A bit more news from around the state:<\/p>\n
\u2022 More news from eMeg<\/a>: She wants to axe the initiative system. But Poizner disagrees, because, you know, “The people in California make better decisions than the Legislature.” Right, because Athenian direct democracy has been a real boon here.<\/p>\n \u2022 An accounting error<\/a> may allow Arnold to cut even more from education without threatening stimulus funds. Yay!<\/p>\n \u2022 Whoops, you win some, you lose some<\/a>. Next time, perhaps CalPERS will think twice before investing with Lennar.<\/p>\n \u2022 What’s LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s deal with local news personalities? He’s now dating KTLA’s Lu Parker<\/a>, after his marriage broke up with the news of his affair with a Telemundo anchor.<\/p>\n \u2022 Arnold will bring his stellar governing skills to help US Soccer get the World Cup in 2018 or 2022<\/a>. You can probably forget it for the rest of the century, given that.<\/p>\n \u2022 All that Twitter usage from Mayor Newsom has manifested itself into a citywide 311 system on CoTweet<\/a>. Sounds like a great idea, actually.<\/p>\n \u2022 Speaking of gubernatorial hopefuls, San Diego unions sure are pissed at Jerry Brown<\/a> for speaking at a fundraising lunch for the far-right Lincoln Club. Jeez…<\/p>\n \u2022 Vallejo’s bankruptcy is becoming a bigger mess than previously expected. Apparently, the fight has now become a question of the limits of bankruptcy law<\/a>, specifically with the question of whether labor agreements can be broken.<\/p>\n \u2022 The California Supreme Court, moving away from social issues and on to corporate ass-covering, overturned a billion-dollar class-action lawsuit<\/a> against Bank of America, now allowing banks to use Social Security and government assistance checks to claw back overdraft fees from the indigent. I won’t speak to the legal issues, but how about a lawsuit against the usurious bank fees in general? Exactly how are these poor customers racking up these fees? There are a lot of issues that the Supremes preferred to ignore.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A bit more news from around the state:<\/p>\n \u2022 More news from eMeg<\/a>: She wants to axe the initiative system. But Poizner disagrees, because, you know, “The people in California make better decisions than the Legislature.” Right, because Athenian direct democracy has been a real boon here.<\/p>\n \u2022 An accounting error<\/a> may allow Arnold to cut even more from education without threatening stimulus funds. Yay!<\/p>\n \u2022 Whoops, you win some, you lose some<\/a>. Next time, perhaps CalPERS will think twice before investing with Lennar.<\/p>\n \u2022 What’s LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s deal with local news personalities? He’s now dating KTLA’s Lu Parker<\/a>, after his marriage broke up with the news of his affair with a Telemundo anchor.<\/p>\n \u2022 Arnold will bring his stellar governing skills to help US Soccer get the World Cup in 2018 or 2022<\/a>. You can probably forget it for the rest of the century, given that.<\/p>\n \u2022 All that Twitter usage from Mayor Newsom has manifested itself into a citywide 311 system on CoTweet<\/a>. Sounds like a great idea, actually.<\/p>\n \u2022 Speaking of gubernatorial hopefuls, San Diego unions sure are pissed at Jerry Brown<\/a> for speaking at a fundraising lunch for the far-right Lincoln Club. Jeez…<\/p>\n \u2022 Vallejo’s bankruptcy is becoming a bigger mess than previously expected. Apparently, the fight has now become a question of the limits of bankruptcy law<\/a>, specifically with the question of whether labor agreements can be broken.<\/p>\n