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MARCH 7, 2011 BY WAYNE LUSVARDI California’s drought barometer and vocabulary need to be reformed. The bureaucratic apparatus in California perpetually says the state is in a “drought.” In fact, with snowpack running at 124 percent of normal, the California
Read MoreAnother Green $$$ Boondoggle
John Seiler: It’s too bad their editorial page still is clueless, but the L.A. Times’ news section has been running some great stuff about the vast waste in California governments at all levels. They’ve been printing a six-part series on
Read MoreSplit Roll for CalChamber Members?
Steven Greenhut: Flashreport’s Jon Fleischman rightly takes the California Chamber of Commerce to task for its apparent sell out of taxpayers. The chamber’s unprincipled president and CEO Allan Zaremberg was a booster of the record-setting tax increases in the 2009
Read MoreEnergy Prices Are Going Up
MAR. 4, 2011 By KATY GRIMES Renewable energy standards are increasing from 20 percent to 33 percent, “whether you like it or not.” Borrowing a phrase used by California’s Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, back when he was mayor, seems the
Read MoreA Tradeoff For Tax Increase Vote?
Katy Grimes: With the budget conference committee’s passage of Gov. Jerry Brown’s budget plan yesterday, Assembly Speaker John Perez announced that he wants to bring the budget to the floor for a vote next week. Will this be a drill,
Read MoreInflation Stalks CA Budgets
MARCH 4, 2011 BY JOHN SEILER Like a rerun of “That 70s Show,” inflation is back. And it’s hitting both personal and government budgets in California. The most obvious signal of renewed inflation is the rise in prices at the
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