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Unions Greet Facts With Emotionalism
MAY 6, 2011 By STEVEN GREENHUT Yet another report released this week confirms the enormous liabilities that California taxpayers must endure to pay for pensions for public employees. The study, released at a Pension Boot Camp for elected officials held
Read MoreBusiness Resolution Is All Talk
Katy Grimes: Anyone who has had to sit through a session in the state Senate or Assembly knows the agony of listening to mostly meaningless resolutions, usually presented with a stated intent to support an issue. Thursday the Senate unanimously passed Senate
Read MoreTaxes Up – No Need for Increases
John Seiler: A month ago, I was the first to point out that ongoing tax cuts in California were producing a better economy — which included increases in tax receipts. I wrote: Another factor is marginal tax rates. At some
Read MoreManaging Budget Garbage Pain
Katy Grimes: The threats of massive cuts to police, fire, sheriff, teachers, and parole programs are just not as visible as a city that has let the grass grow in parks or doesn’t pick up the garbage. Missing a
Read MoreSenate Drowns Steinberg Water Bill
MAY 5, 2011 By KATY GRIMES In a highly unusual turn of events, a high-profile water bill authored by Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, was drowned by his own party. Colleagues figured out that the bill would move
Read MoreCEOs Rank CA Worst State for Business
MAY 5, 2011 By JOHN SEILER Once again, California garners the booby prize for business climate: For the seventh year in a row, CEOs rate Texas as the #1 state in which to do business and California as the worst. North Carolina maintained its #2 rank,
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