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Schwarzenegger proposes selling San Quentin and other state assets
Gov. Schwarzenegger has proposed selling San Quentin and other state assets as a way to raise money to offset the budget crisis. Our legislators should be competent at selling... |
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on May 14, 2009 at 4:08 pm by Cholo, a resident of Livermore |
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Important Editorial Regarding California Public Employee Pensions
Please read this extremely important editorial from yeasterday's Contra Costa Times (May 13, 2009).
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on May 14, 2009 at 9:55 am by Pete, a resident of the Downtown neighborhood |
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An Apology from a Former Berkeley Leftist...Now Conservative
The following reprint from the American Thinker website, is an interesting read. Why other liberals don't understand what is happening is still hard for me to understand. Ho... |
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on May 13, 2009 at 2:01 pm by Cholo, a resident of the Birdland neighborhood |
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Democrats pass special protection for pedophiles!!!
Yesterday the house democrats voted 100% for a bill which gave special protection against hate crimes to pedophiles and voted against providing the same protection to our retu... |
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on May 13, 2009 at 12:37 pm by Pete, a resident of the Downtown neighborhood |
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Fremont councilman Wieckowski to seek 20th Assembly District seat
Fremont City Councilman Bob Wieckowski will launch his campaign for the 20th District State Assembly seat May 21 to succeed Assembly Majority Leader Alberto Torrico (D-20th) w... |
Editor |
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on May 12, 2009 at 10:18 am by Kay, a resident of the Vineyard Avenue neighborhood |
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California's High Taxes
While Sandy seems busy reposting apparent Letters to the Editor regarding Measure G, here's some opinions that may put things into perspective:
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on May 12, 2009 at 9:16 am by Pete, a resident of the Downtown neighborhood |
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Retirement Benefit Excesses of California Public Employees
I was motivated to start this thread by comments made on another thread (regarding the San Ramon property tax initiative).
Here are comments from that thread, to get the j... |
No Fear |
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on May 12, 2009 at 7:15 am by Cut, a resident of the Downtown neighborhood |
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Editorial
Has there ever been an election, special or otherwise, with such a uniformly unpalatable set of choices? All six special propositions on the May 19 ballot are the result of a ... |
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on May 10, 2009 at 3:00 pm by unclehomerr.., a resident of the Downtown neighborhood |
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Prop 1B and "What's the baseline?"
For those confused by Prop 1B (I know I was), here's the deal.
Prop 98 guarantees that roughly 40% of CA's budget goes to education. Because of CA's economic woes, there's... |
Stacey |
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on May 9, 2009 at 6:14 am by Cosmic-Charlie, a resident of the Downtown neighborhood |
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President Obama Walks the Talk with Budget Slashing
I was pleased to see that President Obama took the axe and red ink to the proposed federal budget, removing one-half of one percent of the propsed amount. I thought this is so... |
Ken in South Pleasanton |
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on May 8, 2009 at 10:46 pm by Smart enough to know very little, a resident of the Del Prado neighborhood |
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SEIU, Teachers, Nurses and Democrats against Prop 1A
SEIU
California Federation of Teachers
California Faculty Association
Web Link
California N... |
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on May 8, 2009 at 6:10 pm by Carl, a resident of the Country Fair neighborhood |
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Arthritis fundraiser walk set for Saturday
ValleyCare Health System will host a walk to raise money for the national Arthritis Foundation starting at 8 a.m. Saturday at ValleyCare's LifestyleRx fitness center, 1119 E. ... |
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on May 8, 2009 at 4:38 am by Paul Blake MH, a resident of the Avignon neighborhood |
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Stripping the Rights of Citizens
Interesting news. I brought this issue up when the local news about Andreas San Diego being moved to FBI's most wanted list came up and how he'll have his rights stripped if ... |
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on May 7, 2009 at 5:58 pm by fyi, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
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Wells Fargo among banks required to raise capital
Read the article:
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It looks like Wells Fargo is among the banks that will be required to rai... |
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on May 7, 2009 at 12:33 am by Jerry, a resident of the Oak Hill neighborhood |
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In Response to a Typical Liberal Jon Stewart Comment...
Recently Jon Stewart stated that Harry Truman was a war criminal for the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Soon afterward, he retracted the comment. However, for those who ... |
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on May 7, 2009 at 12:21 am by Jerry, a resident of the Oak Hill neighborhood |
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A Cartoon 50 yrs. Ago That Predicts the Future - WOW!
Now THIS is quite interesting. Gather your kids around the computer and check this short clip out!
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on May 5, 2009 at 8:30 am by Todd, a resident of the Hacienda Gardens neighborhood |
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Today is the last day to register to vote on May 19!
Any citizen who wants to vote on 1A - 1F must be registered by today. There are instructions on how to register in my previous post at this Web Link... |
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on May 5, 2009 at 7:41 am by Sandy, a resident of the Mohr Park neighborhood |
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The Contra Costa County Health Department confirmed a San Ramon (Coyote Creek Elementary School) student has tested positive for the Swine Influenza (H1N1 Virus).
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on May 2, 2009 at 12:32 pm by PJ, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
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Register to vote for elections on May 19 and June 2
I was speaking to one of my neighbors the other day about the upcoming elections and she said she had not yet received her sample ballot. I encouraged her to check her voter r... |
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on May 2, 2009 at 9:55 am by yikes123, a resident of the Downtown neighborhood |
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An Interesting Forecast for the US...
As a preface to the following videoclip, I am reminded of a conference I attended when I was with a Big 4 consulting company. The conference was entitled "Survival of the Fitt... |
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on May 1, 2009 at 9:19 pm by Resident, a resident of the Kottinger Ranch neighborhood |
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So Here Comes National Healthcare this Week!
Seems as if the Democrats are insistent that 17% of the US GDP must now be decided upon by a select few in the Senate...WITHOUT ANY OPPORTUNITY FOR DEBATE.
They are now p... |
Jim |
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on Apr 29, 2009 at 12:42 pm by AVHS Dad, a resident of the Stoneridge Park neighborhood |
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Homeland Security Memo
It was reported, on the radio, that the Secretary Of Homeland Defense, Janet Napolitano, issued a memo, which apparently wasn't for public distribution, to law enforcement off... |
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on Apr 24, 2009 at 12:07 pm by Academic vs. Real World, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
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Investigative Journalist Handcuffed at USC (videoclip)
Gina...(et. al):
Here is a youtube link of an amazing videoclip of a legitimate alternative news journalist who would like to cover an event at USC. This event is where Kati... |
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on Apr 24, 2009 at 8:54 am by Mark, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
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Assembly aides see salary hikes
More than 120 Assembly aides were granted salary increases recently despite a rocky state economy and projections of a multibillion- dollar budget shortfall next year.
The ... |
concerned taxpayer |
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on Apr 23, 2009 at 1:24 pm by AVHS Dad, a resident of the Stoneridge Park neighborhood |
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Uncanny Prediction in 1974
I grew up in a family of democrats and was told that the John Birch Society was harmful to America. Boy, this short 1974 videoclip of the Founder of this society is quite ac... |
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on Apr 22, 2009 at 9:46 am by Dublinmike, a resident of Dublin |
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