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  • Taxpayer group criticizes plan - Legislators could sell land to create education fund

    09/04/2005 11:26:09 AM PDT · by calcowgirl · 2 replies · 336+ views
    Record Searchlight ^ | September 4, 2005 | Tim Hearden
    State Treasurer Phil Angelides' proposal to sell or lease idle state property and use the money for higher education has drawn fire from a taxpayers organization. A bill in the Senate Appropriations Committee would establish the California Hope Endowment, which would enact Angelides' idea of taking about $5 billion in state land and putting it in a trust. With a 6 percent return, the trust would generate $300 million for outreach, counseling, help with college preparation and scholarships, the treasurer asserted last week. "One of the biggest needs facing our state is to educate a work force who can compete...
  • CA: The real 'special interests' - (Prop 56)

    02/17/2004 4:06:26 PM PST · by calcowgirl · 2 replies · 249+ views
    OC Register - ^ | February 17, 2004 | JON COUPAL
    <p>The first rule of politics is to tear down your opponent. That might not be fair, but, regrettably, it is just a fact of campaigning in modern democracies. When your opponent is a candidate, you conduct "opposition research" to dig up dirt. But with an initiative, it is more difficult to make it personal.</p>