Arid-headed water war breaks out between LA and PHX
March 20, 2013 By Wayne Lusvardi The word arid has two meanings: insufficient rainfall to grow trees or dull and boring. The second meaning seems to characterize the level of intelligence that’s on display in the recent media water war
Read MoreFeinstein’s assault weapons ban won’t be in Dem’s gun bill
March 19, 2013 By Katy Grimes Liberty loving gun rights advocates pushed politicians so hard, the assault weapons ban has been dropped from the gun control legislation in the nation’s Capitol. Either that or U.S. Senator Harry Reid is running
Read MoreCracking down on ADA lawsuit abuse
March 19, 2013 By Joseph Perkins I was a White House staff member when George H.W. Bush was in the Oval Office. I remember well when he signed the Americans With Disabilities Act into law, insisting that it would not
Read MoreDrones a litmus test on trust in government
March 18, 2013 By Steven Greenhut SACRAMENTO -– Don’t you hate it when life starts to resemble one of those bleak, futuristic dystopian movies? I’m thinking of an almost unfathomable reality –- local and state governments are joining the feds
Read MoreSelling fracking to a propagandized CA public
March 17, 2013 By Chris Reed Sunday’s U-T San Diego editorial wraps up a three-part series on fracking with some theories on how Gov. Jerry Brown might sell it to the millions of Californians who are unaware — because of
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Under Obama, FAA goes from stimulus bloat to risky cuts
March 17, 2013 By Chris Reed President Barack Obama’s re-election has led some California small-government types to pull back on their criticism, perhaps thinking that the Chicago Republican must be doing something right if he can win the Golden State’s
Read MoreCA-style feudalization is going national
March 16, 2013 By Chris Reed The feudalization of California that Joel Kotkin has written about so smartly for years just keeps accelerating. Wealthy coastal professionals and public employees with deep job security and high pay simply don’t care that
Read MoreOne way TX is worse than CA
March 15, 2013 By John Seiler On CalWatchDog.com, we’ve often compared California unfavorably to Texas on taxes, regulations and general business climate. But fairness dictates we should show where California is better than Texas. One area is the abuse of
Read MoreEmployers and taxpayers ask Gov. Brown to halt cap and trade
March 15, 2013 By Katy Grimes A group of employers and taxpayers have sent a letter to Gov. Jerry Brown asking that he halt cap and trade “and policies to achieve greenhouse gas emission reductions.” Cap and trade is the
Read MoreRebuking Bowen: High standards shouldn’t be surprising
March 15, 2013 By Chris Reed Democratic lawmakers have been a bit more likely to discomfit the status quo and show high expectations than normal this year. A Senate committee report strongly suggesting that school districts were stealing federal school
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