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This is Zen? Jerry Brown won’t fight for sole real achievement
Jan. 28, 2013 By Chris Reed The Jerry Brown ego trip is still running strong, nearly three months after he sold much of California and nearly all of the media on the idea that raising sales taxes on everyone and
Read MoreObamacare & California: State media ignore coming headaches
Jan. 27, 2013 By Chris Reed Gov. Jerry Brown’s eagerness for California to be the first state to implement the federal Affordable Care Act is being reported matter-of-factly by state newspapers. Completely absent is any big-picture explanation of what this
Read MoreMamet: Govt. should NOT enslave us
Jan. 27, 2013 By John Seiler I got some pretty good response to my article, “Brown official: You’re our slave.” I was attacking the statement by Gil Duran, Gov. Jerry Brown’s press secretary, “We have to look beyond our personal
Read MoreBrown official: You’re our slave
Jan. 26, 2013 By John Seiler If you listen closely, sometimes government officials tell you what they really think of you. Concerning the controversy over whether golfer Phil Mickelson might leave California because of the massive Proposition 30 tax increase,
Read MoreFTB tax grab an acid test for ‘business-friendly’ Jerry Brown
Jan. 26, 2013 By Chris Reed There’s finally some mainstream media coverage of the astounding decision of the Franchise Tax Board to rewrite a tax break and go after profits accumulated by some business owners that date back to 2008.
Read MoreFeinstein’s gun ban bill exempts govt. officials
Jan. 25, 2013 By Katy Grimes An interesting tidbit came out of Thursday’s big announcement by Sen. Dianne Feinstein about her newest gun ban legislation. The bill would exempt “weapons used by government officials.” Feinstein officially proposed banning 157 different makes
Read MoreDeVore: Numbers show Arnold’s tax increase cost jobs
Jan. 25, 2013 By John Seiler Remember how, in the Proposition 30 campaign, Gov. Jerry Brown insisted the massive tax increases wouldn’t chase rich folks out of California? Former California Assemblyman Chuck DeVore, who recently moved to Texas, has the
Read MoreThe next Parks dept. cover up
Jan. 25, 2013 By Katy Grimes The crime is one thing — the cover up makes it worse. But in the case of the state Parks and Recreation agency, it could be that the lack of prosecution of the crime
Read MoreJerry Brown’s ignorant — literally — views on school reform
Jan. 25, 2013 By Chris Reed Gov. Jerry Brown likes to dress up his speeches with quotes and literary references, so here’s one for Jerry: Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it. I bring up
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