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THE NOONER for April 5, 2012 TWEET DU JOUR: @JakeTapper - "POTUS says 'we are a nation of Dewar's.' I might have heard that wrong, though." THE TWO-MONTH SPRINT: Candidates have two months from today to persuade voters to give them a shot in November. In Santorum math, that's like 1,000 days. THE TWO-WEEK SPRINT: Good news: With three business days down in April, personal income tax revenues are tracking with last year's totals. Bad news: we need to collect $9.4 billion more by April 31 to be on target for the year, and we only collected about $6.3b in the comparable stretch left in April. RUH-ROH: Last month, we got word that AD46 candidate Adrin Nazarian was opening a campaign office outside of his district, and now there is another. Although, the word that AD50 candidate Betsy Butler's new campaign headquarters is outside of the district certainly escalates the campaign fumble up a notch. That's because Butler is already accused of carpetbagging, although the effort was supported by the Speaker and most Assembly Democrats. Calitics reports that there is a grand opening this Saturday for Butler's new headquarters, at 11512 Santa Monica Boulevard, which is about four blocks out of the new district at Santa Monica and, uh, Butler Ave. Do the locations of campaign headquarters really matter? No, only a handful of us geeks know or care where one district stops and another begins, but it's another cycle in which Butler will be answering silly questions and unable to make fundraising calls or talk about her record. LIKE THE NOONER?
ADVERTISE: Buy this spot and reach 4,582 of the free version of The Nooner. Now's the time to reserve the critical political and legislative weeks! SUBSCRIBE: For only $5/month or $50/year, immediately get promoted to the cool kids circle, get the ad-free version, and support my coffee habit. NO PLACE LIKE HOME: Wow, that was a long day yesterday. It's good to be back in Sac. Speaking of the road, I drove through much of SD05, the race between Assemblymember Cathleen Galgiani (D), Assemblymember Bill Berryhill (R) and Supervisor Larry Ornellas (R). I ask you, dear Nooner readers, how do you think this race is shaping up between Berryhill and Ornellas? Galgiani will make it to November, and my sense is that the B-O race could be tight. FROM KARA: "I bet I'm the only person around the capitol who learns of her husbands whereabouts through Assembly district numbers." My response, "It could be worse, Jodi finds out where Paul is through census blocks." $$$: Jerry Perenchio, the former chair of Univision, kicked in $250,000 to support paycheck protection/deception, while Molly Munger kicks in another $500,000. Either one of you want to be an NBA owner? AD10: What is an actual conflict when a legislator receives outside income? Or, could this be the solution for the post-Prop. 25 budget showdowns? TOP HEADLINES ON AROUNDTHECAPITOL.COM AS OF 12:00PM Capping Big Pensions: How Much Is Too Much? calpensions.com ![]() Nadia Lockyer Denies Leaving Ex-lover A Voice Mail Phillip Matier, Andrew Ross @ sfgate.com Despite a trip to rehab and an ongoing investigation into her accusation that she was assaulted by an ex-boyfriend in a Newark hotel room, Alameda County Supervisor Nadia Lockyer allegedly has continued to contact her former lover, Stephen Chikhani. Most recently, she supposedly left him a voice mail message declaring, "Miss you beside me."
Jerry Brown stops collecting signatures for first tax measure David Siders @ blogs.sacbee.com ![]() Assemblyman Allen's Union Ties Raises Questions Derek Moore @ pressdemocrat.com ![]() Pelosi predicts Supreme Court will back healthcare law Kim Geiger @ latimes.com ![]() Raiders' Deal Still Haunts Oakland |
Politics & Government | Oakland, Berkeley, Bay Area & California | Robert Gammon eastbayexpress.com ![]() Latino Center focused on education, health care and technology utsandiego.com ![]() Bullet Trains Vs. Book Learning George Skelton @ latimes.com ![]() Jerry Brown Confident He Will Meet Deadline On New Tax Proposal latimesblogs.latimes.com ![]() Unaffiliated Voters Grow Despite Partisanship Martin Wisckol @ totalbuzz.ocregister.com ![]() Aetna Mistakenly Tells 8,000 Customers Their Doctors Were Dropped From Coverage Jennifer Garza @ sacbee.com ![]() Political Memo: Presidential Campaign Expected to Be Narrowly Contested nytimes.com ![]() California Voters Consider Obesity Top Health Risk For Kids Anna Gorman @ latimesblogs.latimes.com Nearly half of California's voters said lack of exercise or unhealthy eating was the greatest health risk for children, according to a statewide poll. Brown pitches tax hike for public safety utsandiego.com ![]() Romney beginning to reach across party lines in Pennsylvania Robin Abcarian @ latimes.com ![]() Dan Walters Daily: Most interesting politicians? Amy Chance @ blogs.sacbee.com ![]() The Buzz: Herman Cain's 9-9-9 tax plan enters California Senate race sacbee.com ![]() San Quentin prisoner who killed inmate says he was avenging innocent children Gary Klien, Marin Independent Journal @ mercurynews.com ![]() CHP campaign targeting cellphone scofflaws yields citations sacbee.com During the first three days of a statewide campaign to discourage distracted driving, the California Highway Patrol's Valley Division issued 316 citations to drivers for violating the state's cellphone laws and 17 citations to individuals who were texting while driving. Lawsuit seeking to ban Happy Meal toys in California shot down mercurynews.com ![]() Howard Berman Gets A Thumbs-up From -- Darrell Issa? Jean Merl @ latimes.com Republican congressman's praise for his Democratic colleague elicits cynicism from the camp of Howard Berman's Democratic election rival Brad Sherman Public 'customers' Focus Of Some State Departments Jon Ortiz @ sacbee.com ![]() |