Maldonado Tapped for Lt. Governor Opening
The Mid-County Post - 2 hours 10 minutes agoGovernor Arnold Schwarzenegger nominated State Senator Abel Maldonado as lieutenant governor, replacing John Garamendi, who was recently elected to Congress.
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Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger nominated State Senator Abel Maldonado as lieutenant governor, replacing John Garamendi, who was recently elected to Congress.
CHICAGO - So, you fail to take a deep breath and to count to 10 - and you post something you probabl ...
Inland animal control and humane society officials are urging the public to avoid buying dogs, cats or other small animals in parking lots or on street corners, saying they likely have been mistreated and could be ill and infect other pets. "Don't buy them," said Willa Bagwell, director of Animal Friends of the Valley. "You don't know what you're getting."
Just days before Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislators finalized a water package, including an $11.1 billion bond issue, state Treasurer Bill Lockyer warned them not to do it.
A celebrity Web site has posted an IRS document showing Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger owes $79,000 in back taxes, but a spokesman says the governor has paid all taxes. The Web site TMZ.com on Friday posted a "notice of federal tax lien" filed in May with the Los Angeles County Recorder's Office. The document says Schwarzenegger owes $39,047 from 2004 and $40,016 from 2005.
For athletes, movie stars, politicians, those high-tech gaffes are hard to hide
Democrats and Republicans have reasons to oppose his elevation to lieutenant governor. But such opposition is politically perilous. In his bodybuilding days, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was known for playing mind games on his opponents to knock them off stride. He may have done the same thing last week when he nominated Abel Maldonado, a Republican state senator from Santa Maria, as the next ...
SENATE PRESIDENT Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg called Rep. George Miller and asked for the congressman's support sight unseen for the $11.1 billion water package a few days before it hit the floor of the Legislature.
Kevin Rivoli/The Associated Press Former SU football player Mike Williams, shown here in a September file photo, left the team shortly after posting on Facebook that he "hated college."
CHICAGO (AP) - So, you fail to take a deep breath and to count to 10 - and you post something you probably shouldn't on Twitter or Facebook, or somewhere else online. Hopefully, it blows over without doing too much damage. But what if you're famous and have thousands, if not millions of virtual followers?
What if you're famous and have thousands, if not millions of virtual followers?