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East-west split in state intensifies

Whether it's been water, highway spending – or even the Giants and the Dodgers – California's regional conflicts have historically pitted the north against the south.

Published: Sunday, Mar. 21, 2010

Editorial: Schools need to educate kids to keep county slim

Here’s something to smile about on the way to the gym: Residents of San Luis Obispo County are among the slimmest folks in the nation, according to a recent Gallup survey.

Judges play ever-bigger policy role

As noted in this space countless times, California's government is broken, endemically incapable of addressing the state's most pressing policy issues.

Published: Friday, Mar. 19, 2010

Bouquets and Brickbats: No excuse for hiding plane trips

Shhhhh! We wouldn’t want this to get out to the wrong people, but we’re air mailing a top-secret brickbat to California lawmakers who insist on keeping records of their past plane trips secret — even though taxpayers picked up the tab.

Field Poll sets stage for slugfest

Political California is fixated on the rapidly developing contests for high-profile offices, particularly what appears to be a looming slugfest between Republican Meg Whitman and Democrat Jerry Brown for a governorship that will be dominated by the state's chronic budget crisis.

Published: Wednesday, Mar. 17, 2010

Editorial: Let the punishment fit the crime

Two years in state prison is a ridiculously lenient sentence for Bradford Mitchell, the 52-year-old Michigan man convicted of sex crimes with a 16-year-old San Luis Obispo girl he met over the Internet.

Whitman wins debate – indirectly

Meg Whitman and Steve Poizner, two erstwhile centrist Republicans running for governor, spent the weekend in a race to the right, each trying to persuade delegates to a state GOP convention that he or she was more conservative than the other.

Published: Tuesday, Mar. 16, 2010

Editorial: Little of SLO to be found in MTV show

No one expects everything on reality TV to be real. But ramping up personal drama for the sake of ratings — as in “Real Housewives,” for instance — is one thing. Playing fast and loose with geography is another, which is why we’re calling out MTV.

Why should state pay for new arena?

Why in heaven's name should the state of California, its residents and its taxpayers cough up countless millions of dollars to build a new professional basketball arena in Sacramento – especially when the state budget is hemorrhaging red ink?

Candidates all agree on silence

The level of fundamental agreement among California's three candidates for governor is truly remarkable.

Published: Sunday, Mar. 14, 2010

Editorial: What’s the hurry with Diablo Canyon relicensing?

A legitimate question has been raised about the relicensing of the Diablo Canyon Power Plant: What’s the hurry?

Legislative overhaul is likely DOA

Democratic legislative leaders, acknowledging the dysfunction of state government, say they want to place reforms before voters this year.

Published: Friday, Mar. 12, 2010

Bouquets and Brickbats: Lucia Mar’s make-up day plan practical

We’re delivering above-and-beyond bouquets to Lucia Mar students and teachers who voluntarily attend Saturday school in order to help improve the district’s bottom line.

Published: Thursday, Mar. 11, 2010

Editorial: Fees better than loss of classes

Rather than ax the popular Emeritus Program — which offers free enrichment courses geared for adults over 50 — Cuesta College plans to begin charging for the classes.

Lawyer sits in solitary for politics

Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca released hundreds of jail inmates last week before their terms were up, citing county budget problems.

Published: Wednesday, Mar. 10, 2010

Editorial: Poly merits praise in Orfalea case

Cal Poly administrator Dave Christy should be commended — not condemned — for recruiting Kinko’s founder, Paul Orfalea, to teach a special course in international business.

Coming out of the closet best for all

When Art Agnos was representing San Francisco in the state Assembly during the 1980s (he later became mayor), he would annually introduce legislation to end anti-gay discrimination, but never gained enactment.

Oversight unit misses the mark

When Darrell Steinberg, the president pro tem of the state Senate, outlined his priorities last month, he included "oversight."

California's politicos dig deeper hole

California is buried in a deep economic and fiscal hole, but our politicians seem bent on burrowing even deeper.

Published: Sunday, Mar. 07, 2010

Editorial: South County’s homeless need help from the state

In an impressive display of cooperation, South County communities are banding together to establish a homeless services center somewhere in the Five Cities.

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