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Gov. Davis’ Proposed 2001-02 Budget
KQED Commentary
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D.
5.29.2001
A key criticism of Gov. Davis’ handling of the electricity crisis has been his willingness to sacrifice long-term solutions for short-term political gains. When he recently unveiled his revised 2001-02 budget proposal, Davis again displayed this disturbing propensity, opting for a short-term fix at the expense of the state’s long-term fiscal health.
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SF school district’s double standard
Education Op-Ed
By: Diallo Dphrepaulezz
5.14.2001
A recent confidential investigation of the San Francisco Unified School District reveals gross misuse of funds. Nearly amounting to blatant fraud, Superintendent Ackerman was forced to call in the FBI to investigate mishandling of millions of federal dollars. The city has begun internal criminal and civil investigations of several former and current district employees.
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Let’s Use Our Coal
Business and Economics Op-Ed
By: Steven F. Hayward, Ph.D
5.13.2001
The nation’s troubbled energy situation—soaring natural gas prices, rolling blackouts in California, and gasoline pump prices heading north again—has revived the old arguments about how we should supply our energy. Environmentalists stress conservation and “renewable” sources of energy such as wind and solar power. The Bush administration and other voices urge stepped up production of traditional fossil fuel energy.
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Elimination of UC Color-Blind
KQED Commentary
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D.
5.1.2001
When he was elected California’s lieutenant governor, Cruz Bustamante had the reputation as a political moderate. Yet, for much of his tenure, Bustamante has been a leader of liberal forces that wish to re-institute race preferences in government policy. Indeed, Bustamante, who also sits on the University of California Board of Regents, will propose at the regents’ May meeting that the UC drop its 1995 ban on racial preferences in admissions.
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Davis’ Tantrum On Transmission-Line Deal
KQED Commentary
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D.
5.1.2001
Gray Davis is a desperate man. Through his inaction, procrastination, and bad policy choices, Davis has turned a very solvable electricity problem into the worst disaster that has ever hit California. Davis knows this, which explains his increasingly bizarre behavior.
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