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Steven Greenhut: It’s shocking for the state’s highest-ranking finance officer to express such ill-informed views on economic competitiveness in California [California’s not broken]. State Treasurer Bill Lockyer and fellow author Stephen Levy, a liberal economist who believes in higher taxes
Read MoreDuh Headline Of The Day
Steven Greenhut: The front page of the LAT Extra section of the Los Angeles Times featured the “dog bites man” story of the day: “Child agency wasted funds, audit reports.” [Note that the online headline differs from the one in
Read MoreVagrants, Downtown and Denial
Katy Grimes: In a horrific display of animal viciousness, a pit bull dog owned by one of Sacramento’s illustrious “homeless” population, attacked a horse pulling a carriage in Old Sacramento. A good samaritan intervened and fought off the dog until
Read MoreDeath Row Loses Another Inmate
Anthony Pignataro: Well, another condemned prisoner has died on California’s notorious Death Row. Not by execution — don’t be silly — but by, well, prison officials don’t really know yet. “Condemned inmate John Levae Post, 42, died Monday afternoon, shortly
Read MoreWater Board Can't Add
Katy Grimes: The State Water Resources Control Board, the agency responsible for ensuring “the highest reasonable quality for waters of the State,” appears to have a very difficult time with basic counting. The State Auditor issued a report updating the
Read MoreSac Bee Flip Flops on AB 32
Katy Grimes: I always like to get right to motive during a heated issue or debate. Over the weekend, the Bee wrote an editorial stating a rather new position on California’s global warming law, AB 32. After working tirelessly to
Read MoreThe Tweet Before Christmas
Wayne Lusvardi: (With apologies to Clement Clarke Moore) ‘Twas the tweet before Christmas that was looking for a nugget, For a Governor-elect to invent a balanced budget, Balance it high or balance it low, Either way would work as long
Read MoreThis Just In: State In Shambles
Anthony Pignataro: Today the Chicago-based Institute for Truth in Accounting released the latest in its series of 50 state audits, this one dealing with little ol’ California (click here for a PDF of the new study). On reports as these,
Read MoreNichols to California: Drop Dead
John Seiler: Consider the revealing quote in this article about CARB Commissar Mary Nichols, concerning CARB’s Friday decision to impose jobs-killing cap-and-trade edicts: Nichols noted concerns that the new regulations and its subsequent costs could burden the state’s economy, and
Read MoreCalifornia Joblessness 2nd Worst
John Seiler: California’s unemployment rate for November stayed the same, at 12.4%, placing it second worst in the nation; tied with Michigan. Only Nevada is worse, at 14.3%. Michigan improved from 12.8% the month earlier. And with a new Republican
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