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Anaheim Gives Pass To Pervert Cop
Steven Greenhut: Increasingly, we have become a two-tier society where those who enforce the laws are held to a much lower standard than the rest of us, which is the marking of an authoritarian society rather than a democratic one.
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Why the Leg Will Pass a Budget Soon
John Seiler: California Legislators’ pay is suspended until they pass a budget. But they’ll do that soon. The Beatles explain what their spouses are telling them: June 24, 2011
Read MoreForecast: California Economy Stagnating
JUNE 23, 2011 By JOHN SEILER California’s economy is growing at a slower pace even than the stagnating U.S. Economy. California jobs creation is sharply lower than U.S. jobs creation. The state, basically, has missed the modest recovery of the
Read MoreAmazon Tax Would Slam eBay, Too
John Seiler: Our Katy Grimes first wrote a story, two days ago, about how the tax-ravenous Legislature’s attempt to tax Amazon, a company based in Washington state, also would slam eBay, which is located right here in San Jose. The
Read MoreInternet Tax Would Kill Small Businesses
JUNE 23, 2011 By KATY GRIMES A bill awaiting signature by Gov. Jerry Brown could hasten the spread of Internet taxation bills across the country, putting small business owners at a disadvantage with compliance of more than 7,500 different taxing
Read MoreWill Redevelopment Be Demolished?
JUNE 23, 2011 By WAYNE LUSVARDI As California politicians are deciding whether to have a clean break from the state’s addiction to redevelopment, or to substitute some other methadone-like economic policy drug to replace it, the global economy is subtly
Read MoreLegislators Ordered to Forfeit Pay
JUNE 22, 2011 By KATY GRIMES Do the job right or don’t get paid. That was State Controller John Chaing’s message yesterday to the California Legislature. Chiang told media that the math did not add up in the budget passed
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