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Lost Serviceman Listing-dateline Thursday June 26, 2003
Subject: List of our lost servicemen in Iraq

CNN has an updated list of servicemen lost in the War.
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/index.html

Political Commentary-dateline Thursday June 26, 2003
Subject: Privacy Gone in Cali?
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A new law that can become a Federal law states that companies must disclose when their data on private individuals has been breached.

Starting July 1, companies with California customers must notify customers if their first name or first initials and last names are accessed without authorization in combination with certain forms of information.

Your Untitled One thinks this looks to be a good idea since according to a Computer Security Institute poll, of 376 organizations that have experienced a breach in the past year, half say they kept it quiet.

The new law is being brought to the Federal arena by none other than Sen. Dianne Feinstein.

Political Commentary-dateline Fri June 20, 2003
Subject: Car Tax Triple Play
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While Gov. Moonbeam tries to save his political arse, we are suffering from his Democratic friends in Sacramento with our hard earned money.

While our "wise" ones in Sac. think these dollars are their right, there are some leaders that are fighting for us.

One is Senator Tom McClintock.

The good Senator wrote in his email newsletter:

At 10:01 this morning, I was informed by State Finance Director Steve Peace that the administration has ordered a tripling of the California Vehicle License Fee, commonly referred to as the car tax.

“This is an illegal act by the Governor and the Controller, and I am confident that it will be successfully overturned by the courts. Unfortunately, as the administration is well aware, the state constitution forbids an action to enjoin the collection of a tax, which means that it could take many years before the courts can stop this illegal act.

“Therefore, at 11:00 this morning, I filed the paperwork with the Attorney General for two initiatives, one constitutional and the other statutory, to abolish California’s car tax completely.

“The statutory measure will permanently set the car tax at one dollar. It will require 373,200 signatures.

“The constitutional amendment abolishes the tax outright, forbids the imposition of additional fees and guarantees full reimbursement to local governments. It will require 597,923 signatures.

“This action starts a 25-day clock for ballot title and summary. During this period, our committee will determine which measure to move forward with. More than 10,000 citizens have already signed up at my website at www.tommcclintock.com to carry car tax petitions and have pledged to collect 600,000 signatures. We expect to qualify for the November 2004 ballot.

“Once this tax has been abolished, it will still take nearly three years before taxpayers are even made whole for what will have been illegally taken from them.”

In other "taxing" news:
http://www2.ocregister.com/ocrweb/ocr/article.do?id=44593

Californians hand over 33 percent of their income to government at all levels, the fourth-highest tax burden in the nation. Yet the state Assembly is worried that the people are not taxed enough. Under AB 1690, which passed the Assembly 41-35, California cities could impose a tax of as much as 8 percent of the amount a worker owes in state income tax. The bill would also allow counties to levy a tax of up to 2 percent. Mark Leno, the San Francisco Democrat who introduced the measure, believes it would cost
Californians earning less than $100,000 annually a meager $70 per year.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/fri/opinion/news_mz1e20perkin.h
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Gray Davis is a dead man walking. The most unpopular governor in California history very well could become the first occupant of the state's highest office to be recalled by the voters. Davis suggests that the recall campaign - which he previously dismissed as quixotic - is nothing more than a nefarious attempt by Republicans to overturn the result of California's last
gubernatorial election. "It's being organized and financed by a bunch of rich losers," Davis told The Orange County Register. "Nothing but a bunch of losers running around talking to one another.

Political dateline June 16, 2003
Subject: Calif. Politics-Reasons to Love Cali
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State treasurer, Philip Angelides, and the state senate president John Burton voted to introduce a law to ban the big four-wheel-drive cars called SUVs.

The Stockton Record reported that Republicans this week either withheld their support or voted against a resolution because it focused on "nontraditional" dads, including families with two fathers.

The California Business Round Table, a Caucus that supposedly represents California Corporations came out against the recall effort of Moonbeam Davis' Governorship. Without sponsorship of their caucus.

Thus many California businesses had to publically denounce the Roundtable efforts and state that they were neutral in the matter.

the group whose members are are the chief executives of approximately 60 large corporations in California said they had unanimous support. Which is not true since only a third of the membership typically shows up for there meetings.

Ya gotta love this state.

Your Untitled One signing out~

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