Several leading newspapers in Southern California have blasted Simitian for wasting the state legislature's time with frivolous resolutions when it should be preparing for a bevy of critical issues coming in the November special election. Even the Santa Cruz Sentinel opinion page stated on Sunday (Aug. 28) that State Sen. Joseph Simitian, D-Palo Alto, has proposed legislation over the trademark of the name -- while (Senate) time would be better spent on any number of other, more substantive issues. ... Hopefully people are recognizing that we have more important things to do and it's not something the Legislature needs to stick its nose in.