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Retirement: Where Corporate Executives Make the Real Big Bucks

California Labor Federation for Calitics
May 30, 2012 - 12:54pm

by Senator Mark Leno

With most of the attention focused on the rising level of CEO pay while executives are actively working, an even more important aspect of executive compensation has been overlooked. What a top corporate executive makes when he or she retires from a publicly traded corporation is an ongoing expense to the company every year for the rest of their lives, as opposed to their yearly pay, which is a one-time payment.

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Adrienne Pine to speak about Honduras and the media

Dan Bacher for Calitics
May 29, 2012 - 12:15pm

For Immediate Release: May 29, 2012

Contact: Adrienne Pine 202-652-5601

On May 29, at 7 pm at Cohousing Commons, 5th and T Streets in Sacramento, Adrienne Pine, noted scholar and activist, will speak on the current situation in Honduras since the coup in 2009.

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Just in Time For The June 5th Primary: Sacramento Dem Dysfunction In One Easy Graph

Marta Evry for Calitics
May 28, 2012 - 4:10am

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OFA-California launches "pride" campaign to energize LGBT voters

Dante Atkins for Calitics
May 24, 2012 - 8:27pm

Roughly coinciding with Harvey Milk Day and still basking in the glow of President Obama's full evolution on marriage equality, the Obama re-election campaign in California, in conjunction with the Los Angeles County Democratic Party, launched Obama Pride in Los Angeles earlier this week. From the release:

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SD-19: Conservadem Hodge lies to media, lies again to cover lies

Dante Atkins for Calitics
May 21, 2012 - 8:06pm

I'm sure we all remember Jason Hodge, the conservadem being supported by big business interests desperate to have a Senator in the 19th State Senate District who will be more pliant than the progressive Hannah-Beth Jackson. Clearly, undermining your own party by campaigning as "the Democrat who doesn't think you need higher taxes" will convey that impression.

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AD-50: fundraising shows Osborn vs. Butler really is grassroots vs. the machine

Dante Atkins for Calitics
May 29, 2012 - 5:24pm

A quick perusal of coverage of the AD-50 race between (among others) activist and non-profit leader Torie Osborn and South Bay Beverly Hills Assemblymember Betsy Butler woul

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Winnemem Wintu Tribe closes McCloud River during war dance

Dan Bacher for Calitics
May 28, 2012 - 10:17pm

Winnemem Wintu Tribe members joined with members of other Indian Tribes and environmental activists in multi-colored kayaks and rafts to place a banner over the McCloud River on Lake Shasta proclaiming "River Closed" on Saturday, May 26.

The direct action took place in conjunction with the Tribes's four-day War Dance (H'up Chonas in the Winnemem language) held from May 24 to May 27 at the site where they have held their Coming of Age ceremonies for thousands of years.

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CA26: Linda Parks touts thriftiness while raising her own pay

David Atkins (thereisnospoon) for Calitics
May 26, 2012 - 6:04am

Calitics readers may recall Linda Parks, the Republican Supervisor in Thousand Oaks who just turned "independent" in order to run for Congress in Ventura County's 26th Congressional District. Parks was a Republican for sixteen years and remains obsessed with conservative austerity measures.

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Chevron Leads Effort to Buy Election for Oily Tom in AD-69

OC Progressive for Calitics
May 23, 2012 - 11:48am

Oily corporate money is flowing into an Orange County Assembly race, as Late Independent Expenditures push the fortunes of DINO "Oily Tom" Daly.

The primary vehicle is JOBSPAC, A BI-PARTISAN COALITION OF CALIFORNIA EMPLOYERS, which spent a whopping $291,578.25 between May 5th and May 19th to support ConservaDem Tom Daly, County Clerk Recorder and former Anaheim Mayor in AD-69, which is the only majority Democratic district in Orange County.

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Rep Gary Miller is "Ready to Keep Fighting for Washington"

Brian Leubitz for Calitics
May 21, 2012 - 3:14pm

Campaign accidentally posts outtakes. Hilarity ensues.

by Brian Leubitz

There isn't really much to this. It doesn't expose some of Miller's extremism, but, well, outtakes are fun! So, enjoy Republican Rep. Gary Miller's outtakes as he was filming a campaign ad.


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