New data today from the Public Policy Institute of California again calls into question political claims that a mass exodus of businesses from the Golden State is underway. Tops on the list: the District of Columbia, where 6.9% of jobs from 1992-2006 were lost due to an exodus. Compare that to California’s record over the same 14 year period: 1.7%.
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Campbell’s lies about the House Health Care Reform bill
by Chris Prevatt • • Comments Off
The OCRegister published Congressman John Campbell’s OP-ED full of lies about the House Health Care Reform bill today. I wonder if they will print a fact check? Odds are, they won’t bother. To start Campbell claims: This bill is 2,032 pages…
Chris Norby: Opportunist or Revolutionary?
by Chris Prevatt • • 4 Comments
We are a week away from the November 17th Special Election Primary to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of disgraced Republican Assemblyman Mike Duvall. It seems to be a forgone conclusion among Orange County’s political pundits that Chris…
Ed Royce Town Hall: The Good, The Bad, and the Very Ugly
by Deborah White • • 3 Comments
Before I detail the good, the bad, and rehash the very ugly about Rep. Ed Royce’s August 8, 2009 town hall, I tip my liberal hat in thanks to the Congressman for holding more than 100 town halls during his…
What?! Jindal Made It Up?
by Chris Prevatt • • 1 Comment
While watching Governor Jindal deliver the Republican response to President Obama’s Congressional address I found myself asking what planet has this guy been living on? Then while he was recalling his story about his visit with Sheriff Harry Lee after…
Debunking Caribou Barbie’s Speech & Other Republican Talking Points
by Dan Chmielewski • • 4 Comments
The Associated Press did a little fact checking into claims made by Alaska Governor Sarah Palin in her VP-nomination acceptance speech last night. And they went after other statements Republicans are making about her. And what a surprise; she (and…
