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Katy Grimes: Democratic legislators and Gov. Jerry Brown announced today that they have reached a majority-vote budget deal – without Republican votes or any of the reforms Republicans have pushed for. Legislators will begin voting on the plan on Tuesday.
Read MoreSales Tax Hike Expires This Week!
Katy Grimes: Finally some good news! California’s 1% sales tax surcharge is set to expire Friday, July 1 making our sales tax 7.25 percent, down from 8.25 percent. A press statement just released today by Board of Equalization Member Senator
Read MoreArnold: Blame Oprah
John Seiler: Now Arnold’s blaming Oprah for his marital problems. Reports Celebs.gather.com: Yes, the disgraced former California governator now blames Oprah Winfrey for the dissolution of his marriage. He’s recently learned that it was the talk show powerhouse/media mogul who
Read MoreCity Privatization Sabotaged?
Katy Grimes: When employees who mow grass for the city of Sacramento are paid $60,000 annually, medical benefits and a nice pension, you know that the inmates are running the asylum. Unskilled labor jobs, which in the real world are
Read MoreAnaheim Gives Pass To Pervert Cop
Steven Greenhut: Increasingly, we have become a two-tier society where those who enforce the laws are held to a much lower standard than the rest of us, which is the marking of an authoritarian society rather than a democratic one.
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Why the Leg Will Pass a Budget Soon
John Seiler: California Legislators’ pay is suspended until they pass a budget. But they’ll do that soon. The Beatles explain what their spouses are telling them: June 24, 2011
Read MoreAmazon Tax Would Slam eBay, Too
John Seiler: Our Katy Grimes first wrote a story, two days ago, about how the tax-ravenous Legislature’s attempt to tax Amazon, a company based in Washington state, also would slam eBay, which is located right here in San Jose. The
Read MoreBoo-Hoo: Perez Upset At Pay Loss
John Seiler: Assembly Speaker John Perez, D-Los Angeles, finally knows what it feels like to be the victim of his own policies. For years, he and other legislators have assaulted California businesses and jobs with absurdly high taxes and regulations.
Read MoreController Chiang Docks Leg Pay
John Seiler: In an unprecedented move, Controller John Chiang just suspended Legislators’ pay for not passing a budget by June 15, as is required by Proposition 25. In a press release, his office explained his action: His analysis sought to
Read MoreMedi-Cal Exec Grabs $515 K Salary
John Seiler: The head of Orange County’s Medi-Cal socialized medicine program makes a whopping $515,743 salary, the Orange County Register reported: The top ten executives at CalOptima, Orange County’s $1.3 billion Medi-Cal program, are in line this year to earn bonuses
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