John Laird
John Laird
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There will be a devastating ripple effect for current and future generations of middle class college students in California. The goal should be how to reduce the financial burden for students in order to invest in our future, rather than how to add to students? debt load in order to reduce the current federal deficit.
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Proposition 76 would override the voter protection on local government funding, ... Nothing else would allow anyone to dip into those funds.
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If we put another $7 million on top of that it may be too big a hill to climb in a budget with a $5 billion deficit problem.
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What happened to our Senate Central Coast district was a massive injustice for the region and for Fred,
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Everybody's lined up at the starting line. Is the governor really going to shoot the gun and start the race? It's one thing to propose, it's another thing to sit every day across the table and actually negotiate a conclusion by deadline.
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It?s a new computer system and a lot of people, so it?s going to take some time,
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The fact that so many congressional seats are noncompetitive is not fair, but one state reforming the way it does redistricting is like unilateral disarmament,
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I thought that if something was going to endanger the bill, especially considering the state?s current financial climate, it would be the cost to the state, ... But 50,000 more students means $23 million for California from the federal government.
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I think there were just a few things that were unresolved Friday night. Things were about 90 percent of the way there, and I think the weekend allowed us to potentially fill that last gap.
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I think this is going to do a lot of good for a lot of kids and they will be assured of a healthy meal when they get to school, ... This is a winning situation for everyone.
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Given what happened to the Central Coast, it's hard to support the current system, but since the last census 3.6 million people have been added. And to turn over the most diverse state in the union to a panel of retired judges, which is a very undiverse group ... I'd support an independent commission, or an independent commission with legislative review, or some other kind of hybrid.
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clarify and reinforce that all businesses that provide services, goods or accommodations to the public cannot discriminate based on sexual orientation, gender identity or marital status.
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I just think I was sent up here to vote,
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Governor Schwarzenegger made the right decision to sign into law significant improvements to a significant civil rights law, the Unruh Act, making clear for businesses and customers that discrimination in any form is unacceptable,