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GOP Siding With Unions
Steven Greenhut: Once again the Republican Party of California has proven that it loves big government, is perfectly comfortable with public employee unions (provided they are law enforcement unions) and has absolutely no interest in limiting the size and power
Read MoreTrain Wreck Keeps Rolling
Katy Grimes: With the Legislature’s ongoing guaranteed votes to allow California’s High Speed Rail Authority project to continue without financial analysis or ridership studies, it is apparent that High Speed Rail has become the latest New Deal-styled WPA project for
Read MoreWill Crashing Real Estate Kill Prop. 13?
JUNE 1, 2011 By WAYNE LUSVARDI A demogogue is a leader who obtains power by means of impassioned appeals to the emotions and prejudices of the populace. And a demographer is someone who studies the characteristics of human populations, such as
Read More'Oscar Welfare Bill' Passes Assembly
JUNE 1, 2011 By KATY GRIMES Legislators in the Assembly voted overwhelmingly yesterday to approve what amounts to another $500 million tax credit for Hollywood. But not everyone was enamored of the latest entitlement bill for the rich and famous.
Read MoreAmazon Tax Bill Passes Assembly
John Seiler: California’s Democratic legislators are the nation’s most narrow-minded and unimaginative. In the Assembly, they just passed a bill by Charles Caleron, D-Whittier, to tax Amazon.com and other companies that currently avoid paying the state’s hefty sales tax, usually
Read MoreBee's Glaring Op Ed Omission
Katy Grimes: Martha Penry, “a special education teacher’s assistant in the Twin Rivers school district” wrote an op ed in today’s Sacramento Bee, defending the escalating and unsustainable spending on California’s public employee pensions, and even blamed “Wall Street greed” for the
Read MoreABCs Of Pot Legalization Plan
Steven Greenhut: Here’s the latest on the marijuana legalization initiative from one of its sponsors, Steve Kubby: Enclosed below is the latest version of our initiative with translations from legalese to words we can all understand. This amended version of
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