Advocates Advance New Pot Initiative
FEB. 28, 2011 By STEVE KUBBY The November 2012 presidential election affords proponents of a ballot initiative to change state law concerning the regulation of marijuana a strong opportunity for success. The most significant consideration is that the California electorate
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Bulldoze Williamson Act Subsidies?
Feb. 24, 2011 By DAVE ROBERTS There is much wailing and gnashing of teeth over Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed budget cuts, but the outcry over elimination of state subsidies for millionaire landowners may be overkill. Brown has zeroed out funding
Read MoreCARB Dumps On Dump Truck Industry
FEB. 23, 2011 For Lee Brown, who’s run a dump truck company in Upland for the last 20 years, business is as bad as it has ever been. The construction industry in California is half of what it was three
Read MoreCancel Prop. 71 Stem Cell Funding?
Feb. 23, 2011 By WAYNE LUSVARDI On Feb. 9, the $123 million Ray and Dagmar Dolby Regenerative Medicine Building opened on the campus of the University of California, San Francisco to house the Eli and Edy Broad Center of Regeneration
Read MoreLow Flow Toilets Causing A Stink
Katy Grimes: Not all of the green regulations in California are working as intended. Low flow toilets are causing a big stink in California cities because not enough water is making it into the system to dilute the waste in
Read MoreCA's Wind Power Scam
FEB. 19, 2011 By WAYNE LUSVARDI Wind power is a medieval technology that most people visualize coming from Dutch windmills in the 1600’s and 1700’s. The 1600’s were also known for the Tulip Bulb Mania, which the Dutch fittingly called “windhandel”
Read MoreBill To Streamline CA Regulations
Katy Grimes: Sounding more like their Republican counterparts, Democratic Senators Fran Pavley, Ron Calderon, and Senate President Darrell Steinberg introduced a bill this week to implement regulatory reform, as well as streamline regulations in the state. SB 366 would require
Read MoreGreen Energy Reality Looming For CA
FEB. 15, 2011 By WAYNE LUSVARDI After looking at televised images of at what is happening in Egypt last week, the Netherlands, in an abrupt turn around, announced on Feb. 11 that it is reducing its 20 percent target for
Read MoreCalifornia: North America's Venezuela
CORRECTED VERSION FEB. 11, 2011 By KATY GRIMES The economic news for California is still looking bad, and businesses are still leaving the state in record numbers, according to one relocation specialist who has been keeping track of business migration
Read MoreSoda Tax To Target Obesity
Katy Grimes: Another lame idea is being offered by Sacramento City Councilman Kevin McCarty – this time ostensibly to help obese children. McCarty wants to tax sodas sold in the city at .1 cent per ounce. So, add at least
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