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Dan Walters: Revenue from thin air disappears

When Mac Taylor, the California Legislature's chief budget adviser, declared last week that the state budget enacted just four months ago is already billions of dollars upside down, no one in the Capitol should have been surprised. Anyone with half a ...

From DAN WALTERS, The Orange County Register,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Service Employees International Union,  U.S. Republican Party

Opinion: Dan Walters: California's budget morass could lead to default on debts

noncommittal. But their allies in public employee unions and other spending interests are already pressing Democrats to block more cuts in health, education and welfare programs. DAN WALTERS is a Sacramento Bee columnist. When Mac Taylor, the ...

From DAN WALTERS SACRAMENTO BEE, The San Jose Mercury News,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  Arnold Schwarzenegger,  Service Employees International Union,  U.S. Republican Party

Dan Walter: Game of political chicken

When California's political consultants share war stories, 1988's immensely expensive, multi-front battle between insurance companies and lawyer-backed consumer groups takes center stage. Tens of millions of dollars were spent on a confusing array of ...

From DAN WALTERS, The Orange County Register,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Mercury General,  Arnold Schwarzenegger,  Jerry Brown

Dan Walters: Newest state budget clash will be bloody

When Mac Taylor, the Legislature's chief budget adviser, declared this week that the state budget enacted just four months ago is already billions of dollars upside down, no one in the Capitol should have been surprised. Anyone with half a brain and a ...

From DAN WALTERS, Sacramento Bee,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  Arnold Schwarzenegger,  Service Employees International Union,  U.S. Republican Party

Dan Walters: California's 1988 insurance battle could see 2010 reprise

When California's political consultants share war stories, 1988's immensely expensive, multifront battle between insurance companies and lawyer-backed consumer groups takes center stage. Tens of millions of dollars were spent on a confusing array of ...

From DAN WALTERS, Sacramento Bee,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Mercury General,  Arnold Schwarzenegger,  Jerry Brown

Dan Walters: California's public pensions need reform

losses would be made up over 30 years, thus softening immediate impact on already strained budgets. ADVOCATES OF overhauling California's troubled pension system for public employees couldn't have chosen a more providential moment to launch their ...

From DAN WALTERS, Inside Bay Area,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Arnold Schwarzenegger,  David Crane

Dan Walters: Jerry Brown's pirouettes driving left nuts

Jerry Brown's first governorship of California was marked by what one might term – charitably – a high degree of flexibility. Although he generally hewed to a liberal line after his 1974 election, Brown was often willing to bend ideology for political ...

From DAN WALTERS, The Orange County Register,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Jerry Brown,  Bill Lockyer,  U.S. Republican Party

Opinion: Dan Walters: Jerry Brown is a master of chameleon politics

automakers, accusing them of illegally selling cars that contribute to global warming. DAN WALTERS is a columnist for the Sacramento Bee. Jerry Brown's first governorship of California was marked by what one might term — charitably — a high degree of ...

From DAN WALTERS SACRAMENTO BEE, The San Jose Mercury News,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Jerry Brown,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Bill Lockyer,  U.S. Republican Party

Dan Walters: Older Brown twirls new set of pirouettes

Jerry Brown's first governorship was marked by what one might term charitably a high degree of flexibility. Although he generally hewed to a liberal line after his 1974 election, Brown was often willing to bend ideology for political advantage, a ...

From DAN WALTERS, Sacramento Bee,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Jerry Brown,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Bill Lockyer,  U.S. Republican Party

Dan Walters: Port traffic bon voyage

As America's trade with the Far East – principally China – expanded massively during the 1980s and 1990s, California reaped the benefits as the gateway for both exports and imports. With trade emerging as a major component of the state's very diverse ...

From DAN WALTERS, The Orange County Register,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger,  Environmental Protection Agency,  Lisa P Jackson,  Dean Florez,  U.S. Democratic Party

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