Cheap gas: Another reason to move to Texas

Oct. 7, 2012 By John Seiler The following picture is from GasBuddy.com, which tracks gas prices nationally. The cheapest gas, as you can see, is in Texas and the Southeast. The most expensive by far is in California during the

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Media: A crisis of content?

Oct. 7, 2012 Katy Grimes: A story in the Sacramento Bee Saturday reported that Israel’s liberal press is on the ropes. But the McClatchy writer’s conclusions about why are laughable. “The economic crisis that’s hit the newspaper industry in the

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Where are the jobs, jobs, jobs?

Oct. 7, 2012 Katy Grimes: Friday morning the latest monthly jobs reportwas released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. “The unemployment rate decreased to 7.8 percent in September, and total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 114,000, the U.S. Bureau of Labor

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Government ‘investing’ in government

Oct. 6, 2012 By Katy Grimes In order to stimulate the inert economy, we now have the government investing in government. The public sector is trading public dollars for public dollars. “How will you spend your future?” the California State

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Politics driving CA pension investments

Oct. 5, 2012 By Joseph Perkins The California State Teachers’ Retirement System announced this week that it is sinking $42.8 million into four infrastructure projects, including a solar power plant near Sacramento. That follows CalSTRS’ previous “investment” in another solar-power

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Deja vu: Aging rockers back rich government workers

Oct. 5, 2012 By John Seiler I’m still partial to Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young’s early albums. I’m listening to “Deja Vu” free on YouTube. But along with their waistlines, their left-wing politics haven’t improved with age. They’re backing the

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Video: Obamacare explained

Oct. 5, 2012 By John Seiler Republicans would do better if they were as funny as this lady:

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Public employee pensions: Some contracts are more sacred than others

Third in a series on public pensions. The first is here and the second here. Oct. 5, 2012 By Mark Cabaniss On Wednesday, the city of Atwater declared a fiscal emergency, putting it on the path to become the fourth California city

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Chris Reed talks Props 30, 38 on National Public Radio

Oct. 5, 2012 CalWatchdog contributor Chris Reed was on “Which Way, L.A.?” on KCRW on Thursday to talk about why Propositions 30 and 38 deserve to fail.  KCRW is one of the most popular NPR stations in the nation. Reed

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Price shock shuts down Calif. independent gas stations

Oct. 4, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi In a scene reminiscent out of the mid-1970’s oil shortages, it is being reported that independent gas stations are being shut down in California due to a shortage of supply and a resulting spike

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