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Please check out CalWatchDog.com’s Special Series on Municipal Bankruptcy. More to come. So far: Broke municipalities look to bankruptcy option Bankruptcy didn’t make the sky fall in Orange County Local governments face bankruptcy quandary Bond holders seek governmental Ttansparency California
Read MoreSpecial Series: The pros and cons of municipal bankruptcy
Editor’s Note: This is the sixth in a CalWatchDog.com Special Series of 12 in-depth articles on municipal bankruptcy. April 12, 2012 By Tori Richards What’s better for a cash-strapped municipality: filing for bankruptcy or struggling to survive without any clear
Read MoreCampaign 2012 war on women
April 12, 2012 By Katy Grimes Since when is being a stay-at-home-mom considered one of the many modern crimes against women? Since the progressive left decided the latest campaign strategy would be to wage war on conservative women. Don’t let anyone
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Left wing challenges Jerry Brown’s tax boost
April 12, 2012 By John Seiler Our friend Ben Boychuk of City Journal California writes an incisive analysis of how Gov. Jerry Brown’s $9 billion tax increase initiative is being challenged — by a $10 billion tax increase from his
Read MoreSen. Feinstein cheers Gov. Brown’s High-Speed Rail plan
April 12, 2012 By Brian Calle It does not come as a big surprise that Democratic Sen. Diane Feinstein supports Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown’s revised plan for the boondoggle High-Speed Rail project that would cost taxpayers billions of dollars. What
Read MoreDo ‘strong men’ vote conservative?
April 12, 2012 By John Seiler According to the Telegraph, a Brit paper, a survey shows that “strong men” vote conservative. Such men… “tend to build up their upper body strength and become subconsciously obsessed with their fighting ability, they
Read MoreThe pros and cons of municipal bankruptcy
Editor’s Note: This is the sixth in a CalWatchDog.com Special Series of 12 in-depth articles on municipal bankruptcy. What’s better for a cash-strapped municipality: filing for bankruptcy or struggling to survive without any clear solution to a massive deficit? In
Read More‘Funding scheme’ or help for small business?
April 11, 2012 By Katy Grimes Does California need another small business loan guarantee program specifically for clean energy companies and agricultural businesses? California State Controller John Chiang and San Francisco Sen. Leland Yee think so. But some are questioning
Read MoreController: California revenues lag
April 11, 2012 By John Seiler Rosy Scenario just checked out of the Hotel California. As Chriss Street reported here a month ago, California’s revenues have been plunging. Controller John Chiang just confirmed that in this announcement from his office:
Read MoreSpecial Series: California counties are more at risk of going belly up
Editor’s Note: This is the fifth in a CalWatchDog.com Special Series of 12 in-depth articles on municipal bankruptcy. April 11, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi There are many California cities likely to be facing future stress to their operating fund budgets
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