The Ripple Effect of the Fiorina Campaign Strategem Grows
Date: 02/09/2010 10:37:10 PM PST
A Google search for “sheeplike synonym” at synonyms.net yields as the Number 1 related site: “Tom Campbell: U.S. Senate Our Best Hope to Replace Sen. Boxer. GOP’s Best Bet in CA. Learn...


Supervisors approve deputy union deal
Date: 02/09/2010 04:40:51 PM PST
County supervisors this morning approved a three-year contract agreement with the deputy sheriff s union that calls for deputies to contribute toward their retirement and pushes back the retirem...
Author: Jennifer Muir
Source: totalbuzz.freedomblogging.com


Asm. GOP Leader Martin Garrick Fills Out Leadership Team [By Jon Fleischman - Publisher - Flash Report]
Date: 02/09/2010 04:21:00 PM PST
Last week longtime FR friend Martin Garrick was sworn in as Assembly Republican Leader last week. Today Garrick announced the appointment of his final leadership team members -- the Republican Whips. ...
Source: www.flashreport.org


Senators blast Anthem hike; want action
Date: 02/09/2010 03:57:40 PM PST
California Democratic Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer today lashed out at Anthem Blue Cross for its plan to raise premiums as much as 39 percent and have called on state and federal officials...
Author: Dena Bunis, Washington Bureau Chief
Source: totalbuzz.freedomblogging.com


Campbell, DeVore, Poizner, and now Fiorina have all endorsed the CPI -- It's Time For Whitman To Get Onboard! [By Jon Fleischman - Publisher - Flash Report]
Date: 02/09/2010 03:30:00 PM PST
The pervasive and corrupting influence of the state's public employee unions is obvious. But we don't need to tell Meg Whitman that, she's talked about it on the campaign trail. The Citizen Power Init...
Source: www.flashreport.org


What Hitler said when found out that Jerry Brown (may be) running for Guv (VIDEO)
Date: 02/09/2010 03:10:54 PM PST
California's governor's campaign just achieved a twisted pop culture distinction: It has been parodied in the last-days-of-Hitler, German-language movie, "The Downfall." Anybody remember the 2008... ...
Author: jgarofoli@sfchronicle.com (Joe Garofoli)
Source: feeds.sfgate.com


Supes: �Well, you did put term limits on the ballot, didn�t you?� [By Barry Jantz - San Diego County - Flash Report]
Date: 02/09/2010 03:00:00 PM PST
Okay, I made the quote in the headline up. The County Supervisors didn�t really say that to SEIU when taking today�s action on a June ballot measure to ban PLAs. Not publicly, at any rate. From th...
Source: www.flashreport.org


Nguyen reprimands sheriff, questions reorg
Date: 02/09/2010 01:59:18 PM PST
County Chairwoman Janet Nguyen laid into Sheriff Sandra Hutchens this morning for her plan to reorganize her department, saying Hutchens temporarily promoted managers to circumvent the board s s...
Author: Jennifer Muir
Source: totalbuzz.freedomblogging.com


Grover Norquest, President of Americans for Tax Reform, Urges Legislators To Vote Against Maldonado Confirmation [By Jon Fleischman - Publisher - Flash Report]
Date: 02/09/2010 01:00:00 PM PST
I received the following statement from Grover Norquist, President of Americans for Tax Reform. FR readers will recall that is ATR's No New Taxes pledge that Maldonado egregiously violated. No one for...
Source: www.flashreport.org


Buena Park pastor prayed for Murtha s death
Date: 02/09/2010 12:56:15 PM PST
Southern Baptist Pastor Wiley Drake of Buena Park sent out an email Monday night, saying that perhaps his prayers had been answered with the death of Rep. John Murtha yesterday. Maybe God took ...
Author: Martin Wisckol, Politics reporter
Source: totalbuzz.freedomblogging.com


Assemblyman Alberto Torrico Blames Sacramento Sheriff For Early Release Of Suspected Rapist [By Jon Fleischman - Publisher - Flash Report]
Date: 02/09/2010 12:48:00 PM PST
This weekend, Assemblyman Alberto Torrico (D-Fremont), Chair of the Select Committee on the Prison and Rehabilitation, blamed Sacramento County Sheriff McGinness for the early release of Kevin Peterso...
Source: www.flashreport.org


The Prop 8 Fight Isn't About YouTube
Date: 02/09/2010 10:51:24 AM PST
Cross posted from the Prop 8 Trial Tracker. Over the weekend, the Matier and Ross column in the San Francisco Chronicle "outed" Judge Vaughn Walker. nbsp;As I pointed out then here at the Pro...
Author: Brian Leubitz
Source: www.calitics.com


Democrats Get Cover for Maldonado Vote
Date: 02/09/2010 10:29:22 AM PST
Republican state Sen. Abel Maldonado may be hanging on to his day job for a while longer. While Assembly Democrats are playing coy about whether they’ll vote to approve the Santa Maria lawmaker as ...
Author: John Wildermuth
Source: www.foxandhoundsdaily.com


Carly Had a Demon Sheep
Date: 02/09/2010 10:27:05 AM PST
(with apologies to Mary and her little lamb) Carly had a demon sheep With eyes red as hot coal And everywhere that Carly went, The demon sheep would go There it was on You Tube one day, One of those...
Author: Joel Fox
Source: www.foxandhoundsdaily.com


Paper or Plastic? Choose Wisely, the Green Police are Watching.
Date: 02/09/2010 10:25:30 AM PST
Like many of you, I spent the better part of Sunday shuffling between my BBQ, my fridge, and the television, taking in the spectacle of the Super Bowl. And like most who watch, I was looking forward t...
Author: Mike Herron
Source: www.foxandhoundsdaily.com


Railing Against This Costly Track
Date: 02/09/2010 10:21:18 AM PST
When the federal government announced less than two weeks ago that California would get $2.25 billion to help develop a high-speed rail system, it made me wonder if the time has finally come for this ...
Author: Charles Crumpley
Source: www.foxandhoundsdaily.com


Snow postpones Toyota-Congress showdown
Date: 02/09/2010 09:36:29 AM PST
Toyota’s executives have dodged the bullet on facing angry lawmakers for a couple of weeks because of the blanket of snow that has hit the nation’s Capitol. With more snow on the way tonight, the ...
Author: Dena Bunis, Washington Bureau Chief
Source: totalbuzz.freedomblogging.com


Commentary: Poizner Should Reconsider Creation Of His Own "Do Not Invest" List For Private Insurance Companies [By Jon Fleischman - Publisher - Flash Report]
Date: 02/09/2010 07:58:01 AM PST
I admire the passion of Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner. Having gotten to spend a lot of time with him over the last five years or so, I know him as someone who really pours his heart and soul in...
Source: www.flashreport.org


Latinos could play key roles in California Senate, governor's races
Date: 02/09/2010 05:55:36 AM PST
The following report was written by Katie Brandenburg of the Washington bureau. Latino voters could play a key role in deciding the outcome of key 2010 political races across the country,... ]]>
Author: richard.dunham@chron.com (Richard Dunham)
Source: feeds.sfgate.com


It s Baaack: Another Government Code Section 12015 Year
Date: 02/09/2010 12:45:26 AM PST
Buried in the “Legislative, Judicial and Executive” section of the multiple phonebook-sized state budget is $890,000 to carry out “the duties described under the provisions of Government Code Se...

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