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Government‚ Get Out of My Face(book)
Capital Ideas
5.25.2011
The Social Networking Privacy Act (SB 242), authored by state senator Ellen Corbett‚ a San Leandro Democrat‚ would force any social networking site to make new users choose their privacy settings when they register and make the default settings private except for the user’s name and city of residence.
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Teacher Union “Mo’ Money” Show
Capital Ideas
By: Katy Grimes
5.17.2011
Last week teacher union activists descended upon the Capitol but education reform was not on their agenda. The priority was lobbying legislators to vote in favor of Gov. Jerry Brown’s tax extensions‚ and avoid a vote of the people on the tax increases.
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California's Cover Story
Capital Ideas
By: K. Lloyd Billingsley
5.11.2011
Last month The Economist ran a cover story: “Where it all went wrong: A special report on California’s dysfunctional democracy.” The report blames “direct democracy,” the initiative process, for the state’s woes. The ruling class loves the report, but Californians have good reason to be wary.
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