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Back to homepageTX oil production soars as CA drops
July 11, 2013 By John Seiler Energy production jobs are good, middle-class manufacturing jobs. Texas is reveling in the creation of such jobs. California is against them, favoring instead two kinds of jobs: high-tech jobs for those with IQs higher
Read MorePark Service wants to ban most people from Yosemite
July 11, 2013 By Katy Grimes Yosemite National Park is one of America’s greatest natural treasurers, set aside as a national park nearly 150 years ago by Abraham Lincoln specifically for “the public use, resort and recreation…for all time.” Yet
Read MoreAG Kamala Harris attacks joke coffee cup
July 11, 2013 By John Seiler Look at the coffee cup in the nearby picture. It’s a joke, right? Not to California Attorney General Kamala Harris. She’s one of 23 state attorneys general who wrote a letter (reproduced below) to
Read MoreSouthern CA ‘Bonfire of the vanities’
July 11, 2013 By Katy Grimes Whenever environmental or social justice activists want something banned, they create a health or safety reason supporting their policy. This is the case with the attempt by the South Coast Air Quality Management District to
Read MoreFilner’s implosion accelerates with sex-harassment claims
July 11, 2013 By Chris Reed SAN DIEGO — To the surprise of no one who has dealt with him, first-year Mayor Bob Filner’s days in office could be numbered because of his personal recklessness. After two decades as a
Read MoreLopsided approval shows SEIU had its way on contract
July 10, 2013 By Chris Reed The assertion that public employee pay and benefits aren’t excessive compared with the private sector is efficiently demolished when one looks at employee turnover rates. It’s tiny in government ranks compared with the business
Read MoreWill ‘maquila-solar’ zone form just outside CA state line?
July 10, 2013 By Wayne Lusvardi Political borders create economic fault lines. For example, property rights might promote growth in one area, while lower wage rates might benefit another. A good example is the “maquiladora” free-trade zone flourishing just across
Read MoreRevolutionary pension game-changer, or bigger pension problems?
July 10, 2013 By Katy Grimes There is a potentially revolutionary way of restructuring public pensions being floated by U.S. Sen. Orin Hatch which would park public pension liabilities with private insurance companies, and get government out of the pension business
Read More‘Mayor Steinberg’ a disaster-in-waiting for Sacramento
July 10, 2013 By Katy Grimes Sacramento’s City Council has historically been a revolving door into state politics. Do the names Phil Isenberg, Bob Matsui, Debra Ortiz, Lloyd Connelly, Darrell Steinberg, and Dave Jones, ring a bell? Each of these
Read MoreFresh evidence that Jerry Brown’s pension fix fixed little
July 10, 2013 By Chris Reed The aura of self-congratulation surrounding the governor’s office is particularly intense when it comes to the pension reform measure that Jerry Brown got through the Legislature in September. But I’m not like some other
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