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Now New York fires a shot across California’s bow
Gov. Jerry Brown was not amused this past February when Texas Gov. Rick Perry made a four-day recruiting trip to California, hosting meet and greets with CEOs and other business executives in Silicon Valley, San Francisco, Los Angeles and
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LAT’s Vartabedian, Skelton leave LAT editorial board looking silly
When it comes to the bullet train, The Los Angeles Times’ editorial page has been left to look foolish — by its own reporter and columnist. Nexis shows no L.A. Times’ editorials on the topic for more than two years.
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Only 2 Californians make Gallup’s ‘most admired’ list
Every December Gallup asks Americans whom they “most admire.” Not surprisingly, this year’s winners repeated from last year. At 16 percent, President Obama was the most admired man. And at 15 percent, former Secretary of State — and potential next
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Rich sheltering dough in South Dakota
When Proposition 30 was being pitched in the fall of 2012, Gov. Jerry Brown and others pooh-poohed the idea that rich folks would find ways to avoid its $7 billion in new taxes. Because the national and state economies have
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San Diego’s law-driven stench problem: Dickens was right
In fall 2012, The New York Times shared a pathetic San Diego story with the nation. The piece was headlined “California Cove Blessed With Nature’s Beauty Reels From Its Stench.” Sample: “In beautiful La Jolla Cove, art galleries and coffee
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Will Kamala Harris monkey-wrench CA pension reform — again?
I’ve been following California politics obsessively since 1990, and I simply have never seen an editorial like the Los Angeles Times’ piece Friday exhorting Attorney General Kamala Harris to do an ethical and honest job in preparing a ballot statement for
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New gun laws firing in 2014
The New Year brings a fusillade of new gun laws Californians must follow. Capital Public Radio reports: Some California gun owners say they’re confused about the new gun laws that will take effect in 2014. The law causing the most
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Housing market problems
CalWatchDog.com stories repeatedly have warned that the optimism over California being “back,” as Gov. Jerry Brown insists, may be overblown. That doesn’t mean a recession is approaching, only that policymakers ought to be careful. Now this from AP: The number
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NRC leaves lump of coal in San Onofre’s stocking
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission this week cited Southern California Edison for failing to check the design of steam generators that led to the permanent shutdown of its San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. Chaired by Allison Macfarlane, the five-member commission
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