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Back to homepageAssembly members objecting to corruption exemption in AB 173
May 16, 2013 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO — A corruption exemption remains in Assembly Bill 173, by Assemblywoman Shirley Weber, D-San Diego. But calls I made to all the members of the Accountability and Administrative Review committee, which had reviewed the bill, indicated
Read MoreCA governments need caution on fracking investments
May 16, 2013 By Wayne Lusvardi Being the home of Hollywood and Disneyland, news in California always has an element of political theater and Fantasyland. This is certainly so for all the contradictory headlines about fracking — the hydraulic fracturing
Read More7 years not enough planning time for air board on AB 32
May 16, 2013 By Chris Reed The news that Gov. Jerry Brown wants to “borrow” $500 million in cap-and-trade auction fees to prop up the state’s general fund in his revised 2013-14 budget could not have been more predictable. Brown
Read MoreIRS enemies list scandal discredits Obama’s 2012 victory
May 16, 2013 By John Seiler Not that we should run the election again. And Mitt Romney really was a terrible candidate, one of the worst the GOP has to offer. It would have been worse had he won because
Read MoreBill advances ‘civil rights’ claims on gender-neutral bathrooms
May 16, 2013 By Katy Grimes As if plucked right out of the silly book, “There Oughta Be A Law,” San Francisco Assemblyman Tom Ammiano has been pushing a bill through the Legislature which has the potential of turning all
Read MoreCA IRS offices harassed conservative groups
May 15, 2013 By John Seiler California IRS offices harassed groups, reported the Daily Mail today. It was part of the burgeoning nationwide scandal of the IRS attacking more than 500 such groups. The Daily Mail reported that a letter…
Read MoreAnd now, President Schultz
May 15, 2013 By Chris Reed The best “Hogan’s Heroes” in-joke of all time:
Read MoreCollective bargaining behind the scenes
May 15, 2013 By Katy Grimes Government employees’ salaries and benefits, and in particular, pensions, are financially unsustainable in California. It is clear that collective bargaining reform is needed. But in a state run by politicians elected largely with the
Read MoreCourt denies asylum to German family punished by Nazi law
May 15, 2013 By John Seiler In 1938, Hitler imposed an anti-home schooling law on German families. All children were required to attend Third Reich-approved schools, receiving indoctrination in Nazism and anti-Semitism, and to join the Hitlerjugend — the Hitler
Read MoreElectricity rate shock more likely than blackouts this summer
May 15, 2013 By Wayne Lusvardi There have been many forecasts of possible rolling blackouts in California this summer due to a shortage of power from the shutdown of the San Onofre nuclear power plant and the instability of a
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