Do you have any idea how much a campaign for the 360,000 district would be? The distinction from a 640,000…
Paying Janet Nguyen more is ludicrous.
If we want better and more transparent elected representatives we simply need to pay them more. Take a look at…
You might be surprised what sort of low-lives would crave a quarter mil job with no professional qualifications and no…
That would just spark even more corruption and only allow independently wealthy people to run and win.
SB 249? It got killed via suspense file in assembly appropriations. https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billHistoryClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB249
Without commenting on your specific stats, I would say that is an excellent question. Maybe you should be a Supervisor.…
Criticizing past elected trustees of the Orange County Board of Supervisors reflects not only their leadership weaknesses but also flaws…
Can someone explain why there are 1 county worker for every 160+ citizens that doesn’t include state, federal, cities plus…
stimulus Archive
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Husband Blames Debt Crisis on Wife’s Thriftiness [story by Geoff, updated by Vern!]
Posted on August 11, 2011 | 8 Comments. . . Suffering a huge blow to their finances, Gabriel and Michelle Johnson learned today that the banks had cut their credit rating instantly increasing the interest rate on all […] -
Bankhead Considers Using Public Funds to Bail Out the Civic Light Opera
Posted on December 29, 2010 | No Comments. . . Mayor Pro Tem Don Bankhead seeks to use Redevelopment Agency funds, originally set aside for combating blight and providing low-income housing, to prop up the Fullerton Civic […] -
Krugman on ‘Fiscal Scare Tactics’
Posted on February 9, 2010 | 2 Comments[Relevant to some recent posts here, Nobel Prize winning economist and blogger-anointed King of the Shrill, Paul Krugman, weighs in on all the recent crazy-talk about the deficit. I hope […] -
Obama Income Tax Proposals Not a Big Deal – But the Spending is Killing Us
Posted on May 12, 2009 | 2 CommentsThere’s kind of a reflexive Obama-hating Bush-loving on the right, matched by a Bush-hating Obama-loving on the left, that creates an absurdity when the two are essentially doing the same […] -
Did you watch Speaker Nancy Pelosi addressing the American audience on CNN?
Posted on April 20, 2009 | 13 CommentsYes, you can see Speaker Nancy Pelosi as she raises her right hand swearing that there will be no “earmarks” in the stimulus package. Readers. Was this 40 second CNN […] -
Must schools use the stimulus money to keep teachers?
Posted on April 19, 2009 | 5 CommentsSchool officials are trying to figure out whether federal stimulus money must, can or should be used to avoid teacher layoffs. Arne Duncan (Education Secretary) said he will “come down […] -
Anatomy of a Sub-Prime Loan!
Posted on March 22, 2009 | 1 CommentOur world banking crisis started someplace. It is odd that no one seems to want to take credit. Investment Banks, Pension Funds, Institutional Investors, Common Banks, Title Insurance Companies, Asset […] -
P.S. Obama, thanks for the $13 a week.
Posted on February 17, 2009 | 4 CommentsThe Stimulus Package is a LIE. I could live with the package if it were truthful. If it were a package intended to stimulate the economy, but on philosophical grounds […]
The cost to the registrar or the cost to run the campaigns? The cost to the registrar would not be…