Proposition 25: No Budget, No Pay? Actually, No Teeth

This week, we saw any credible enforcement of the measure defanged when a judge said the state controller had no authority to block the Legislature’s pay last year when he determined that the budget they had passed was not balanced.

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Birthers lose the battle, but will they admit it?

It’s doubtful that “birthers” are wallowing in embarassment today over the president’s release of his long-form birth certificate.  They never really cared about the piece of paper.  It was the man they were after.  And the man, to their dismay, remains our president, our first black president. 

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