{"id":10825,"date":"2010-03-19T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-19T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2010-03-19T02:19:44","modified_gmt":"2010-03-19T02:19:44","slug":"march-18-open-thread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/2010\/03\/19\/march-18-open-thread\/","title":{"rendered":"March 18 Open Thread"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Links:<\/p>\n<p>* &nbsp;Steve Poizner apparently decided that he had better credentials than Insurance Commish for his ballot designation. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/static\/weblogs\/capitolalertlatest\/2010\/03\/poizner.html\">He went with the oh-so-descriptive &#8220;businessman<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>* &nbsp;Apparently one debate was sufficient for Whitman. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/static\/weblogs\/capitolalertlatest\/2010\/03\/whitman-decline.html\">She declined a second debate with Poizner<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>* &nbsp;Chris Kelly dumped another <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibabuzz.com\/politics\/2010\/03\/18\/kelly-doubles-down-on-democratic-ag-bid\/\">$2 million into his campaign<\/a>. Money can&#8217;t buy you love, but it buys lots of TV time.<\/p>\n<p>* &nbsp;Sen. Oropeza&#8217;s bill to ban smoking in state parks and beaches <a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/california-politics\/2010\/03\/beach-smoking-ban-fails-assembly-test.html\">was defeated in the Assembly<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>* John Wildermuth <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxandhoundsdaily.com\/blog\/john-wildermuth\/6628-newsom%E2%80%99s-double-dipping-campaign-problem\">examines the argument before the FPPC<\/a> concerning Gavin Newsom&#8217;s &#8220;double-dipping.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>* Speaker Perez <a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/california-politics\/2010\/03\/perez-selects-new-leadership-team-committee-chairs.html\">named his leadership team<\/a> and committee chairs. He included two Republicans as committee chairs for the local government and veterans committees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Links:<\/p>\n<p>* &nbsp;Steve Poizner apparently decided that he had better credentials than Insurance Commish for his ballot designation. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/static\/weblogs\/capitolalertlatest\/2010\/03\/poizner.html\">He went with the oh-so-descriptive &#8220;businessman<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>* &nbsp;Apparently one debate was sufficient for Whitman. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/static\/weblogs\/capitolalertlatest\/2010\/03\/whitman-decline.html\">She declined a second debate with Poizner<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>* &nbsp;Chris Kelly dumped another <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibabuzz.com\/politics\/2010\/03\/18\/kelly-doubles-down-on-democratic-ag-bid\/\">$2 million into his campaign<\/a>. Money can&#8217;t buy you love, but it buys lots of TV time.<\/p>\n<p>* &nbsp;Sen. Oropeza&#8217;s bill to ban smoking in state parks and beaches <a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/california-politics\/2010\/03\/beach-smoking-ban-fails-assembly-test.html\">was defeated in the Assembly<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>* John Wildermuth <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxandhoundsdaily.com\/blog\/john-wildermuth\/6628-newsom%E2%80%99s-double-dipping-campaign-problem\">examines the argument before the FPPC<\/a> concerning Gavin Newsom&#8217;s &#8220;double-dipping.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>* Speaker Perez <a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/california-politics\/2010\/03\/perez-selects-new-leadership-team-committee-chairs.html\">named his leadership team<\/a> and committee chairs. 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