TUES FEB 2 Congresswoman Laura Richardson is appointed Chair of Emergency Communication, Preparedness and Response, which I originally thought was the long-discarded first name for Blood, Sweat and Tears, but have since been informed is a rather critical subcommittee of the Homeland Security Committee. The subcommittee is there to monitor FEMA, prepare for terrorism response [...]

Don’t know if you heard, but California Treasurer Bill Lockyer recently laid into fellow Democrats while testifying about legislative reform. “It’s impossible for this legislature to reform the pension system, and if we don’t, we bankrupt the state. And I don’t think anybody could do it here because of who elected you.” Yeah, I know. [...]