Links:
* Reaction comes in from the “inauguration” of Speaker Perez. He’s not planning on running for Mayor of LA, but will ban texts between Lobbyists and Legislators on the floor.
* Speaker Perez also plans a “more open” Legislature. He’ll be posting more on-line (yay!). And, hey, if you want to see the speech, it’s on YouTube already. Part 1 & Part 2.
* After a successful and widely popular Winter Olympics up in Vancouver, Lake Tahoe and Reno are getting a bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics under way. I (Robert) am all for it. If nothing else it’d help improve rail links from Sacramento to Tahoe/Reno. Denver is reportedly interested in 2022 as well, but after having won the 1976 Winter Olympics and then flaking out when Coloradans didn’t want to pay for it, I doubt the IOC will give them another chance.
* CapAlert has your guv race news roundup. Condi endorses Whitman, Poizner files, and more!
6-6:50 talking about the Karl Rove: Courage and Consequence compilation.
And probably playing a couple of the songs.
You can listen at http://www.9thfloorradio.com.
listen in if you want to hear some awesome rock, and a former Calitics frontpager talking about a project that is related to politics directly.