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August 5, 2009 - 11:04 am
NEWS FEED: CA Political News

Education Hearing: Unions Demand More Waste

The legislature held hearings yesterday about "saving" government education.

It was never mentioned that government schools have a true 30% drop out rate, that our schools are crowded with illegal aliens, that unions demand teachers pay bribes if they want to work.

Not a word was said about the incompetence and corruption of LAUSD--like building a single school for $400 million, on top of a cancer causing methane field.

Instead of demanding more charter schools, which are cheaper and better, instead of getting rid of the middle man (unions) and instead of quality education, the legislature heard demands for more failure and more money.

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July 17, 2009 - 07:06 pm
NEWS FEED: America's Finest Blog

National Journal says California only sixth-most dysfunctional state. But it was worst in most significant category.

By chris reed

The National Journal survey of the six most dysfunctional states is getting a lot of talk in the state blogosphere, thanks to Calbuzz's initial mention of it this morning. Here's the list: 1. New York 2. Nevada 3. Illinois 4....

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February 4, 2009 - 06:10 pm
NEWS FEED: Capitol Weekly

Experts Expound

By Capitol Weekly Readers

“Wall Street’s verdict on California’s political leadership is in: The state’s credit rating is now the lowest of the 50 states. So what happens now?”

 

Nothing.

Our credit rating deserves to be the lowest of the 50 states. Schwarzenegger should be ashamed of himself for leading us into a bigger fiscal mess than we were in during 2003, when he promised to clean up Sacramento and make the place fly right. He, like Bush, has presided over a calamitous budget and economic failure that will affect the lives every Californian. If he were a Japanese “leader,” the only honorable thing to do would be to commit hara-kiri.

Perhaps it’s time to stop trying to borrow our way out of this mess and reduce spending!

It doesn’t get better for a long time.

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Tue, 12/09/2008 - 20:30

Californians contributed nearly half a million dollars to Blagojevich campaign committees, records show

By Jeff Mitchell, PolitickerCA.com Editor

Following Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's arrest Monday on federal corruption charges, the metaphorical sound of gnashing teeth could be heard around the state from the more than 70 California donors who contributed to governor's campaign committees .

Based on an initial PolitickerCA.com analysis of Illinois State Board of Elections records, more than 70 California-based corporations, partnerships, companies and individuals contributed to the 51-year-old Blagojevich from as far back as 2001 to as late as June of this year.

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