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<p>Give California Treasurer Phil Angelides credit for this much: He can smell a political opportunity. But give him credit for more than that. By launching a minicampaign last week to urge select tax increases in order to avoid a serious erosion of education spending, Angelides became the first statewide officer to question the prevailing assumption that California's budget crisis means the schools must suffer.</p>

<p>Washington -- House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco has pushed through $1 million in federal funds for a think tank started by her longtime adviser and campaign treasurer, former Lt. Gov. Leo T. McCarthy, sparking concerns that she is rewarding a supporter with taxpayer money.</p>

** 2003 KENTUCKY ELECTIONS UPDATE ** Time is running out for anyone who wants to file for a State Constitutional Office this year in Kentucky. The deadline is Tuesday, January 28th, at 4pm. You have two weeks left. Folks, if you go to the Kentucky State Board of Elections , you will see that, right now, there are NO Republicans filed for the offices of State Auditor , State Treasurer , and State Agriculture Commissioner . Only ONE Republican (Jack D. Wood, Valley Station) has filed to run for Attorney General and only ONE Republican (Trey Grayson, Ft. Mitchell) has...

We Need 100 FReepers to Help Now!!!Republicans may be able to take the post of California State Treasurer. This would be a stunning upset - putting a fiscally conservative GOPer - Greg Conlon - at the helm of the treasury of the 6th largest economy in the world. The stunning news comes from recent polls which show Conlon and Angelides locked in a dead heat. Not GOP polls. But typically liberal-leaning polls. The more stunning news is that incumbent liberal Angelides is sitting on his cash for a future run for higher office (at one point he thought of challenging...