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Video: In violent Detroit, private citizen starts 911 service
May 13, 2013 By John Seiler In bankrupt, violent Detroit, the city shut down 911 service. That provided an opening for citizen Dale Brown to start his own service. As he says in the following video, he started with a
Read MoreMay Revise preview
May 13, 2013 By John Seiler Tomorrow Gov. Jerry Brown will release the May Revise to his January budget proposal for fiscal year 2013-14, which begins on July 1. These are the base numbers the Legislature will work with as
Read MoreBill would strip corruption protections from university employees
May 13, 2013 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO — Public contracts should always be subjected to stiff scrutiny. Without public scrutiny and oversight, spending other people’s money is too easy. But a new Assembly bill would not only increase the amount
Read MoreFreedom safer than regulations
May 13, 103 By Steven Greenhut California and Texas officials have been having an ongoing tit-for-tat over which of the nation’s two mega-states is the better place to live and do business — something that has become a proxy issue
Read MoreThe awful behavior that CTA’s affiliate enabled in LAUSD
May 13, 2013 By Chris Reed I have frequently referred to the Mark Berndt/Miramonte Elementary School case while blogging, including just yesterday. Los Angeles Unified officials concluded protections for teachers were so strong that it couldn’t get rid of Berndt
Read MoreCA public sector: Laws? We don’t need no stinking laws
May 12, 2013 By Chris Reed In the private sector, there are all kinds of laws that govern employment, conduct, conflict of interest and appropriate use of shareholder funds. They may not always be enforced, but in the best-run companies,
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CA bill would ban 3D gun
May 12, 2013 By John Seiler Friday I wrote about federal attempts to ban a 3D gun that you can “print” on your desktop. I pointed out how such bans were similar to how the Soviet Union tightly controlled Xerox
Read MoreBiz execs: CA still worst state for business
May 11, 2013 By John Seiler California’s economy might be improving slightly. But its business climate still ranks dead last among the 50 states, according to the 2013 survey by Chief Executive magazine: “Texas leads the way while Florida edges
Read MoreOutrage! Obama IRS targets right-wingers
May 10, 2013 By John Seiler You think it’s easy being a conservative or libertarian in America? Government commonly targets us for audits and other harassment. My old friend and mentor Russell Kirk, the conservative philosopher who basically jump-started the
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