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\u2022 Scott Gerber, the AG’s press frontman, has been put on administrative leave for secretly taping calls with reporters<\/a>. Last week, CalBuzz called for him to be fired<\/a>, and the Union-Trib compared this to the ACORN hidden camera incident<\/a>. Now, as far as ACORN goes, it’s quite a different thing to record an on-the-record call between a press flack and a reporter than secretly taping somebody who has no idea that the conversation will ever be heard from again. UPDATE<\/b>: Gerber has resigned<\/a> today.<\/p>\n \u2022 For some reason, the media still seems intent on finding some sort of race in CA-10, where there really isn’t one. Today, Joe Garofoli talks turnout<\/a>. The GOP will get a favorable turnout model as it is a boring special election. Nonetheless, Garamendi will win this one by double digits.<\/p>\n \u2022 Joel Fox takes a look at Asm. Anderson’s sketchy money transfers<\/a>. He hates Prop 34, which limits contributions, sort of. It isn’t hard to dislike, but the fact is that there isn’t a wall that money can’t find a way to flow around. Only a real clean money system with government funded campaigns will stem this tide.<\/p>\n \u2022 The lobbyist at the center of the media storm with the former Asm. Duvall story is not pleased about the whole situation<\/a>. She claims that it was just Duvall making everything up. Hmm…Republicans lying…who’d of thunk?<\/p>\n \u2022 Looks like CoCo County Supervisors are getting ready to approve a casino on the Richmond waterfront<\/a>. It is still many years away, as there is a lot of regulatory hoops to jump through, but think, soon you too will be able to sit in a smoky casino and have your quarters slowly extracted from your pocketbook to the tune of oxygen ventilators and wheel of fortune sounds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Links:<\/p>\n \u2022 Scott Gerber, the AG’s press frontman, has been put on administrative leave for secretly taping calls with reporters<\/a>. Last week, CalBuzz called for him to be fired<\/a>, and the Union-Trib compared this to the ACORN hidden camera incident<\/a>. Now, as far as ACORN goes, it’s quite a different thing to record an on-the-record call between a press flack and a reporter than secretly taping somebody who has no idea that the conversation will ever be heard from again. UPDATE<\/b>: Gerber has resigned<\/a> today.<\/p>\n \u2022 For some reason, the media still seems intent on finding some sort of race in CA-10, where there really isn’t one. Today, Joe Garofoli talks turnout<\/a>. The GOP will get a favorable turnout model as it is a boring special election. Nonetheless, Garamendi will win this one by double digits.<\/p>\n \u2022 Joel Fox takes a look at Asm. Anderson’s sketchy money transfers<\/a>. He hates Prop 34, which limits contributions, sort of. It isn’t hard to dislike, but the fact is that there isn’t a wall that money can’t find a way to flow around. Only a real clean money system with government funded campaigns will stem this tide.<\/p>\n \u2022 The lobbyist at the center of the media storm with the former Asm. Duvall story is not pleased about the whole situation<\/a>. She claims that it was just Duvall making everything up. Hmm…Republicans lying…who’d of thunk?<\/p>\n