Friday, February 25, 2011
- ARE THE DEMOCRATS BECOMING THE PARTY OF PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS?
- CalWatchdog: Little Hoover: Cut Current Pensions
- SacBee: Commission recommends rolling back pensions for current state, local workers
- SFChron: State commission says state should freeze current pension plan, start anew
- OCReg: Roll back pensions for current workers, state watchdog says
- BigGov't: Conservative All-Star Team: Meet the 47 Congressmen Who Voted for Every Spending Cut
- CalWatchdog: Gov. Gets Snarky With Harkey
- SFChron: Jerry Brown takes his budget case to lawmakers
- SJMerc: Brown urges Republicans to follow his lead on tax vote
- LAT: Gov. Jerry Brown tells legislators he will push for a $25-billion cut in California's budget unless voters OK tax extension
- DesSun:Brown debates lawmakers in rare exchange
- SFChron: Governor defends tax vote, blasts opponents
- SacBee: Brown's countdown, Day 47: Governor faces off with lawmakers, calls for "tough choices'
- SanGabTrib:Sen. Huff faces wrath of tax opponents, says Taxpayer Caucus divides GOP
- LAT: Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce to endorse Gov. Jerry Brown's tax proposal
- NYTimes: California's Tax Aversion Complicates Budget
- CalWatchdog: Bulldoze Williamson Act Subsidies?
- SFChron: State Senate OKs alternative energy rules
- LAT: State Senate OKs renewable energy bill
- SacBee: The Buzz: Haley Barbour to speak at California GOP convention
- OakTrib: All of California now linked up to immigration enforcement network
- LAT: GOP's battle with unions will echo in 2012 and beyond
- Politico: Mitt: Proud of 'RomneyCare'
- SacBee: Sacramento County's neediest must wait weeks for aid
- SacBee: Delta pump limits eased
- SacBee: Kings ask for more time
- SFChron: Mayor, 49ers mend fences
- SFChron: San Bruno blast: PUC backs weaker gas spiking rule
- SFChron: Peace Corps' 50 years celebrated at UC Berkeley
- CCT Political Blotter: Tom Lantos played key role in U.S.-Libya relations
- SJMerc: Mayor, city council wrestle with San Jose airport's long name
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The Golden Pen
SacBee: California's long-term finances very shaky - CalWatchdog: "Balance" Is Missing From Budget
- FresBee: Cities invited death of redevelopment
- SacBee: Editorial: How can state justify traffic fine shakedown?
- CalPensions: New criticism of CalPERS: rate hike too small
- F&HDaily: Another CA manufacturer gone, but we fail to acknowledge the problem
- HealthyCal: Voter mandates restrict state's flexibility
- Press Clips: Corgis, Mermaids & Buffalo Beasts
- FresBee: Farms could get more water in smelt deal
- FresBee: Rail panel: We could've done better
- BakCal: Shafter Press building destroyed
- BakCal: City tries to keep more redevelopment money away from state
- BakCal: Solar oil project debuts in Kern
- VCS:CSUCI could face more cuts
- VCS:Payroll problems plague Ventura's pension reforms
- VCS:New county executive may get 6 percent increase
- SanGabTrib:Assemblyman Portantino begins fundraising for run for Congress
- SacBee:Portantino set to run for congressional seat in 2012
- LAT: L.A.'s Measure L would boost library funding
- OCReg: Ex-congressman tapped for Chapman law school dean
- LAT: Former U.S. Rep. Tom Campbell to be new Chapman University law dean
- OCReg: RSM decides to step on landmine
- OCVoice: District Attorney Never Looked at Key Records in Fair Board Investigation
- OCReg: County officials on leave after $228 million error
- OCReg: Ex-Sen. Ackerman faces fair sale lobbying probe
- DlyPilot: CoCommunity Commentary: Better government includes changes for building department
- SBSun: Ex-prison guard gets 120 days in grand theft case
- DesSun:Indicted political contributor also gave to Rep. Mary Bono Mack
- RivPE: Murrieta school board to eliminate teaching positions if concessions not made
- VOSD: Schools' First Library Payment Seven Months Late
- SDUT: San Diego pulls more than its share in Calif.
- SDUT: Q & A with Navy Secretary Ray Mabus
- SDUT: Rebuilt border crossing aims to speed traffic
- SDUT: S.D. city schools measure up well with urban districts on science
- NCTimes: Local clinics see trouble in federal budget proposal