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Back to homepageArnold pushing new global-warming hysteria
April 8, 2013 By John Seiler Ex-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s signature legislation, AB 32, officially is called “The Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006.” Yet like President Obama, he no longer refers to “global warming,” but to a euphemism such as
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MSNBC-style media on the bandwagon for bullet-train farce
April 8, 2013 By Chris Reed When a friend urged me to check out the edition of “Dan Rather Reports” on high-speed rail in the U.S. that aired last month on Mark Cuban’s AXS.TV, I figured it would be good
Read MoreNo, Sac Bee, bullet train doesn’t have moral high ground
April 6, 2013 By Chris Reed The Sacramento Bee’s editorial Friday lambasting House Republicans for opposing using borrowed federal money to build California’s bullet train was noteworthy for its tone. The Bee editorial board seems to be under the deluded
Read MoreAB 32 never inspired anybody else
April 5, 2013 By John Seiler AB 32, the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, was supposed to inspire other countries to follow the state in mandating the reduction of greenhouse gases, in particular by switching from such “dirty” energy
Read MoreCalifornia government as organized looting, chapter 237
April 5, 2013 By Chris Reed The longer I’ve lived in California, the more governance here seems to resemble organized looting of taxpayers. It’s not just the showy and ridiculous things, like the longtime president of the CalPERS governing board
Read MoreRush Limbaugh on Stockton bankruptcy
April 5, 2013 By John Seiler Unlike most East Coast commentators, Rush Limbaugh knows something about California. Sacramento, where he launched his radio show in the 1980s, is his adopted home town. What he said on his show about the
Read MoreTop 5 travel tips for Legislators on international junkets
April 4, 2013 By John Hrabe I used to think that I was the world’s most well-traveled Californian. In the past eighteen months, I’ve traveled to more than 70 cities in two dozen countries on four continents. I spent two
Read MoreBills make it easier for agencies to penalize biz
April 4, 2013 By Katy Grimes Wednesday the Senate Environmental Quality Committee passed three bills, despite all three bills receiving credible legal and technical challenges. The committee ignored protocol, and allowed the bills to move on with the proviso work would
Read MoreIs there ever any positive news about the bullet train?
April 4, 2013 By Chris Reed Is there ever any hard, legit good news about the California High-Speed Rail Authority’s plan to build a state bullet-train network? The stories last week about the U.S. Government Accountability Office depicting CHSRA’s ridership
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