Opinion

My normal beat is local politics. If I can, I like to throw in a splash of state and national items and some backdoor philosophy and kibitzing, but this time of year is what I call the political doldrums. The elections are over, the holidays are around the corner and everyone in the public eye is just tuckered out. Professional and college football dominates the news and the NBA is embarking on their meaningless regular season. I call it the longest set of exhibition games in the history of humanity. It's difficult to get worked up about anything political this time of the year, so I thought you might be interested in how I write my columns.

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Fact: Governor Schwarzenegger recently announced that the hard-fought state budget is already obsolete, because of falling tax revenues from failing businesses. The eleven-billion dollar shortfall is going to require both new sources of revenue and more cuts in services.

Few people whose names were not on this month's ballot had as

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Dear Editor,

Historical presidential race complete

County does it again

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