{"id":10546,"date":"2009-11-21T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-21T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2009-11-21T03:15:02","modified_gmt":"2009-11-21T03:15:02","slug":"november-20-open-thread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/2009\/11\/21\/november-20-open-thread\/","title":{"rendered":"November 20 Open Thread"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object width=\"320\" height=\"265\" align=right><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Uo7pZzfB_bE&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;rel=0\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object>Links for your weekend:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Equality California got ad time donated during the Miss California pageant. This is the ad they will be airing. The closing line: &#8220;Give Now.&#8221; Sounds about right for EQCA.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Yesterday Carly Fiorina got the endorsement of the very influential OK Sen. Jim Inhofe. Today, Meg Whitman gets the endorsement of former Lt. Gov. Ed Reinecke. Don&#8217;t recall that name? That&#8217;s because he resigned office 40 years ago in disgrace over some Watergate related corruption issues.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 San Jacinto City Councilman James Ayres lost an Assembly GOP primary, and now he&#8217;s about to lose more than that as he faces corruption charges. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pe.com\/localnews\/politics\/stories\/PE_News_Local_S_ayres20.4215c49.html\">P-E has an interesting story on the background on the story<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 An election date hasn&#8217;t been set yet, but propenents of a Santa Clara stadium for the 49ers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/article.cgi?f=\/c\/a\/2009\/11\/20\/BAIN1ANKMG.DTL\">sent out a mailer<\/a> supporting the project.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calbuzz.com\/2009\/11\/is-brown-blowing-it-hollywood-polls-tapes\/\">CalBuzz agrees with Calitics<\/a> about Jerry Brown actually announcing for the Governor&#8217;s race.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 PG&#038;E cut off <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/article.cgi?f=\/c\/a\/2009\/11\/20\/MNEL1ANIO7.DTL\">75% more customers than last year<\/a>. Yay!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><object width=\"320\" height=\"265\" align=right><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Uo7pZzfB_bE&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;rel=0\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Uo7pZzfB_bE&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;rel=0\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"320\" height=\"265\"><\/embed><\/object>Links for your weekend:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Equality California got ad time donated during the Miss California pageant. This is the ad they will be airing. The closing line: &#8220;Give Now.&#8221; Sounds about right for EQCA.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Yesterday Carly Fiorina got the endorsement of the very influential OK Sen. Jim Inhofe. Today, Meg Whitman gets the endorsement of former Lt. Gov. Ed Reinecke. Don&#8217;t recall that name? That&#8217;s because he resigned office 40 years ago in disgrace over some Watergate related corruption issues.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 San Jacinto City Councilman James Ayres lost an Assembly GOP primary, and now he&#8217;s about to lose more than that as he faces corruption charges. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pe.com\/localnews\/politics\/stories\/PE_News_Local_S_ayres20.4215c49.html\">P-E has an interesting story on the background on the story<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 An election date hasn&#8217;t been set yet, but propenents of a Santa Clara stadium for the 49ers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/article.cgi?f=\/c\/a\/2009\/11\/20\/BAIN1ANKMG.DTL\">sent out a mailer<\/a> supporting the project.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calbuzz.com\/2009\/11\/is-brown-blowing-it-hollywood-polls-tapes\/\">CalBuzz agrees with Calitics<\/a> about Jerry Brown actually announcing for the Governor&#8217;s race.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 PG&#038;E cut off <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/article.cgi?f=\/c\/a\/2009\/11\/20\/MNEL1ANIO7.DTL\">75% more customers than last year<\/a>. 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