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6.12.2009

The Woodman on Money

“Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.”

— Woody Allen Read more »

6.05.2009

Willie Brown at the Sutter Club June 4, 2009

On Jerry Brown’s candidacy for governor:

“He’s a distant relative. he’s going to highlight the blood relationship but he’s a distant relative.”

On how he is addressed:

“Not many people cal me Willie Brown. The Lord, a few others.”

On the budget mess:

“There hasn’t been a budget since I left. Read more »

5.22.2009

Not Sure He’s Joking

“We don’t have to worry about going off the cliff, we’re already there.”

— Sen. Bob Dutton

The Rancho Cucamonga Republican, vice-chair of the Senate Budget Committee, made his comment May 22 in the two-house conference committee trying close a $24 billion budget gap and cope with California’s bleak cash flow situation. Read more »

3.20.2009

Indeed…

“Your life is an occasion, rise to it.”

–Dustin Hoffman, Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium

(Written and directed by Zach Helm.) Read more »

2.26.2009

He Could Be Right

“Politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.”

– Charles de Gaulle

2.12.2009

Say That Again?

“If the Starbucks crowd likes it then its not my cup of tea.” Read more »

2.06.2009

All Politics Are Local

“I appreciate the Democrats fighting the good fight on state worker furloughs but my commute this morning was never easier.”

— A non-furloughed downtown Sacramento worker Read more »

1.27.2009

Seems Like A Good Policy

“I want to be known by the ideas I keep, not the people I know.”

— Mason Williams, composer “Classical Gas,” writer, The Smothers Brother Comedy Hour

1.13.2009

Young Turk?

“Yes, although I tried not to share that with the Armenian community.”

— Former Gov. George Deukmejian, asked at Former Assembly Speaker Bob Monagan’s memorial if he became a “Young Turk” after his election to the Assembly in 1962. The original Young Turks were Monagan of Tracy, Houston Flournoy of Claremont and Bill Bagley of San Rafael, all elected to the Assembly in 1960, and Jack Veneman of Modesto, elected in 1961. Read more »

1.12.2009

Legislative Staffing

“When I was first elected in 1960, a legislator was entitled to a secretary in the Capitol and a secretary in their district office, and then, if you were a committee chairman or had other responsibilities, there was additional staff. But everybody was entitled to that staffing.

“Well, then it got to be a second secretary in Sacramento, and then it got to be a second secretary in your district office, and then it got to be an administrative assistant. Read more »

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