JAN. 1, 2012 By WAYNE LUSVARDI Two members of the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors, Larry Ruhstaller and Ken Vogel, have recently contended in an opinion piece in the Tracy Press that lack of freshwater inflows and outflows are the “clear cause of the Sacramento Delta’s decline.” ...
December, 2011San Joaquin Supes Muddy Delta’s WatersSaturday, December 31st, 2011Court Case Shows GOP HypocrisyThursday, December 29th, 2011In the light of the state Supreme Court's redevelopment decision Thursday, I am reposting my Nov. 12 column regarding the state Republican Party's missed opportunity on this issue. DEC. 30, 2011 By STEVEN GREENHUT We all know that California's Democratic Party is running the state into ... CA Cap and Trade Blocked at 11th HourThursday, December 29th, 2011DEC. 29, 2011 By WAYNE LUSVARDI The U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of California ordered California’s Cap and Trade Law halted on Thursday Dec. 28 according to the Wall Street Journal. The Cap and Trade rules were supposed to go into effect on January 1, 2012. Judge Lawrenc... City Manager Gets Pension-Reform ReligionWednesday, December 28th, 2011DEC. 28, 2011 By WAYNE LUSVARDI The following joke is posted at the Wall Street Journal: Gov. Jerry Brown’s pension reform plan “reminds me of a pastor of an old church I attended who upon retirement into his church-paid pension, joined another church about a mile away.” It seems the ... ‘Politics Works When Everything Is Good’Wednesday, December 28th, 2011DEC. 28, 2011 By KATY GRIMES Every year when the state budget talks get under way, government spending cuts are rarely a viable option. This year, as Gov. Jerry Brown met with media Tuesday at a press conference, it appears that cutting spending is not part of his plan. In fact, Brown s... Effort to Nix Sacto’s Union-Only ContractsTuesday, December 27th, 2011 DEC. 27, 2011 By KATY GRIMES Seeking to end mandatory Project Labor Agreements on public-works projects in Sacramento, nine boxes containing more than 49,000 signed petitions were delivered Tuesday morning to the Sacramento City Clerk for a ballot measure. After spending the last several mo... Courts not shielding ‘citizen journalists’Friday, December 23rd, 2011DEC. 23, 2011 By JASON STVERAK Bloggers in Oregon, watch out. That’s because this month an Oregon court ruled that bloggers do not have same protection as the “media.” This ruling emerged when Crystal Cox, a blogger, was accused of defaming Obsidian Finance Group and its co-founder Ke... ProPublica Ignores Worst Redistricting LinesThursday, December 22nd, 2011DEC. 22, 2011 By JOHN HRABE Pulitzer Prize-winning ProPublica published an investigative report Wednesday into how Democratic political operatives influenced California’s independent redistricting commission. National media outlets lavished praise on the piece, describing it as “explosive,... The Grinch that Stole CA’s ChristmasThursday, December 22nd, 2011 DEC. 22, 2011 by WAYNE LUSVARDI Dr. Seuss's children's story, "The Grinch That Stole Christmas," applies to California in 2011. Seuss's story is about an unhappy cave-dwelling creature with an undersized heart that lives on Mt. Crumpit just north of Whoville -- home of the “Whos.” The... |