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Senator Ken Salazar accepts Interior Secretary Post
The appointment hasn't been confirmed yet, but it looks like Senator Ken Salazar of Colorado will be chosen as Secretary of Interior by Obama this week. This is a big disappointment to fishing, hunting and tribal groups supporting Congressman Mike...
Tuesday, December 16, 2008  |  Sacramento for Democracy

As Burton Campaign Crests, Bauman Drops Out for CDP Chair
Former Senate President pro Tem John Burton's late entry into the race for California Democratic Party Chair has forced LA County Democratic Chairman Eric Bauman to drop his bid and run for Vice-Chair instead. In an email to supporters last...
Tuesday, December 16, 2008  |  The California Majority Report

GOP wants deep cuts to schools, social services
Really? Republicans want to cut funding for Public Education & Healthcare for the poor and disabled? They want to bust unions and destroy our environment? Who woulda thunk? At least they are consistently against the poor, middle-class and our...
Monday, December 15, 2008  |  Sacramento for Democracy

GOP Budget Plan: $22 Billion, No Taxes
Legislative Republicans have crunched the numbers on their proposal for erasing some, but probably not all, of the shortfall facing the state over the next 18 months -- a $22 billion proposal that suggests more than $2 in cuts for every $1 in new...
Monday, December 15, 2008  |  Capitol Notes

Iraq rally for Bush shoe attacker
Watch as Iraqi Reporter Throws Shoes at Bush, Calls Him 'Dog' Iraq rally for Bush shoe attacker By BBC Thousands of Iraqis have demanded the release of a local TV reporter who threw his shoes at US President George W Bush at a Baghdad news...
Monday, December 15, 2008  |  Sacramento for Democracy

Obama Considering Salazar, Alberto Gonzalez Supporter, for Secretary of Interior
Some bad news from the Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/roberto-lovato/obama-considering-appoint_b_151138.html Obama Considering Appointment of Centrist Dem & Alberto Gonzalez Supporter as Interior Secretary
Monday, December 15, 2008  |  Sacramento for Democracy

Feds Re-open Comment Period for Uplisting Delta Smelt
Federal Agency Re-opens Comment Period for Uplisting Delta Smelt from "Threatened" to "Endangered" by Dan Bacher If you want to comment on the uplisting of Delta smelt under the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) from "threatened" to...
Monday, December 15, 2008  |  Sacramento for Democracy

The Tyranny of Oil
In October 2008, Antonia Juhasz visited Davis and Sacramento, CA. She discusses her latest book, "The Tyranny of Oil: The World's Most Powerful Industry, and What We Must Do To Stop It" Her book answers the questions: Why did oil and gasoline...
Saturday, December 13, 2008  |  Sacramento for Democracy

Crime & Case Log #48: 12/6/08 – 12/12/08
Employees at Extreme Pet, reported an unknown individual who tried to start a fire at the rear of the business by lighting a rag (possibly soaked in flammable liquid) that was shoved into the store’s back door.
Friday, December 12, 2008  |  Sac Police Department Blog

Science Friday: Archimedes and the Antikythera mechanism (2000 year old computer)
Archimedes and the 2000-year-old computer . MARCELLUS and his men blockaded Syracuse, in Sicily, for two years. The Roman general expected to conquer the Greek city state easily, but the ingenious siege towers and catapults designed by...
Friday, December 12, 2008  |  Sacramento for Democracy

Good Cop, Baby Cop and Ninja Cat
Good Cop Baby Cop Ninja Cat
Friday, December 12, 2008  |  Sacramento for Democracy

Former Chairman of the Nasdaq Stock Market Ran $50 Billion Hedge Fund as Ponzi Scheme
Former Chairman of the Nasdaq Stock Market Ran $50 Billion Hedge Fund as Ponzi Scheme HT/cryptogon Bernard Madoff, a quiet force on Wall Street for decades, was arrested and charged on Thursday with allegedly running a $50 billion “Ponzi...
Friday, December 12, 2008  |  Sacramento for Democracy

Ask Officer Michelle - Question #189
Citizen trying to become an officer gets stuck in hiring freeze.
Friday, December 12, 2008  |  Sac Police Department Blog

Ask Officer Michelle - Question #188
Neighbor polishes off multiple beers then drives off to get more.
Friday, December 12, 2008  |  Sac Police Department Blog

Podcast: Arnold Comes Out Swinging
This week's news on the state budget saga saw some new tough talk from Governor Schwarzenegger. But will it be enough to shake things up? On this edition of the Capital Notes Podcast, we examine the impact of the joint legislative session on the...
Friday, December 12, 2008  |  Capitol Notes

Time for Change
Today I took the second step to giving Sacramento a more accountable and transparent government -- a bold move designed to make city government work for you (earlier this week I fulfilled another campaign promise to have an independent review of...
Thursday, December 11, 2008  |  Kevin Johnson

Mayor Hires Very Bright Chief of Staff...But...
  Mayor Kevin Johnson has hired a gentalman by the name of Kunal Merchant from Washington DC/New York to be His Chief of Staff. At first glance after reading his short resume he seems like an incredibly intelligent and educated man. Having gone...
Thursday, December 11, 2008  |  The Sacramento Insider

Conservation Groups Challenge Bush Administration's Gutting of ESA
Conservation Groups Challenge Bush Administration's Gutting of ESA by Dan Bacher George W. Bush, the worst-ever President for fish and the environment in the nation's history, will leave office after 8 years the same way that he came in - with...
Thursday, December 11, 2008  |  Sacramento for Democracy

$41.8 Billion Deficit: A Closer Look
Governor Schwarzenegger and his budget advisers today projected a $41.8 billion deficit between now and the end of June 2010. That's easily one of the state's biggest fiscal holes ever, and only seems to have raised the sense of gloom and doom...
Thursday, December 11, 2008  |  Capitol Notes

18 Month Deficit: $40 Billion
That's the bleak news you can expect to hear more about today. An administration official, speaking on background, says that Governor Schwarzenegger will tell legislative leaders today that the new deficit estimate through June 2010 is a whopping...
Thursday, December 11, 2008  |  Capitol Notes
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