politician, pundit or just political junkie, chances are redistricting is on your mind. There are two measures on this year’s ballot dealing with redistricting – Proposition 20, which would create a citizens’ commission to draw new co... Ashburn: GOP Needs Freedom FocusTuesday, September 21st, 2010 SEPT. 21, 2010 By KATY GRIMES A recurring question during a meeting last week with Sen. Roy Ashburn was did he leave the Republican Party or did it leave him? Ashburn thinks that what he once knew as “the Freedom Party” has greatly changed, but is salvageable. I met with Ashburn las... CalPERS’ Ailing Long-Term Care PlanThursday, September 16th, 2010 Editor's note: A new article on this controversy, published Feb. 20, 2013, is here. It concerns the recent 85 percent rate hike. SEPT. 16, 2010 By ANTHONY PIGNATARO For a long-term care benefit plan, the news has mostly been bad. Last year saw a huge budget deficit of more than $800 mil... Ruling Slows Anti-Walmart ForcesMonday, September 13th, 2010 SEPT. 13, 2010 By DAVE ROBERTS There are few companies more successful – and more loathed by liberals – than Walmart. The company employs more than 2 million people in 8,500 stores in 15 countries, raking in $405 billion in sales in the last year. It ranked first among retailers in For... Meet Blakeslee, The New Swing VoteThursday, September 9th, 2010 SEPT. 9 2010 By ANTHONY PIGNATARO Anyone watching the Cal Channel’s broadcast of the Aug. 31 Senate budget hearings saw an interesting side to newly elected Republican Sen. Sam Blakeslee. In fact, they literally saw all sides. “Here we are, fiddling while Rome burns, ignoring the re... Arnold’s seven wasted yearsTuesday, September 7th, 2010 SEPT. 7, 2010 By JOHN SEILER With Labor Day marking the traditional beginning of the campaign season, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's seven years as governor of California essentially are behind us. He will still have influence on the fiscal 2010-10 state budget, now almost three months behin... Whitman’s impenetrable bureaucracyWednesday, September 1st, 2010![meg_whitman[1]](http://www.calwatchdog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/meg_whitman1-305x362.jpg) 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 absolutely restricted. Staffers, except those specifical... |