California desperately needs new ideas to help it out of its current mess.
But there is a danger that Californians will latch on to some bad ideas or half baked ideas or even good ideas that don’t solve the problem they’re meant to solve — as has happened in California repeatedly over the past thirty years
The [...]
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California Dreaming .. of a Constitutional Convention
Spiraling Deficit Likely to Kill Special Election Prospects
The announcement this week that the state faces an additional $7.3 billion deficit, on top of the $8 billion already projected, is likely to kill any slight chance that the propositions on the May 19 special election ballot will pass.
The figures, which Gov. Schwarzenegger has been trumpeting around the state, apparently hoping they’ll convince voters [...]
The media moves on
Just weeks ago, the biggest media story, by far, were the $160 million in bonus payments to AIG executives who helped push the country, and much of the world, into an economic abyss.
That was then. I’m in Washington D.C. and noticed a short article relegated to page A12 of the Washington Post, “Fannie, Freddie Budget $210 [...]
NPR slashes West Coast presence
The devastating layoffs announced today by National Public Radio will have their greatest impact on news and reporting from the West Coast.The layoffs indicate that even a news organization that enjoyed huge increases in its listenership over the past decade…
