Gov. Jerry Brown on Townhall

• What’s the purpose of public education anyway Wed Sep 28
  Marybeth Hicks
  Barely enough time has passed for bologna sandwiches to begin rotting in school lockers, yet the 2011-2012 school year is shaping up to be one of the stinkiest ever, if we’re measuring in episodes of putrid political correctness and radicalism. ... more
• Gov. Brown signs bill to boost LA stadium plan Tue Sep 27
  AP News
• UC Berkeley Republicans hold 'Diversity Bake Sale' Tue Sep 27
  AP News
• UC Berkeley Republicans hold 'Diversity Bake Sale' Tue Sep 27
  AP News
• Gov. Jerry Brown and 3 Telling Bills Tue Sep 13
  Debra J. Saunders
  California Gov. Jerry Brown scored a victory for common sense last week when he vetoed a bill that would have imposed criminal penalties on minors -- or their parents -- who ski or snowboard without a helmet. ... more
• Schools Serving Leftist Kool-Aid as Curriculum Wed Sep 7
  Marybeth Hicks
  This week, millions of American children return to their classrooms. Unfortunately, the material some of them will be forced to study is controversial, to say the least. ... more
• National Popular Vote Thu Aug 11
  Debra J. Saunders
  California Gov. Jerry Brown believes that "the occupant of the White House should be the candidate who wins the most votes." On Monday, he signed a bill that could hand the state's 55 electoral votes not to the candidate who wins California, but to the candidate who wins the most votes nationally. ... more
• History Books Get Gay Makeover Thu Jul 7
  Michael Reagan
  According to a shocking news report, California legislators have enacted legislation that gives the state the dubious distinction of being the first state in the nation to require public schools to include the contributions of gays and lesbians in their social studies curriculum. ... more
• Second round of tuition hikes likely at UC and Cal State systems Thu Jun 30
  Townhall.com Staff
• California Governor Vetoes Budget Fri Jun 17
  Townhall.com Staff
• California's Choice: Clarity or Gridlock Tue Jun 14
  Debra J. Saunders
  When he ran for governor, Democrat Jerry Brown made a promise to voters -- "no new taxes without voter approval." That pledge was what you would call a gimmick. ... more
• Brown Wants To Cut Prison Population by a Fifth Sun May 8
  Debra J. Saunders
  How small is the California prison population likely to become if Gov. Jerry Brown has his way? In three years, California's prison population would be 20 percent smaller. ... more
• Slouching Towards Insolvency (The California Way) Sun May 1
  Austin Hill
  The U.S. Federal Government is on a collision course of debt and deficits. And California may be the best example yet of “the feds on steroids.” ... more
• California Governor Wins the Blame Game Thu Mar 31
  Debra J. Saunders
  California Gov. Jerry Brown won the blame game and lost the budget. ... more
• Let Voters Decide on Pensions, Spending Tue Mar 29
  Debra J. Saunders
  In Sacramento, the knee-jerk response to any crisis is to blame the Republicans. ... more
• Why Sacramento Can't Get Cellphones Out of Prison Thu Mar 24
  Debra J. Saunders
  California prisons confiscated more than 10,000 cellphones last year. This year, officials at Corcoran State Prison found a cellphone with a camera in possession of convicted serial killer Charles Manson. ... more
• Golf, Cocaine and Budget Talk Thu Mar 17
  Debra J. Saunders
  Grover Norquist, head of the Washington-based Americans for Tax Reform, doesn't want Republicans to negotiate with Democrats to solve Washington's deficit problems or to cut a deal to solve California's budget shortfall. ... more
• Who Won in Wisconsin? Tue Mar 15
  Mona Charen
  Who won the battle of Wisconsin? Republican Gov. Scott Walker got a legislative victory. On the other hand, Democrats, with a wary eye on 2012 and noting the worrying drop in support for President Obama in union-heavy states like Pennsylvania and Michigan, claim to be delighted that Walker has picked this fight. ... more
• Jerry Brown, a Modern Sisyphus Thu Feb 10
  Victor Davis Hanson
  California Gov. Jerry Brown must rapidly close a $25 billion budgetary shortfall. But right now it seems almost a hopeless task since the state's disastrous budget is a symptom, not the cause, of California's much larger nightmare. ... more
• Teachers Union (aka SDS Alumni Club) Back in Bed with ‘Reincarnated’ ACORN Wed Feb 9
  Kyle Olson
  Even though the condition of the Oakland Unified School District is so bad that the state of California had to take it over, don’t expect the Oakland Education Association to be bothered with such trivialities. ... more
• Jerry Brown Takes on Redevelopment Sun Jan 23
  Debra J. Saunders
  The governor of California is proposing steering $1.7 billion away from redevelopment agencies and into schools, counties and the state. ... more
• The Bloomberg Syndrome Thu Jan 20
  Victor Davis Hanson
  After the recent Tucson, Ariz., shootings, Pima County Sheriff Clarence W. Dupnik, a Democrat, almost immediately and without evidence claimed that conservative anti-government speech had set off alleged killer Jared Lee Loughner. ... more
• Budget Crisis Rhetoric: Part II Wed Jan 19
  Thomas Sowell
  Not enough of us have yet learned not to take media rhetoric at face value either, even when it appears in what looks like a "news" story, but is actually a disguised editorial on the front page. ... more
• 2011: A Fiscal Reckoning That Cannot Be Avoided Thu Jan 6
  Howard Rich
  While the extension of Bush-era tax cuts dominated headlines during the recently-concluded lame duck session of Congress, the coming year will bring with it a renewed focus on public debt – whether policymakers like it or not. ... more

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