I’m assuming that the holiday weekend posting schedule will be light, so for the time being, this will have to tide you over.<\/p>\n
\u2022 The SEIU and the California School Employees Association are Google surging against the Governor<\/a>, carpet-bombing the Web with ads calling for a budget solution<\/a>. But until they call for an end to process rules that cut against any reasonable solution, I can’t see how they succeed.<\/p>\n \u2022 Meanwhile, national Republicans are running ads against Central Valley Democrats in Congress<\/a> linking them to the water crisis. Which isn’t entirely a federal issue, and even in Washington isn’t really a Congressional issue, but why would national Republicans care about consistency? By the way, Dennis Cardoza and Jim Costa can defend themselves.<\/p>\n \u2022 In CA-50, the fallout from that raid on a Francine Busby fundraiser has intensified<\/a>. The Sheriff’s deputy who blasted people with pepper spray ought to be disciplined, if not outright fired.<\/p>\n \u2022 Here’s the inevitable California’s economy will send businesses out of the state<\/a> article. In this case, it may well be, such is the depth of the budget woes, but in this case, it probably has more to do with the collapse of public education<\/a> and classes that teach basic skills that would inhibit business growth, a function of constant Norquistian budget-cutting.<\/p>\n \u2022 An openly gay seaman at Camp Pendleton was found dead in a suspected homicide<\/a> this week, another consequence of the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy, as a member of the military who is gay cannot get the kind of counseling needed or even report harrassment due to their sexuality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’m assuming that the holiday weekend posting schedule will be light, so for the time being, this will have to tide you over.<\/p>\n \u2022 The SEIU and the California School Employees Association are Google surging against the Governor<\/a>, carpet-bombing the Web with ads calling for a budget solution<\/a>. But until they call for an end to process rules that cut against any reasonable solution, I can’t see how they succeed.<\/p>\n \u2022 Meanwhile, national Republicans are running ads against Central Valley Democrats in Congress<\/a> linking them to the water crisis. Which isn’t entirely a federal issue, and even in Washington isn’t really a Congressional issue, but why would national Republicans care about consistency? By the way, Dennis Cardoza and Jim Costa can defend themselves.<\/p>\n \u2022 In CA-50, the fallout from that raid on a Francine Busby fundraiser has intensified<\/a>. The Sheriff’s deputy who blasted people with pepper spray ought to be disciplined, if not outright fired.<\/p>\n \u2022 Here’s the inevitable California’s economy will send businesses out of the state<\/a> article. In this case, it may well be, such is the depth of the budget woes, but in this case, it probably has more to do with the collapse of public education<\/a> and classes that teach basic skills that would inhibit business growth, a function of constant Norquistian budget-cutting.<\/p>\n