Be Careful What Yoo Wish For!
The DOJ is drafting a report investigating if Bush administration lawyers based their legal opinions on the legality of interrogation methods on the need to […]
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The Party of No
The Contra Costa Times nails it with this story in this morning’s paper. But they were frankly too timid in the headline. The California Republican […]
Let California Fail
Since the proposed budget is bad (too many cuts in the wrong places), why should Democrats support it? Why isn’t the state Democratic Party telling the voters that this disaster has been caused by the Republicans? Why are the Democrats not seizing the ideological moment by calling this budget disaster a Republican disaster? We ought to insist now on a budget that is fair — and if that fails, we ought to go to the voters and tell them that the Republicans have caused their state government to fail.
Only then will we have the chance to get real change in California.
Local Budget Shortfalls
Here’s a quick summary of the announced budget shortfalls for our local governments. Revenues are general fund revenues. Brea  - Revenues $54.8 million, Gap $2.3 million (4.2%), Revenue […]
The Facebook Lobbying of Jose Solorio
Hat tip to Heather Pritchard over at The OC Progressive for writing about this first, but the story has taken on new life with intense […]
No Deal Reached Yet; Legislature Adjourns for Night
The LA Times is reporting the budget deal isn’t a done deal. The Governor will lay off 10,000 state workers tomorrow. So given a choice […]
OCEA Hits Cable: Tells Board to Chop at the Top
This just came in to us from Orange County Employees Association: New TV Ad Urges Supervisors to Layoff the Perks, Not Public Safety Officers, Child […]
Divisiness and Bullying
This quote was pulled from a post on The Flash Report today: “Unity and teamwork are important for the GOP right now — and our […]
Progressive Econ 101: Free Markets
Free markets are the goal of many.  “Let the Free Market decide” is a rallying cry to bring the troops to the email and phones. […]