While our local districts are comprised of well intentioned, highly educated and reflective leaders who are doing their best to find resources to fill the budget shortfall, we are perplexed that some districts (60% state-wide) agreed to submit a “Memorandum Of Understanding” with the Governor’s Office to participate in California’s application for the federal...
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After meeting with Governor Schwarzenegger today, Costa Mesa Mayor Allan Mansoor and Councilwoman Katrina Foley did not seem too optimistic about the chances of the Governor stopping the sale of the Orange County Fairgrounds.
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Yesterday, Newsom For California Campaign Manager Nick Clemons slammed Attorney General Jerry Brown for his appearance last Thursday as a guest of honor at a fundraising event for the right-wing Republican San Bernardino District Attorney Mike Ramos. The event raised nearly $100,000 for this former appointee of George W. Bush and former Campaign Chairman for Arnold Schwarzenegger....
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SACRAMENTO – In this Democratic weekly address, Assembly Budget Chair Noreen Evans (D-Santa Rosa) calls on the governor to sign off on responsible budget measures that solve the budget deficit and put an end to California’s issuance of expensive IOU’s.
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Tags: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Assembly Budget Chair Noreen Evans, California Budget, California budget crisis, CalWORKS, Democratic weekly address, families, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, homelessness, IHSS program, IHSS Reforms, Noreen Evans, spending cuts
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If I’m correct that Sarah Palin resigned as Alaska governor in order to lead a right wing movement that is ostensibly independent of the major political parties, then the next question is: where will she establish her new home and base of operations?
The Northeast is too liberal, the South is too connected to racial...
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Republican crocodile tears flowed this weekend in Orange County as a group of city officials called F.I.S.T. – “Fight Insane State Theft” – comprised of 14 Orange County mayors and 42 city council members, nearly all of them Republicans – protested Republican Governor Schwarzenegger’s plan to take away billions in state property tax revenue...
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Tags: Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, California Budget, California Legislature, California politics, California property tax, California Republican Party, California Republicans, California taxes, Coupal, Howard Jarvis, Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, Jon Coupal, Orange County, Orange County politics, Orange County Republicans, Orange County toll roads, Orange County Transportation, Orange County Transportation Corridor Agencies, Orange Couny taxes, Prop 13, Proposition 13, Republicans, Schwarzenegger, tax, tax revolt, Taxes
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