The Minnesota State Supreme Court says Al Franken is the rightful new senator from Minnesota.
Minnesota Governor Pawlenty has indicated he will sign the election certificate making it official. Now that Franken has passed this hurdle, the Senate has rules about who is seated limiting Coleman’s options for a federal challenge.
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Kevin O’Leary has an outstanding piece in Time.com on Prop 13. It’s worth a read.
Has Prop 13’s time come and gone? I get the idea that its designed to help homeowners keep property taxes in check, but is Prop 13 more like using stragulation as a means of holding your breath?
From the story:
“In Washington,...
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Just up on the LATimes.com
Arnold Schwarzenegger says Democrats are wasting time on flawed budget plans
The California governor says he will veto the Legislature-approved package, which includes tax hikes. The state is days away from having to issue IOUs.
By Shane Goldmacher, Reporting from Sacramento — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger today scolded Democrats for squandering time holding...
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Steven Greenhut penned one of his more balanced columns on Sunday (Moorlach ‘grows’ in office), which he follows up on in a post on the Orange Punch blog today.
Sorry, but Moorlach views Norby as demagogue
Supervisor John Moorlach responded to my Sunday column in his email blast today (reprinted below), and it strikes me as a...
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Men charged with ‘public intoxication’ on Stonewall’s 40th anniversary
By LOU CHIBBARO JR, Washington Blade: Seven customers were arrested for public intoxication at a Fort Worth, Texas, gay bar shortly after midnight Sunday.
Angry gay activists said the incident mimicked the famous police raid on the Stonewall Inn gay bar in New York’s Greenwich Village...
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Assembly Democrats approve majority vote budget fix
BRIAN JOSEPH, Orange County Register: Exploiting a legislative loophole, Assembly Democrats late Sunday passed a tax increase and other fixes to bridge the state’s $24.3 billion deficit without a single Republican vote.
Typically, tax increases and budget votes require a two-thirds majority. Since just over one third of the...
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SACRAMENTO – In this Democratic weekly address, Assembly Budget Chair Noreen Evans (D-Santa Rosa) highlights bipartisan Assembly action on Thursday to produce $4 billion in cash solutions that can prevent California from having to issue IOU’s as early as next week. However, echoing disappointment in Senate Republican obstructionism seen in February’s state budget situation,...
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