Category: California

Billions Unclaimed, Chance of a Lifetime

The stimulus package is an opportunity for state like Ohio to get significant projects funded, according to this report. Bob Armstrong, mayor of Defiance (population 17,000), wants $4.7 million for the next phase of the town’s sewer upgrade, mandated by the EPA. Defiance’s part-time lobbyist is on the case in Washington, “going to each of […]

Prop. 8 Lawsuit

The Mormon Times reports on the lawsuit surrounding California’s Proposition 8 here. The suit seeks a court order exempting Proposition 8 committees from identifying people who donated shortly before or after the Nov. 4 election. Previous contributors already have been named. California’s Political Reform Act, approved by voters in 1974, requires disclosure of the name, […]