As if the prison expansion mandates weren't enough, California's people now face yet another unfairly created, unfunded liability.
The Los Angeles Times reports:
Fifteen years after
A glimmer of light hassuddenly entered the oppressive darkness of California's specialelections prospects, though it is a feeble one indeed. Against allexpectations by politicians both Left and Right
It is no secret by thispoint that California faces a truly nightmarish situation fiscally, notto mention political roadblocks of gargantuan proportions. However,there is also a substantial problem circulating that
Amidstthe storm of budget "compromises" currently being turned into cause fora full-blown election circus, one in particular seems to be getting adisproportionate amount of attention, given its
Now that theRepublican Party in California has officially passed the budget hurdle,the civil war which has plagued the Right since November appears tohave come to California. And interestingly, the
It's been barely three weeks since Governor Schwarzenegger announced hisintentions to calla special election to validate his budget proposals, and already,skepticism is starting to shine through the
With the governorship up for grabs in 2010 and a wildly unpopular incumbent in office, Democrats in California have substantial reason for rejoicing and Republicans are stuck with explaining how
Well, so much for the idea that bureaucracy should be accountable.
The decision on California's attempt to reinstate control over its ownprison system is back, and from the
Lookslike actual bipartisanship can be a liability of epic proportions -- atleast, when you implicitly concede to the other party's agenda whilesimultaneously directly contradicting a strategy aimed at retrievingyour
With the passage of the bill calling for a 90 percent tax onthe AIG bonuses, the three-ring economic, political and media circuscentered around the AIG bonuses has now officially
In the Tony award winning musical Les Miserables,the student Enjolras leads his fellow students in two triumphal songs,singing about how their planned uprising against the Parisiangovernment is "
A few months ago, a set of lawsuits challenging the state's Prison Healthcare systemcame into the public eye, apparently claiming that the overcrowding andother adverse conditions in California&
