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Concern for Tax Credits

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08 September 2010 Sandy Cajas Print Email

California is BROKE!!  The state legislative analyst has suggested that we will have a 10 billion dollar deficit. And the legislature is gridlocked on how to solve this. One item everyone agrees on is the fact that there just isn’t any money. One thing we know is that if the state can collect more money, we will go a long way to fix this situation. Currently, there are two free programs that are offered by the state to help taxpayers file their returns,

Por qué mas gasto no resulta en mejores escuelas

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01 August 2010 Mary Theroux Print Email

Mientras que las familias a lo largo de California se han apretado sus propios cinturones en respuesta a los duros tiempos económicos, supervisores y administradores certificados disfrutaron un 28 por ciento de incremento salarial durante los últimos cinco años. 

Un nuevo estudio del Instituto Davenport  de la Universidad de Pepperdine ha puesto de manifiesto el fraude continuamente perpetuado sobre el público contribuyente – y puesto sobre las familias de escasos recursos atrapadas en las escuelas públicas – de que si el estado (en este caso, California) solo tuviera un poco mas de dinero podría proporcionar una mejor educación.

El estudio concluye que a pesar de todo lo que se habla sobre “los recortes al presupuesto a la educación”, el gasto destinado a la educación se

Buy local, buy American (if you can)

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12 July 2010 Francisco Zermeño Print Email

There we were on a Saturday night, wife and I watching 'Descent 2' when, suddenly, CRASH! outside our house. Little did I know, as I opened the front door, that I was going to be faced with a tough decision - local or USAmerican?

A Honda driver had somehow slammed into SPEFFZ (my Toyota Previa) throwing it against a tree! Only $12K to fix it! Naturally, the insurance said 'totaled'.

Oakland’s gang injunction is a chance to save lives

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29 May 2010 John Russo and Anthony Batts Print Email

The proposed gang injunction in North Oakland is consistent with President Obama’s call to get smart on crime, as opposed to just tough on crime.

The injunction is based on what many North Oakland residents and merchants have been demanding. It is a narrowly tailored tool to disrupt a criminal enterprise responsible for murders and dozens of robberies, shootings and other major crimes in the neighborhood in recent years.