California Senate Republicans Oust their Leader
The elected Republicans continue to hold the state budget hostage as they drive California over a cliff with stalled budget negotiations. But now there’s a […]
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Did State Rep. Harkey’s Husband help fund her political campaign with funds bilked from investors?
The LA Times is reporting this morning that State Rep. Diane Harkey’s husband is being sued by a group of investors on real estate deals […]
Pelosi Meets with the Pope
A lot of my conservative friends were on me this week about Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Italy following the House vote on the stimulus […]
Hey, Ed, Let’s Talk
From Ed Royce via email blast: Royce Opposes Democrats Unstimulating Stimulus Today, Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) opposed the Democrat Leadership’s unstimulating stimulus package. The $789 […]
Alexandra Pelosi’s awesome documentary – “Right America; Feeling Wronged” debuts on HBO
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uq6Ev_CNs8[/youtube] I caught Alexandra Pelosi’s fantastic documentary on HBO tonight. Its calling “Right America: Feeling Wronged” which tracks the emotions of conservatives as Pelosi followed […]
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 […]
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 […]