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Tell that to the tax payers Lockyer. This is the narrative the Dems are using as an excuse to raise taxes.

California has joined the lengthening queue of supplicants seeking help from Uncle Sam. State Treasurer Bill Lockyer is lobbying some in Congress to secure a federal backstop or guarantee on $12 billion to $16 billion of short-term revenue anticipation notes, or RANs, that the state may need to sell as early as July. Lockyer thinks it may not be possible to sell this debt without federal help, and is seeking to have the Troubled Assets Relief Program, or TARP, expanded to allow banks to sell municipal debt to the federal government, according to a state treasury spokesman. Barring that, he...

Nearly six in 10 likely voters can identify Attorney General Bill Lockyer, the Democrat with more than three decades in California politics. As the state's top law enforcement official, Lockyer is constantly in the news. He recently filed a lawsuit alleging that car makers are causing too much smog. In a high-profile move last year, he put the names and addresses of all the state's registered sex offenders online. But that's not the only advantage Lockyer has as the Democratic candidate for state treasurer in the November election. The same August Field Poll that measured his name recognition also found...

Lockyer, Parrish vie for treasurer WINNER TO BE INVESTOR-IN-CHIEF By George Avalos MediaNews The major-party candidates for state treasurer recognize the challenges that come with being California's investor in chief -- a job often regarded as nothing more than a financial and economic soapbox. State Attorney General Bill Lockyer, a Democrat, and state Board of Equalization board member Claude Parrish, a Republican, are among a handful of candidates vying for a post whose occupant can get the ear of Wall Street, which for years has scrutinized California's financial health and mammoth government operations. (SNIP) The two candidates disagree about the...

WASHINGTON (AP) California Attorney General Bill Lockyer, at a press conference on legislation to curtail food warning labels, used an expletive to refer to one of the bill's sponsors. The remark was in reference to Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., whose bill would stop states from putting warning labels on food that are different from federal warnings. Lockyer read a quote from Rogers in which the congressman said a pregnant shopper in Michigan should see the same warning while buying peas as a pregnant shopper in California. ``What a dumbs---,'' Lockyer said. ``Sorry,'' he quickly added, to laughter from the room,...

Attorney General Supports Poochigian’s Request for Review of First 5 Commission’s Use of Taxpayer Funds Citing Conflict, Lockyer Refers Investigation to Sacramento County District Attorney “Attorney General Bill Lockyer has acknowledged that allegations that the First 5 Commission may have misused taxpayer funds in connection with campaign advertising for Proposition 82 warrant a prompt review. Although the Attorney General’s office has investigated and prosecuted other state entities and officers in the past, he has decided to refer this case. I believe that Sacramento County District Attorney Jan Scully will fully investigate the matter and, if warranted, prosecute any civil or...

LOS ANGELES - Potato chips and french fries could soon come with a warning label in California if the state's top attorney prevails in a lawsuit filed Friday against nine fast food chains and snack-food makers. Attorney General Bill Lockyer asked for a court order requiring McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's, Frito Lay and other companies to warn consumers that their fries and chips may contain acrylamide, a chemical the state says causes cancer. At least one of the companies disputes that, saying there is no evidence the substance is carcinogenic. "In taking this action, I am not telling people to...

"Jews as Nazis" and "U.S. Flag in the Toilet" Art Displays Fuel Hatred against Jews and Americans     California Attorney General Bill Lockyer, in his official capacity, is sponsoring and hosting a leftist lawyers art exhibit that contains a collection of art displays with themes that are blatantly anti-American, anti-military, antisemitic, anti-Israel, anti-Republican, anti-President Bush, and anti-conservative. The art exhibit is on display from July 15 through July 31, 2005, in the first floor cafeteria at the California Department of Justice building on I Street, at the state capitol. This art exhibit is also jointly sponsored by the...

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I posted last week on the possibility that California Attorney General Bill Lockyer would display at his office some of Steven Pearcy's anti-american artwork. Today News 10 did a story on it. You can read up on the details and see a picture of the painting there. It is basically a map of The US painted like an American flag in a toilet. On the side it reads "T'anks to Mr. Bush" The attorney general says he is just promoting free speech. But a display like this has no place in a government office. Anyway, in responce I have started...

Lawsuit Filed Against Abortion Provision Protecting Health Care Workers Sacramento, CA (LifeNews.com) -- California Attorney General Bill Lockyer, on Wednesday, filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn a new federal law that protects those in the health care industry that don't want to be involved in abortions. Contained in a spending bill signed by President Bush, the Hyde-Weldon provision says that the federal government can't discriminate against doctors, hospitals or health insurance companies that do not want to perform or pay for abortions. As a result, any federal, state or local agency that receives federal money would lose those funds if...

SACRAMENTO, USA, Dec. 09, 2004 (CNA) - A leading pro-family organization, Campaign for Children and Families, issued a response to California Attorney General Bill Lockyer’s announcement yesterday that he will sue to block the Hyde-Weldon conscience amendment in the recently-passed federal spending bill which prohibits government entities from punishing doctors who won't do abortions, saying that Lockyer is ignoring the right to “freedom of conscience.” Randy Thomasson, president of CCF stated: "Imagine you're a baby doctor. You've said the Hippocratic Oath to do no harm, and now Bill Lockyer is forcing you to participate in killing an unborn child in...

The California Attorney General appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday challenging a lower court ruling that halted the execution of Death Row inmate Kevin Cooper last month. The attorney general's petition does not challenge the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal's rationale for halting the execution, but rather claims the appellate court lacked the jurisdiction to stop it in the manner in which it did. "If courts can ignore the law during these 11th-hour, last ditch efforts to halt executions, murder victims' family members and loved ones will be left with little solace, knowing a closure to their grief...

<p>Is California's attorney general preparing a legislative assault on peer-to-peer file sharing?</p> <p>A draft letter purportedly circulated by Bill Lockyer to fellow state attorneys general characterizes P2P software as a "dangerous product" and describes the failure of technology makers to warn consumers of those dangers as a deceptive trade practice.</p>

SAN FRANCISCO -- Attorneys for the city of San Francisco are ready to take their fight over gay marriage all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Arguing that municipal authorities are “independently responsible” to uphold the U.S. Constitution, city attorneys Friday increased the chance that the nation’s highest court would be needed to decide the legality of San Francisco’s same-sex marriages. In documents filed with the California Supreme Court, the city’s attorneys said that nothing in the state constitution requires local officials to obey laws they believe infringe on the civil rights of their citizens. The filing was a...

<p>Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger ordered California's attorney general Friday to take legal action to stop San Francisco from granting marriage licenses to gay couples.</p> <p>In a letter to Attorney General Bill Lockyer, Schwarzenegger directed the state's top lawyer "to take immediate steps" to get a definitive court ruling declaring the city's actions to be illegal.</p>

<p>It was only his 12th day as mayor of San Francisco, but Gavin Newsom decided that night -- the very night he attended President Bush's State of the Union address in Washington, D.C. -- that he was going to defy California law.</p> <p>And turn the nation on its ear.</p>

Politicians whining about global warming make me suspicious. Since most of us politicians (at least around an election) are little more than hot air anyway, it could be argued we are more responsible for global warming than you are. So, when I read that several elected state attorneys general were suing the federal government to get more regulations over more of our life to “do something” about “global warming,” I got worried. These 11 attorneys general (including California’s Bill Lockyer) want the Environmental Protection Agency to enact stringent new rules on emissions into the atmosphere. With variations in details, all...

Politicians use bad science as an excuse to push people around and eliminate jobs. Assemblyman Ray Haynes represents California’s 66th Assembly District. Politicians whining about global warming make me suspicious. Since most of us politicians (at least around an election) are little more than hot air anyway, it could be argued we are more responsible for global warming than you are. So, when I read that several elected state attorneys general were suing the federal government to get more regulations over more of our life to “do something” about “global warming,” I got worried. These 11 attorneys general (including California’s...

<p>Gov.-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger will hire a private investigator to look into allegations that he groped women, but he may keep the results from the state attorney general, a spokesman said Thursday.</p> <p>Schwarzenegger's reluctance to turn over the results of the investigation stem from remarks Attorney General Bill Lockyer made earlier Thursday. The Democrat said he advised Schwarzenegger that the misconduct allegations "are not going to go away" and he should cooperate with an independent investigation.</p>