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Conflict?
9-2-2010 9:18 am
Statewide
Lots of newspapers and publications are sending out questionnaires for candidates to fill out. That comes with this time of year. I get it.
Every one of...
Senate Debate: Carly did well, journalists failed
9-1-2010 10:05 pm
San Francisco Bay Area
Tonight’s debate between Carly Fiorina and Barbara Boxer was probably the worst debate I’ve ever seen in all my years of watching political...
Jerry Roberts Critiques Food Spread In Debate Media Room
9-1-2010 6:12 pm
Publisher
Here at the press room at the Fiorina Boxer debate, I asked CalBuzz blogger Jerry Roberts to critique the food spread...
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Thursday Night Live: Thousand Oaks City Council Candidate Brandon Millan
Source: VC Star Brian Dennert
Sep 30, 2010 4:59 pm
I am interviewing Brandon Millian at 7PM. Check back after that to read the interview. Email me question suggestions.
Whitman primary spending No. 2 in dollar-per-vote breakdown
Source: SacBee Capitol Alert
Sep 2, 2010 5:47 pm
The nearly $100 million price tag on Republican gubernatorial nominee Meg Whitman's primary win breaks down as the second-highest spending per primary vote by a largely self-funded gubernatorial candidate, according to an analysis released today by T…
Boxer continues criticism of GOP challenger Fiorina
Source: SacBee Capitol Alert
Sep 2, 2010 5:39 pm
Fresh off Wednesday's combative debate, U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer continued her criticism of Republican challenger Carly Fiorina in a meeting Thursday with The Bee's editorial board, taking aim at Fiorina's environmental positions and her record as a H…
Fiorina Routed by Boxer In CA-Senate Debate
Source: CA Progress Report
Sep 2, 2010 5:14 pm
By Robert CruickshankThere was always a massive contradiction - or one might say, a dishonest hypocrisy of stunning proportions - at the heart of Carly Fiorina's US Senate campaign. She touts herself as someone who can create jobs, but her record as …
Kellogg honored as labor leader
Source: CCTimes/OakTrib Politics Blog
Sep 2, 2010 5:05 pm
Jim Kellogg, a veteran California labor leader and chairman of the California Fish and Game Commission, will be honored as “Labor Leader of the Year” by the Contra Costa Building Trades and Contra Costa Central Labor councils. The Discove…
Bid denied to force Brown, Schwarzenegger to appeal Prop. 8
Source: SacBee Capitol Alert
Sep 2, 2010 5:03 pm
A state appeals court has denied a conservative law group's request that it force Attorney General Jerry Brown and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to defend Proposition 8 in federal court. The denial was issued Wednesday and entered Thursday on the websit…
Psssttt, Carly Supports Prop 23, Opposes AB 32
Source: Calitics
Sep 2, 2010 4:58 pm
At the debate last night, moderator and KTVU political editor Randy Shandobil got frustrated with Fiorina's evasive answers on Prop 23. Apparently the other reporters at the post-debate press conference were getting pretty frustrated with the s…
CD11: McNerney and Harmer in dead heat
Source: CCTimes/OakTrib Politics Blog
Sep 2, 2010 3:36 pm
Congressional District 11 Democratic Rep. Jerry McNerney and GOP challenger David Harmer are in a statistical dead heat, according to a poll released late last night. The New York-based American Action Forum, a conservative policy think tank led by f…
Nicole Who?
Source: Calitics
Sep 2, 2010 3:15 pm
The Fresno Bee provides some more details on the report that former "Democrat" Nicole Parra, former Assemblymember who fell out with Speaker Karen Bass and the rest of the Democratic caucus after voting against the budget in 2008, is going to help th…
Jerry Brown touts Latino support in Oakland
Source: SacBee Capitol Alert
Sep 2, 2010 3:11 pm
Facing a barrage of Spanish-language advertising from Republican Meg Whitman, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown was joined by Latino legislators and community leaders at Laney College in Oakland Thursday to tout his history supporting ca…
Meg Whitman called back to court for jury duty
Source: SacBee Capitol Alert
Sep 2, 2010 3:07 pm
Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman reported back to the Superior Court in Redwood City this morning to find out whether she'll be selected to serve on a jury for a high-profile child molestation trial, Whitman spokesman Hector Barajas sai…
Former Democratic lawmaker Parra to help Whitman
Source: SacBee Capitol Alert
Sep 2, 2010 1:51 pm
Former Democratic Assemblywoman Nicole Parra has signed on to help Meg Whitman woo Democratic and independent voters, the Republican gubernatorial candidate's campaign said this morning. That's no surprise. Parra is helping Republican U.S. Senate can…
FlashReport: Woke up w the flu. Totally my fault for interacting with something so toxic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEA9U3OTVyg
Source: Flashreport Twitter Feed
Sep 2, 2010 1:46 pm
FlashReport: Woke up w the flu. Totally my fault for interacting with something so toxic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEA9U3OTVyg
What We Have Built: A System By, For, and Of the Lobbyists
Source: Calitics
Sep 2, 2010 1:42 pm
Jim Sanders has some interesting thoughts, many of which have passed between my two ears over the last couple of weeks with the closing of the legislative sessions. Specifically, there have been a few instances of crass political maneuvering outweigh…
OC News Round-up
Source: Liberal OC
Sep 2, 2010 1:00 pm
Here is a quick round-up of news from other blogs and publications for Thursday, September 2, 2010
FlashReport: RT @sacbee_news: GOP will take over House, political guru Sabato predicts http://bit.ly/c7akub
Source: Flashreport Twitter Feed
Sep 2, 2010 12:56 pm
FlashReport: RT @sacbee_news: GOP will take over House, political guru Sabato predicts http://bit.ly/c7akub
A.M. Reading: Maryland's unexpected cash; Alabama's health rates; Kentucky furlough ruling today
Source: SacBee State Worker
Sep 2, 2010 12:50 pm
Here are a few news items we're sharing under our "Recommended Links" on the right side of this page. We update the list throughout the day. Send us your news story links! Maryland ends year with more money than expected State government pulled in l…
These People Vote
Source: Liberal OC
Sep 2, 2010 12:40 pm
And that’s scary. The glaring lack of facts is appalling. To this observer, these people represent exactly what it is they themselves fear but somehow cannot recognize. Yet they vote and get others to vote, also. If you want to prevent from occ…
Taking libraries private
Source: LADN Politics
Sep 2, 2010 12:39 pm
Despite protests from dozens of residents, Santa Clarita is poised to join a growing movement of budget-strapped communities that are turning over their libraries to private management. C.J.Lin in the Daily News. The move, approved by the City Counci…
Jobs is Issue Number One
Source: Fox & Hounds
Sep 2, 2010 12:28 pm
While last night's senate debate between Barbara Boxer and Carly Fiorina covered a number of issues, it also affirmed what we have been saying all along - that jobs is issue number one. California stuck with over 12% unemployment for what seems an…
Proposition 23 Is Needed to Save Jobs
Source: Fox & Hounds
Sep 2, 2010 12:24 pm
The African American business community has long been wary of California's global warming law (AB 32) because of its potential negative impact on small businesses in the state. A large percentage of African American-owned businesses fall into prec…
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Source: Flashreport Twitter Feed
Sep 2, 2010 12:20 pm
FlashReport: Check out all of the latest in California politics -- including all of the coverage from the U.S. Senate debate: www.flashreport.org!
Prop 25, the On-Time Budget Act Fixes, Doesn't Create, Problems
Source: Fox & Hounds
Sep 2, 2010 12:15 pm
To paraphrase Mark Twain, the report of the death of the right to referenda have been greatly exaggerated. The notion that California could become one of 47 states that has a majority vote budget appears to have opponents in something of a froth.…
Pulido gets City Manager to claim âThe dog ate my paperworkâ defense for his medical double-dip
Source: Liberal OC
Sep 2, 2010 12:11 pm
Tracy Wood over at the Voice of OC has found out from the City of Santa Ana the “supposed” reasonwhy Santa ana Mayor Miguel Pulido was collecting city paid health care benefits while he was also getting the same from the Orange County Tr…
If You Don't Like Tax Increases, Why Would You Vote for a Republican Governor?
Source: Fox & Hounds
Sep 2, 2010 12:07 pm
The debate - well, calling it a debate is charitable, so let's say the never-ending yelling match - over taxes in California politics makes little sense, particularly when applied to the governor's race. Meg Whitman says she opposes tax increases.…