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CA Loses $727K on Green Car Flop
John Seiler: Governments almost always lose money when the try to out-guess market demand by investing the taxpayers’ money in a product. It just happened again as the city of Salinas lost $540,000 it invested in a green car company
Read MoreAssembly Carves Up Organic Farming
JULY 19, 2011 By KATY GRIMES California is still growing government, but in an unlikely place. The Assembly now has its own organic legislative committee called the Assembly Select Committee on Sustainable and Organic Agriculture, which will “seek to improve
Read MoreRadio: Lusvardi Blasts Enviro Crazies
John Seiler: On June 15, our colleague Wayne Lusvardi appeared on AM 600 KOGO in San Diego. Click here for a podcast. The host is Chris Reed, an editorialist with the San Diego Union. Wayne discusses his recent article, “CA
Read MoreGov. Brown Chases Business to Vegas
John Seiler: Gov. Jerry Brown and the other anti-business fanatics in the Legislature and government unions just don’t get it: If you attack businesses, they leave California. A recent departure was Pixel2Canvas, which split Lake Forest for North Las Vegas.
Read MoreRanked Choice Vote Favors Asian SF Mayor
JULY 18, 2011 By DAVE ROBERTS There are currently nine top-tier candidates for mayor of San Francisco. But the candidates who are not Asian-American may stand little chance under the city’s ranked-choice voting system. San Francisco voters will specify their
Read MoreGays Make History In California
Katy Grimes: Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown signed a strange new bill into law yesterday requiring public schools in California to teach students about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans, beginning January 1, 2011. California public school textbooks will be required
Read MoreGabino Aguirre's Secret Political Past
Independent “Citizen” Commissioner Concealed Partisan Political Activities, History of Latino Activism & Connections to Redistricting Interest Group JULY 15, 2011 By JOHN HRABE The California Citizens Redistricting Commission, the 14-member independent panel of average citizens, was created to end partisan
Read MoreEconomic Decline Accelerating
John Seiler: The recent phony budget deal that Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law anticipated $4 billion in extra revenues from a booming economy. Oops. All the indicators coming out show that the economy is declining again, meaning tax revenues
Read MoreI'll Drink to AB 1014
John Seiler: After a six-month assault on Californians’ pocketbooks and liberties, the Legislature finally did something right: It passed AB 1014, which allows small beer makers to open tasting rooms. Reported SignOnSanDiego: Current law bars breweries from opening a tasting
Read MoreBankruptcy Bill Hijacked By Senate
JULY 15, 2011 By KATY GRIMES An Assembly bill requiring cities and counties to go through a mediation process before filing for bankruptcy has been hijacked by the Senate Rules Committee, but the reason why is fuzzy. In February, freshman
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