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Back to homepageHow about nobody for the Legislature?
Jan. 11, 2013 By John Seiler After Major League Baseball just decided to elect nobody to its Hall of Fame, Jay Leno quipped, “Why can’t we do this with the congressional elections?” My follow-up: Why can’t we do this with
Read MoreIs governor picking fight with CTA, CFT? Apparently
Jan. 11, 2013 By Chris Reed Is Jerry Brown knowingly picking a fight with the California Teachers Association and the California Federation of Teachers? Based on his remarks Thursday, that’s what it seems like. The governor wants to change the
Read MoreBudget in a capsule: Teachers (surprise, surprise) get Prop. 30 $
Jan. 10, 2013 By Chris Reed The 2013-14 budget that Jerry Brown presents today is being billed by the Los Angeles Times as transformative for its push to change school funding basics to help schools with struggling students who don’t
Read MoreDan Morain disses Tom McClintock
Jan. 10, 2013 By John Seiler In my decades of reporting, I’ve met few public officials with the integrity of Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Eldorado Hills. In more than two decades in the Legislature, he was the only one who consistently
Read MoreGov. Brown to release 2013 budget
Jan. 10, 2013 By Katy Grimes With all of the hoopla surrounding Gov. Jerry Brown’s announcement that he will release his 2013-14 budget proposal today, don’t expect many hard questions of the governor. “If a steady economic recovery continues and
Read MoreCalSTRS moves to increase your taxes
Jan. 10, 2013 By John Seiler The California State Teachers Retirement System just moved to increase your taxes. They didn’t do so directly, but that will be the result. Because when CalSTRS investments don’t grow fast enough, by law taxpayers
Read MorePension debt could sink River City
Jan. 9, 2013 By Katy Grimes The bad news delivered last evening to the Sacramento City Council is dire: Sacramento has nearly $2 billion in unfunded liabilities, which include pension contributions and retiree medical benefits, most of which have no
Read MoreFracking coverage: Still more flagrant, fragrant lies
Jan. 9, 2013 By Chris Reed California’s potential for an enormous natural gas/oil boom if hydraulic fracturing — “fracking” — is allowed to free up our vast natural gas and oil reserves means we should pay close attention to the
Read MoreAssembly Speaker limits press access
Jan. 8, 2013 By Katy Grimes As the new legislative session began yesterday, there was a quite buzz in the Assembly. But it wasn’t just about the many new lawmakers. A rumor was going around that Democratic Assembly Speaker John
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Why we need gun rights…
Jan. 8, 2013 By John Seiler Here’s why we need gun rights. And why gun control, including that proposed by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and President Obama, would leave us defenseless before violent criminals.
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