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Another Police State Viewpoint
John Seiler: Here’s another viewpoint on “Big Sis” Janet Napolitano’s Heimat Security Police state: Feb. 20, 2011
Read MorePlan Would End Collective Bargaining
FEB. 10, 2011 By LANNY EBENSTEIN There are at present several approaches being considered to reform public unions in California, including proposals to change public sector pensions and to enact paycheck protection, which limits the ability of unions to use
Read MoreFewer Families Dictates State's Destiny
FEB. 9, 2011 By WAYNE LUSVARDI The package of spending cuts and tax increases championed by Gov. Jerry Brown in his State of the State (SOS) address, and his opinion poll chorus at the liberal Public Policy Institute of California,
Read MoreBlakeslee Plans For Tax Law Reforms
FEB. 8, 2011 By KATY GRIMES During the gubernatorial campaign, job creation and retention was a prominent theme in candidate Jerry Brown’s speeches. And now as governor, his recent State of the State address also included the job theme. Since
Read MorePremature View On Judge's 'Green' Ruling
FEB. 8, 2011 By WAYNE LUSVARDI Chriss Street’s “CA Judges Get Cold Feet on Warming” (Feb. 7) prematurely celebrates Judges Ernest H. Goldsmith for recently halting the rollout of California’s cap and trade program and Judge Oliver Wanger’s December 2010
Read MoreAnother View On Urban Consolidation
FEB. 7, 2011 Professor Fred Smoller, director of Brandman University’s public administration program in Irvine anda Calwatchdog advisory board member, rebuts this column by Steven Greenhut By FRED SMOLLER If Orange County were a city, it would be the third-largest
Read MoreRally Exposes GOP Weak Links
FEB. 7, 2011 After Gov. Jerry Brown’s State of the State address Monday pushing for the Legislature to place a series of tax-extension measures on the ballot, Republicans countered by emphasizing their continuing opposition to higher taxes. For instance, Assemblyman
Read MoreCA Judges Get Cold Feet On Warming
FEB. 7, 2011 By CHRISS STREET California’s effort to save the Earth by punishing humans is taking a beating in the courts in California. Last week, San Francisco Judge Ernest H. Goldsmith squashed the 2006 Global Warming Solutions Act, meant
Read MorePension Initiative, Legislation Planned
FEB. 7, 2011 By DAVE ROBERTS With California potentially facing a $500 billion-plus unfunded pension liability, several pieces of legislation limiting retirement benefits will be considered in the current session and a more comprehensive reform initiative is being planned for
Read MoreAlt Energy Bills Will Inflate Electric Costs
FEB. 7, 2011 By WAYNE LUSVARDI California’s elite legislators and green power industrialists got together on Feb. 3 in Sacramento to push for new legislation to expand green power mandates from 20 percent to 33 percent by 2020, just as
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