Republican Capitol Coup-d’etat
The Senate Republicans, upset over the budget that their leader had agreed to, successfully initiated a coup-d’etat and ousted their leader Dave Codgill for cutting […]
Ardy Kassakhian
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]