{"id":10291,"date":"2009-10-17T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-17T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2009-10-17T01:14:45","modified_gmt":"2009-10-17T01:14:45","slug":"october-17-open-thread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/2009\/10\/17\/october-17-open-thread\/","title":{"rendered":"October 17 Open Thread"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Enjoy your weekend. Links:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/blogs\/nov05election\/detail?blogid=14&#038;entry_id=49744\">Carla Marinucci knows the gossip<\/a>. She&#8217;s got your flim-flam of what&#8217;s going on with all the &#8220;almost news&#8221; items. Obama did a shout-out to Garamendi, but didn&#8217;t pass out freebies to the event.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Turns out that Arnold&#8217;s workers comp scheme <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/static\/weblogs\/capitolalertlatest\/026296.html?mi_rss=Capitol%20Alert\">found a wrench in its wheel<\/a>. A decision by the Workers comp fund appeal board has the result of providing better benefits to the injured workers. Gasp!<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Mike Berryhill <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/local\/story\/1676059.html\">loaned his campaign $100 K<\/a> to oust Blue Dog Dennis Cardoza from the Central Valley&#8217;s CA-18. That&#8217;s still an uphill race for Berryhill, but you never know.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Conservative Joel Fox is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxandhoundsdaily.com\/blog\/joel-fox\/prop-13-and-a-constitutional-convention\">happy with the status quo in Sacramento<\/a>. Yup, you heard that right. Just let it sink in. The right wing is happy with the status quo.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailybreeze.com\/news\/ci_13571660?source=rss\">Longtime legislator Bob Beverly died<\/a>. Beverly was something you don&#8217;t see much of today, a moderate Republican. He served the Long Beach area in the legislature for about thirty years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enjoy your weekend. Links:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/blogs\/nov05election\/detail?blogid=14&#038;entry_id=49744\">Carla Marinucci knows the gossip<\/a>. She&#8217;s got your flim-flam of what&#8217;s going on with all the &#8220;almost news&#8221; items. Obama did a shout-out to Garamendi, but didn&#8217;t pass out freebies to the event.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Turns out that Arnold&#8217;s workers comp scheme <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/static\/weblogs\/capitolalertlatest\/026296.html?mi_rss=Capitol%20Alert\">found a wrench in its wheel<\/a>. A decision by the Workers comp fund appeal board has the result of providing better benefits to the injured workers. Gasp!<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Mike Berryhill <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/local\/story\/1676059.html\">loaned his campaign $100 K<\/a> to oust Blue Dog Dennis Cardoza from the Central Valley&#8217;s CA-18. That&#8217;s still an uphill race for Berryhill, but you never know.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Conservative Joel Fox is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxandhoundsdaily.com\/blog\/joel-fox\/prop-13-and-a-constitutional-convention\">happy with the status quo in Sacramento<\/a>. Yup, you heard that right. Just let it sink in. The right wing is happy with the status quo.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailybreeze.com\/news\/ci_13571660?source=rss\">Longtime legislator Bob Beverly died<\/a>. Beverly was something you don&#8217;t see much of today, a moderate Republican. 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