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SEPT. 22, 2010 By WAYNE LUSVARDI San Francisco Chronicle Columnist Debra Saunders has proposed raising the annual rate of property tax increase allowed under Proposition 13 from 2 percent to 2.5 percent to solve the state budget crisis (see “What I Would Do If I Were Governor,”
Read MoreBaptists and Bootleggers
Steven Greenhut: Back in Prohibition, the two groups that most vociferously opposed the legalization of alcohol sales were the rum runners, who didn’t want the competition, and the religious folks, who had had moral objections to booze and were eager
Read MoreWill Prop. 23 kill American troops?
SEPT. 22, 2010 By JOHN SEILER You know a campaign is going ballistic when the terrorism threat is brought up, even in a context seemingly not connected. That has happened with Proposition 23, which would suspend AB32 until unemployment in
Read MoreWhy can't CA be N.D.?
John Seiler: Numbers released today show that California’s unemployment rose in August, to 12.4% from 12.3% in July. I guess Cal employers didn’t get the memo from that group of economists that said the Depression ended in June 2009. We’re
Read MoreWe Had Our Tea Party In 2003
Steven Greenhut: Here is my short op-ed piece from today’s New York Times Room for Debate regarding the role of California’s Tea Parties in this electoral cycle.
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