Articles by Amelia Timbers

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Will Schwarzenegger lose the line item veto?
While Schwarzenegger's cold shoulder to social causes is readily apparent, his ability to cut spendi...
17 Dec, 2009
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Schwarzenegger: Republican Climate Protector?
I’ve previously written that Schwarzenegger’s state failures on state parks, recycling, funding publ...
17 Dec, 2009
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Divorce Ban Protects Marriage, Like It or Not
 In a tart response to the Proposition 8 controversy, writer and web manager John Marcotte has made ...
07 Dec, 2009
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Schwarzenegger's Recycling Fail Betrays His Conservative Hard-Line
 California’s budget crisis has moved from a hemorrhage to a slow implosion, and now desperation is ...
07 Dec, 2009
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Term Limits: An Argument For Firing Everybody
 Californians now, more than ever, may recognize how much of their state’s economy runs on the lifeb...
07 Dec, 2009
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Who's Killing the Electric Train?
The California bullettrain, a high speed, electric train running a two-hour route betweenSacramento ...
17 Apr, 2009
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Gays and Independents
A classmate of mine at Northeastern School of Law, Greg Huff, recently died. At his memorial, a prof...
14 Apr, 2009
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Giving Desalination a Chance
California is as good asout of fresh water. The state is thrown into drought conditions with everyle...
13 Apr, 2009
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Moderates We Are Not
Open primary advocates posit that an open primary could produce more moderate candidates. But why wo...
19 Mar, 2009
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