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This week’s GOP debate: Rick Perry vs everyone else – Los Angeles Times

VBI Administrator — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:27:25 +0000

This week's GOP debate: Rick Perry vs everyone else
Los Angeles Times
As a former Air Force pilot, Rick Perry knows what happens to the leading plane in any dogfight. It's the target for the ones behind. And so it was Monday night in Tampa as the unlikely partnership of CNN and the Tea Party Express produced another …
Perry Fends Off Attacks on Social Security in Republican DebateSan Francisco Chronicle
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Voter intent bill prompted by 2010 Senate race passes full Legislature – Alaska Dispatch

VBI Administrator — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 05:10:56 +0000

Alaska Dispatch

Voter intent bill prompted by 2010 Senate race passes full Legislature
Alaska Dispatch
The Alaska Supreme Court as well as the federal court rejected his legal arguments, and state justices made it clear that voter intent is what should prevail if it can be determined. The bill that now goes to Gov. Sean Parnell directs the elections …

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Capitol Alert: Jerry Brown appoints David Baldwin head of National Guard

VBI Administrator — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 08:56:11 +0000

Capitol Alert: Jerry Brown appoints David Baldwin head of National Guard
Gov. Jerry Brown has appointed Col. David Baldwin head of the California National Guard .
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Brown to visit Stockton today
STOCKTON – Gov. Jerry Brown will visit Van Buren Elementary in south Stockton this afternoon as he continues to apply pressure on Republican lawmakers to extend taxes that would help public school districts avoid devastating budget cuts.
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The State Worker: Are unions and Jerry Brown in final throes of furlough fight?
After more than two years and $ 1.6 million spent on outside lawyers and court costs, it looks like the state’s epic furlough court battle with the unions will end like a fistfight between brothers: a final flurry followed by a respectful handshake.
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Where’s Jerry Brown’s leverage?

VBI Administrator — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 18:55:45 +0000

Where’s Jerry Brown’s leverage?
Jerry Brown’s travelling around the state, trying to get Republican voters to urge their legislators to go along with his budget plans. And he’s telling the harsh truth: If he’s forced to do an all-cuts budget, not just the poor but the middle class will get hammered.
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Governor Brown Appoints New Head Of California National Guard
California Gov. Jerry Brown has appointed a new head of the California National Guard.
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Jerry Brown Abandons Ballot Initiative
There isn’t enough time to launch a signature-gathering drive for a November election. by Robert Gammon When Jerry Brown declared last week that he had ended budget talks with Republicans and there would be no special election in June, some political observers thought the governor would launch an initiative drive for a November ballot measure. But the San Francisco Chronicle reported on Monday …
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Lastest “Meg Whitman” News

VBI Administrator — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 04:55:36 +0000

EBay buying GSI Commerce
EBay goes shopping EBay announced plans on Monday to buy GSI Commerce for $ 2.4 billion, giving it fresh ammunition in its battle against Amazon.com. GSI, outside Philadelphia, provides e-commerce and marketing services…
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P.M. Bay Area Buzz: Police investigate 15-year-old girl’s shooting death; San Jose woman dies after crash
Other top stories around the Bay Area include San Francisco police chief Godown answers latest charges
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Whitman Is Said to Join Venture Capital Firm Kleiner Perkins as Adviser

VBI Administrator — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 14:54:38 +0000

Whitman Is Said to Join Venture Capital Firm Kleiner Perkins as Adviser
Meg Whitman , the former head of EBay Inc. (EBAY) who made a failed bid for California governor last year, joined venture-capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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Report: Former eBay CEO Whitman to Join Kleiner Perkins
Meg Whitman, the former eBay CEO, hasn’t had a lot to do since her bid to become governor of California came to an ignominious end last fall.
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Lawmakers send Jerry Brown bill on renewable energy requirements

VBI Administrator — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:55:21 +0000

Lawmakers send Jerry Brown bill on renewable energy requirements
California would vastly increase its commitment to wind, solar, geothermal and other renewable energy under legislation that cleared the Legislature on Tuesday and was sent to Gov. Jerry Brown.
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Brown’s experience no match for political gridlock
Jerry Brown won the governor’s race last year by arguing that California needed a seasoned negotiator with an independent streak to cut through the political gridlock that has paralyzed the state capital for years.
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Jerry Brown: Republicans play ‘zone defense,’ lack expertise

VBI Administrator — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 11:39:30 +0000

Jerry Brown: Republicans play ‘zone defense,’ lack expertise
Gov. Jerry Brown said this evening that a challenge in budget negotiations with Republican lawmakers
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Gov. Jerry Brown: Still waiting for GOP offer in writing
SACRAMENTO — With budget talks at an apparent standstill, Gov. Jerry Brown said Wednesday he still does not know exactly what Republican lawmakers want in exchange for their votes to support his proposed special election to extend recent tax increases.
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Jerry Brown checks in on budget over YouTube
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Jerry Brown is “checking in” with the people of California over YouTube. The Democratic governor has uploaded his first YouTube video, calling on lawmakers to let voters decide how to deal with the state’s $ 26.2 billion shortfall.
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Redrawing Alaska’s Voting Lines Fairly – KTVA CBS 11 News Alaska

VBI Administrator — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 11:27:47 +0000

Redrawing Alaska's Voting Lines Fairly
KTVA CBS 11 News Alaska
Fresh off of getting the 2010 census numbers, The Alaska Redistricting Board opened their doors to the public to hear their thoughts on how Alaska's election lines should be redrawn with the new data. By Corey Allen-Young The Alaska Redistricting Board …

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Democrats, Republicans echo each other’s rhetoric on innovation, regulation

VBI Administrator — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 21:01:51 +0000

Democrats, Republicans echo each other’s rhetoric on innovation, regulation
Republicans and Democrats don’t see eye-to-eye on most economic issues, but those with a keen ear on Monday may have heard an unusual instance of leaders of both parties echoing each others’ rhetoric.
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ACLJ & Members of Congress to Appeals Court: San Diego’s Veterans Memorial is Constitutional
WASHINGTON, March 23, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) today filed an amicus brief on behalf of 17 members of Congress in support of the federal government’s request that the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit rehear a case in which a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit declared the long-standing Mt. Soledad Veterans Memorial …
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The next controversial governor
Move over Scott Walker and John Kasich; the next Republican governor to keep an eye on is Florida’s Rick Scott.
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