The Fiorina Senate Rollout Begins
Carly Fiorina, sidelined for months by breast cancer surgery last March, is apparently back on the campaign trail, quietly gathering support for a run at veteran Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer next year.
While the former Hewlett-Packard CEO isn’t talking, an aide told Michael Finnegan of the Los Angeles Times this week that Fiorina is talking to GOP officials around the state, “seeking their advice, their counsel, their prospective and their political support.’’
Fiorina should also be asking for their prayers, because she’s going to need plenty of divine assistance if she decides to take on Boxer.
Get ready for a wave of stories about Fiorina’s political future, as her aides dole out occasional tidbits of information in an effort to keep a wave of interest building for the first-time candidate.
California: Over-Regulated, Under-Educated
California is not only facing a budget gap, but also an
education gap. Hans Johnson, at
the Public Policy Institute of California, recently completed a study on
education in California entitled Educating
California: Choices for the Future.
In this study, Johnson explains that by 2025, the number of Californians
graduating from college will not be able to meet the demands of employers that
increasingly require a highly educated workforce. The gap between the demands
of the economy and the supply of college educated workers is a serious threat
to the state’s economic future.
To put it simply: California is over-regulated, and under-educated.
Proposition 13 isn’t the problem
THIS ARTICLE WAS PUBLISHED IN YESTERDAY’S LOS ANGELES TIMES:
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-fox9-2009jul09,0,2413264.story
The “Blame 13” chorus is at it again. You can always count on it to sing “It’s all Proposition 13’s fault” during difficult economic times. The story has gone national, with columns in Time magazine and the New York Times taking shots at Proposition 13. The attacks are probably best summed up by an editorial cartoon picturing Proposition 13 as the beginning of the end for California civilization.
Let’s get the facts straight. Despite the cap instituted by Proposition 13, property taxes have increased dramatically in California. According to Board of Equalization data, property tax revenue has increased 800% since the measure passed in 1978 — from $5.6 billion a year to $50 billion. Compare that with general fund revenue — made up largely of sales, income and corporate taxes — which has increased 500% over the same period.
Ensign, Sanford and Now Palin – Abbot and Costello Cannot Be Far Behind
Just when Republicans thought it
was safe and that no more Governors would be imploding for a while, Sarah Palin
literally brought the house down on the 233rd anniversary of the
Declaration of Independence. If
you still haven’t gotten your arms around her Resignation Speech, you can read
it in the quiet of your own home by clicking here.
If you can figure out what Palin said
and, more importantly, why she actually resigned, based on the words that she
used in her speech, you are far better at the interpretation of seemingly
absurd thoughts vocalized all at once than I.
Is there another shoe to fall in
Palin’s world? Does she know
something that the rest of us don’t?
Is there an indictment, scandal, something else imminently horrible,
waiting in the wings to surprise us all and justify her abdication? I sincerely doubt it.
Congressional District 10 – Let The Race (Finally) Begin!
The race is finally “on” for Congressional District 10 to replace former Congressman Ellen Tauscher who just did a double-swearing in last Friday. She was married again and was sworn in as the Arms Control chief for the Obama Administration.
Key Dates have been announced, so get your game face “on” if you vote in this district or have designs of representing us in Congress.
July 20th is the date when candidates must complete paperwork and pay the $1,740 filing fee to be listed on the special election primary ballot.