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Zuckerberg, FWD.us and Cynical Civic Psychobabble



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Back when dinosaurs roamed the Earth, a youthful Calbuzzer was on hand when Democratic Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton emerged from a meeting at the Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose to announce that John Young of Hewlett Packard, John Sculley of Apple, John Doerr of Kleiner Perkins and other Republican-leaning high-tech executives were supporting… »

‘Money on Every Side,’ Retiring Lockyer Tells Calbuzz


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California Treasurer Bill Lockyer announced his impending retirement from politics today, after a career that stretched from the Disco Era to the Digital Age, bridged the terms of Gov. Jerry Brown 1 and 2.0 and rewarded him with two pensions totaling upwards of $200,000 a… »

Free Money: $5K for Top Idea on Tech Helping Sacto


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By Patrick Atwater Special to Calbuzz Political writer Patrick Atwater is an author, entrepreneur and frequent Calbuzz commentator who has a major jones for reforming California’s government. Following publication of his idealistic and intelligent book, “A New California Dream,” Atwater is now offering cash money… »

Excloo: Phil Trounstine May Run for Governor


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Phil Troun- stine, who has terrified genera- tions of politicians and once served as a top aide to tarred-and-feathered former Gov. Gray Davis, is himself eyeing a possible bid… »

Declaring Who is a ‘Journalist’ is No Easy Matter


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By Hank Plante, Special to Calbuzz: I sat at the “press table” at a recent California Republican Convention covering the event for my TV station, when I started… »

Top-Two Politics: Biz Plots, Back Stories & Backbiting


All the facts may never be known of how the California Chamber of Commerce, working last year through the Western Growers Association, ousted a couple of Democratic Assembly Speaker… »

Why Howie Kurtz is a Worse Person than Col. Kurtz


A quarter century ago, as then dewy-cheeked Calbuzzards fiercely focused on chronicling the historic campaign of President Bruce Babbitt, grizzled editors at the beloved Old Chronicle coped with a… »

Starr v Feingold: The Future of Political Reform


In his 1931 autobi- ography, San Francisco native and Calbuzz hero Lincoln Steffens recalled visiting many years earlier with Israel W. Durham, the boss of Philadelphia, who was near… »

Press Clips: Kudos to Difi on Weapons — and WCs


Amid the reeking heap of cowardice and disgrace that defined the U.S. Senate’s vote to kill gun control legislation last week, California’s senior solon offered the most trenchant commentary… »

Why Abel Maldonado Won’t Be the Next Governor


With the California Demo- cratic Party gathering in Sacramento this weekend and the Republican National Committee meeting in Los Angeles, it’s a good time for more normal human beings… »

Op Ed: Ban Fundraising During Legislative Sessions


By Dan Schnur, Special to Calbuzz: If you operate under the premise that it’s better to be one mile outside of Hell heading out than one hundred miles away… »

Calbuzz Sez: Panetta for Gov; More Honor for Us


Calbuzz joined in the festivities at Cal State Monterey Bay last week when a jovial Carmel Valley walnut rancher we’re lucky enough to know was honored by some 300… »

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