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Back to homepageWhy enforce AB 32 when new studies show no global warming?
April 7, 2013 By Warren Duffy Just a few years ago… In 2005, then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger proclaimed of the alleged threat of global warming, “I say the debate is over. . . . We know the science, we see the threat, and
Read MoreNo, Sac Bee, bullet train doesn’t have moral high ground
April 6, 2013 By Chris Reed The Sacramento Bee’s editorial Friday lambasting House Republicans for opposing using borrowed federal money to build California’s bullet train was noteworthy for its tone. The Bee editorial board seems to be under the deluded
Read MoreProsperity agenda can overcome U.S., CA problems
April 6, 2013 By Ed Ring “Everything that can be invented has been invented.” Contrary to a common misconception, it was not Charles Duell, the Commissioner of the US patent office, who said that quote back in 1899. According to PatentlyO.com, and
Read MoreAB 32 never inspired anybody else
April 5, 2013 By John Seiler AB 32, the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, was supposed to inspire other countries to follow the state in mandating the reduction of greenhouse gases, in particular by switching from such “dirty” energy
Read MoreLegislators take secret trip to Cuba with Sacramento lobbyist
April 5, 2013 By John Hrabe and Katy Grimes At least two California state legislators secretly traveled with Sacramento’s “best connected” lobbyist to Cuba during the legislature’s spring break, an exclusive CalWatchdog.com investigation has revealed. State Sen. Cathleen Galgiani, D-Livingston,
Read MoreCalifornia government as organized looting, chapter 237
April 5, 2013 By Chris Reed The longer I’ve lived in California, the more governance here seems to resemble organized looting of taxpayers. It’s not just the showy and ridiculous things, like the longtime president of the CalPERS governing board
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What is CA’s bankruptcy-pension end game?
April 5, 2013 By Wayne Lusvardi In his absurdist play, “Endgame,” about a chess game where there are few pieces left on the board, Irish playwright Samuel Beckett wrote: “The end is in the beginning and yet you go on.”
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