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karen bass Archive
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State agencies blew over $75 million on vehicles, furniture and meetings
Posted on February 10, 2010 | 1 Comment“Even as the state grappled with a budget crisis last year, bureaucrats spent nearly $45 million on new vehicles, almost $30 million on new furniture and more than $2 million... -
Assembly Speaker Bass and Senator Boxer coming to Newport Beach on Feb. 6
Posted on January 21, 2010 | 4 CommentsThe Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Sheryl WuDunn www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor Economy The Democratic Party of Orange County is going to have to... -
California legislators failed to report all their loot correctly
Posted on January 17, 2010 | No CommentsState Senate Leader Darrell Steinberg wants to know why Assembly Leader Karen Bass got more gifts than he did Ruh roh! The FPPC is cracking down on both Democratic and... -
GLBT Activist Opposes Perez Gay Litmus Test
Posted on December 5, 2009 | No Comments“I’m going to come out and say it,” declares GLBT activist Dante Atkins, “I believe that John Perez’ sexual orientation is playing a role in the ongoing fight over who... -
Gay Latino John Perez to become California’s Assembly Speaker?
Posted on December 3, 2009 | 38 Comments“The speakership scuffle continued yesterday, with current Assembly leader Karen Bass crowning Assemblyman John Pérez her heir apparent,” according to the Sacramento Bee. My sources in Sacramento tell me this... -
Field Poll shows record disatisfaction with the California State Legislature and Gov. Schwarzenegger
Posted on October 13, 2009 | 3 CommentsThe California State Legislators have dragged Gov. Schwarzenegger down with them California voters are NOT happy with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger – and they don’t care much for our State Legislature... -
CA Budget Breaking News: Quick Summary
Posted on July 20, 2009 | 4 CommentsBudget Breaking News: The “Big 5″ has reached a deal…floor vote likely on Thursday. For complete details read on…. -
The Big 5 Meet today at 1:30…Operation Wipeout
Posted on July 15, 2009 | 2 CommentsBudget Update: The Big 5 are disagreeing on Education Funding. It appears that they must cut $11 billion from Education. Karen Bass and the Democrats are not willing to do... -
As the state budget battle drags on Democrats lose an Assemblyman
Posted on June 24, 2009 | 3 CommentsYesterdays Sacramento Bee story by Jim Sanders confirmed 31st AD Assemblyman Juan Arambula’s change of registration from Democrat to Decline to State, Independent, following in the footsteps of Art Pedroza,... -
Sacramento Democrats trying to raise our taxes again!
Posted on June 18, 2009 | 17 CommentsHow should we solve our budget crisis? Vote for up to three of the choices below, in our survey: “Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger told the leaders of the Assembly and Senate... -
Public outrage forces Assembly leaders to rescind pay raise for staffers
Posted on April 23, 2009 | 3 Comments“State Assembly leaders Wednesday rescinded $551,000 in pay raises recently awarded to 136 legislative staffers, acknowledging that the pay hikes sent the wrong message at a time when the state... -
Why won’t the Democrats cut the California budget?
Posted on February 17, 2009 | 12 CommentsEveryone is blaming the suddenly brave Republicans for the budget mess in Sacramento, but why won’t the Democrats cut the budget further instead of raising our taxes? Is there really... -
Should California have a part-time State Legislature?
Posted on February 8, 2009 | 9 Comments(Picture Courtesy of Reuters) We have one of the most dysfunctional State Legislatures in the nation – small wonder then that “a recent poll shows a majority of residents supporting... -
Cut of state elected officials’ salaries is in Gov. Schwarzenegger’s hands
Posted on June 8, 2008 | 3 CommentsI wrote a post earlier today about the fact that the California Citizens Compensation Commission is going to be deciding on Tuesday whether or not to cut elected officials’ salaries...
