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John Seiler: Writing on Bloomberg, our colleague Steven Greenhut dissected President Obama’s State of the Union speech. You can read the whole thing there. But here’s the part on California: —————————————— Steven Greenhut: He called for a new era of
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Hollywood-Style Rail Pander
Katy Grimes: In the OMG category, I caught a 30 second commercial tonight on a local Sacramento television channel that asked, “Wanna go to the Grammys? Get your creative juices flowing and create a 30 second commercial about the excitement
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Apple Cracking Textbook Racket
John Seiler: The biggest ripoff going is textbooks for K-12 and, even worse, college. I know some college kids who spend way more than $1,000 a year for required textbooks for their college classes. Usually the texts are sub-par regurgitations
Read MoreSMUD’s Creative Rate Increase Lingo
Katy Grimes: The Sacramento Municipal Utility District is changing some of its rate terminology in order to charge higher rates. The utility company claims that it really is “an effort to better define for customers what they are paying for and
Read MoreDA Slams Spitzer’s ‘Misuse’ Of Title
Steven Greenhut: The Orange County District Attorney’s Office has sent former Assemblyman Todd Spitzer a scathing letter demanding that he correct a press release he sent out claiming to be assistant district attorney. Spitzer is running for Orange County supervisor.
Read MoreBig Savings With Part-Time Leg.
Katy Grimes: Limiting the Legislature to only 95 days each year and $18,000 per year salaries would save the state tens of millions of dollars per year, according to a new report by the state’s Legislative Analyst’s Office. Currently the
Read MoreTSA Goons Assault Sen. Rand Paul
John Seiler: The centralized tyranny in the United States has gone too far. It now is assaulting Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. After the TSA’s microwave “scanners” broke down, Paul was ordered — like a concentration camp inmate — to undergo
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Bring Back Real Cars!
John Seiler: In the government’s obsessive project to treat us all like prison inmates, it has destroyed the great cars America once produced. Except for pollution controls — which were done stupidly anyway — all government controls on cars amount
Read MoreLA Students Regurgitate Govt. Food
John Seiler: Food fight! I love it when kids rebel against the government schools. Reported CBS Los Angeles: “The revamped school lunches at Los Angeles Unified School District have won awards, commending them for improving the menu at the second
Read MoreSacramento’s Sinking Economy
Katy Grimes: How far does Sacramento have to fall before its citizens show some inkling of caring? A new Brookings Institution study shows just how far out of touch Sacramento is economically, with the rest of the country and major
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