Get lost, Arnold

John Seiler: Taking a cue from one of his movies, Gov. Arnold Schwarzendeficit wants a final act. So he just called a Special Session of the new Legislature to resolve $6 billion in deficit spending from the budget he signed

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Why Start a Business?

John Seiler: This YouTube shows how hard it is to get a job or start a business in America, including California. Nov. 11, 2010

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Brown's Job Got Twice as Hard

NOV. 12, 2010 By JOHN SEILER Less than a month ago, on Oct. 18, Moody’s Investor Service issued a report calculating California’s situation as “at least $12 billion in future budget gaps.” Now, the nonpartisan California Legislative Analyst’s Office released a

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State Property Sale Costs Millions

Katy Grimes: Last February I wrote about some highly questionable property sales the state was planning on. In “State selling properties to raise cash,” I wrote “This deal started last year when Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger directed the Department of General Services

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Is Prop 13 Hurting Small Businesses?

NOV. 11, 2010 By KATY GRIMES On the corner of a major intersection in Menlo Park, a small, independently owned gas station owner pays $30,148 a year in property taxes. On the other corners of the intersection, gas stations owned

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