Posts Tagged ‘California’

Liu: Denounced by GOP; Praised by Colleagues

Filed under: Law — by Will Kirkland 09/1/2011 @ 2:04:14 PM
Tags: , ,

- Barely three months after Senate Republicans denounced Goodwin Liu as a left-wing extremist and torpedoed his nomination to a federal appeals court, he was lauded as a brilliant and … [Keep reading >>]

Amazon Wants to Cripple California

Filed under: California — by Will Kirkland 07/20/2011 @ 9:28:36 PM
Tags: ,

From Andrew S Ross, SF Chronicle:
Amazon’s two-flank attack on California has been coming together quite nicely.
The online retailer’s initial assault – refusing to obey the recently enacted law mandating the … [Keep reading >>]

Hahn – Huey Results in CA CD 36

Filed under: California | Elections — by Will Kirkland 07/12/2011 @ 6:09:42 PM
Tags: , ,

http://vote.sos.ca.gov/returns/special/us-congress/district/36/

Update:  Hahn wins!

Five things to look for.

 

National Journal Outlook

  … [Keep reading >>]

California Gun Laws and Murders in Mexico

Filed under: California | Weapons — by Will Kirkland 05/29/2011 @ 12:23:11 PM
Tags: , ,

SF Chronicle
California’s tough gun-control laws are targeted at armed criminals in general and mass-shooters in particular. But they appear to have had the unintended consequence of making California gun stores … [Keep reading >>]

Schwarzenegger: What You See Is What You Get

Filed under: California | Corruption — by Will Kirkland 05/17/2011 @ 11:50:52 AM
Tags: , ,

Even if Arnold Schwarzenegger’s public persona was a macho rogue, adultery doesn’t play well with voters, especially Republicans. Analysts are aghast at what they see as his reckless behavior.
California’s former … [Keep reading >>]

CA to Be 33% Renewable Electrical by 2020

Filed under: California | Climate Change | Energy | Environment — by Will Kirkland 04/13/2011 @ 2:10:01 PM
Tags: , ,

2020 – that’s 9 years away, not too long. Question is: can California actually do this — get 33% of its electricity from renewable sources in 9 years? … [Keep reading >>]

CA Jobs Pickup

Filed under: California | Economy — by Will Kirkland 03/27/2011 @ 1:08:59 PM
Tags: ,

Construction workers aren’t seeing this yet but jobs are being added in California.
A hiring surge led by California’s hallmark industries — high tech, movies and tourism — generated nearly 100,000 … [Keep reading >>]

House GOP Targets State’s Emission Standards

Filed under: Environment — by Will Kirkland 03/14/2011 @ 12:35:26 PM
Tags: , , ,

The rank hypocrisy in service of their dysfunctional ideology surfaces in the Congressional GOP again.  States Rights?  When it serves our interests, yes.  When it serves progress and experimentation we … [Keep reading >>]

State Deficits As % of Budgets + How Bad Does it Get in Texas?

Filed under: Economy — by Will Kirkland 02/8/2011 @ 9:23:53 PM
Tags: , ,

Oh jeez!

http://www.businessinsider.com/texas-state-budget-crisis-2011-1#

Notice how many of these are Red States, take Texas for example, please!
While Texas Gov. Rick Perry sucked up to the “tea party,” declaring himself opposed to “government bailouts” … [Keep reading >>]

Here, You Balance the CA Budget

Filed under: California | Economy — by Will Kirkland 02/7/2011 @ 6:01:48 PM
Tags: ,

Thanks to the Sacto Bee for this little exercise in budget balancing.

I got the deficit down to 1.72 billion, from 26.4 mostly through revenue raised.  What’s really interesting is to … [Keep reading >>]

Issa Watch

Filed under: California — by Will Kirkland 02/3/2011 @ 7:56:55 PM
Tags: ,

Darrell Issa, as I knowyou all is an extremely right wing Representative from California who is now the Chairman of the House Oversight Committee and planning to subpoena God.  He is one … [Keep reading >>]

Governor Brown Strips Office of Luxury

Filed under: California — by Will Kirkland 01/31/2011 @ 11:40:33 AM
Tags: ,

Governor Brown’s State of the State address is today, [look at CalChannel.com to see it 5:00 pm]  and there will be a lot in it not to like.  At least … [Keep reading >>]

Words for Acts

Perhaps an honest world will never exist. But what's to keep us from dreaming? If each one of us tries to change, maybe we'll succeed.

Rita Atria -- The Sicilian Rebel



Add to Technorati Favorites