Sunday, August 25, 2013 – 10:30 a.m.

Here’s some news flowing across the transom last week, in case you missed it!

San Bernardino County to take sweeping charter reform to voters.

The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors thinks the county charter needs a major overhaul.

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Related Article: Insurer to pay S.B. County $45 million-plus towards Colonies settlement

Friday, August 23, 2013 – 09:00 a.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, August 25, 2013 – 10:15 a.m.

What’s the motivation behind the efforts of official’s in San Bernardino County, California, to withhold news of a sizeable arbitration award from the public?

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Dr. Ron Hattis, Vice President of the Redlands Area Democratic Club, left, introduces candidates for the 31st Congressional District covering San Bernardino County during a forum on Saturday, August 24, 2013 in Redlands. Candidates pictured are Pete Aguilar, 2nd from left, Joe Baca, 3rd from left, and Eloise Gomez Reyes, right. (Stan Lim/Photographer)

August 24, 2013; 05:29 PM

With nine months to go until the June primary, Democrats running in the 31st Congressional District mixed subtle jabs with broad agreement on the issues during a forum Saturday, Aug. 24.

To read story by Jeff Horseman in The Press Enterprise, click here.

Dan Walters

By Dan Walters
dwalters@sacbee.com
Published: Sunday, Aug. 25, 2013 – 12:00 am | Page 3A
Last Modified: Sunday, Aug. 25, 2013 – 12:18 am

The New York Times published what has become a standard paean to Jerry Brown from the out-of-state media the other day, citing his balancing the budget and implying that he sparked California’s emergence from recession.

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The State Worker
Chronicling civil-service life for California state workers
August 24, 2013

Caifornia’s state prison officers will receive a 4 percent pay raise and earn overtime more easily under the terms of a tentative agreement reached with Gov. Jerry Brown.

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