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Steven Greenhut: California Attorney General Kamala Harris and her union allies no doubt have amused themselves at the way they destroyed a proposed pension reform initiative by giving it a false and unfair title, but what Harris did is one
Read MorePolitician Spends Excessively!
Katy Grimes: Alert the media! A Sacramento politician spent record amounts of money while a county supervisor. And now, that county supervisor is in the State Assembly. An exposé done by the Sacramento Bee over the weekend is only two years late;
Read MoreObama Backs High-Speed Boondoggle
John Seiler: Presidents live in a cocoon. Inside the cocoon are a few advisers and Secret Service agents. The cocoon gets smaller and tighter the longer a president is in office. It happened to President Bush, who was totally clueless
Read MoreCalifornians Getting Railroaded
Katy Grimes: Regardless of cost, the Obama Administration is behind California’s plan to build a High-Speed Rail system, according to Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. “Despite a series of a cautionary reports by outside agencies and groups, the Obama administration is
Read MoreGovt. Extorts $26 Billion From Banks
Katy Grimes: California’s Attorney General, together with the attorneys general from 42 states, have pulled off a $26 billion shakedown of private mortgage lenders across the country, in what many are saying is a move to help balance state government. Worthy of a
Read MoreOther States REPEALING Income Tax
John Seiler: California used to be a trendsetter, from boogie boards to surf music. Now it’s a retrograde state. It’s going in the wrong direction. Gov. Jerry Brown is proposing a massive income-tax hike. Others, such as leftist lawyer Molly
Read MoreOur Budding Young Scholars…
John Seiler: America spends something like $400 billion a year on K-12 public-school education. That’s $400,000,000,000.00. Here’s the result: Feb. 9, 2012
Read MoreTime to Privatize Marriage
John Seiler: Aren’t you sick of the Marriage Wars? In the latest development a court — who cares which one — upheld the decision of a lower court — who cares which one — that same-sex couples have a “right”
Read MoreChina stiffs EU on carb tax; CA next?
John Seiler: China isn’t going to let a bunch of stuffy Eurocrats stifle its economic progress. According to Bloomberg Businessweek, “China has banned its airlines from paying charges on carbon emissions imposed by the European Union, state media reported Monday.
Read MoreMedi-Cal: The $0 Copay Plan
Katy Grimes: If you didn’t already believe that there is a concerted effort underway to force socialized health care on all Americans, perhaps it is time to change your mind. California sought permission recently from the federal Centers for Medicare &
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