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Crazifornia: Will it be Gov. Brownout?
Feb. 13, 2013 By Laer Pearce On Jan. 31, the strained California electricity grid marked the one year anniversary of the shutting down of Unit 3 at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. The reactor was taken off-line when pinhole
Read MoreTax increases force me to cut spending
Feb. 13, 2013 By John Seiler In State of the Union address yesterday evening, President Obama said, “Even with the tax relief we’ve put in place, a family with two kids that earns the minimum wage still lives below the poverty line.”
Read MoreDriving K-12 scams: push to preserve automatic teacher raises
Feb. 12, 2013 By Chris Reed The state Senate committee report last week showing districts stealing federal funds meant for school lunch programs came as no surprise to students of California’s education establishment. There’s a strange mentality afflicting school governance
Read MoreBrown proposal would force local school tax increases
Feb. 12, 2013 By Wayne Lusvardi Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed re-engineering of the California public school finance system takes a chapter out of President Obama’s urban policy playbook to covertly fund big city school districts with suburban money. We could
Read MoreGovt. Wants to Kill You Dept.: Plastic bag ban spikes E. coli infections
Feb. 12, 2013 By John Seiler Government always tells us that its laws and edicts make our lives better. That we’ll be healthier, happier and wiser. Now this: “SAN FRANCISCO — Is your tote bag making you sick? “A research
Read MoreAre higher taxes killing CA tax collection?
Feb. 11, 2013 By Chriss Street In January, California state tax collection beat Gov. Jerry Brown’s 2013-14 budget projections by $4.3 billion, or 39.1 percent. The out-performance was due to two expected one-time events that took place: $1 billion in
Read More3 years late, L.A. Times finally notes huge flaw in Obamacare
Feb. 11, 2013 By Chris Reed In April 2010, three weeks after Obamacare was signed into law, The New York Times got around to writing an analysis of the measure that looked at how a key provision had worked at
Read More$11.1 billion water bond for 2014 stuck in muddy waters
Feb 11, 2013 By Wayne Lusvardi Is the third time the charm for an $11.1 billion water bond? Postponed two times by the California Legislature because of budget problems, the bond now is scheduled to be on the November 2014 ballot. The
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Forget Texas; look to China
Feb. 11, 2013 By John Seiler Texas Gov. Rick Perry descends on California today. He’s hoping to lure our businesses away from high taxes and regulations in the Golden State to the relatively lower taxes and regulations in the Lone
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