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Tag Archives: Illegal Immigration
Debate: Of Sacrifices and Evasions
FRESNO — Oh what a way to spend a Saturday. For just about everyone, it seemed today's gubernatorial debate was a battle of endurance — a massive technical glitch that stopped the telecast dead in its tracks, the sweltering temperatures … Continue reading
Podcast: Meg and the Maid
Consider this to be a podcast focused on three big questions: what actually happened? Who orchestrated the revelation of all of this? And how did the political candidate at the center of it all react? If you don't know that … Continue reading
Immigration and the Governor's Race. Again.
Be it a bombshell or blather, serious or silly, today's news that Meg Whitman once employed — apparently unknowingly — an undocumented immigrant is sure to reopen a battle which never seems to end here in California. The Whitman campaign's … Continue reading
Whitman And a "Path to..."?
The issue of illegal immigration doesn't seem to be getting any easier for Meg Whitman. In a bruising half hour interview with Los Angeles talk show hosts John Kobylt & Ken Chiampou this afternoon, the Republican gubernatorial nominee said she's … Continue reading
Meg's Booklet: The November Edition
The gubernatorial campaign of Meg Whitman has a new edition of their much publicized (and probably very expensive) policy booklet ready for the fall election. And while it's being marketed as a more targeted look at her plan to create … Continue reading
The Next Lite Guv
Abel Maldonado will take the oath of office tomorrow to become California's 47th lieutenant governor. With that, he will make history in one way — the first Republican* Latino statewide official since 1875 — while hoping to avoid making history … Continue reading
