At Last The Mystery is Over — California Decides What Constitutes a “Hot Dog”

California will define what a “hot dog” is in legislation moving through the Senate.

If approved by lawmakers and signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown, California’s food safety code will say a hot dog is:

“A whole, cured, cooked sausage that is skinless or stuffed in a casing and that is also known as a frankfurter, frank, further, wiener, red hot, Vienna, bologna, garlic bologna, or knockwurst, and that may be served in a bun or roll.”    Read more »

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Today’s Latin Lesson Is What All Politicians Seek

Sempiterna Gloria

“Immortality”

(Literally: “Everlasting Glory”)    Read more »

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Bummer Missed It! Maybe There’s Another This Summer? (Click Here)

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Listen Up — Yeah, You Under the Capitol Rotunda

“A politician is not as narrow-minded as he fancies himself to be.”

— Will Rogers

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The Incredible Will Rogers Doing His Thing    Read more »

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Should California’s Smallest School Districts Consolidate?

To save money, California should raise to 100 the minimum number of students to qualify as a school district, according to a study issued May 2 by the Legislative Analyst’s office.

As part of the budget for the current fiscal year, the analyst was required to study whether consolidation of smaller school districts into larger ones would improve student performance and reduce costs.    Read more »

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