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John Seiler: In California, no bad deed by a politician goes unrewarded. Gov. Arnold “Taxpayer Terminator” Schowarzenegger got six Republicans in the Legislature to sell out their “no new taxes” pledges, betray taxpayers, and vote for his record $13 billion
Read MoreSteinberg's Bizarro Question
Steven Greenhut: At the governor-elect’s budget briefing today, Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg — always the voice of the public sector — asked what percentage of the state’s 12-percent-plus unemployment rate was caused by the unemployment of public sector
Read MoreDutton At Forum To Listen
Katy Grimes: Much ado is being made over Senate Republican Leader Bob Dutton choosing to sit in the audience with colleagues today at Gov.-elect Jerry Brown’s budget forum, instead of on the dais with the other Senate and Assembly leaders.
Read MoreForgetting Pearl Harbor Day
Anthony Pignataro: So I just got back from a week’s vacation and saw that still-Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger proclaimed yesterday to be Pearl Harbor Rememberance Day. “The morning of December 7, 1941 is truly a date that will never be forgotten,”
Read MoreMaybe We Can Touch Pensions
Steven Greenhut: In most pension discussions here in California, opponents of pension reform — the state’s dominant Democrats and the public sector unions, which basically run the Capitol — argue that no reform can touch existing benefits. But a new
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Cal Guards Meeting at Rio Las Vegas
John Seiler: I know California’s economy is in tough shape. But I’m happy that the state’s prison guards are meeting in Las Vegas, where Gov.-elect Jerry Brown just addressed them. Their union leaders have tough jobs making sure every last taxpayer
Read MoreGuv Backs Federal Pension Reform
Steven Greenhut: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger released this statement today regarding a new congressional bill requiring state and local governments to come clean about the real size of their pension debts: “It is abundantly clear that public pension funds must disclose
Read MoreMarkets Won’t Fix Public Pensions
Steven Greenhut: When the governor’s pension adviser, David Crane, comments on a pension issue, it’s wise to listen to what he has to say. Crane has long been sounding the alarm about out-of-control public-sector pensions, and his testimony in the
Read MoreCapital Gains Or Deporting Granny?
Steven Greenhut: Today’s quotation of the day goes to to California Republican Party Chairman Ron Nehring, who discusses an Arizona-like anti-illegal-immigration initiative being circulated for the 2012 ballot. Said Nehring: “Nobody cares what we think their capital gains tax rate
Read MoreCap-and-Trade Is Alive
Katy Grimes: The smack down that Prop 23 received by supporters heavily invested in AB 32, should have tipped us off that the global warming push in the U.S. is bigger than anyone realized. The Northeast states are living proof
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