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Back to homepageLatest: Economy Crashing Fast
John Seiler: Don’t Gov. Jerry “Jobs Killer” Brown, the Democratic-run Legislature, the government-employee unions and the tax-obsessives in the media see what’s going on? The Depression is back — big time. The economy is crashing — fast. The latest: U.S.
Read MoreMarkets ‘Crush’ Brown's Windmill Fantasy
JULY 29, 2011 By WAYNE LUSVARDI With the swagger of a boxer before a match, on July 24 Gov. Jerry Brown said he would “crush” any efforts to block renewable energy projects in California. Brown apparently was referring to efforts
Read MoreSeries Exposed Redistricting Sham
JULY 29, 2011 By JOHN SEILER Yesterday the California Citizens Redistricting Commission released its final maps, which already are generating lawsuits to overturn them. In recent weeks, CalWatchDog.com ran an exclusive series of articles, by John Hrabe, exposing the process.
Read MoreNow for Something Really Stupid
John Seiler: Except for those getting the cash, just about every analyst of the California High-Speed Rail Authority says it’s a boondoggle. Dan Walters summed it up: It’s rare for any human endeavor to achieve perfection, but California’s High-Speed Rail Authority has done it
Read MoreLiu choice confirms what we know
Steven Greenhut: Gov. Jerry Brown is still reliving the 1970s, and as such has appointed Goodwin Liu to the California Supreme Court, someone whose radicalism falls neatly in line with Brown’s previous picks, most notably Justice Rose Bird. The Wall
Read More'Mary Kay Tax' Mugs Small Businesses
JULY 27, 2011 By KATY GRIMES Call it the Mary Kay Tax. It hits small businesses — such as Mary Kay and Avon distributors — with heavy administrative costs, while bringing a pittance to the state treasury. It’s a tax
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