NFIB Holds Capitol Conference
The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) held the second annual Day At The Capitol event today. What might sound like a snoozer to many, of particular note on the speaking agenda were Assembly members Felipe Fuentes, D-Sylmar and Alyson
Read MoreMixed results from local crackdowns
APRIL 29, 2010 By JT LONG An uneasy partnership that includes local police and sheriff officers in enforcement of immigration laws, may not be working as planned, according to a new report from the Department of Homeland Security Office of
Read MoreCalifornia's grim statistics
Here are some great comparisons between California and other states by Richard Rider, chairman of the San Diego Tax Fighters: California has the 3rd worst state income tax in the nation. 9.55% tax bracket at $46,349 for people filing as individuals.
Read MoreCARB fines dealers for DMV mistake
APRIL 26, 2010 By ANTHONY PIGNATARO Where the California Air Resources Board (CARB) is concerned, trying to do the right thing often just isn’t enough to keep a company from paying tens of thousands of dollars in penalties. Just ask
Read MoreJobs panel seeks new porn regs
APRIL 26, 2010 By DAVE ROBERTS The California Occupational Safety & Health Standards Board (OSHSB) has probably been one of the less interesting boards to sit on. It usually concerns itself with such matters as the high-visibility apparel and number
Read MoreInhaling CARB's Hot Air
APRIL 22, 2010 On Thursday, it was hard to tell what was stranger: The man walking around the first floor of the Cal/EPA headquarters in Sacramento covered in about 500 plastic shopping bags or the California Air Resources Board (CARB)
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Proposition 16 Hidden Intent?
Could there be a hidden intent behind the PG&E sponsored Proposition 16? Peter Darbee, chairman and CEO of PG&E, is recorded at an investor meeting in New York, Marchi 1, 2010 stating that he hopes to diminish the ability for
Read MoreGreenlining Series: Targeting private foundations
This is the sixth part of a series produced by CalWatchdog and the Examiner regarding the Berkeley-based Greenlining Institute, a low-income housing advocacy group that critics say intimidates banks and helped cause the housing meltdown. APRIL 21, 2010 By MARK
Read MoreCA the highest state
Each of us deals in his own way with The Insanity That Is California: the stultifying taxes, the bankrupting deficits, the debilitating debt, the thousand-dumb-new-laws-a-year, the incompetent egomaniacal governor, the clueless voters. Personally, bourbon and stogies do the trick for
Read MoreSnake Oil Legislators
APRIL 21, 2010 Nearly every person I talk to is either feeling the crush of the bad economy or knows people who are really suffering. Which leads me to believe that most California legislators don’t run in the same circles
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