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Gov. Brown says one would ‘think’ Dems for disadvantaged

May 20. 2103 By Chris Reed On Friday, I noted that the state budget scrum always involved a series of hardball power plays that exposed as fiction the idea that the California Democratic Party and the most powerful forces on

CA GOP opportunity: Cut the state income tax 1 percentage point

CalWatchdog Staff May 19, 2013

May 19, 2013 By John Seiler California Republicans never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity. But listen up, because here’s one you shouldn’t miss: Advance and initiative to cut the state income tax by 1 percentage point. Right now,

In his own words: Gov. Brown on fracking

CalWatchdog Staff May 19, 2013

May 19, 2013 By Chris Reed As I’ve written about repeatedly, the California media simply refuse to break away from the green narrative that fracking is new, dangerous and potentially catastrophic. All three assertions are belied by 60-plus years of

Obama interior secretary shreds fracking foes — LAT omits

CalWatchdog Staff May 18, 2013

May 18, 2013 By Chris Reed Say what you will about The New York Times, but at least it’s not in denial about fracking the way The Los Angeles Times is. Friday’s LAT coverage of new U.S. Interior Department rules

Leg still obsessed with tax increases

CalWatchdog Staff May 18, 2013

May 18, 2013 By John Seiler So much new revenue is flowing into California that Gov. Jerry Brown’s May Revise budget projected an extra $4.5 billion this year. But even that was too low for Legislative Analyst, who projected another

Video: 6 hours of Beethoven piano

CalWatchdog Staff May 17, 2013

May 17, 2013 By John Seiler Forget politics a bit and put on this YouTube as background music. It’s six hours of piano music from the world’s greatest composer, Ludwig van Beethoven. Enjoy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ptfyhBjXj8

Boxer’s Delta levee bill is real estate pork barrel

CalWatchdog Staff May 17, 2013

May 17, 2013 By Wayne Lusvardi “I drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry,” go the famous lyrics to singer Don McClean’s 1971 hit song, “American Pie.” The California Dream of home ownership and speculative riches in

Six bills would make it easier to pass tax increases

CalWatchdog Staff May 17, 2013

MAY 17, 2013 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO — The Senate Governance and Finance Committee on Wednesday passed six constitutional amendments to make it easier for local voters to pass various tax increases on property owners. “California didn’t knowingly vote for

CA budget: State’s unions tell poor they’re on their own

CalWatchdog Staff May 17, 2013

May 17, 2013 By Chris Reed Nothing brings clarity to the absurdity of unions’ claims that they defend the poor and champion social justice than the annual fights over the state budget. Advocates of social services for the poor and

Obama IRS enemies list targeted Hispanic Republicans

CalWatchdog Staff May 16, 2013

May 17, 2013 By John Seiler As I pointed out in an earlier post, the Obama IRS enemies list against conservatives and libertarians discredits his so-called 2012 election “victory.” And remember how we were told, ceaselessly, that Republicans had to