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Back to homepageKrugman distorts how CA works
April 9, 2013 By John Seiler At CalWatchDog.com, we’ve published some articles on Paul Krugman’s column praising California supposedly new, high-tax, big-spend liberal government. I read the column again and a few more comments are necessary. He might have a Nobel Prize
Read MoreCA: Where environmental laws protect bird poop
April 9, 2013 By Chris Reed La Jolla is on the short list of the swankiest, most upscale places in the United States. But now a few blocks of the tony San Diego community are on the short list of
Read MoreCutting pork could close CalSTRS funding gap
April 9, 2013 By Wayne Lusvardi The California Legislative Analyst recently reported that the funding gap for the California State Teachers’ Retirement System was $4.5 billion per year in additional funding. There’s no proposal on the table anywhere on how
Read MoreFPPC shuns investigation of CA legislators’ Cuba trip
April 9, 2013 By John Hrabe and Katy Grimes After Friday’s report on CalWatchdog.com that at least two state legislators traveled to Cuba with a powerful Sacramento lobbyist, you’d think the state’s political watchdog might be launching a formal investigation. After all,
Read MoreIt’s mind over mattress with more regulations
April 9, 2013 By Katy Grimes As if manufacturers need any more California regulations to contend with, a new bill would require mattress manufacturers to organize, operate and pay for all mattress recycling in the state. But it’s already illegal
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Big Brother IRS is watching you on Twitter and Facebook
April 8, 2013 Just in time for the government’s favorite day of the year: April 15. When they gouge us down to the bone. Now the IRS is spying on our Twitter and Facebook accounts: “It says the effort is
Read MoreArnold pushing new global-warming hysteria
April 8, 2013 By John Seiler Ex-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s signature legislation, AB 32, officially is called “The Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006.” Yet like President Obama, he no longer refers to “global warming,” but to a euphemism such as
Read MoreGov. Brown: To drill or not to drill?
April 8, 2013 By Katy Grimes California could become the next oil boom state. Will Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown and a Democratic supermajority in the state Legislature seize the day — and the tax revenue that would come with drilling and
Read MoreHas California been saved?
April 8, 2013 By Steven Greenhut SACRAMENTO — Ever since California’s voters approved the Prop. 30 sales- and income-tax increase on the November ballot, liberal commentators have been gloating about the resurgence of the Golden State after many years of
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MSNBC-style media on the bandwagon for bullet-train farce
April 8, 2013 By Chris Reed When a friend urged me to check out the edition of “Dan Rather Reports” on high-speed rail in the U.S. that aired last month on Mark Cuban’s AXS.TV, I figured it would be good
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