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Katy Grimes: California State Treasurer Bill Lockyer hung up on a local radio talk show host this morning when pushed to answer why public employees should be paid such large public pensions. Talking about the latest Little Hoover Commission report,
Read MoreVoters Want To Say "No"
Katy Grimes: While a new Field Poll just released shows that voters want to be able to vote on Gov. Jerry Brown’s tax increases, they also want to say “no” to the taxes. “Among all voters, 58 percent said they would
Read MoreMiami Mayor Recalled for Tax Hikes
John Seiler: California legislators eager to put a tax increase on a special election ballot in June, as demanded by spendthrift Gov. Jerry Brown, should look to Miami. The people there just recalled Mayor Carlos Alvarez for the “Miami Vice”
Read MoreNo No No No No to Budget Vote
John Seiler: Looks like a vote on the California budget might come tomorrow, Wednesday. Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg has scheduled a vote for 1 pm. Let’s hope it loses. Which would mean enough Republicans would have to stand
Read MoreAlleged CalPERS Corruption
John Seiler: How much more of this are Californians going to take? Will another tax increase be needed? The L.A. Times reports: In a scathing report, a former chief executive of the California public employee pension fund was accused of
Read MoreBest Budget Deal is No Deal
John Seiler: State senate Republicans continue to be pressed to sell out and vote to put a tax-increase on a special June ballot. They should resist the temptation. The real problem remains profligate state spending from the Davis-Schwarzenegger years. The
Read MoreWSJ: Brown's Deed Goes Punished
Steven Greenhut: Forced to choose between funding public schools and subsidizing ritzy golf courses, many California officials prefer the latter. That’s become painfully clear in the past few weeks as Golden State politicians have fiercely opposed Gov. Jerry Brown’s plan
Read MoreCity's Beef With A Poultry Processor
Katy Grimes: The city of Sacramento is quickly on its way to infringing on the life, liberty and property rights of yet another business and land owner. New American Poultry, a family owned Sacramento poultry processor with 30 employees, has outgrown
Read MoreEnd of Nuke Power in CA, America
John Seiler: One solution to California’s need for electricity would have been to construct more nuclear power plants. Doing so also would have helped the state meet the requirements of AB 32 to reduce greenhouse gases. Nuke plants don’ t
Read MoreCalifornia E-waste Law Still a Bust
Lloyd Billingsley: California’s 2003 Electronic Waste Recycling Act (EWRA) is taking another hit, this time from the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition. Sheila Davis, executive director of the watchdog group, told a legislative hearing that the law “is not working,” the
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