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 […]
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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. […]
SNL: Clueless Republicans
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFLQTHqiARA[/youtube] In case you missed this Saturday night….
Flash Report Angst Means Budget Deal is Close
There are no fewer that three posts on the Flash Report today that indicates State Senator Abel Maldonado R-Santa Maria) has cut a deal in […]
Republican Budget Math
To avoid raising taxes and still balance the books in Sacramento, you’d have to virtually shut down state government. But hell, why should we let […]
State Budget Stalls
For the past few days OC Senator Lou Correa has been the center of attention in the legislative challenge of resolving the state budget crisis. […]