Politics, Government & Business in California's Inland Empire
Tuesday, September 4, 2012 – 09:30 a.m.
Here’s some news of interest flowing across the transom Tuesday morning.
Food Stamp rolls climb
The number of people on food stamps in the U.S. rose to a record 46.7 million in May, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Ben Feller, The Associated Press
Posted: 09/03/2012 08:03:49 PM PDT
WASHINGTON – People remember the hope and the history. For him or against him, they picture candidate Barack Obama as the one who stood on stage in a football stadium in Denver and accepted the Democratic presidential nomination by declaring “It’s time for us to change America.”
Forgotten, it seems, is what Obama said when he actually won.
Published: 03 September 2012 – 02:08 PM
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Hailing Nancy Pelosi as the once and future speaker of the House, Democrats here said they see a path to a new majority this November – and a pair of Inland races figure prominently in their plans.
To read story by Ben Goad in The Press-Enterprise, click here.
Published: 03 September 2012 – 09:56 PM
More Inland Southern Californians are going to work now than at any time in the past five years, but the economic “middle class” zone that used to be a badge of honor for them and millions of other Americans remains elusive.
To read story by Jack Katzanek in The Press-Enterprise, click here.
By Ed Mendel
Monday, September 4, 2012
Pension reform approved by the Legislature last week gives many cities new cost-cutting power that some have been unable to win from public employee unions at the bargaining table.
By Dan Walters
dwalters@sacbee.com
Published: Tuesday, Sep. 4, 2012 – 12:00 am | Page 3A
As the Legislature adjourned for three months last Friday, the Capitol turned its attention to the Nov. 6 election, and particularly three – or perhaps four – state Senate contests whose outcomes could affect the balance of legislative power.
Debra J. Saunders
Updated 10:58 p.m., Monday, September 3, 2012
“They lie and they don’t care if people think they lie,” California Democratic Party Chairman John Burton told reporter Joe Garofoli before a state delegation breakfast Monday. Burton even brought up “As long as you lie, Joseph Goebbels, the big lie, you keep repeating it, you know.”