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Brown's Magical Mystery Tax Tour
Katy Grimes: As Gov. Jerry Brown prepares to take his tax show on the road this weekend, watch for swooning media coverage and sympathy interviews with teachers, parents and kids who don’t want services cut, or education diminished. If that’s
Read MoreJerry Is Why CA Doesn't Work
John Seiler: Speaking to a firefighters’ conference Wednesday about his palmy days as governor back in the 1970s, once-again Gov. Jerry Brown said: Everything worked. California was a golden state. A poppy bloomed on every corner. Nowadays, he must be
Read MoreCal-EPA Indoctrinates School Children
APRIL 8, 2011 By JOHN SEILER Californian’s school children might be performing 49th of 50 states on standardized tests. And they might graduate at only a 44 percent rate, as in Los Angeles. But they’re going to get the best
Read MoreNo News: Still No Budget
Katy Grimes: Has the California Legislature jumped the shark, and moved beyond relevance or even recovery? In a moment-in-time characterized by absurdity, the California budget is swiftly becoming a bad joke. There is no budget. There has been no budget. And
Read MorePoor Should Pay Their Fair Share
Steven Greenhut: I was recently on a left-leaning radio show where the host and callers echoed the standard Democratic talking point that the key to solving the state’s budget crisis is to make the rich pay their fair share of
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