Rights and LibertiesEnviros Force Lucasfilm out of MarinWednesday, April 11th, 2012 April 10, 2012 By Katy Grimes After 25 years of fighting with Marin County residents, film maker George Lucas and Lucasfilm, the brains and talent behind the Star Wars movies, took Marin County by surprise when his company announced that it has finally pulled the plug on plans to build a ne... Legislative swooning over CA coastal guruMonday, April 9th, 2012April 9, 2012 By Katy Grimes In the California Assembly and Senate Monday, one would have thought that Franklin Delano Roosevelt had just died and was being eulogized. But the ghost of FDR was not present. Instead, Peter Douglas of the notorious California Coastal Commission, who passed away ... Happy EasterFriday, April 6th, 2012 All of us at CalWatchDog.com would like to wish everyone a happy and blessed Easter and Passover. Easter celebrates the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. And Passover remembers the freeing of the Jewish people from slavery in Egypt. Both have deep spiritual meanings. But they also can call forth t... Prop. 29 cig haters interrupt John DenverWednesday, April 4th, 2012 April 4, 2012 By John Seiler Usually when I work, I listen to classical music. But sometimes I put on the rock I grew up with, usually the Stones, Hendrix, Cream, The Who, Dylan, the MC5, etc. A good way to do that is on YouTube, where you can click on a video stream of up to 100 videos of the... Mexican drug cartel kingpin thanks U.S. presidentsWednesday, April 4th, 2012 April 4, 2012 By John Seiler Check out the video below. It shows how the "war on drugs" really has worked out: it has enriched drug lords. Drug Kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loara thanks our recent presidents, Reagan, the Bushes and Obama, for keeping drugs illegal, which keeps El Chapo in... Sacramento Stimulus ArenaWednesday, April 4th, 2012 April 4, 2012 Katy Grimes It's getting tiring pointing out that while Sacramento burns, the City Council is fiddling. At the city council meeting last evening, several council members questioned whether Joe and Gavin Maloof, the Kings' owners, were serious or not about partnering with ... CA ban on racial preferences upheldTuesday, April 3rd, 2012April 3, 2012 Katy Grimes: Proposition 209, a constitutional amendment that prohibits the government from granting educational or employment preferences to individuals based on race, was surprisingly upheld by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Monday. The 9th Circuit had already issued a previ... Climate Change Can Wait For Nov. ElectionWednesday, March 28th, 2012 Katy Grimes: Taking a page from national political campaigns, California's highly politically charged Air Resources Board made a surprise decision yesterday to postpone the first cap and trade auction from August to November -- after the November election. At an informational hearing about h... Free Speech Under Attack in SacWednesday, March 28th, 2012 Katy Grimes: Silencing dissenting political opinions is a tactic used throughout history when one political party dominates. In Democratically-dominated California, some on the left are trying to gin up interest in silencing talk radio. Across the U.S., there have been frequent discussions and ev... CA Pols Calling For Change To U.S. ConstitutionMonday, March 26th, 2012 Katy Grimes: California Democrats are pushing for Congress to amend the United States Constitution, and impose limits on political corporate contributions. Really. At issue is the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Supreme Court decision. In January 2010, the United States Supr... |