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Escape from NY — and CA
John Seiler: Everyone’s waiting for Gov. Jerry Brown’s May Revise to his budget to be released on Monday. No doubt it will include tax increases. But consider this new report from another high-tax state, New York: ALBANY – Escape from
Read MoreProtest: 'Republicans — Pass The Bucks!'
MAY 13, 2011 by KATY GRIMES More teachers union activists were arrested at the Capitol yesterday, and it wasn’t just for using hackneyed, worn out chants. This time the arrests came when more than two dozen of the activists refused
Read MoreGOP Advances Sensible Budget
John Seiler: Yes, it can be done. California’s bloated, out-of-control, jobs-killing state budget can be balanced without increasing taxes. The budget proposal Republican legislators just put forward sure isn’t perfect. And maybe its assumptions — such as continued increases in
Read MoreLook for 5 Things in May Revise
MAY 13, 20211 By JOHN SEILER Next Monday, Gov. Jerry Brown will release his “May Revise” to his January budget proposal for fiscal year 2011-12, which begins on July 1. Looking beyond the hoopla and spin, here are the top
Read MoreTax 'Brown Out' from Cap-and-Trade?
MAY 13, 2011 By WAYNE LUSVARDI Will working class opposition to California’s cap-and-trade program lead to a tax “Brown Out”? The usual meaning of “brown out” means a lowering of power voltage for a period of time, as in “rolling
Read MoreParty Time With Sacramento
Katy Grimes: Despite facing a massive $39 million budget deficit, record numbers of home and commercial property foreclosures, cuts to public safety, the decimation of the city parks staff, and teacher layoffs, two Sacramento legislators are in a party mood.
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