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• An LA Stadium proposal is bouncing around the Legislature. Apparently the developer is trying to get around environmental and other complaints from the Town of Walnut.

• The Assembly passed a resolution calling on Barack Obama and Congress to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act.  It drew 47 out of 49 Democratic votes, too (Anthony Portantino, Mike Davis and Anna Caballero abstained or were absent from the vote; independent Juan Arambula voted yes).  On this issue, California Democrats stood basically firm.

• John Burton tossed out the name of Richard Riordan to replace Lt. Gov. John Garamendi. He’d likely cruise through the leg, especially if he says he doesn’t plan on running again. I’m not sure if I would want the job if I were him though.

• You may remember Howard Kaloogian, he was the Republican running for the Duke-Stir’s seat in CA-50 who in 2006 claimed he had been to Iraq and saw everything was fine, and as photographic proof passed off pictures of Istanbul, Turkey.  Not that you were the least bit interested in what he’s doing now, but he and other California GoOPers are funding the Tea Party Express tour.  That makes perfect sense.

• This supposed “recall” of Alyson Huber has now stalled twice.  Even should Democrats fail, we can always count on the fact that the Yacht Party is filled to bursting with incompetents.

• More news from the right-wing freak-out: a bunch of gun nuts took their firearms to an Escondido mall and scared the crap out of everybody.  For freedom!

• Another indication that California Democrats aren’t quite pleased with the field of candidates for the governor gig: Steve Westly is once again denying that he is going to enter the race

• Jerry Brown’s plans, you ask?  He hasn’t technically entered the race, so he’s going to retreat to a monastery for a few weeks to “consider my options.”  Um.

• eMeg made a rare audible appearance.