Are Split Rolls Coming Soon?

NOV. 16, 2010 By KATY GRIMES The recent passage of Proposition 25, which allows legislators to pass a budget with only a simple majority vote, could have an impact on the future of property tax increases, according to Jon Coupal,

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It's All Free!

John Seiler: California’s Supreme Court yesterday ruled that illegal immigrants can get in-state tuition at state universities and colleges. But your legal relative who’s a citizen and lives in Parker, Ariz., just across the border, doesn’t get that goodie. It’s

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The Karen England Factor

Katy Grimes: Who knew that a write-in candidate could influence the outcome of some tight political races in California? Karen England, Executive Director of the  Capitol Resource Institute, ran as a write-in candidate against Lieutenant Governor Abel Maldonado. Using “Bag

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Rail Firms Lack Accountability

NOV. 15, 2010 By ANTHONY PIGNATARO The California High-Speed Rail Authority really loves its contractors. It easily employs more than a hundred of them, though the rail authority doesn’t seem to know that. In fact, the authority literally has no

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Locals Excluded From Klamath Dam Plan

NOV. 15, 2010 Will Siskiyou Residents Lose Property Rights To Environmental Interests? By WAYNE LUSVARDI The last eruption of Mount Mazama in the Klamath Basin in southern Oregon occurred over 7,700 years ago and scattered mineral ash as far as

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