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July 24, 2012 By John Seiler Even an atomic bomb doesn’t devastate a city as much as the minimum wage. After all, Hiroshima and Nagasaki recovered and today are thriving cities. The minimum wage destroys the ability of low-wage workers,
Read MoreLeftists attack Prop. 32 campaign reform
Commentary July 24, 2012 By John Seiler Anyone who observes California politics knows that the government-worker unions dominate the state from top to bottom. They forced union pension spiking on the state a decade ago, leading to the spate of
Read MoreCA chickens coming home to roost
July 23, 2012 Katy Grimes: A fourth California city is on the verge of bankruptcy. What a surprise. Yawn. The news that Compton is about to file for federal bankruptcy protection is not surprising. But news that Santa Monica may also
Read MoreSummer break is the best time of year
July 23, 2012 By John Seiler About this time of year, liberal education ideologues start talking about how bad summer break is for kids; how summer break is a leftover from when most people were farmers, and the kids were
Read MoreMore guns, less crime
July 23, 2012 By Katy Grimes The mainstream news reports about the Aurora, Colorado theater shooting on Thursday night is the worst reporting and irresponsible commentary I’ve ever seen. And once again, guns are the bad guy. As American liberals
Read MoreSustainability ideology invented a stagnant California Dream
July 23, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi When did the California Dream begin? Peter Huck, a refugee journalist from Los Angeles to New Zealand, has an answer. He writes in the July 20 issue of the New Zealand Herald newspaper “Sustainability
Read MoreOfficials’ foolishness slams cities
July 23, 2012 By Steven Greenhut SACRAMENTO — First, Vallejo, in 2008. Next, Stockton, then Mammoth Lakes and, now, San Bernardino and soon, perhaps, Compton. As Orange County Supervisor John Moorlach told Bloomberg News, the bankruptcy dominoes are starting to
Read MoreState parks: Only in California is a government surplus scandalous
July 23, 2012 By John Hrabe California’s Department of Parks and Recreation has been holding onto $54 million in surplus funds for the past decade. The agency didn’t bother to tell anyone at the state Department of Finance about their
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State parks director: negligent or incompetent?
July 20, 2012 Katy Grimes: The California State Parks agency has been sullied by a growing scandal. Three days ago I wrote about the illegal vacation buyout scandal in the State Parks and Recreation agency in “Scandalous state parks department
Read MoreCA GOP: Party of Yes?
July 20, 2012 By John Seiler The California Republican Party’s slogan is: Party of Yes. Yes — to what? To more government? To higher taxes? Tighter regulations? Apparently not. They’re against those things. Or at least most Republicans say they
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