| I'm assuming that the holiday weekend posting schedule will be light, so for the time being, this will have to tide you over.
• The SEIU and the California School Employees Association are Google surging against the Governor, carpet-bombing the Web with ads calling for a budget solution. But until they call for an end to process rules that cut against any reasonable solution, I can't see how they succeed.
• Meanwhile, national Republicans are running ads against Central Valley Democrats in Congress 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.
• In CA-50, the fallout from that raid on a Francine Busby fundraiser has intensified. The Sheriff's deputy who blasted people with pepper spray ought to be disciplined, if not outright fired.
• Here's the inevitable California's economy will send businesses out of the state 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 and classes that teach basic skills that would inhibit business growth, a function of constant Norquistian budget-cutting.
• An openly gay seaman at Camp Pendleton was found dead in a suspected homicide 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. |
