I (Brian) am looking forward to the CDP’s E-Board meeting; Robert will be there as well. If you are there, be sure to say hi! Now, to the links.<\/p>\n
\u2022 The FDIC and the state shut down United Commerical Bank<\/a>. The bank caters to the Chinese community, and has been taken over by East-West Bank. East-West serves the same community from its Pasadena HQ. As a side note, United Commercial’s logo was a triangle with the Chinese character for luck. When turned upside down, the character means uncertainty. The triangles are now upside down at many of the branches and ads around the city.<\/p>\n \u2022 Conveniently enough, all three GOP guv candidates are calling for Jerry Brown to appoint an independent investigator<\/a> into the secret recording of conversations with reporters. I guess it doesn’t hurt that the media loves to report on itself and that the GOP candidates get to “stand up” to the likely Dem. nominee.<\/p>\n \u2022 Not sure what to say about this, but as the Lobbyists pretty much rule California, here’s your “meritocracy” in the form of Capitol Weekly’s Lobbyists Awards<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u2022 CalBuzz asks if Fiorina’s strategy of ignoring Chuck DeVore is going to blow up in her face<\/a>. At any rate, the GOP Sen primary should be fun. <\/p>\n \u2022 CalBuzz also found the video to the right of Rep. Loretta Sanchez’s purse on Politico<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"