“Looking Forward to Working” for “Real Reform”

Lots of folks have lots to say about Gov. Jerry Brown’s January 18 State of the State speech, which, certainly seemed to generate more comments than the content warranted.

(Lamentably, none of these myriad statements note that the arguable highlight of the speech was use of the adjective “dystopian” in the sixth paragraph to define a certain brand of journalists the governor believes exists.)    Read more »

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California’s Capitol Reacts to Gov. Brown’s 2012 ‘State of Disbelief’ Speech

“Facta non verba.”

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Couldn’t Resist: Gov. Brown Issues Short Statement on Think Long Committee’s Decision

SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. released the following statement in response to the Think Long Committee’s decision today to place a long-term tax reform measure on the 2014 ballot: 

“Think Long is doing very important work and I look forward to working with them on the critical issue of more permanent tax reform.”    Read more »

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News Would Have Been If She Got Less Than 100 Percent

HANCOCK RECEIVES 100% RATING IN SUPPORT OF WORKERS

STATE LABOR FEDERATION’S “FORCE FOR PROGRESS” SCORECARD GIVES HANCOCK PERFECT SCORE

 Sacramento — Senator Loni Hancock, an Oakland Democrat, announced January 17 that she has received a perfect score on issues relating to workers’ rights and worker protection from the California Labor Federation.    Read more »

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“…Twisted By Those Who Would Use His Name for Their Own Political Gain.”

(Editor’s Note: Donnelly is a Republican from Hesperia. He was detained and cited at Ontario International Airport on January 4  for trying to board a plane with a loaded gun in his carry-on luggage.)

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“Remaining Awake During a Revolution”

Martin Luther King gave a speech with that title on October 29, 1967 at Grinnell College in Iowa. 

A quote from that speech, echoing a theme that also appears in several other sermons and addresses by the civil rights leader, is the coda of a recent Time cover story on Warren Buffett.    Read more »

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Happy Belated Birthday Governor Bigler!

John Bigler, California’s third governor and the only chief executive to serve two terms in the 19th Century, was born January 8, 1805 in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

No other governor until Hiram Johnson in 1911 would win a first and second term.

At his political height, the roly-poly Bigler was popular enough that lawmakers named a lake after him.    Read more »

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Sure Doesn’t Look Like Phil Burton

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Money Doesn’t Make the Man

“Of the billionaires I have known, money just brings out the basic traits in them. If they were jerks before they had money, they are simply jerks with a billion dollars.”

                                                         — Warren Buffett    Read more »

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The Legislative Analyst Offers an Initial Overview of Gov. Jerry Brown’s Budget Proposal

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