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John Seiler: The disastrous policies of federal, state and local governments have not spared even Silicon Valley. Sure, the top digital geeks still trek there. Companies like Facebook still locate there. But Facebook has only about 2,000 employees, many of
Read MoreUnion Reforms Are Not Assaults
John Brinkman: President Barack Obama called recent the Wisconsin vote to curb unbridled union power “an assault on unions.” This is untrue. In fact, public sector unions have been exploiting the American taxpayer for decades while Democrats facilitated this situation.
Read MoreLow Flow Toilets Causing A Stink
Katy Grimes: Not all of the green regulations in California are working as intended. Low flow toilets are causing a big stink in California cities because not enough water is making it into the system to dilute the waste in
Read MoreUnion Targeting City Management
Katy Grimes: With Wisconsin’s Governor and Republican legislators trying to repeal the state’s collective bargaining law for public-employee unions, as well as requiring state workers to pay some of their pension costs, Sacramento’s former head of labor relations, Dee Contreras, is
Read MoreAnother Scam by the Legislature
John Seiler: No wonder the California Legislature’s approval rating by citizens is at 10%, an all-time low. Street gangs are held in higher esteem than the Legislature Gang. Consider this sweet scam: By convening for less than a half hour
Read MoreDoes Not Compute
John Seiler: Over the years I’ve written many times how it remains a mystery that the state that continues to produce the Internet Revolution can’t get its government computers to work right. That pretty much tells you all you need
Read MoreTaxes Don't Fix Obesity
Katy Grimes: Despite the stated goal, Assemblyman Bill Monning’s proposed soda tax is just another money grab. Just like the recently announced soda-tax approved by Sacramento’s City Council, Monning claims that his goal is to fight obesity. Monning, a Democrat
Read MoreEdu-fascism
John Seiler: Here’s yet another outrage from our “public” school system: GPS systems for kids who play hooky. I thought the 13th Amendment abolished slavery. Reports the Orange County Register: ANAHEIM – Frustrated by students habitually skipping class, police and
Read MoreNext Week: Dumbest New Bills
Steven Greenhut: The deadline for introducing new legislation is tomorrow at 5 pm. By Monday, we should have a good luck at all the insanity coming forth from the great statesmen and stateswomen in the Legislature. We will bring you
Read MoreBill To Streamline CA Regulations
Katy Grimes: Sounding more like their Republican counterparts, Democratic Senators Fran Pavley, Ron Calderon, and Senate President Darrell Steinberg introduced a bill this week to implement regulatory reform, as well as streamline regulations in the state. SB 366 would require
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