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Back to homepageIs 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
Read MoreSacramento: 'World Class' or Cowtown?
Katy Grimes: Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson recently expressed his interest in discussing consolidating the unincorporated areas of the County of Sacramento within the City of Sacramento. While it’s an interesting idea, and one that has been tossed around for years
Read MoreInsurance Czar-elect Targets ER Bills
NOV. 9, 2010 By KATY GRIMES Emergency room physicians used to receive timely payments for services from insurance companies. Then managed care was ushered in and they’ve been fighting for payment ever since. The Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
Read More"The Architect" Visits California
Katy Grimes: Saturday evening I met Karl Rove, often referred to as “The Architect,” by the media and political opponents. Rove, former senior advisor to President George W. Bush, was congenial, gracious and very interesting as he spoke candidly to
Read MoreFeds To Erode CA's Green-Power Edge
NOV. 8, 2010 By WAYNE LUSVARDI California’s often-myopic embrace of “green power” may soon come back to hurt the state. The Obama-administration-controlled Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is considering a new rule that may stifle any economic recovery in California
Read MoreCan California GOP Get Its Mojo Back?
NOV. 8, 2010 By JOHN SEILER The Nov. 2 election was almost a total wipe-out for California Republicans. They even lost the 28th state Senate District to incumbent Jenny Oropeza, who died two weeks earlier. At the state level, they
Read MoreHuber Balks At State Closing Youth Jail
NOV. 5, 2010 By KATY GRIMES The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation recently decided to close the state’s oldest youth correctional facility, which is also, apparently, the state’s most efficiently run facility. A joint legislative hearing on Nov. 3
Read MoreMostly Good News On CA Pensions
NOV. 5, 2010 By STEVEN GREENHUT Those of us who applauded the national backlash against the Obama administration’s big-government overreach have been straining to find good news in California, which defied the national trends by electing a slate of liberal
Read MoreCome to California Mr. President
Katy Grimes: It’s difficult not to acknowledge President Obama’s latest world tour – he booked the entire Taj Mahal Palace hotel and is traveling with an entourage of 3,000 of “government officials,” 40 jet planes, a fleet of cars and
Read MoreState's Prisons Exploding
NOV. 5, 2010 By ANTHONY PIGNATARO It was apparently a matter of “disrespect.” It happened at Calipatria State Prison, located on the edge of the Salton Sea near the Mexican border. Around 2 p.m. on June 12, two inmates met
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