Can Ticket Surcharge Cure Paralysis?

APRIL 11, 2011 By WAYNE LUSVARDI Can tacking a $3 surcharge on all traffic tickets in California cure spinal cord injuries? Assemblyman Bob Wieckowski, D-Fremont, apparently thinks so. Wieckowski’s proposed AB 190 would tack on a $3 surcharge to every

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Brown's Magical Mystery Tax Tour

Katy Grimes: As Gov. Jerry Brown prepares to take his tax show on the road this weekend, watch for swooning media coverage and sympathy interviews with teachers, parents and kids who don’t want services cut, or education diminished. If that’s

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Jerry Is Why CA Doesn't Work

John Seiler: Speaking to a firefighters’ conference Wednesday about his palmy days as governor back in the 1970s, once-again Gov. Jerry Brown said: Everything worked. California was a golden state. A poppy bloomed on every corner. Nowadays, he must be

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Cal-EPA Indoctrinates School Children

APRIL 8, 2011 By JOHN SEILER Californian’s school children might be performing 49th of 50 states on standardized tests. And they might graduate at only a 44 percent rate, as in Los Angeles. But they’re going to get the best

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