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Huntington Park Citizens Storm City Council

Posted by Leslie Eastman on August 18, 2015 34 Comments

Council gets "Rule of Law" lesson from engaged, enraged residents.

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California: Where Water and Money are Drying Up

Posted by Leslie Eastman on March 16, 2015 32 Comments

"Green" concerns stopping desalination facilities from being built have also evaporated.

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Today’s legal insurrection is at the state and local level

Posted by Leslie Eastman on November 04, 2014 2 Comments

Local elections matter -- Today's Town Clerk is tomorrow's Governor!

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Chancellor issues campus-wide email explaining Salaita decision (Update: Trustees and officials support)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 22, 2014 11 Comments

"The decision regarding Prof. Salaita was not influenced in any way by his positions on the conflict in the Middle East nor his criticism of Israel."

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WaPo: Obama Admin Was Warned About Border Crisis Last Year

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 20, 2014 13 Comments

"The administration did too little to heed those warnings."

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Just How Bad is California’s Business Climate?

Posted by Leslie Eastman on January 06, 2014 36 Comments

It is so bad that even New York is now trying to poach businesses from the Golden State. ….California’s governor hasn’t been nearly as dismissive of a television commercial promoting New York’s business climate that aired here in the Golden State during December. “With over...

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University statements rejecting academic boycott of Israel

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 22, 2013 9 Comments

Dozens and growing

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Nation’s gain in losing Congressman Bob Filner is San Diego’s loss in gaining Mayor Bob Filner

Posted by Leslie Eastman on February 25, 2013 8 Comments

It turns out that when Democrat Bob Filner left the U.S. Congress after being elected San Diego’s new mayor, he brought Washington, D.C.’s sense of teamwork and fair play with him. The San Diego Twitter stream was busy with events associated with the mayor crashing...

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Sandusky jury reaches verdict (Update: Guilty on 45 of 48 Counts)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 22, 2012 44 Comments

Breaking now, waiting for result. NYT NEWS ALERT: Sandusky Is Found Guilty on 45 of 48 Counts in Child Sexual Abuse Case Via ABC News: Former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky was found guilty today of nearly all of the allegations of child sex...

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Greg Sargent Targets Sharron Angle, Hits WaPo

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 16, 2010 9 Comments

The spinning for Harry Reid is in full throttle. The meme is changing — according to Democratic insiders! — from one of doomed Harry Reid to Harry Reid the survivor: There’s no denying that Reid still trails in most polls and that his approval ratings...

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The War Against Sharron Angle Comes To WaPo

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 10, 2010 6 Comments

Greg Sargent of The Plum Line blog now blogs under the banner of The Washington Post, a recognition of his status as one of the premier, and normally more reasonable, left-wing bloggers. Yet it appears that Sargent, while far less vitriolic than many of his...

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What’s Martha Afraid Of? Part 2

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 06, 2010 5 Comments

In my prior post, “What’s Martha Afraid Of?”, I predicted that Martha Coakley’s duck and hide campaign strategy would begin to backfire, and would become the equivalent of the Ben & Jerry’s “What’s the doughboy afraid of?” campaign. Sure enough, Boston Globe columnist Brian McGrory...

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“What’s Martha Afraid Of?”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 03, 2010 2 Comments

Martha Coakley refuses to debate Scott Brown one-on-one. Coakley is the front-runner with better name recognition, so she has much to lose from debating Brown one-on-one. But Coakley has even more to lose from not having the courage to take on Brown. Put together with...

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The Official Guide To Obama Kitsch

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 18, 2009 9 Comments

I am pleased to introduce The Official Guide To Obama Kitsch. Kitsch is a word of Germanic origin which denotes something that is in poor taste, tacky, pretentious, cheap or trashy. In order to qualify, the product must (1) feature the name or likeness of...

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