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Back to homepageCA response to Boston terror attack mostly measured, muted
April 17, 2013 By Chris Reed Unlike officials in New York, Washington and some other cities in the Northeast, elected leaders and law-enforcement officials in California took a generally measured and in some cases muted response to Monday’s terrorist attack
Read MoreCARB lawsuit could end cap and trade
April 17, 2013 By Katy Grimes Ding dong! Could CARB be dead? The Pacific Legal Foundation filed a lawsuit yesterday against the California Air Resources Board challenging California’s cap and trade regulation. The cap and trade program was created by
Read MoreEx-CA Senate Dem candidate tees off on immigration ‘reform’
April 17, 2013 By Chris Reed Mickey Kaus, the Los Angeles journalist and author who ran against Sen. Barbara Boxer in the 2010 Democratic primary, has emerged as the sharpest critic of the immigration overhaul expected to emerge this week
Read MoreAssembly GOP members break no-tax pledge
April 17, 2013 By John Hrabe The Assembly Republican Caucus, though small in number, has retained limited power in Sacramento by maintaining a united caucus on one issue: taxes. Not anymore. A multi-billion-dollar tax extension quickly working its way through
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What are Republicans for? Dept.
April 17, 2013 By John Seiler You might have heard the term, “Me too Republicans.” It’s similar to the more recent term, RINO: Republican in Name Only. A Me Too Republican’s main function is to raise taxes to pay for
Read MoreCARB chair plugs electric cars
April 17, 2013 By Joseph Perkins Mary Nichols was in Detroit this week for the Society of Automotive Engineers annual World Congress. The chairwoman of the California Air Resources Board told attendees that her agency wants to have better relations
Read MoreAmmo tax would cost more than the ammo
April 17, 2013 By Katy Grimes The recent mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., is the motivation behind the overwhelming number of gun-control measures moving rapidly through the state Legislature. One of these bills, AB 760,
Read MoreGov. Brown seeking funding for CA bullet train
April 16, 2013 By Wayne Lusvardi Why did Gov. Jerry Brown travel to China on a trade mission to secure investment from them for the California High Speed Rail Authority? The answer is that proposed public transportation projects keep chugging along
Read MoreLatest numbers: No ‘global warming’
April 16, 2013 By John Seiler AB 32 officially is the “Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006.” It coerces sharp cuts in greenhouse gas emissions in California to 1990 levels by 2020. Now that the latest evidence keeps showing there
Read MoreState owes counties $22 million in taxes, refuses to pay
April 16, 2013 By Dave Roberts If you decide not to pay your taxes, you could face stiff penalties, seizure of your property and jail time. But when California’s government is the tax deadbeat, state officials thumb their noses at
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