Mustn’t Allow the Carpet-Bombing to Fall Behind Schedule

(Editor’s Note: Proposition 16 would require a two-thirds vote before cities or counties could contract with an electricity provider other than the investor-owned utility that would otherwise serve that local area. San Francisco and Yolo County have both explored this option. Both are in the Pacific Gas & Electric service area.    Read more »

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Whitman’s “Targeted Tax Cuts” Could Have a High Price Tag

(Editor’s Note: This post has been REVISED. The new business tax Whitman refers to is the minimum tax paid by all businesses that have limited liability. That includes corporations, LLC’s, LP’s, LLP’s and LLLP’s. Whitman is not referring to the filing fee paid to the Secretary of State. Eliminating the filing fee costs the state $37 million.    Read more »

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A Top Ten List from California’s Republican Party About…

Jerry Brown’s 72nd Birthday    Read more »

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Political Message From State Senate Candidate Adrian Galysh

(Editor’s Note: Kudos for good use of Albert Einstein quote.)

www.electadriangalysh.com/electadriangalysh/Welcome.html

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‘No’ on Proposition 15 Sweetly Targets Measure’s Author

“Clean Money” Author Invites Lobbyists to $3900 Lunch

FOR RELEASE:    March 24, 2010

CONTACT:  Richard Wiebe, 916.448.4234

SACRAMENTO – The state senator who wrote Proposition 15, “to break the connection between political donations and public policy” broke bread with lobbyists and other political players at a fundraiser her campaign committee hosted today at a Sacramento steakhouse.    Read more »

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Don’t Overlook: The Latest from the Fellini of Political Ads

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJKlc77K5dg&feature=player_embedded

(Editor’s Note: Paging Terry Gilliam, Mr. Terry Gilliam. Please come to the White Courtesy Phone.)    Read more »

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Other Political Parties Angling for Space on California’s Ballot

Infinite Love Flag

This is the flag of the Utopia Manifesto Political Party, which, as the name implies, champions creation of a utopian society.

“The flag is red for love and white for purity and in the center is a heart inside a heart — meaning our heart inside the Sacred Heart of Jesus — over red Infinite Love Waves,” according to the party’s website.    Read more »

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State Government Is Not as Bloated as Meg Whitman Claims

(Editor’s Note: California’s Capitol was preparing a posting about GOP gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman’s assertions that axing 40,000 state employees will help rein in the state’s excessive bureaucracy. As the chief correspondent’s former colleage at the San Francisco Chronicle points out at California Watch, it isn’t so:)

March 15, 2010 | Robert Salladay

Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman wants to chop the state’s workforce by 40,000 employees, a pledge she made again this weekend at the state GOP convention.    Read more »

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Changes Ordered in Description of Open Primary Proposition

In a response to a lawsuit brought by the California School Employees Association, a Sacramento Superior Court judge has modified the ballot description of Proposition 14 on the June ballot, an initiative that would create a so-called open primary.

Supporters of the measure, which would have the top two primary vote getters regardless of party affiliation advance to the November general election, argued that the changes sought by the union and the lawyers representing it were aimed at making the measure appear less attractive to voters.    Read more »

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More Information About the ‘We Like Women’ Party Platform

(Editor’s Note: There has been an unprecedented clamor by California’s Capitol viewers to learn more about the We Like Women political party, which is attempting to qualify for a place on California’s ballot and was the subject of a March 10 post.

While the same can’t be said of the chief correspondent of California’s Capitol, this site’s management is both conscientious and responsive to the concerns of readers, particularly those who pay to advertise.    Read more »

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