August 21, 2007 Blog Roundup

by jsw [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

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Budgets are Moral
Documents

• California Progress Report: Waiting for a California State
  Budget in the Capitol—Scenes from a Fellini Movie
  
  href="http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/waiting_for_a_c.html">http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/waiting_for_a_c.html
• BeyondChron » Arnold Suggests Scrapping the 2/3
  Budget Rule
  
  href="http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=4837#more">http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=4837#more
• California Progress Report: Comments From Speaker of the
  Assembly Fabian Nunez Late Last Night
  
  href="http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/the_california_39.html">http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/the_california_39.html
• California Progress Report: Negotiating 101 and the
  California Budget: It Isn't Supposed to be Metaphysical
  
  href="http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/negotiating_101.html">http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/negotiating_101.html
• California Progress Report: California Senate in Process of
  Passing State
  Budget; Attorney General Jerry Brown Announces Settlement of Global
  Warming Suit with San Bernardino County
  
  href="http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/breaking_news_c.html">http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/breaking_news_c.html
• California Progress Report: STATE BUDGET PASSES 27-13
  
  href="http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/breaking_news_s_3.html">http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/breaking_news_s_3.html

Republican "Reform" vs. Actual Reform

• Wilshire & Washington: Bing Takes to the Ballot
  
  href="http://www.wilshireandwashington.com/2007/08/bing-takes-to-t.html">http://www.wilshireandwashington.com/2007/08/bing-takes-to-t.html
• California Progress Report: Republican Move to Change
  California's Electoral College Votes for
  President Has "Early Support"--But Less Than 50%-- According to Field
  Poll
  
  href="http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/republican_move.html">http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/republican_move.html
• The Bayne of Blog: Poll shows work needed to save
  California's electoral vote
  
  href="http://blog.bayneweb.com/2007/08/poll-shows-work-needed-to-save.html">http://blog.bayneweb.com/2007/08/poll-shows-work-needed-to-save.html
• Daily Kos: Cali electoral Prop. would make Cali less
  competitive
  
  http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/8/21/122455/396
• The California Majority Report // Dems Counter GOP
  Electoral College Initiative with Two New Initiatives
  
  href="http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2197">http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2197

Voting Integrity

• The BRAD BLOG : Media Finally Question the Relationship
  Between Elections Officials and Voting Machine Companies
  
  http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4984
• The BRAD BLOG : UPDATED: ES&S to Face Millions in
  Fines,
  Possible Decertification in CA for Use of Uncertified Voting Systems!
  
  http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4985
• The BRAD BLOG : Insider Trading at Diebold?
  
  http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4972
• California Progress Report: Did ES&S Sell
  Uncertified Voting Equipment To California Counties?
  
  href="http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/did_ess_sell_un.html">http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/did_ess_sell_un.html

Local

• GregDewar.com: How About A Party for The Rest of Us Who
  AREN'T Going to Burning Man?
  
  href="http://www.gregdewar.com/2007/08/how_about_a_party_for_the_rest.html">http://www.gregdewar.com/2007/08/how_about_a_party_for_the_rest.html
• The People's Vanguard of Davis: Commentary: A One-Year
  Review of Police Oversight in Davis
  
  href="http://davisvanguard.blogspot.com/2007/08/commentary-one-year-review-of-police.html">http://davisvanguard.blogspot.com/2007/08/commentary-one-year-review-of-police.html

The Remainder

• Open Left:: On Term Limits
  
  http://openleft.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=898
• Threat Level - California Police Surveillance Increasing
  
  href="http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/08/california-poli.html">http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/08/california-poli.html
• The Progressive Connection:: When Democrats Don't Show Up
  
  href="http://www.theprogressiveconnection.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=121">http://www.theprogressiveconnection.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=121
• The California Majority Report // Schwarzenegger's
  Revolving Campaign Door Continues to Swing
  
  href="http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2190">http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2190
• The California Majority Report // Today's Fresh Meat
  
  href="http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2192">http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2192
• DownWithTyranny!: JERRY McNERNEY CLARIFIES HIS IRAQ POSITION
  
  href="http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2007/08/jerry-mcnerney-clarifies-his-iraq.html">http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2007/08/jerry-mcnerney-clarifies-his-iraq.html
• The Progressive Connection:: Jerry McNerney Talks About Iraq
  
  href="http://www.theprogressiveconnection.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=122">http://www.theprogressiveconnection.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=122
• The Mad Professah Lectures: CA-37: Special Election Today
  
  href="http://buckmire.blogspot.com/2007/08/ca-37-special-election-today.html">http://buckmire.blogspot.com/2007/08/ca-37-special-election-today.html
• Dump Doolittle: Oh, cry me a river - Wilkes says he needs
  public defender
  
  href="http://solongjohn.blogspot.com/2007/08/oh-cry-me-river-wilkes-says-he-needs.html">http://solongjohn.blogspot.com/2007/08/oh-cry-me-river-wilkes-says-he-needs.html
• Rubber stamp Gallegly fails us again. :: The Ojai Post
  
  href="http://www.ojaipost.com/2007/08/rubber_stamp_gallegly_fails_us.shtml">http://www.ojaipost.com/2007/08/rubber_stamp_gallegly_fails_us.shtml
• Working Californians: Onwards and Upwards: Health Care
  Reform
  
  href="http://workingcalifornians.com/blog/julia_rosen/2007/08/21/onwards_and_upwards_health_care_reform">http://workingcalifornians.com/blog/julia_rosen/2007/08/21/onwards_and_upwards_health_care_reform