Republicans Are Socialists — At Least With Water

Republicans are socialists.

At least when it comes to water.

Uncharitable Democrats would likely call their Republican colleagues shameful hypocrites since, given some of the legislative proposals offered by the majority party, socialism isn’t as nasty a sobriquet as it might be to a GOP lawmaker.

But that’s what the Republicans are — socialists.    Read more »

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Gubernatorial Campaign Deja Vu All Over Again

 So there’s this new GOP candidate for governor, see.

 She is encouraged to run by the same folks who encouraged the current occupant of the corner office to run six years ago.

Her message is that what Sacramento really needs is new leadership, leadership California can trust.

It is eerily similar to the same pitch the incumbent governor made in 2003.    Read more »

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Best of Show: Top Prose, 2009 Legislative Session

(Editor’s Note: The following is the preamble to Senate Bill 318, which, as explicated below, would allow the seizure of property and assets of anyone convicted of any of the felonies listed in Section (a) of California Penal Code Section 597.5. The crimes enumerated in that code section are punished by a minimum of 16 months to a maximum of three years in prison or a fine of as much as $50,000.    Read more »

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Who Says the News Media is Moribund?

At 10 AM, September 9 , a Google search reveals 10 related articles regarding Yorba Linda GOP Assemblyman Mike Duvall’s July 8 indiscretions, which were captured on a committee hearing room’s open microphone.

Two and one-half hours later, the same Google search shows 206 related stories. By 2:15 PM, 376. Thirty minutes later, there are 408.    Read more »

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Feel Lucky? Well, do ya, punk?

It’s now September 9, 2009.

 09/09/09.

The television news says couples are spending money to lose more in Las Vegas — marriage first, tables later — because 9/09/09 is so lucky.

How many scheduled their nuptials to piggy-back on the deliriously vertiginous biorhythm spikes of 9:09 AM and 9:09 PM?

National Enquiring minds want to know.    Read more »

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High Comedy

High isn’t one of the most common words used in the English language.

The Top 10, in descending order, are: the, of, to, and, a, in, is, it, you, that.

High isn’t even on the Top 100 list.

But at 174 it ranks right up there on the Top 500.

High rears up all over the place as a noun, adverb and adjective.    Read more »

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Watch Your Back, Jeffe

Senate Democrats have been hung out to dry by the Assembly three times in the last two months.

Last month, Senate Democrats passed a politically unpopular measure to allow an expansion of existing offshore oil drilling.  Assembly Democrats rejected it. Also in July, Senate Democrats voted for a politically unpopular bill to take more than $1 billion in gas tax revenues from local governments.    Read more »

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Predictable Prison Bill Outcome

Predictable. Almost on every level.

The budget-related measure reducing state prison spending by $524 million was approved by the Senate August 20. Predictable. All 15 Republicans voted against it – predictable — and, given the length of the debate over the already foregone conclusion of the bill’s passage, it felt like all 15 rose to speak against the bill too.    Read more »

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The Indignities of Turning 50

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Fund-raising Memo Obtained By California’s Capitol

TO: Wendy Warfield, Dan Weitzman, Amber Moran, The Bovee Co., AimPoint Inc., Bertolina & Barnato, Inc., McKinley Pillows and other Sacramento Area Fundraisers 

FROM: Greater Sacramento Chamber of Commerce 

RE: Legislative Fundraisers 

First, congratulations on another robust year. It appears from the list we’ve been provided, which is somewhat dated, that there are at least 82 legislative fund-raising events during the final month of the Legislature’s 2009 session – 37 events on August 25th and 26th alone!    Read more »

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