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Back to homepageFarcical TSA needs Miss Manners lesson
July 20, 2012 Katy Grimes: I’ve just returned home a trip across the country. And once again, I vowed to never take another cross-country flight. I thank our government for this sorry state of affairs, because anyone who has traveled
Read MoreUnions or cities pushing more tax increases?
July 19, 2012 Katy Grimes: Not wanting to be left out of the latest trend, it appears that Sacramento’s City Council wants to file for bankruptcy as well. “An overwhelming majority of the council has expressed support for raising the
Read MoreScandalous State Parks dept needs privatization
July 16, 2012 Katy Grimes: While the State Parks and Recreation department, under agency Director Ruth Coleman’s leadership, has been soliciting private donations to keep state parks open, top agency employees were bilking the state for vacation pay buyouts. Is it
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Skelton is Shocked! Shocked! at political manipulation
July 16, 2012 By John Seiler George Skelton is Shocked! Shocked! that his beloved liberal, high-tax, big-waste Democrats are manipulating the initiative system. Did he expect they were going to run California like Switzerland? He writes writes about Proposition 25,
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Video: California after the bankruptcies
July 15, 2012 By John Seiler For those of you who don’t live in California, here’s a short documentary on what life really is like here now after the recent spate of bankruptcies:
Read MoreL.A. Times password doesn’t work
July 12, 2012 By John Seiler The Los Angeles Times seems determined to destroy itself. I pay for a paper subscription. So I’m supposed be able to log in to their online version with a password. I’ve just spent 20
Read MoreSan Berdoo declares bankruptcy
July 11, 2012 By John Seiler San Bernardino — San Berdoo to old-time Californios — just declared bankruptcy. The reason, reported the Sun: “In an earlier report to the council, [Acting City Manager] Travis-Miller said the city has faced declining
Read MoreTake aim at tax-increase Prop. 30
July 10, 2012 By John Seiler In California, nothing is certain. Nothing makes any sense. So the courts still might change the numbers just given by Secretary of State Debra Bowen to the propositions on the November ballot. That’s because
Read MoreBring on the Browndoggle!
July 9, 2012 By John Seiler I’m enjoying the fight over the California High-Speed Rail boondoggle. It’s also called the Browndoggle because it’s Gov. Jerry Brown’s attempt to surpass the public-works projects, such as the California State Water Project and
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