California’s fate rests on more than this election
October 31, 2012 By Katy Grimes As California voters prepare to square off with several tax increase measures on next Tuesday’s ballot, the fate of California balances on a precarious cliff. But it’s not just the tax increases which could
Read MoreChina bashing doesn’t help California
Oct. 26, 2012 By Joseph Perkins I imagine that Jeremy Potash, executive director of the California-Asia Business Council, winced this week while watching the foreign policy debate between President Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney. Her group is trying to increase
Read MoreThe evidence still shows California exodus
Oct. 24, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi Scientist Carl Sagan once came up with a “baloney detection kit.” Perhaps columnist Dan Walters should have consulted it before trying to debunk a study by the Manhattan Institute, “The Great California Exodus,” about
Read MoreCalifornia Coastal Commission keeps grabbing land
Oct. 23, 2012 By Katy Grimes What do you get when you have a powerful state commission of 11 unremarkable people, which produces nothing, but regularly takes money and property from taxpaying citizens, while currying favors with others? I just
Read MoreClimate alarmists hate good news
Oct. 19, 2012 By Joseph Perkins Two new pieces of climate change data caught my attention this week. One, from the U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center (nope, I’d never heard of it before either), indicates that Antarctica is
Read MoreCARB tightens regs, partners with cops
Oct. 19, 2012 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO — The monthly meeting of the California Air Resources Board on Thursday was nothing more than a mutual admiration society and big tax-and-spend club. After board members shared esteem for one another and
Read MoreGlobal warming is baaaack
Oct. 18, 2012 By Katy Grimes First there was “global warming.” Then it became “climate change” when warm temperatures cooled. But in California, the California Environmental Protection Agency is promoting global warming again. “State releases plan to deal with extreme
Read MoreEnvironmental Bureaucrats continue driving diesel trucks off the road
Oct. 16, 2012 By Warren Duffy Whether traveling interstates or two lane back roads of our nation, on any given day one can find diesel trucks traveling to stores, warehouses, etc. They are loading and unloading of pallets of food,
Read MoreNo ‘global warming’ for 16 years
Oct. 15, 2012 By John Seiler Can we cancel AB 32 now? The past 16 years have seen the most intense industrialization the world ever has seen. China has become a global economic powerhouse, surpassing Japan to become the world’s
Read MoreNew York Times’ ignorance on California: How it’s revealing about state Dems, media
Oct. 15, 2012 By Chris Reed On Sunday, The New York Times printed a long article about the California government’s move to implement AB 32, the landmark 2006 state law forcing a shift to cleaner but costlier types of energy.
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