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Dan Schnur

May 5, 2008 - 5:30pm

Expecting too much? Or, let’s not talk about Jeremiah Wright

By Alejandro Benes
Category: Governor, Local
Tags: California, Willie Brown, Arnold Schwarzenegger, David Brancaccio, Dug Begley, Dan Schnur
Top Story: Opinion

Political courage, once again, was in short supply last week, what with two-thirds of the viable candidates for president reaching new lows in pandering. In California, we know all too well how gas taxes get used for funding all sorts of projects having nothing to do with their intended purpose. As a state, we have more interest than most in transportation matters that involve driving our own vehicles. Ample and/or efficient mass transit is but a pipe-dream outside of the Bay area.

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