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Archives for the ‘California’ Category


50% of Natomas High teacher jobs might be lost to restructuring if school accepts federal funding

By M. Johnston • Mar 8th, 2010 | Bookmark and Share
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California senator gets a DUI leaving Faces.. in state issued car

By M. Johnston • Mar 6th, 2010 | Bookmark and Share

Honestly I don’t care about the senator Roy Ashburn’s [oh wow that last name is tempting me to exchange one of the letters for some giggles but I WON'T do it!!] sexual orientation. Whatever. We all know the most outspoken anti gay haters are the ones who are having affairs on their wives… with men. [...]

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California is broke.. and broken

By M. Johnston • Mar 4th, 2010 | Bookmark and Share

People protesting the state of education in California. Finally. Is anyone surprised the California school system is being decimated now? With immigration, welfare, corrections, and government spending completely haywire, I don’t know how this could

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Former Speaker Karen Bass gave out 10% raises as California collapsed

By M. Johnston • Mar 4th, 2010 | Bookmark and Share

“We definitely succeeded in tightening our belt…. I also very frugally tried to measure out moderate pay increases for some Assembly employees who were taking on new responsibilities..” – Former Speaker Karen Bass justifying the 10 PERCENT raises she gave to staffers in the weeks before she left office… as teachers get [...]

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A critical reading of Mayor Kevin Johnson’s “Go Green” blog

By M. Johnston • Feb 28th, 2010 | Bookmark and Share

Mayor Kevin Johnson posted a blog called “Mayor Johnson goes green.. starting with shades and nickname“  yesterday. I couldn’t resist a few remarks. My comments are in bold..

“Call me Kevin “Green Shades” Johnson. I’ve had a few nicknames, but none I’ve liked as much as “Green Shades.” The idea of walking around with [...]

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Grievances and violence against government growing says Nedwsweek article

By M. Johnston • Feb 27th, 2010 | Bookmark and Share

Law-enforcement and private investigative groups say that last week’s incident in which a man flew a plane into an IRS building in Texas is just one in a series of recent events involving people with deep-seated antigovernment grievances. Check it.

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Lawmaker wants to raise fine for texting/talking on cell when driving

By M. Johnston • Feb 22nd, 2010 | Bookmark and Share

SacBee.com reports today on a story about a “lawmaker” (Joe Simitian, D-Palo Alto) who wants to boost the fines for talking on cell phones and/or texting while driving. Man these politicians are shameless.

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“Most deadbeat state” California still welcoming immigrants by hundreds

By M. Johnston • Feb 17th, 2010 | Bookmark and Share

A few minutes before I read an ABC News  article on California is now officially the brokest damn state in the union, I was reading an article in the Bee stating how Sac State University president Gonzalez would be welcoming another thousand immigrants into U.S./California citizenship today. Good Lord.
Where are these people going to live? [...]

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Banning divorce is not the answer to restoring the sanctity of marriage

By M. Johnston • Dec 2nd, 2009 | Bookmark and Share

The Bee posted an article today about a guy named John Marcotte who would like to see divorce BANNED in California. According to his web site, John (a “concerned Christian”) believes Prop 8  “didn’t go far enough to protect the future of marriage.” His solution?  Literally chain spouses together  for life with no possibility of [...]

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Here’s how to access the 6,500 John Muir letters UOP has published

By M. Johnston • Nov 18th, 2009 | Bookmark and Share

Univ of the Pacific has posted some 6,500 letters written by John Muir. The Bee reported this today but their link was broken and they didn’t provide any insight as to how the letters could be accessed. Since I consider John Muir one of the great men of the 19th century (he is oft referred [...]

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