PG&E Buying Spot In State Constitution
JUNE 7, 2010 By KATY GRIMES With PG&E spending $43 million on radio, television and print ads promoting Proposition 16, all-the-while insisting that the funding comes only from the shareholders and not ratepayers, one cannot help but ask that if
Read MoreState Vehicles Subjected To CARB Requirements
Katy Grimes: In an interesting twist of irony, the state is now subjected to California Air Resources Board (CARB) rules for retrofitting its diesel vehicles, but at a cost of $57 million for 400 state vehicles. The $57 million would
Read MoreSupport National Donut Day
Katy Grimes: If you love donuts and are growing weary of the government dictating diet choices, today is your day. The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) today urged Americans to turn National Donut Day into a day of protest against growing government
Read MorePaper, plastic or a dirty bag?
JUNE 3, 2010 Hollywood starlets, politicians, business representatives, labor and environmentalists had a meeting of the minds this week at a press conference held by Assemblywoman Julia Brownley, D-Santa Monica, in support of AB1998, to ban the use of plastic
Read MorePressing state business
Steven Greenhut: The California Legislature continues to grapple with the tough issues. For instance, SB920 by Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, would, according to Capitol Weekly, “prohibit phone companies from delivering telephone directories to people who opt not to have them
Read MoreNanny May I?
JUNE 3, 2010 By KATY GRIMES The proper role of government is on the minds of many people in the state, particularly with a record budget crisis in California. But legislators continue to offer massive quantities of legislation that meddle
Read MoreCARB's leadership fetish
JUNE 3, 2010 The word is “leadership.” These days, it’s hard to find a news article or press release about the California Air Resources Board (CARB) that doesn’t talk up the agency’s “leadership” in something or other. California’s automobile fuel
Read MoreIf you have dark skin, then press #2
JUNE 2, 2010 Steven Greenhut: The Service Employees International Union has launched an 800 advisory number for travelers to call before they head to Arizona. The phone line — (800) 958-5068 — pretends to offer travel information so that people
Read MoreCA legislators rebuke Texas textbooks
JUNE 2, 2010 By DAVE ROBERTS César Chavez can rest safe in the knowledge that his place among the pantheon of American giants in history books will be preserved in California. The state Senate last week approved by a 25-5
Read MoreBill makes ex-cons a protected class
JUNE 1, 2010 By LAURA SUCHESKI If you don’t hire ‘em, you might join ‘em, if a new bill proposed by Assemblyman Steven Bradford, D – Inglewood, becomes law. The Assemblyman is sponsoring AB2727 — otherwise known as the “Re-entry
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