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Govt. gasbags silent on gas tax boon
Nov. 1, 2012 By Katy Grimes While nearly every politician in America publicly decries the high cost of gasoline and fuel costs, most are also strangely silent about the soaring gas tax revenues that states are currently enjoying. Californians always
Read MoreProp 37: Right to know or right to sue?
Nov. 1, 2012 By Dave Roberts Proposition 37 has been touted as a simple measure that provides consumers with the right to know what is in the food they buy at grocery stores. It requires that all products containing ingredients
Read MoreRevolt stirs against ‘regulation without representation’
Nov. 1, 2012 By Warren Duffy America’s forefathers rebelled in 1776 against “taxation without representation.” Who now is willing to step up and stop “regulation without representation”? On November 14, 2012, eight days after the election, the California Air Resources Board
Read More‘Will San Diego elect a gay libertarian or a snarling misanthrope as mayor?’
Nov. 1, 2012 By Chris Reed That’s the headline I suggested for the a piece I did for the American Spectator on the election fight in my hometown. “SAN DIEGO — For four decades, California’s second-largest city has had a
Read MoreDesperate governor turns to distortions
Oct. 31, 2012 Steven Greenhut Gov. Jerry Brown has fiddled while Sacramento has burned, squandering his entire governorship on a pointless campaign to massively raise income taxes on the poor, middle class and wealthy Californians through the Prop. 30 sales
Read MoreDo they really want to combat global warming?
Commentary Oct. 31, 2012 By John Seiler Nowadays, almost anything that happens is blamed on “global warming.” Or its more recent euphemism, “climate change.” On his blog, Al Gore just wrote: “For many, Hurricane Sandy may prove to be a
Read MoreProp. 30 aftermath: Dan Walters channels CalWatchdog
Oct. 31, 2012 By Chris Reed On Tuesday, CalWatchdog told readers that the idea the teachers unions would accept trigger cuts if Prop. 30 failed was ridiculous. “Does anyone really think the California Teachers Association and its less brash little
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Archie Bunker explains the election
Oct. 31, 2012 By John Seiler Back in the late 1970s, with a previous bogus energy “crisis” striking, and Democrats demanding that citizens make “sacrifices,” philosopher Archie Bunker explained what was going in words that still resonate today.
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California’s fate rests on more than this election
October 31, 2012 By Katy Grimes As California voters prepare to square off with several tax increase measures on next Tuesday’s ballot, the fate of California balances on a precarious cliff. But it’s not just the tax increases which could
Read MoreGov. Brown campaigns for rich public-employee unions
Commentary Oct. 31, 2012 By Mark Cabaniss If you have the stomach, listen to Jesuit seminary dropout (1957) Gov. Jerry Brown out on the campaign trail recently, selling his newest tax hike, Proposition 30: “I like to quote from St.
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