A Fundamental Question Remains Unanswered in This Release

 

Senator Mimi Walters Taps New Chief of Staff

SACRAMENTO – Senator Mimi Walters (R-Laguna Hills) announced that Garth Eisenbeis, most recently her Legislative & Capitol Director, will be her new Chief of Staff.

“Garth provides the type of talent for us to move forward in 2012. He has served me and my constituents well as my Legislative Director and will provide continuity for the entire staff,” Walters explained.    Read more »

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Better Luck Next Time, Roy

California’s Capitol extends condolences to the Bay Area’s Roy Benson.

Benson’s initiative to declare the Tuesday after the first Monday in November a statewide holiday failed to garner the necessary signatures to qualify for the ballot, the Secretary of State announced recently.

Although Benson’s cover letter doesn’t include his reasoning for declaring Election Day a holiday, the presumed intent would be to increase voter turnout by eliminating other conflicts, such as employment.     Read more »

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This Photograph is Forwarded by a Subscriber

 

The subject line of the email says this: “It’s That Time Again.”

(Editor’s Note: California’s Capitol takes no position — pro or con — on any of the views expressed in this photograph. What goes on in the head of  Texas Gov. Rick Perry is far outside the knoweledge of California’s Capitol, to say nothing of this site’s  primary circulation area.    Read more »

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Random Observation…

Nothing screams “Use Mass Transit” louder than a busy bus stop reeking of urine.    Read more »

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An Elderly Nun’s Suggestion for Gov. Brown’s Next Phase of Realignment

Dear Gov. Brown:

Seniors should be put in jail and criminals confined to nursing homes.

This simple policy change would accomplish the following:

For Seniors:

They would have access to showers, hobbies and walks.

They would receive unlimited free prescriptions, dental and medical treatment, wheelchairs and the like.

They would receive money instead of having to pay it out.    Read more »

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How Would Someone Characterize This in Their Modeling Portfolio?

“I was the Whore of Babylon in the Life’s Greatest Battle mailer advertising a series of talks starting with ‘Unsealing Daniel’s Mysteries’ and answering questions about ‘Revelation’s Lake of Fire,’ ‘America in Prophecy,’ and ‘Armageddon and the Seven Last Plagues.’

Free Admission. Free Bible. Free Children’s Program, too.

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What Cloaked and Secretive Budget Process?

 

Its painful to say but Fred Silva, the senior fiscal policy advisor for California Forward, is dead wrong.

He laments in a July 1 post on Fox & Hounds that “in an era when more and more Californians are demanding accountability and transparency in government, our budgeting process has slid back into the cloaked era of the past.”    Read more »

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Bumpersticker…

 

 

“Born to Rock, Forced to Work”    Read more »

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This From a Subscriber: “Installing”

INSTALLING Summer in Northern California… 44% DONE. Install delayed….please wait.Installation failed. Please try again. 404 error: Season not found. Season “Summer” cannot be located in Northern California. The season you are looking for might have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily delayed or unavailable.

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The Marquee of the Canaan Baptist Church, Washington D.C.:

 

“The Quickest Way to Cut Your Own Throat Is With a Sharp Tongue.”    Read more »

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