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Nov. 8, 2012 By John Seiler More than by the election, I’m amused by the aftermath comments. Consider this one, an analysis by Patrick May and Matt O’Brien for the Santa Cruz Sentinel: “As California goes, so goes the nation.
Read MoreIn San Diego, is libertarian dream alive, stalled — or dead?
Nov. 8, 2012 By Chris Reed San Diegans had an extremely unusual choice for mayor Tuesday, picking between a gay libertarian who’d already turned the city into a hotbed of government experimentation and a 20-year congressman who is a ’60s-ethos
Read MoreDemocrats’ congressional wins delay supermajority
Nov. 8, 2012 By John Hrabe On Tuesday night, Democrats shocked the Capitol by seizing two-thirds control of the state Assembly. With it comes the power to override the governor and raise taxes. “Everyone was looking at the likelihood that
Read MoreSupermajority supercharges power of unions, Dems
Nov. 8, 2012 By Katy Grimes Now that the Democratic Party in California has won a supermajority in both houses of the Legislature, what does it mean for the state of the state’s politics? Democrat view Steve Maviglio, a seasoned
Read MoreBrown could learn from Augustus about tax flight
Nov. 8, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi California Gov. Jerry Brown often portrays himself as the modern version of an ancient Greek or Roman philosopher king. A majority of the voters on Nov. 6 approved Brown’s “millionaire’s tax” on people making
Read MoreProp. 31 loses badly
Nov. 7, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi Proposition 31 was wiped out by voters yesterday. The Government Performance and Accountability Act got just 39 percent of the votes, with 61 percent against. Part of the likely reason it lost big was
Read MoreCA Legislature now a Dem supermajority
Nov. 7, 2012 Katy Grimes: Many in California expected the Democrats to gain a supermajority in the state Senate. But few thought that a Democrat supermajority would happen in the Assembly. Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez announced that Democrats have secured a
Read MoreCalifornians love tax increases!
Nov. 7, 2012 Katy Grimes: The ballot initiative results makes it appear that it appears that California residents love paying taxes, According to the California Secretary of State’s website, Proposition 30, Gov. Jerry Brown’s tax increase measure, passed 53.9 percent to 46.1 percent. This makes
Read MoreUnions totally dominate California
6:39 am, Nov. 7, 2012 By John Seiler California should change its name to Unionifornia. The public-employee unions won everything yesterday. They beat Proposition 32, which would have curbed their ability to siphon money directly from employees’ paychecks. They won
Read MoreProp. 30 tax increase now winning
11:21 pm, Nov. 6, 2012 By John Seiler With 37.7 percent of precincts now reporting, Prop 30 now is winning, 50.4 percent to 49.6 percent. Looks like Gov. Jerry Brown got his tax increase. Too bad it’s going to kill
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