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Katy Grimes: The links at Pebble Beach will be lit up this weekend with Democratic duffers as they de-stress before spring break. In an event underwritten by AT&T, for $60,000, the “Ultimate” Package includes golf for four on Friday
Read MoreCA Business Exodus Accelerates
APRIL 14, 2011 By JOHN SEILER As fast as was the business exodus from California last year, it’s even faster in 2011. The new Pharaoh, Jerry Brown, also is not relenting in his oppressions of business. According to the latest
Read MoreBrown Ignores Will of Voters on Taxes
APRIL 14, 2011 By WAYNE LUSVARDI Apparently California Gov. Jerry Brown and his staff follow Calwatchdog.com, but not necessarily the will of the people of California. Gov. Brown issued a curious statement at a press conference held Wednesday in Sacramento
Read MoreVernon Moves Toward Disincorporation
APRIL 14, 2011 By KATY GRIMES An Assembly committee voted unanimously on Wednesday to pass a bill that would disincorporate the charter for the Southern California city of Vernon. AB 46, authored by Assembly Speaker John Pérez (D-Los Angeles), takes
Read MoreWill July CA Tax Cuts Spur Recovery?
APRIL 14, 2011 By JOHN SEILER In the hullabaloo over extending tax increases, one thing is being overlooked: As things now stand, on July 1, just 10 weeks away, California gets some pretty hefty tax cuts. You’ll have more change
Read MoreKey Bills Would Reform Bad Regulations
APRIL 13, 2011 By KATY GRIMES With more than 28,000 pages of regulations in California, several legislators are insisting that a few tweaks to regulatory reform can bring businesses and jobs back to the state. There are several new bills
Read MoreIs Gov. Brown Saying Urban Riots OK?
APRIL 13, 2011 By WAYNE LUSVARDI Is Gov. Jerry Brown dangerously inferring that if he does not get his proposed state budget balanced high, urban riots are not only inevitable but permissible? On April 10, he spoke at the Reagan
Read MoreHigh-Speed Rail Rides Again
APRIL 12, 2011 By KATY GRIMES Another attempt to stop the unchecked spending on high-speed rail was killed in committee on Monday on a party-line vote. That happened despite research proving that taxpayers cannot sustain the inevitable subsidy the project
Read MoreGuards Imprison Gov. Brown
APRIL 12, 2011 By JOHN SEILER Call me a bleeding heart, but I think prisoners should be treated humanely. In most American prisons, they’re treated like animals — actually, the ASPCA would get anyone who treated animals like that arrested
Read MorePublic Pensions Crowding Out Services
APRIL 12, 2011 By WAYNE LUSVARDI A Chinese folk tale tells of a sculptor that placed fake money on a tree to trick villagers into cutting it down for him. But so many people believed the tree to be sacred
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