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Username: Mike Young

Real Name: Mike Young

  • Hometown: Los Angeles, CALIFORNIA
  • Affiliation: California League of Conservation Voters

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Global warming bill a lose-lose for GOP candidates

Posted Fri, 2010-09-10 15:19 by Mike Young

 Source: Seema Mehta and Maeve Reston/LA Times

A November ballot measure that would rescind California's landmark global warming bill until unemployment drops significantly has become an albatross for the Republican candidates for governor and U.S. Senate.Read more

Meg Whitman's stump speech bemoaning state regulations has a big hole

Posted Fri, 2010-09-10 15:16 by Mike Young

Source: Ken McLaughlin and John Woolfolk/San Jose Mercury News

On the campaign trail, it's one of former eBay CEO Meg Whitman's favorite stories.

The Republican candidate for governor has told supporters around the state how it took the company "two and a half years" to break ground on a building in North San Jose for eBay subsidiary PayPal. She has used the story as an example of why California is such a terrible place to do business -- and why so many firms are fleeing.Read more