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California Political News and Opinion for Sunday, October 29, 2006

By Frank D. Russo

The California Progress Report has selected, on a daily basis, headlines of news stories and editorial and opinion articles about California state politics and public policy from many different sources. As a feature, readers can click on the headline and read what interests them. As of Friday, we had logged 5200 news and 2904 opinion pieces, with the last 200 of each available for viewing. We are repairing the software for this feature which mysteriously stopped functioning sometime on Friday and deleted any items after last Wednesday.

Here is our substitute for some of what would have been our regular listing for today. For news, you may want to look at the excellent daily digest of mostly news articles compiled by Rough & Tumble. We'll highlight for now some opinion and other articles you may not see on other sites. We won't be able to update throughout the day as we normally do. But at least with the switchover from Daylight Savings Time we go an extra hour of sleep.

The designer of the California Progress Report, who is repairing the California News and Opinion sections of this page, told me when we started publishing in March, that most readers would think that these items appeared by some sort of automatic feed. That has never been the case and this process has involved reading about a dozen newspapers around the state and relying on other sources for additional items. We have strived to include articles, including opinion pieces we don't agree with, to give readers an opportunity to see what is being reported and commented upon throughout the state in the media. Today's list is necessarily shorter because of the extra time it takes to put in all the links. Enjoy!

More voters turned off by party extremes: California registers growing number of independents, By Mark Baldassare and David Lesher, Sacramento Bee

Editorial: Bond measures: Because the stakes are so huge, four of five public works propositions on the ballot are deserving of approval, LA Times

EDITORIAL: Racism enters the races--The ads may not be overt, but across the country campaigns are trying to tap into a vein of fear and bigotry, LA Times

Gregory Rodriguez: A letter-perfect political story in the O.C., LA Times

Cruz Bustamante's New TV Ad: "I Was Really Fat", LA Times blog Political Muscle

Dear Abby Opposes Prop. 85, Sort Of, LA Times blog Political Muscle

The Name of the Game [Find out who all those folks are with innocuous sounding names for or against ballot props], LA Times blog Political Muscle

Editorial: Proposition 90 offers more hindrance than help, Oakland Tribune

Editorial: Voting-booth values, Press Enterprise

Editorial: Absentee peril, Press Enterprise

Editorial: Surging rail [easing of traffic congestion and air pollution], Press Enterprise

Hollywood playing huge election role: Star power aids campaigns in fierce fight for media attention, Sacramento Bee

Proposition 89: Corporate contribution limits called ploy, fair, Sacramento Bee

Campaign 2006: NAACP is urged to look beyond labels--Governor stresses family links, deals with Democrats, Sacramento Bee

Dan Walters: Why were levees not maintained?, Sacramento Bee

Editorial: Big money puts controller race in the crosshairs--Gambling tribes, Intuit pour in the bucks in a brazen effort to beat Democrat Chiang, Sacramento Bee

Editorial: Failing prisons, Sacramento Bee

Daniel Weintraub: Grit hits the fan on pollution credits, Sacramento Bee

Way ahead: With balloting little more than a week away, a retooled Schwarzenegger finds himself, by John J. Pitney Jr., San Diego Union

CALIFORNIA'S CHOICE: Schwarzenegger: Reinvented leader shows new humility, San Francisco Chronicle

CALIFORNIA'S CHOICE: Angelides: Wants to finish strong and score election upset, San Francisco Chronicle

CALIFORNIA'S CHOICE : Winning over the voters is a question of good timing, San Francisco Chronicle

VOTER'S GUIDE TO THE NOV. 7 ELECTION [Statewide candidates, Assembly and State Senate, and ballot propositions with many links], San Francisco Chronicle http://www.sfgate.com/campaign2006/

Editorial: Prop. 87 not the right road toward alternative energy, San Jose Mercury News

PRISON BREAK: WHEN SCHWARZENEGGER WAS ELECTED, IT WAS LIKE WINNING THE LOTTERY FOR 126 INMATES SERVING LIFE IN PRISON, San Jose Mercury News

Arnold fades to Gray: Does anyone remember the reformer who promised to 'blow up the boxes' after the recall? by Steven Greenhut, Orange County Register

Rivals for governor go directly to voters: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and rival state Treasurer Phil Angelides are hoping breakneck stumping will translate into votes on Nov. 7, Orange County Register

Water bond's timing may threaten its chance, Ventura County Star

Posted on October 29, 2006

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