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CA's Wind Power Scam
FEB. 19, 2011 By WAYNE LUSVARDI Wind power is a medieval technology that most people visualize coming from Dutch windmills in the 1600’s and 1700’s. The 1600’s were also known for the Tulip Bulb Mania, which the Dutch fittingly called “windhandel”
Read MoreUnion Targeting City Management
Katy Grimes: With Wisconsin’s Governor and Republican legislators trying to repeal the state’s collective bargaining law for public-employee unions, as well as requiring state workers to pay some of their pension costs, Sacramento’s former head of labor relations, Dee Contreras, is
Read MoreAnother Scam by the Legislature
John Seiler: No wonder the California Legislature’s approval rating by citizens is at 10%, an all-time low. Street gangs are held in higher esteem than the Legislature Gang. Consider this sweet scam: By convening for less than a half hour
Read MoreWill Wisconsin Protests Come to California?
Feb. 18, 2011 By JOHN SEILER Today Wisconsin, tomorrow California? The battle between government-employee unions and state budgets was inevitable once the unions were given collective bargaining rights over the past 50 years. The battle boiled over the past few
Read MoreDoes Not Compute
John Seiler: Over the years I’ve written many times how it remains a mystery that the state that continues to produce the Internet Revolution can’t get its government computers to work right. That pretty much tells you all you need
Read MoreTaxes Don't Fix Obesity
Katy Grimes: Despite the stated goal, Assemblyman Bill Monning’s proposed soda tax is just another money grab. Just like the recently announced soda-tax approved by Sacramento’s City Council, Monning claims that his goal is to fight obesity. Monning, a Democrat
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