It’s always good to re-emphasize this: please let us know if we can help with anything. As we’re frequently accused of being too “inside baseball”, please tell us if we get a little too deep in the weeds. To the links!<\/p>\n
\u2022 It looks like we’ll have a couple of electric cars to choose from next year. In addition to the Chevy Volt<\/a>, CODA says they will be selling their electric sedan in California<\/a> next year for a bit over $30,000 after government incentives.<\/p>\n \u2022 A group of grassroots activists have formed a new group: Fix the CA budget Now<\/a>. They’ve got a Facebook group<\/a> and are working on setting up a website. There certainly is a lot of work to be done on fixing that budget. <\/p>\n \u2022 Indian gambling revenue in the Sacramento region is slipping<\/a>. There’s no data in that article about the rest of the state, but it’s down by almost 5% nationally<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u2022 Is “funemployment” (the condition of enjoying being unemployed)<\/a> really newsworthy?<\/p>\n \u2022 CDP Chair John Burton came out swinging against Arnold’s May revise<\/a>. <\/p>\n \u2022 Republicans got Capitol Weekly to write up their press release<\/a> about a poll showing support for right-wing budget “reform” ideas, but Noreen Evans put them in context. “If voters were really with Republicans on the issues, how could their numbers be shrinking so rapidly?” Evans said. “We know that voters want better schools, health care reform, and better transportation systems. Achieving these goals costs money. Polling abstract budget concepts which undercut these goals is not useful unless the questions are linked with the consequences of the concepts.”<\/p>\n \u2022 Pedro Nava officially announced his run for AG<\/a>. Here’s the Pedro Nava for AG<\/a> website. I can’t wait to see a debate for that gig. We’ll have to rent out an auditorium just for the people running.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It’s always good to re-emphasize this: please let us know if we can help with anything. As we’re frequently accused of being too “inside baseball”, please tell us if we get a little too deep in the weeds. To the links!<\/p>\n \u2022 It looks like we’ll have a couple of electric cars to choose from next year. In addition to the Chevy Volt<\/a>, CODA says they will be selling their electric sedan in California<\/a> next year for a bit over $30,000 after government incentives.<\/p>\n \u2022 A group of grassroots activists have formed a new group: Fix the CA budget Now<\/a>. They’ve got a Facebook group<\/a> and are working on setting up a website. There certainly is a lot of work to be done on fixing that budget. <\/p>\n \u2022 Indian gambling revenue in the Sacramento region is slipping<\/a>. 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