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November 14, 2009 - 08:48 pm

Please go here from now on ...

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/blogs/americas-finest-blog/ Thanks, sorry for the hassles, please keep visiting me at the new URL. Chris...

October 30, 2009 - 04:18 pm

The most idiotic jury verdict of all time

http://www.helenair.com/news/article_17304d04-c44f-11de-b8fa-001cc4c0328... Brandon Patch would be embarrassed by what his parents have done. Montana's state motto is "Oro y plata" -- "Gold and silver." Is should by "estúpido y estúpido." More here....

August 25, 2009 - 12:13 pm

I'm on 'Armstrong & Getty' shortly -- please check it out

The segment starts at 9:22 or so. If you're not in Sacramento or San Francisco, you can listen here: http://www.armstrongandgettyradio.com/...

June 10, 2009 - 01:09 pm

Online chat at noon. Please pepper me with questions, insults, etc.

Go here: http://www.signonsandiego.com/chat/ Planned topics include whether Prop. 13 really is the devil; the state budget fiasco; the local flap over firefighter pensions, etc. You can also bring up whatever other topic you want on local, state or national politics....

May 20, 2009 - 03:12 pm

Amazing: Sac Bee appears to have taken down juvenile edit trashing voters!

If you follow the link I used in the blog item below about the edit ... http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/story/1878225.html ... it now goes to a new editorial with a strikingly different tone! What a fiasco for the Bee. I can't find the...

May 18, 2009 - 09:46 am
NEWS FEED: Calitics

Election Eve Update & Tweet-off

I am working for the No on 1A Campaign, however, I am not working for any other No campaign. My opinions should not be construed to be those of the campaign, especially when it comes to the remaining measures.

On Sunday, Arnold Schwarzenegger tried to find religion. No, not by opening his eyes to the reality surrounding him, but by "pleading" and "urging" for voters to pass his spending cap "rainy day fund"

The governor's visits to three African American churches in Los Angeles came as proponents and opponents of the ballot measures marshaled the last of the millions of dollars they have collected for the special election.

March 8, 2009 - 12:39 am

Spring Forward!

Daylight Saving Time begins at 2:00 a.m. Sunday morning, at which point time will be moved ahead one hour to 3:00 p.m.  Set your clock forward before you go to bed.  Yes, you lose an hour this weekend but you'll get it back in the fall.http://mayorsam.blogspot.com/feeds//comments/default

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March 7, 2009 - 04:28 pm

For Villaraigosa

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March 5, 2009 - 03:52 pm
NEWS FEED: Calitics

Prop 8 Post-Arguments Open Thread

The oral arguments in the effort to overturn Prop 8 ended about a half hour ago, and the hearing has made some things clear, even though final outcome remains uncertain.

Queerty has a good overview of the seven justices that will decide the case and their general political leanings. Much of this was confirmed by what I could see in the oral arguments.

There seem to be two main questions at play here. First, will Prop 8 be upheld? Based on the arguments I would tentatively posit the court will rule this way:

Overturn: George, Moreno, Werdegar
Uphold: Baxter, Chin, Kennard
Unclear: Corrigan

Kennard ruled with the majority last May on the marriage cases, but as the day went on it became clear she does not buy the "Prop 8 was a revision, not an amendment" argument.

March 4, 2009 - 06:14 pm
NEWS FEED: Capitol Weekly

Capitol dance intensifies as flood of federal funds looms

Legislative leaders are expecting Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to call a special session of the Legislature to begin doling out billions in federal stimulus dollars expected to begin pouring into California within weeks.

 

State lawmakers and the governor are jockeying for position to take the lead role in making sure that California gets the maximum amount possible from $787 billion in federal stimulus money.

 

But experts inside and outside the Capitol agree that nobody is really sure who's getting what - at least, not yet - because of the sheer magnitude of the funding.

 

"It's unprecedented solely because the scope is unprecedented. If you go into areas where the programs have been operating for many years, you'll find that the numbers were up and out in 24 hours," said Marcia Howard, executive director of Federal Funds Information for the States, or FFIS, which tracks federal money to state and local programs.