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Bad and good advice for the GOP on Latinos
May 2, 2013 By John Seiler Obviously, the Republican Party needs to do more to attract Latino voters. But it's getting bad advice from many quarters on what to do. I have some good advice at the end of the article The latest bad advice is in The Atlantic on line by Gerald L. Cadava, "a prof...
Two more legislators ID’d who went on lobbyist-organized Cuba junket
May 2, 2013 By John Hrabe Two more state legislators that participated in a spring break trip to Cuba with an influential Sacramento lobbyist have been identified. Assembly Majority Leader Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, and Assembly member Holly Mitchell, D-Los Angeles, have confirmed through their...
Legislature guts another transparency bill
May 2, 2013 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO -- In a move which disregarded the very issue in the bill, Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 6 killed an important transparency bill Tuesday before it was even heard. Assemblywoman Kristin Olsen, R- Modesto, hadn’t even testified on ACA 4, which...
Pattern developing in reform bill killings
May 2, 2013 By Katy Grimes It's the first day of May. If you haven't noticed, the California Democratic Supermajority is killing all reform efforts. And the targets are not just Republican bills. Just yesterday, the Senate Committee on Environmental Quality killed  a bill which would have ...
Fracking watch: Canada figures out what CA hasn’t
May 2, 2013 By Chris Reed Hydraulic fracturing has been around for decades in our northern neighbor, just as it has been in the U.S. And what do you know? Canadian enviros only began complaining about fracking in recent years when its new IT-driven efficiency suddenly made it a threat to their...
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