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Memo to the President
MEMO
To: President Barack Obama
From: Students of American History
We do not debate the efficacy of appearing on late night television after a monologue in which the Vice President is chided for being windy followed by a sporadically amusing sketch involving items purportedly bought at a 99-cent store. At least you got to come onstage before Garth Brooks. Read more »
Bon Anniversaire Soixante-Quinzieme, Monsieur Willie Brown!
Demain, mon anniversaire, est le premier jour de printemps – comme toujours, vieil homme.
E, naturalmente, Buon Compleanno a mia sorella bella, Leslie!
XOXOX Read more »
California Penal Code Section 422.6 (a)
A visit to Taxpayers United to Recall Jeff Miller, a freshman GOP Assemblyman, is a good illustration of how warped and reckless California’s political process has become.
Article II, Sections 13 through 19 of the state constitution discuss recall. While the sections do not define what sort of behavior by an elected official warrants recall, it seems a mechanism that should be employed only under dire circumstances: malfeasance, corruption, moral turpitude, mental incapacity. Read more »
Get Some Hands Around the Throat of Anyone Who Says…
“Get our hands around this.”
And broaden the vocabulary of those who seek a “broader context.” Read more »
Cue the Plague of Locusts
As though the state’s fiscal problems aren’t daunting enough, California’s top water officials gave Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger a grim Power Point March 16 showing that rain earlier in the month has done little to lessen the state’s worst drought in modern history.
The officials, including Department of Water Resources Director Lester Snow, showed the GOP governor that at the time of year when water levels should be highest, Lake Oroville was at 66 percent of normal, San Luis Reservoir at 51 percent and Lake Shasta at 71 percent. Read more »
Will $1.8 Billion in Taxes and Nearly $1 Billion in Cuts Trigger Off?
Advocates for the poor, disabled and home care workers urged state officials to eliminate $950 million in spending cuts in next year’s budget by concluding that there is at least $10 billion in federal economic stimulus funds that can be used to staunch the red ink in the state’s general fund. Read more »
Rich Irony Redux
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Jennifer Gibbons
March 16, 2009 (916) 319-2029
STATEMENT BY REPUBLICAN LEADER VILLINES
ON TODAY’S ASSEMBLY VOTE OF UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE LEGISLATION
SACRAMENTO – Assembly Republican Leader Mike Villines, of Fresno, today issued the following statement in response to the vote late Monday night on legislation that would enable the state to receive a one-time payment of $839 million in Federal Stimulus dollars from Washington by expanding the eligibility for out-of-work Californians to receive unemployment insurance. Read more »
Governor Launches California Green Corps
“We will utilize federal economic stimulus funds and public-private partnerships to help stimulate our economy while initiating actions to improve our environment,” Governor Arnold Schwarzengger said of the new program in a press release.
“Green jobs are exactly what our economy and environment need right now – and the California Green Corps targets that need while helping at-risk young adults realize a brighter future.” Read more »
Life Is Full of Rich Irony
March 16, 2009 — Capitol Morning Report states that former Senate President Pro Tempore John Burton, a San Francisco Democrat, has received the endorsement of the Computer and Internet Caucus in his quest to become the next chair of the California Democratic Party.
As reported here previously, Burton has traditionally shunned the Internet and does not own a computer. Read more »
Bodacious Brunch at Venita Rhea’s
Mother Nature savagely snatches away Sunday golf. So brunch is broached with the two other two-legged members of the Lucas family. As to the four-legged members – let them eat cat chow.
Venita Rhea’s is the curiously chosen name, all-day breakfast is the game.
Find out why Venita at venitarheas.com. Randy is Randy Peters who started the place with his wife, Lisa. Read more »
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