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Back to homepageLike! Facebook avoids most taxes
Feb. 16, 2013 By John Seiler A year ago, Gov. Jerry Brown and other state officials were salivating like Pavlov’s dog over the $2 billion in new taxes they projected the state treasury would get from Facebook’s Initial Public Offering.
Read MoreBad economic news could confound state budget projections
Feb. 15, 2013 By John Seiler Gov. Jerry Brown’s cheery announcements of the state’s budget health are guiding budget spending priorities. As he said in his State of the State address, “The message this year is clear: California has once again
Read MoreWhere are the ‘moderate’ Democrats?
Feb. 15, 2013 By John Seiler Now is the time for moderate Democrats to step forward. Controlling every statewide office and with supermajorities in both houses of the California Legislature, Dems rule the roost. But unchecked power devours itself. Steven
Read MoreRepublicans’ consultant problem — especially in CA
Feb. 15, 2013 By John Seiler Republicans continue to mull over their two defeats by President Barack Obama. And their virtual dissolution in California, which once produced presidents who won landslides: Nixon and Reagan. One of the best GOP strategists
Read MoreLawmaker declares war on highly lucrative state industry
Feb. 15, 2013 By Chris Reed So let’s get this framed correctly: California is the leader in a form of home entertainment that is immensely popular around America and the world, for better or worse. If California adopts rules that
Read MoreTime to privatize CA parks
Feb. 15, 2013 By John Seiler Last year Californians discovered their state parks were mismanaged. While shutting parks supposedly because of a lack of money, it turned out they had a $54 million surplus squirreled away. Given the billions of
Read MoreRoad project bulldozes building owner’s equity
Feb. 15, 2013 By Dave Roberts If you live near or frequently travel along the Burlington North Santa Fe rail line in north Orange County, you’re probably looking forward to the completion of the $600 million in road improvements that
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Video: FlashReport.org’s Jon Fleischman interviews Gov. Rick Perry
Feb. 14, 2013 By John Seiler Texas Gov. Rick Perry, in socialist California to bring jobs back to free-market Texas, sat down for a short interview with FlashReport.org’s Jon Fleischman. Perry gives some good advice for California: cut taxes, cut
Read MoreL.A. Unified uses ‘construction bonds’ to buy $500 million in iPads
Feb. 14, 2013 By Chris Reed My five-month-old crusade to get the California mainstream media to acknowledge the insanity of “construction bonds” which take 30 years to pay off being used routinely by school districts for short-lived electronics and basic
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