Some more news from around the state:<\/p>\n
\u2022 In CA-10, Anthony Woods is hosting a town hall meeting in Fairfield. Info on events page here<\/a> and on facebook<\/a>. Joan Buchanan is “on tour.” She’s visiting local businesses because “Buchanan means business.” Details in her “Buchanan Bugle e-Newsletter” or here<\/a>. For his part, John Garamendi is working on expanding a bike trail<\/a>, which is “healthy for us and the environment.” Sen. DeSaulnier continues to pick up local labor endorsements<\/a>. Adriel Hampton has created a NationBuilder site<\/a> to allow citizens to supply him with ideas and priorities for Congress. Also, a Republican left off the ballot is suing to get back on<\/a> because of the mere 3-day period given to collect signatures in lieu of the filing fee.<\/p>\n \u2022 CA-48 challenger Beth Krom has jumped on Birther John Campbell’s Hardball<\/em> appearance<\/a> with an email to supporters. An excerpt:<\/p>\n While we have preferred to focus our campaign on our strengths rather than our opponents weaknesses, the current Representative from the 48th District was featured on MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews yesterday defending his decision to co-sponsor legislation requiring candidates for the Presidency to produce a certified birth certificate.<\/p>\n Apparently he considers this issue more important than healthcare, education, the economy, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and any number of other legitimate issues.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u2022 MediaMatters calls out NBC News<\/a> for calling the budget deal “shared sacrifice” and not mentioning how the wealthy actually sacrifice anything in this deal.<\/p>\n \u2022 Apparently you can’t take away 15 percent of their income without affecting state workers<\/a>. Huh, who knew? Well, not Arnold Schwarzenegger…or something like that.<\/p>\n \u2022 Kids Will Die<\/a>. A non-controversial statement of consequences to this budget. They will.<\/p>\n \u2022 DiFi lead the effort to defeat Sen. John Thune’s attempt<\/a> to radically change the way California and other states grant permission to carry a concealed weapon. It went down by a vote of 58-39.<\/p>\n \u2022 Sacramento’s office vacancy rate continues to rise<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u2022 We noted the impending increase of CSU fees<\/a> last week. It became official yesterday<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Some more news from around the state:<\/p>\n \u2022 In CA-10, Anthony Woods is hosting a town hall meeting in Fairfield. Info on events page here<\/a> and on facebook<\/a>. Joan Buchanan is “on tour.” She’s visiting local businesses because “Buchanan means business.” Details in her “Buchanan Bugle e-Newsletter” or here<\/a>. For his part, John Garamendi is working on expanding a bike trail<\/a>, which is “healthy for us and the environment.” Sen. DeSaulnier continues to pick up local labor endorsements<\/a>. Adriel Hampton has created a NationBuilder site<\/a> to allow citizens to supply him with ideas and priorities for Congress. Also, a Republican left off the ballot is suing to get back on<\/a> because of the mere 3-day period given to collect signatures in lieu of the filing fee.<\/p>\n \u2022 CA-48 challenger Beth Krom has jumped on Birther John Campbell’s Hardball<\/em> appearance<\/a> with an email to supporters. An excerpt:<\/p>\n While we have preferred to focus our campaign on our strengths rather than our opponents weaknesses, the current Representative from the 48th District was featured on MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews yesterday defending his decision to co-sponsor legislation requiring candidates for the Presidency to produce a certified birth certificate.<\/p>\n Apparently he considers this issue more important than healthcare, education, the economy, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and any number of other legitimate issues.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u2022 MediaMatters calls out NBC News<\/a> for calling the budget deal “shared sacrifice” and not mentioning how the wealthy actually sacrifice anything in this deal.<\/p>\n \u2022 Apparently you can’t take away 15 percent of their income without affecting state workers<\/a>. Huh, who knew? Well, not Arnold Schwarzenegger…or something like that.<\/p>\n \u2022 Kids Will Die<\/a>. A non-controversial statement of consequences to this budget. They will.<\/p>\n \u2022 DiFi lead the effort to defeat Sen. John Thune’s attempt<\/a> to radically change the way California and other states grant permission to carry a concealed weapon. It went down by a vote of 58-39.<\/p>\n \u2022 Sacramento’s office vacancy rate continues to rise<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u2022 We noted the impending increase of CSU fees<\/a> last week. 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