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George Bush Visits California on Earth Day
Cpaital Ideas
By: K. Lloyd Billingsley
4.26.2006
SACRAMENTO, CA - Last Saturday, Earth Day, President Bush toured the California Fuel Cell Partnership in West Sacramento, where he told an audience of about 150, including reporters, that after five years of his administration, "America's air is cleaner, our water purer and the land is better cared for." That invites a look at the delicate subject of air quality in California.
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KIPP Charter Schools Fighting California's Middle-Grade Blues
Capital Ideas
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D.
4.19.2006
SACRAMENTO, CA - While Rob Reiner is running around California telling voters that preschool is the magic bullet for the state's education woes, testing data shows that children are having learning problems not at the beginning of their school careers, but in the middle. Too many public middle schools have become barriers to student achievement. In contrast, the KIPP charter schools, relatively new to California, offer a promising model for raising the achievement levels of middle-school students, especially those from low-income backgrounds.
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Candidates Westly and Angelides Show Why Pensions Shouldn't Be Run By the State
4.14.2006
SACRAMENTO, CA - A recent Los Angeles Times article revealed that California State Controller and gubernatorial candidate Steve Westly helped guide $5 million in pension funds to a venture capital firm run by two well-connected campaign contributors. Taxpayers and public employees should be concerned because this quid pro quo is the latest example of how politicians use California's public employee retirement systems to benefit their campaign cronies.
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Index of Leading Environmental Indicators: 2006 Report
PRI Study
By: Steven F. Hayward, Ph.D
4.12.2006
Though 2005 offered a full plate of environmental episodes that riveted the world’s attention, including environmental calamities in China, Hurricane Katrina, and the U.N. conference on climate change, the march of environmental progress continues, according to the 2006 Index of Leading Environmental Indicators, released today by the Pacific Research Institute (PRI) and the American Enterprise Institute (AEI).
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Cutting the Cord: Streamlining the Video Franchising Process
PRI Study
4.5.2006
Convergence is the ongoing theme in the nation’s communications marketplace, and for the most part it is happening at a decent pace. One area, however, where positive change is not happening fast enough is video service. This lag can be traced to the cable franchise regulatory system whereby local governments set the terms and conditions for businesses to enter the video market.
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A Solution for California's Water Problems
By: K. Lloyd Billingsley
4.5.2006
SACRAMENTO, CA - California's capital, though some 90 miles inland, is barely above sea level. At this writing the water level at the I St. bridge on the Sacramento River, not far from where it is joined by the swiftly flowing American River, is more than 27 feet. The rains continue, and should the levees give out -- perhaps nudged by an earthquake or terrorist act -- the city could be transformed into New Orleans after Katrina. These damp realities highlight one of California's major problems and recall a possible solution.
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Fight the Feminist Occupation
By: Sally C. Pipes
4.3.2006
We recently noted that some forecasters view the election of female politicians as a sign of a new and better world run by women. Of course, not everybody sees it that way — certainly not Kate O'Beirne, author of Women Who Make the World Worse: and How Their Radical Feminist Assault is ruining Our Schools, Families, and Sports.
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