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The same sentiment expressed in two distinct, visually arresting ways:
“Life’s a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death!”
— Rosalind Russell, Auntie Mame
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“I don’t know what’s going to happen but I want to have my kicks before the whole shithouse goes up in flame.”
–Jim Morrison, Boston April 10, 1970
The Political Arena Is No Place for Heroes
Politicians may be skilled at consensus building and the art of compromise, but don’t expect them to grow taller than the hedgeBy Greg Lucas
San Francisco Chronicle August 1, 1999
Sacramento — Where have all the heroes gone? (Long time passing) Where have all the heroes gone? (Long time ago)
A hero is defined as:
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Politics on Tap Looks At Education and the Economy
With Education Consultant John Mockler; California Forward’s President & CEO Jim Mayer and GOP Assemblymember Marie Waldron How Can It Not Be a Conversation for the Ages? Read more »
Today’s Latin Lesson Is Present in the Capitol — Despite All Evidence to the Contrary
Anima Mundi
“The creative and energizing force that permeates all nature.” Read more »
Jerry Brown Digs Cemeteries
Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation shoring up the finances of the Kern River Valley Cemetery District – the fifth cemetery district the Democratic governor has aided during the past two years.
Four of the five cemetery districts have seen business drop not because of falling mortality rates but because of competition from nearby, recently opened federal Veterans Administration cemeteries. Read more »
On the FBI at the Capitol and Legislators Fundraising
The FBI’s rubber-gloving of the Capitol prompts a look at campaign contributions
By Greg Lucas
Sacramento News & Review, June 27, 2013 — The line between felony and fundraising is explicit.
Yet California legislative history over the past quarter century shows 14 Democratic and Republican legislators, lobbyists and others convicted in a federal-corruption investigation that came to light in 1988 for soliciting campaign contributions outside the lines. Read more »
Happy Birthday Justice Marshall!
July 2 is the birthday of Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American to serve as a U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
He was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1908.
Marshall’s legal shingle went up in 1935. Five years later, he won his first case before the U.S. Supreme Court, Chambers v. Florida, which asserted due process was violated by a forced confession of an African American defendant. Read more »
Valetudinarian
Noun: “A sickly or weak person, especially someone morbidly concerned with their own health.”
Adjective: “Chronically ailing; sickly.”
Used in a Sentence: “Are you deaf? The senator from Pasadena isn’t Armenian. He’s valetudinarian.”
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June Income and Business Taxes $1.5 BillIon Above Estimates
Further buttressing the state’s financial condition, California’s June income tax and business tax receipts are nearly $1.5 billion higher than projected.
Total income tax payments through June 30, the close of the previous fiscal year, were $8.4 billion.
In the budget signed by Gov. Jerry Brown June 27, $7.5 billion was predicted. Read more »
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