sacramento Archive
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Solorio bill to fund after school ESL programs clears Assembly Education Committee
Posted on April 22, 2010 | 13 CommentsFor Immediate Release: April 22, 2010 For More Information Contact: Carol Chamberlain – Office: (916) 319-2069 Cell: (916) 804-5355 Solorio Legislation to Provide Opportunities for Students to Learn English in... -
Code Blue for our Fairgrounds – Call and Fax now!
Posted on April 21, 2010 | 3 CommentsToday Costa Mesa City Council members, ONCE AGAIN, are in Sacramento trying to save our Fairgrounds. We OJ readers need to “have their backs” by calling and faxing – now,... -
6.9 earthquake hits Mexicali and is felt throughout So. California
Posted on April 4, 2010 | 3 CommentsA 6.9 earthquake struck Mexicali, Mexico, a few minutes ago. We felt it here in Santa Ana for what seemed an entirety. It felt like a series of rolls here. ... -
Senator Correa is tops on small business issues, according to the NFIB
Posted on March 8, 2010 | No CommentsState Senator Lou Correa, at the grand opening of Lee’s Sandwiches, in Santa Ana “State Senator Lou Correa was ranked the top Democrat in Sacramento, in matters pertaining to small... -
Van Tran and other legislators caught ripping us off
Posted on February 21, 2010 | 16 CommentsVan Tran’s house, in West Sacramento The O.C. Register’s Brian Joseph has caught a number of California state legislators, including local Assemblymen Van Tran, ripping off taxpayers. “State law says... -
Steven Greenhut launches the new Cal Watch Dog website
Posted on January 5, 2010 | 4 CommentsSteven Greenhut has launched his new website, Cal Watch Dog, which is affiliated with the Pacific Research Institute. Our old friend John Seiler is also writing on the Cal... -
California’s new laws for 2010 are a mixed bag
Posted on January 2, 2010 | 7 CommentsYou can ride bikes without seats now in California Well, it’s a New Year and already our lame California State Legislature has started the year on the wrong foot, with... -
In search of someone to clean up state government
Posted on December 1, 2009 | 2 CommentsPerhaps it is the accumulating depression from the daily gloomy economic news that seems to bombard us, much of it regarding our State government in Sacramento, but a story that... -
We must challenge CHSRA’s high-speed train funding & operating costs
Posted on October 11, 2009 | 7 CommentsLast summer, when promoting “Proposition 1A, the Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act for the 21st Century” as a $40 billion, 800 mile high speed train system from Southern California... -
Adios Steven Greenhut and buena suerte!
Posted on September 16, 2009 | 15 CommentsWho will pal around with R.C. Hoiles’ ghost now that Steven Greenhut is leaving? One of my pajaritos reports that Orange County Register editorial writer Steven Greenhut has accepted a... -
Public Disgusted with California’s State Government
Posted on September 15, 2009 | No CommentsAdmidst on-going budget disasters that are years long and with no foreseeable end, one scandal after another involving State Legislators, reductions in State services, talk about early release of thousands... -
Tax Increment Financing and the proposed state budget
Posted on July 24, 2009 | 1 CommentAs the magicians in Sacramento look for ways to close our state budget shortfall, they may have opened the door relating to redevelopment agencies that the average voter may not... -
Meeting with OC Treasurer-Tax Collector Chriss Street
Posted on June 26, 2009 | 11 CommentsAs we approached the office of OC Treasurer-Tax Collector Chriss Street for a business meeting this morning we noticed a huge simulated check on a wall payable to the County... -
State Senator Lou Correa voluntarily slashes his own pay!
Posted on May 27, 2009 | 25 Comments“Sen. Lou Correa is the second legislator to voluntarily cut his pay immediately in accord with a recent vote by the state’s independent salary-setting commission that can’t be enforced until...
