The New York Times reported today that about 20 percent of the nation’s water supply is dirty, and while the story certainly gets to the cleanliness of the water, there’s a different kind of dirty water story in Tustin where the Republican city council majority is in a quandry. They need the vote of...
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Well, well well. Owing back taxes is no longer than exclusive domain of Obama administration appointees.
California Governor Arnold Scwarzenegger appears to owe tens of thousands of dollars in back taxes according to documents filed in LA Superior Court. In all, the Governator owes nearly $80,000. See the court filings here.
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As a concerned parent who’s attended PTA meetings at the local offices of State Rep. Chuck DeVore and former State Senator Dick Ackerman seeking some equalization and downright fairness when it comes to per-pupil funding in Irvine (and other OC schools which are well below state average in per-pupil funding). What we come away with...
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HT to our friends at MediaMatters.org, an organization that does an outstanding job of fact-checking the right wing.
With the president’s to school kids on the importance of staying in school (stuff you heard from yours parents when you were in school and what you tell your kids today) being politicized by the right wing...
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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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The Orange County Transportation Corridor Agencies, dominated by local Republican politicians such as Jerry Amante (“Toll Road Jerry”) of Tustin and Orange County Supervisors Pat Bates and Chris Norby, has announced that tolls on the 73, 241, 261, and 133 toll roads will go up by 25 cents on July 5, and the monthly...
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Pelosi on Tax Day: Millions of Americans Will See Tax Cuts This Year Thanks to Economic Plan of Congress and Obama
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement on Tax Day.
“Millions of Americans will see their taxes cut this year thanks to the economic plan of the New Direction Congress and President...
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