Thursday, February 18, 2010
- LAT: California, other states face growing pension liabilities
- WashPost: 44 - The largest earmarkers in Congress
- Post:Wash: 44 - Congressional earmarks worth nearly $16 billion
- The Hill: No dip in earmark spending despite White House push for transparency
- SacBee: Blakeslee drops Poizner endorsement, backs Whitman
- SFChron: Former GOP Assembly Leader Blakeslee ditches Poizner for Whitman
- LAT: More Meg Whitman backers push Steve Poizner to quit governor's race
- CCTimes: Dem group calls on Whitman to release tax returns
- SacBee: Anti-Meg Whitman committee lays out game plan
- SFChron: S.F. mayor looks like he's ready to run
- SacBee: S.F. mayor may run for lieutenant governor
- SFChron: Newsom tells GOP: 'Bring it on'
- SFChron: SF Mayor Newsom submits statement for 2010 Lt. Gov run
- OakTrib: SF Mayor Gavin Newsom files papers to enter lieutenant governor race
- SFChron: Newsom's Lt.Gov opponent's manager: "Bullying" Gav "tried to push the woman out of the race"
- NYTimes: California: Mayor Seeking New Post
- CapWkly: Dismissed as obscure and irrelevant, 'lite gov' draws new attention
- CapWkly: GOP hits Dems in Spanish-language media over Maldo
- LAT: Senate's Darrell Steinberg: No more all-nighters
- SacBee: Denham targets Veterans Day in new legislation
- CapWkly: Gov signs new tribal gaming pact with Pinoleville Pomo Nation
- CapWkly: Tribal Gaming: By The Numbers
- CapWkly: 'Crash tax' gaining ground in California
- SacBee: The State Worker: Some California prison officers resent CHP
- SacBee: Senate leader Steinberg won't seek general tax hike
- SacBee: California redistricting panel pool skews white
- SFChron: Redistricting Commission attracts applicants ... and they're mostly white
- SFChron: Surge of interest in redistricting panel
- RivPE: State redistricting panel draws 30,000 applicants
- IVDB: Some Democrats seek to roll back citizen control of redistricting
- SacBee: Marijuana can be pain reliever, study finds
- LAT: UC studies find promise in medical pot
- OakTrib: Best, worst California counties for healthy living ranked in study
- SacBee: Q&A: Mexico interested in Megan's Law, ambassador says
- Politico: Marco Rubio: Belle of the CPAC ball
- WashTimes: Rubio takes 'tea,' but says movement is no party
- HumEvnts: Rubio Keynotes CPAC
- RivPE: Issa to address CPAC
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The Golden Pen
The Mount Vernon Statement - SJMerc: Conservative leaders call for return to founders' principles
- WSJ: The WellPoint Mugging
- Townhall: Beware of "Comprehensive" Anything
- Hogue News: Someone is Lying in BOE Dist 2 Race
- CapWkly: Yes, Sen. Pavley: The sky is falling, and so is California's prosperity
- DiFi Shocker: Whadya Mean She's Not Running?!?!?
- SFChron: The winter of global warming
- RedState: The National Republicans Dig In Their Heels on Fiorina
- F&HDaily: Newsom Dealing With Addiction to Politics
- SacBee: Viewpoints: Strong-mayor push inspires citizens
- SacBee: Sacramento City Manager Ray Kerridge resigns
- SacBee: 68 inmates get early release, but legal battle is far from over
- SFChron: Rec & Park budget plan to raise fees, cut jobs
- SFChron: Supes' policing plan upsets balance of power
- SFChron: Governor, local officials tout stimulus' impact
- OakTrib: Oakland council votes for layoffs, property sales to combat deep deficit
- SJMerc: BART's $70 million loss in airport connector funds is boon for transit agencies
- SJMerc: San Jose mayor will be introduced by special guest star at speech: Oakland A's owner
- ModBee: Dour news dominates Modesto's State of City
- FresBee: Mims defends inmate releases
- FresBee: Nunes to introduce water legislation
- FresBee: Judge Wanger speaks at water meeting
- BakCal: Local board could finally decide if campaign debts are legal
- VCS: County supervisors to consider easing campaign finance limits
- VCS:County SEIU approves contract proposal
- VCS:Dantona joins race for county clerk in June election
- LAT: Karen Bass confirms candidacy for seat in Congress
- CalCap: Karen Bass Announces for Diane Watson's Congressional Seat
- LADN: Slow-acting L.A. may get hit with a credit downgrade
- LAT: Deputies chasing armed suspects ordered to be more cautious
- LADN: LAUSD reform effort aims for 100% grad rate
- OCReg: Early releases are mostly on minor offenses
- OCReg: O.C. GOP leaders oppose Capistrano Unified recall attempt
- RedCounty: Sheriff Watch: BOE Member Steel Endorses Craig Hunter
- OCReg: Mike Eggers, former Dana Point mayor, dead at 60
- DesSun:Consultant: Indio may face $10 million budget deficit next year
- DesSun:Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack tours drug recovery center
- DesSun:Most schools opting out of $700M race
- RivPE: On first day possible, five Eastvale residents file to run for council
- RivPE: San Jacinto may be cut off from future federal dollars
- DesSun:Desalination reconsidered as way to quench water needs
- VOSD: San Diego Explained: Campaign Laws Challenged, Axed
- SDUT: Campaign financing limits in S.D. axed
- LAT: L.A., San Diego lift limits on corporate and union spending in elections
- VOSD: Political Consultant Weighs Run Against De Beck
- LAT: UC San Diego condemns student party mocking Black History Month
- SFChron: State lawmakers take on UC San Diego frats
- SDUT: Escondido cuts loom in budget shortfall
- LAT: Joint effort targets border crime