Wednesday, November 9, 2011
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TAMING THE TWO-HEADED MONSTER
- Excellent Video on the Tax-the-Rich Mentality
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Townhall: Election Night 2011: A Mixed Bag for Conservatives
- WashPost: GOP Takes Control in Virginia
- MS Gov: Bryant (R) Tops DuPree
- KY Gov: Beshear (D) Wins Big
- The Hill:Cornilles, Bonamici win Oregon primaries, will face off for Wu's seat
- RS: Virginia Senate control hangs by thread.
- NYTimes: Mississippi Voters Reject Anti-Abortion Measure
- WashPost: A union win in Ohio; "personhood" fails in Miss.
- NYTimes: Ohio Turns Back a Law Limiting Unions' Rights
- Ohio Rejects Health Care Mandate
- WashTimes: Ohio vote shows unions still a political force
- ClmbDisp: Senate Bill 5, Ohio Public Union Collective Bargaining Law Repealed
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SacBee:AM Alert: Republicans call for greater focus on public pensions
- OCReg:State analyst: Pension reform plan 'bold,' but full of minefields
- OCReg:Chart shows ballooning costs of state retirement system
- SacBee: Legislative Analyst's Office gives Jerry Brown's public pension plan a mixed review
- OakTrib: Brown risks legal 'minefield' with rollbacks to current employees' pensions
- OCReg:Pension reform: Grandpa on the SWAT team?
- LAT: Brown's proposed pension reform gets mixed reviews
- SDUT: SD pension initiative qualifies for June ballot
- VOSD: Pension Initiative Will Go On the Ballot
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The Hill:Obama administration proposes 15 cent Christmas tree tax
- VCS:Local supervisor targets health insurance for part-time officials
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BakCal: State leaves oil review process in place, for now
- NCTimes: REGION: Bilbray's daughter sues to block crackdown on pot dispensaries
- SFChron: CSU tuition could go up again without state aid
- OakTrib: UC likely to ask state for $430 million more in 2012
- SacBee:UC: No tuition increase even if mid-year budget trigger pulled
- LAT: UC to seek state funds to avoid tuition hike
- SacBee: UC won't raise tuition again this year if low revenue forces new state cuts
- OakTrib: State budget cuts threaten day programs for thousands of seniors and the disabled
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CalWatch: Lawmaker feels 'shock,' 'anxiety' over bullet train's price tag
- BakCal: Reformer feels 'shock,' 'anxiety' over bullet train's big price tag
- BakCal: Grove seeks another vote on rail project
- SacBee:Drive to kill new California Senate districts to submit signatures
- The Hill:House Republican lawmakers want out of Norquist tax pledge
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LAT: No more free food for California's state senators
- LAT: Taxpayers off the hook for feeding state senators during session
- LAT: California legislators head to Maui for retreat funded by special interests
- OCReg:Regulatory critique: A landmark study or a biased report?
- SDUT: Dry report illustrates grim realities
- CCTimes: Oakland merchants say sales slump by half amid Occupy protests
- NatlRev: A Defense of Violence at Occupy Oakland
- CCTimes: Group plans Occupy camp at UC Berkeley to protest fee hikes
- CCTimes: Occupy Oakland members vote to deposit $20,000 with Wells Fargo, one of the nation's biggest banks
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NCTimes: STATE: Cal State faculty protest administration policies
- SLO Trib: Faculty call for fairness at Cal Poly
- Reuters: Senate bill powers up state online sales taxes
- CalWatchdog: NEW: "No Nukes" Could Electrify 2012 Ballot
- LAT: Buscaino, Furutani headed for runoff in L.A. City Council race
- LAT: Valley Democratic group backs Brad Sherman in new District 30 race
- LADN: L.A. County Counsel stepping down
- LADN: Board of Supervisors urges restriction of copter flights
- LAT: L.A. council panel urges $97.5-million pact with Arizona company
- LADN: $50K in vacation pay probed
- LAT: Los Angeles Juvenile Court plans to open proceedings to public
- LAT: 2 key L.A. officials warn against ending business tax
- SanGabTrib:One West Covina incumbent wins, while another goes down in defeat
- SanGabTrib:Three water races, five incumbents leading
- SanGabTrib:Incumbents leading in community college races
- SanGabTrib:Two incumbents and one challenger win election in Irwindale
- SanGabTrib:Incumbents win in South El Monte
- SanGabTrib:Baldwin Park council incumbents win re-election
- SanGabTrib:Incumbents fare well in school board races
- SanGabTrib:El Monte council race close
- OCReg:University fires back at county supervisors
- OCReg: Los Al council OKs contract changes in heated meeting
- OCReg: Kelly Thomas case: Officer's pension under review
- SBSun: San Bernardino City Attorney Penman 'vindicated' by Tuesday's win
- RivPE: NORCO: Two incumbents and one challenger win city race
- IVDB: Chino Valley Unified details filling seat
- RivPE: EDUCATION: Three incumbents, three newcomers win seats
- SBSun: SB gets three new school board members, re-elects one incumbent
- SBSun: Grand Jury blasts San Bernardino airport board, defends airport audit
- RivPE: S.B. COUNTY: Grand jury disputes airport's claims
- SBSun: Newcomer Valdivia to join City Council in spring
- RivPE: SAN BERNARDINO: Penman's slate victorious
- RivPE: RIVERSIDE COUNTY: Supervisors back solar fee
- DesSun:Mary Bono Mack talks business, reform
- RivPE: WILDOMAR: Medical marijuana group closed
- DesSun:Mary Bono Mack rails against government bureaucracy
- RivPE: JURUPA VALLEY: Water district scraps new rate plan
- RivPE: Library tax sails to victory
- RivPE: JURUPA VALLEY: A year later, still no park
- DesSun:Sanchez easily defeats Desert Hot Springs Councilman Baker
- DesSun:Registrar: About 9 percent of ballots left to be counted
- DesSun:Measure J passes with 58 percent of vote
- DesSun:Proposed tax hikes drive voter turnout
- DesSun:Early returns show Pougnet, Hutcheson and Lewin winning in Palm Springs races
- DesSun:Indian Wells' Measure H on its way to passing
- NCTimes: SAN MARCOS: Transit district choices expanded
- VOSD: The Dissolving District: Powerful Parents Already Paying More
- SDUT: San Diegan re-elected to college board
- SDUT: Unified board moving to shift anti-poverty funds
- SDUT: Judge rules landlords can evict pot dispensaries
- SDUT: Fair kept letting employees cash out leave
- SDUT: Fair board keeps elephant ride until at least 2014
- SDUT: Filner calls for infrastructure funding
- SDUT: 10News video: Chula Vista upset after Vanity Fair trashes city
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The Golden Pen
SacBee: Viewpoints: Financing deal for Sacramento arena needs a hard look -
F&H Daily:Californians Should Get Another Vote on High Speed Rail
- SBSun: How to control health care costs
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SacBee: New California Senate maps still not settled
- WSJ: The Public-Union Albatross
- CalWatchdog: NEW: Water Bond Would Impose Bureaucracy
- OCReg: Editorial: How to pay to rebuild state's roads?
- OCReg: Editorial: Education belongs in GOP debates
- CPR: How the wealth of the “1%” provides the standard of living for the “99%”
- SacBee: What do NBA's negotiating tactics mean for Sacramento arena?
- OakTrib: Oakland Tribune editorial: Removing teachers for incompetence is far too difficult
- VCS:Herdt: Some grown-ups weigh in on pension reform
- BigGov't:Chicago Labor Board Fights Longer School Days, Says Extra Effort to Educate Kids Causes "Irreparable Harm" for Teachers" Union
- WSJ: Why Gingrich Could Win
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WSJ: Europe's Entitlement Reckoning
- Townhall: The Student Loan Mire
- CalWatchdog: NEW: "Black Bloc" Taking Over Occupy Oakland?
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F&H Daily:Election Reform Brings Its Own Problems
- NatlRev: Disaster-Spending Redux
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OCReg: He wages one-man war on graffiti, blight
- CallBuzz: Why Labor Should Resist Gov. Brown's Pension Envy
- DesSun:Our Voice: Governor makes it harder to track state spending
- RivPE: STATE: Redevelopment flop
- SacBee: Sacramento County will continue medical subsidy for retirees
- SacBee: Sacramento plans a station for high-speed rail
- SacBee:Mayor Johnson returns from London, attends City Council meeting
- SacBee:Attorney opens committee for Sacramento region Assembly run
- SacBee: Sacramento city officials seek water, sewer rate increase
- LAT: Early results hint at election of S.F.'s first Asian mayor
- SacBee: Interim Mayor Lee takes commanding lead in SF race
- SFChron: Lee opens up lead in mayor's race
- SFChron: Bay Area tax, bond measures
- SJMerc: Lee leads in San Francisco mayoral race
- SFChron: Voters approve Ed Lee's pension reform
- SFChron: S.F. election results
- SacBee: SF pension reform measure victorious
- SFChron: Mayor Lee's pension reform plan wins
- SFChron: Voters supporting Gascon
- OakTrib: Contra Costa County poised to increase welfare fraud prosecutions
- SacBee: Oakland mayor renews appeals to Occupy movement
- CCTimes: Lafayette voters reject parcel tax for road, storm drain repairs
- CCTimes: Report: North Oakland gang injunction has not reduced violent crime
- CCTimes: Marchand, Turner, Gary win Livermore mayoral, city council races
- CCTimes: No charter school, Mt. Diablo district tells Clayton Valley organizers
- CCTimes: Clarkson wins mayoral race in San Ramon; Perkins, O'Loane win council seats
- SJMerc: San Jose City Council endorses option deal for land sale to Oakland A's
- SJMerc: Redwood City council: Aguirre, Bain, Foust and Pierce retain seats
- SJMerc: Redwood City school board: MacAvoy, McBride and Masur re-elected
- SJMerc: Redwood City voters pass business license and hotel taxes
- SJMerc: Du Bois, Weiner, Rumley elected to Sequoia high school board
- SJMerc: San Mateo County cities:Tight races and an upset
- SJMerc: Proposal to elect Sunnyvale mayor directly is defeated
- SJMerc: Mixed election results for Peninsula school taxes
- SJMerc: Palo Alto voters favor Measures D and E
- BakCal: Supervisors vote to make Animal Control standalone agency
- ModBee: Choices made for Modesto-area schools
- ModBee: Oakdale voters back measure to increase sales tax
- ModBee: One incumbent ousted in Ceres
- ModBee: Spina wins seat on Stanislaus County ed board
- FresBee: Visalia voters re-elect incumbents
- ModBee: Lopez has slim lead over Modesto District 3 rivals
- FresBee: Fresno County approves solar plant for farmland
- ModBee: Byrd, Blom get Modesto Irrigation District spots
- ModBee: Burnside, Gunderson, Cogdill win Modesto City Council seats
- ModBee: Modesto pension reforms lead
- ModBee: Marsh, Hawn headed for Modesto mayoral runoff
- FresBee: Fresno County imposes pay cut on public nurses
- SLO Trib: County advised to put recession behind
- SCS:Santa Cruz City Council OKs funding rules for Arana Gulch project, UCSC water extension
- SCS:Water watchdogs, UCSC square off in appellate court: Group argues utility requests don't allow enough regulation
- SCS:With roads going south, talk of local tax is heating up in Santa Cruz County
- VCS:Simi Valley moves closer to leaving county library system
- VCS:Favorites win three seats on Ventura City Council
- VCS:Incumbents lead in Conejo Valley races
- VCS:Fillmore voters reject three-quarter cent sales tax increase