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Proper Business Attire Under The Dome
CAL WATCHDOG
However, many of the elected women always look professional, still look feminine, and set an excellent example for other women in the Capitol. Assemblywomen Alyson Huber and Diane Harkey are always attired nicely, professionally and tastefully.
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Amended Pension Spiking Bill Gets Teeth, Sources Say
CONTRA COSTA TIMES
State Sens. DeSaulnier, Joe Simitian, D-Palo Alto, and Lou Correa, D-Santa Ana, and Assembly members Joan Buchanan, D-Alamo, Ed Hernandez, D-West Covina, and Diane Harkey, R-San Juan Capistrano, who were all authors or co-authors of the legislation, took their names off the bill.
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Uncertainty Is The Only Certainty
CAL WATCHDOG
Apparently Assemblywoman Diane Harkey, R-Dana Point, had heard enough. Harkey said, "Tax credits are part of the budget package - part of the deal made." Harkey accused the Democrats of breaking the deal by trying to penalize businesses that receive tax breaks from the state.
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Democrats Unveil Bills Cracking Down On Huge Pensions
SACRAMENTO BEE
Republican Assemblywoman Diane Harkey, vice chairwoman of the Assembly Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Committee, said she has withdrawn her support for Ma's AB 1987.
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Ab 634 Signed By The Governor
CALIFORNIA SHIPS TO REEFS NEWSLETTER
A two-year effort by CSTR to lay the ground work for artificial
reefing projects in California was hailed as successful when Governor
Schwarzenegger signed AB 634 into law on July 15th,
Yukon's 10th Anniversary.
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Calif. Assembly Oks Labor Union Contract Changes
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Assemblywoman Diane Harkey, R-Dana Point, said short-term savings the state would achieve from the new contracts would be eradicated in a few years, a claim disputed by other Assembly members.
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Taxpayers The Meal In California's Latest Union Negotiations
RED COUNTY
From Assemblywoman Diane Harkey, an eye-opening op-ed in today's San Diego Union Tribune.
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Battle Is Joined Over Business Tax Breaks
SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE
Nevertheless, Assemblywoman Diane Harkey, R-Dana Point, said it's unlikely Republicans will go along with a delay given it was one of the lures for some to vote for a previous budget compromise that included temporary tax increases.
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9-Year-Old Raises $1,200 For Animal Rescues
ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
A representative of state Assemblywoman Diane Harkey also presented Jordan with an award of recognition.
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Assembly Takes On Free Speech In Charter Schools
CALWATCHDOG
But Assemblywoman Diane Harkey, R-Dana Point, who provided one of the 19 opposing votes to Yee's bill, called the bill "an unnecessary attack" on Charter schools. "We all are entitled to freedom of speech but students should have some guidance in their expression while under adult supervision or per
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