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Steven Greenhut: Here is my piece from today’s Los Angeles Times regarding police and fire officials who are too bureaucratic and uncaring to do their jobs. JULY 20, 2011
Read More"Green' bills dampen job creation
Ali Meyer: It looks like the green movement won’t be a movement for job hopefuls. In its efforts to make the globe more environmentally friendly, environmentalists seem willing to increase costs, kill jobs and raise taxes. Three recently introduced bills,
Read MoreLawmakers Push Harebrained Bills
Katy Grimes: A ridiculous bill which would have California condo and home owners replacing lawns and traditional grass with astro turf, was just vetoed by Gov. Jerry Brown. Thankfully. SB 759, authored by Sen. Ted Lieu, D-Torrance, which would have required homeowners associations to “allow”
Read MoreWill unions now thank Wall Street?
Steven Greenhut: Last week, I was a witness on a mock trial at Freedom Fest, in which public employee unions were in the dock over the detrimental effect of their pensions on the public treasury. It was a fun event,
Read MoreCoastal Commission Evicts Families
Lloyd Billingsley: Staff of the California Coastal Commission (CCC) had sought to limit the time residents of Lawson’s Landing, a beach resort in Marin County, could stay in their own trailer homes, which they would be forced to rent when not
Read MoreCA Loses $727K on Green Car Flop
John Seiler: Governments almost always lose money when the try to out-guess market demand by investing the taxpayers’ money in a product. It just happened again as the city of Salinas lost $540,000 it invested in a green car company
Read MoreRadio: Lusvardi Blasts Enviro Crazies
John Seiler: On June 15, our colleague Wayne Lusvardi appeared on AM 600 KOGO in San Diego. Click here for a podcast. The host is Chris Reed, an editorialist with the San Diego Union. Wayne discusses his recent article, “CA
Read MoreGov. Brown Chases Business to Vegas
John Seiler: Gov. Jerry Brown and the other anti-business fanatics in the Legislature and government unions just don’t get it: If you attack businesses, they leave California. A recent departure was Pixel2Canvas, which split Lake Forest for North Las Vegas.
Read MoreGays Make History In California
Katy Grimes: Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown signed a strange new bill into law yesterday requiring public schools in California to teach students about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans, beginning January 1, 2011. California public school textbooks will be required
Read MoreEconomic Decline Accelerating
John Seiler: The recent phony budget deal that Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law anticipated $4 billion in extra revenues from a booming economy. Oops. All the indicators coming out show that the economy is declining again, meaning tax revenues
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