Dear Big Daddy,

I got a state job to get the benefits. I aced the first assignment, and now my boss gives me everything. My co-workers show up four hours a day to sell stuff on eBay. Help!

–Public sector,

Dear Big Daddy,

What’s the latest Democratic plan to pass a budget? Jeff Denham voodoo dolls?

–Laughing Elephant

Dear good name for a bar,

I was so sure I was going to get inquiries about the Perata/Maldonado nuptials occurring in

Dear Big Daddy,

I keep having these nightmares where I wake up in 2012 and find out George W. Bush has become our governor–and he wasn't even running. What do you think of the electronic voting machines?

Dear Big Daddy,Where do you stand on term-limits reform? Are you worried that with six more years Fabian N

Dear Big Daddy,

New reader here. What's this "Big Five" everybody keeps talking about, and what do they have to do with passing a budget?

–Curious in Colfax

Dear Greenhorn,

Well, son, a Big Five is

Dear Big Daddy,

I don't know how you've resisted, but the spay-neuter bill has been in the news for months and you haven't written about it. Now that it looks dead, will you break your silence?

–LOLcat

Dear Big Daddy,

You’re an expert on, uh, politics. Can Antonio Villaraigosa survive his affair and still become governor?

–Mirthless in Salinas

Dear Grumpy,

The real winner here is Rocky Delgadillo. His reign as most embarrassing L.A. Latino politician

Dear Big Daddy,

What’s your read on the Indian gaming compacts? Shrewd financial move for the state, sell-out of labor, neither or both?

–Unite This

Dear Gamer,

As a fat guy, I’ve always been sympathetic to the

Dear Big Daddy,

I’m a Capitol news junkie. These newspaper layoffs have got me worried that there will be no one left to supply me with my fix. Are you concerned about the Capitol press corps?

–Avid reader

Dear Big Daddy,

Hollywood came to town last week and looked, well, like a fat guy in glasses. What did you think of Michael Moore’s Sicko circus?

–Single Payer or Bust

Dear Bust,

As any old hack knows, politics is