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Top Gun FP Client Note: Out Here In California

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CA To Sell $2 Billion Worth Of Office Buildings To Raise Cash

September 24, 2009  ·  Category: California, Government, Real Estate
We're looking to get these properties sold as soon as possible. - Eric Lamoureux, CA Department of General Services Spokesmen The state wants to sell the buildings for the cash and then lease them back from the ...
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George Will: Tom Campbell Is A Long Shot To Watch In CA Governor Race

September 24, 2009  ·  Category: California, Politics
An especially intriguing candidate in a colorful field is Tom Campbell.  Colorful he is not.  "Talk softly and carry a small calculator" could be his motto.  What glitter, however, are his resume and agenda. He has ...
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Meg Whitman’s Sparse Voting Record

September 24, 2009  ·  Category: California, Politics
It's a dereliction of our first duty as American citizens.  We're talking about someone who has practically not voted her entire adulthood.  It's embarrassing. - Mark Petracca, Political Science Professor, UC Irvine A real problem for Meg Whitman's ...
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Kudlow Interviews The Top Two Republican Candidates For Governor of California

September 21, 2009  ·  Category: California, Politics
Kudlow interviewed Meg Whitman on his show on Thursday and Steve Poizner on Friday.
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Going Broke: Sac Bee Feature Series On California’s Budget Crisis

September 21, 2009  ·  Category: California, Government
A couple of interesting front page feature pieces in the Sacramento Bee on California's budget mess: "Going Broke: State's a wreck - can it be fixed?", The Sacramento Bee, September 20, A1 The most interesting piece from ...
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State Governments Under Massive Pressure

September 8, 2009  ·  Category: California, Government, Macro Economics
Source: "States Shut Down To Save Cash", The Wall Street Journal, September 4, A1 Also see: "The Coming Reset In State Government", Mitch Daniels, Republican Governor of Indiana, The Wall Street Journal, September 4, A17 "Lights Out ...
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Hundreds Injured In California Prison Riot

August 10, 2009  ·  Category: California, Culture and Current Events
There was a huge riot at the California Institution for Men in Chino, CA, about 40 miles east of LA, over the weekend ("Hundreds Hurt In California Prison Riot", The New York Times, August 10). UPDATE ...
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“Fragmentation” Is The Word That Best Describes California’s Electorate

August 6, 2009  ·  Category: California, Culture and Current Events
California, it's been observed, is a canary in the socioeconomic mine, telling the rest of the nation what to expect in the future, for better or worse. If so, then the rest of the nation had best ...
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Sac Bee: Mass Layoffs On The Rise

July 14, 2009  ·  Category: California, Macro Economics, Sacramento
Source: "Sacramento's wave of lost jobs hits some harder than others", The Sacramento Bee, July 14, A1
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