Steven Greenhut, Author at CalWatchdog.com

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Steven Greenhut

Steven Greenhut is CalWatchdog’s contributing editor. Greenhut was deputy editor and columnist for The Orange County Register for 11 years. He is author of the new book, “Plunder! How Public Employee Unions are Raiding Treasuries, Controlling Our Lives and Bankrupting the Nation.”

Bankruptcy no panacea for pensions

Aug. 20, 2012 By Steven Greenhut SACRAMENTO – Municipal bonds have long been among the safest investments, but a coming wave of municipal bankruptcies in California — and the disturbing way one of those cities is stiffing its bondholders —

‘Policing for profit’ on the rise

Steven Greenhut August 13, 2012

Aug. 13, 2012 By Steven Greenhut SACRAMENTO — Few groups of “sinners” are singled out in biblical accounts more than “tax collectors,” who were not merely state agents collecting revenue that taxpayers rightfully owed to the government. They were the

Mayor takes on Anaheim violence

Steven Greenhut August 6, 2012

Aug. 6, 2012 By Steven Greenhut SACRAMENTO — After Tom Tait was sworn in as mayor of Anaheim in November 2010, he issued a statement announcing the city’s commitment to “kindness and freedom.” One reader — knowing this to be

Police shooting policies need rethinking

Steven Greenhut July 29, 2012

July 30, 2012 By Steven Greenhut While sitting in a restaurant in Philadelphia’s Chinatown during my first visit here in more than a decade, I watched TV news reports of violent protests erupting in normally placid Anaheim after two fatal

Officials’ foolishness slams cities

Steven Greenhut July 23, 2012

July 23, 2012 By Steven Greenhut SACRAMENTO — First, Vallejo, in 2008. Next, Stockton, then Mammoth Lakes and, now, San Bernardino and soon, perhaps, Compton. As Orange County Supervisor John Moorlach told Bloomberg News, the bankruptcy dominoes are starting to

Tax collectors bite taco trucks

Steven Greenhut July 16, 2012

July 16, 2012 By Steven Greenhut SACRAMENTO — We all would laugh at a man who, sinking in millions of dollars in house payments, car loans and credit card bills, decided to fix his cash-flow problem by looking for nickels,

Bad news for CA housing recovery

Steven Greenhut July 9, 2012

July 9, 2012 By Steven Greenhut SACRAMENTO — Just as the housing industry is showing signs of recovery, California’s Democratic officials have concocted a “solution” that adds regulations and higher costs to the foreclosure process. These are the same officials