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Health Dept. shuts down 11-year old’s cupcake biz
If there was ever a stark reminder of our over-abundant government, the story of 11-year old Chloe Stirling who ran a mini cupcake business in Troy, Ill. has been shut down by callous bureaucrats. Chloe Stirling is a young entrepreneur, and embodies the
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Will appeals court notice AG’s flip-flop on bullet train?
It took the California Supreme Court five days to unanimously reject Gov. Jerry Brown’s request that justices immediately consider a Superior Court ruling that the state’s bullet train project had an illegal business plan and lacked proper environmental reviews to
Read MoreObama ignores global cooling freeze out
One part of President Obama’s State of the Union with high implications for California was this: But we have to act with more urgency because a changing climate is already harming western communities struggling with drought and coastal cities dealing
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Will CA GOP emerge as defenders of embattled techies, tech firms?
Is the present anti-Google, anti-techie agitation in the Bay Area a reflection of anger over how affluent tech workers have driven up rent and reinflated the housing bubble? Or is it a harbinger of broader anger over how California technology
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CA ports and trade busy, but could be more competitive
California is home to 11 major ports spanning the 1,000 miles of coast between the North Coast near Oregon, and San Diego County. California has not fully analyzed the state’s current trade system needs, nor are the port facilities fully
Read MoreState of the Union: Obama, the rich, the poor and California
In his State of the Union address tonight, President Obama is expected to talk about the gap between rich and poor Americans. He has benefited himself. At the 2000 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles, his credit cards were maxed
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AG’s bullet-train appeal: Judges should know their place. LOL!
After rereading Attorney General Kamala Harris’ court filings from October and last week regarding the bullet train, I’m more convinced than ever that what we’re seeing from Harris and Gov. Jerry Brown is an elaborate charade to mask the fact
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Sacto water deputies patrolling for water wasters
Sacramento water police are on patrol. If the rule of law isn’t enough to control Sacramento’s citizens, government officials have turned to deputizing neighbors for help making sure everyone complies with environmental restrictions. For nearly four years, the City of Sacramento
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CA closes corporate tax ‘loophole,’ but doesn’t get expected bonanza
The argument that raising taxes cuts revenue because it deters taxable economic activity leads to a tired fight in which obvious facts are ignored by both sides. This claim is sometimes true and sometimes not true. It depends on what
Read MoreCA govt. drives out another business
Warren Meyer finally had it. With the new year, he closed his park business in California. California no longer will be able to harass him, nor to collect taxes from him and his now unemployed ex-employees, many of whom will
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