Indy - IVN Staging (Page 3)

Rely on your local communities, not government bureaucracy

When things were rough, people depended on their families and local community to help them through. When things are not going your way, who will you call? Family? Friends? Church?

By Indy

February 5, 2010

Rely on your local communities, not government bureaucracy

Obama spending freeze chills this teacher

While President Obama proposes a three-year spending freeze on domestic spending, he churns out a record military budget. Here are the pertinent highlights from the campaign's latest press

By Indy

January 26, 2010

Obama spending freeze chills this teacher

Forget world peace, I'll take common courtesy

I know what you’re thinking. “Who doesn’t want world peace?” Even Sandra Bullock in the movie “Miss Congeniality” wanted world peace. Leaders the world over are always calling

By Indy

January 22, 2010

Forget world peace, I'll take common courtesy

Charity begins at home, not in DC

Before the Roosevelt's “New Deal,” Americans lived in smaller, more tightly knit communities. Neighbors helped each other. Communities took care of their own. After the Depression, “The People”

By Indy

January 14, 2010

Big Pharma victory

While reasonable people debate the pros and cons of the current health insurance reform bills, little is being said about one particularly insidious amendment. For the sake of clarity, let&

By Indy

January 3, 2010

We Need a Green New Deal

As I campaign up and down the 36th congressional district, I hear the same question over and over- What are you going to do to create jobs? I tell people

By Indy

December 24, 2009

California | Worst Credit Rating in the Country

You gotta love the golden state. The land of opportunity, technology, and face lifts. It is a state that boasts all the natural resources one could need. It's

By Indy

June 29, 2009

California | Worst Credit Rating in the Country

California Speaker Can't Find Cooperation

In her year as head of the state Assembly, Karen Bass has discovered that getting lawmakers to cooperate is far tougher than her previous work as a community activist. Now

By Indy

May 30, 2009

California Speaker Can't Find Cooperation

Same-sex marriage proponents vow to repeal Prop. 8 in 2010

SAN FRANCISCO -- Within minutes of Tuesday's announcement by the state Supreme Court ruling that it would uphold Prop. 8 and California's ban on gay marriage,

By Indy

May 28, 2009

Same-sex marriage proponents vow to repeal Prop. 8 in 2010

Perata Cleared in Federal Corruption Probe

SACRAMENTO -- Finally bringing to a close a five-year-long investigation, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday that they will not file corruption charges against former state Senate President Don Perata, ostensibly clearing

By Indy

May 27, 2009

Perata Cleared in Federal Corruption Probe

Democratic leaders respond to Supreme Court's Prop. 8 ruling

While Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger issued a statement asking proponents of gay marriage to remain peaceful in their reaction to the California Supreme Court's decision to uphold Prop.

By Indy

May 26, 2009

Democratic leaders respond to Supreme Court's Prop. 8 ruling

Cal Supreme Court says Tuesday is the day for Prop. 8

SAN FRANCISCO -- Marriage equality proponents and critics alike likely passed a jittery few days this Memorial Day weekend following the California Supreme Court's announcement Friday that it

By Indy

May 25, 2009