Cal Robs America for Rail Loot

John Seiler: I hope that the rest of America is happy that even more of its tax money will be robbed to pay for California’s High-Speed-Train-To-Nowhere-Boondoggle. Reports McClatchy: WASHINGTON — California’s high-speed rail plan will receive up to $624 million

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Sale Leaseback Legal!

Anthony Pignataro: Great news for everyone who thinks that the Great State of California can help balance its budget by selling 11 office buildings for about $1.3 billion and then leasing them back over the next 20 years at a

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Will Brown Mess With Anti-Quota Law?

DEC. 10, 2010 K. LLOYD BILLINGSLEY A federal judge has upheld Proposition 209, the California law that bars racial, ethnic and gender preferences in state employment, education and contracting. The voter-approved measure has met legal challenges before but remains under

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Prop 23 Makes TIME Top 10 List

Katy Grimes: Being listed in the TIME Magazine Top 10 Of Everything has a certain prestige to it – even if they are celebrating the failure of a an important ballot initiative in the last election. In the “Top 10

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PPIC Poll's Loaded Pro-Tax Questions

DEC. 10, 2010 By WAYNE LUSVARDI The first rule of opinion polling is that if you are allowed to frame the questions, the results are just a predictable conclusion.  Such is the case with a new poll by the Public

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