Republicans Finally Get Some Sense

John Seiler: Republicans finally are wising up to a strategy I suggested to them long ago: Use the initiative process much more often to protect taxpayers and businesses and jobs. The GOP’s minority status means they have almost no influence

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Investment Tax Credit Could Boost CA Jobs

MARCH 25, 2011 By KATY GRIMES One senator is trying to offer California manufacturers a break to help stimulate business growth. But even his modest sales-tax credit was met with resistance in a hearing at the Capitol on Wednesday. Inland

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ARB Denying Injunction?

Katy Grimes: California air regulators have been ordered to conduct a new environmental review before a judge will approve the cap-and-trade pollution program, with a final order expected in about a week, the Los Angeles Times reported yesterday. A rational,

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Mansoor Siding With Big Government

MARCH 24, 2011 By STEVEN GREENHUT I just heard from Assemblyman Allan Mansoor’s office and learned that the Costa Mesa Republican, who had been on the fence regarding ending redevelopment agencies, decided to side with big government and the status

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Property Rights Attorney Trager Dies

MARCH 24, 2011 By STEVEN GREENHUT I was stunned to learn this week that my good friend, Susan M. Trager, a Laguna Beach resident, passed away from cancer at age 63. Susan was one of the top water and environmental

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Wealthy and Poor California Spongers

MARCH 24, 2011 Sponges come in all shapes and sizes. And some sponges are much more absorbent. Unfortunately for Californians, the freeloading sponges in the state are soaking up more than ever as California sinks deeper into a sinkhole of

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Suicidal California Amazon Tax

March 24, 2011 By JOHN SEILER Sometimes I wonder if the politicians, special interests and most media in California have a suicide pact among themselves — with 37 million Californians forced to go along. It’s an updated version of the

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