Infrastructure
Back to homepageDid the bullet train die in sequester fallout? Maybe. (Hallelujah!)
March 10, 2013 By Chris Reed The fallout of the sequester continues to be widely discussed, with the conventional wisdom being that President Barack Obama and his political team made a rare and serious miscalculation with their attempts to panic
Read MoreObamacare could provide California big financial safety net
March 9, 2013 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO — Californa’s desire to be the first state to do everything has never been more evident now that Obamacare has been signed into law. And California lawmakers haven’t let any grass grow under
Read MoreCalifornia on edge of green-power blackouts?
March 2, 2013 By Wayne Lusvardi Check out the nearby satellite photograph of North Korea at night, showing it as a sea of darkness from lack of electrical infrastructure compared to glare of lights from modern, industrialized, capitalist South Korea, Japan
Read MoreBoth sides in water war need smelt to provoke compromise
Feb. 27, 2013 By Wayne Lusvardi You probably read the news headlines this past month on the Delta smelt fish with curiosity about what was really going on: * “Delta water diversions reduced to protect smelt” — Feb. 11; * “Once again, water
Read MoreBridge over troubled cities
Feb. 26, 2013 By Katy Grimes Since 2007, the city of Sacramento has been threatening to build another major bridge over the Sacramento River between West Sacramento and Sacramento. Our then-City Council and Mayor agreed with West Sacramento that a bridge
Read MoreCA suffers 3 of 8 “most miserable” cities
Feb. 23, 2013 By John Seiler In Forbes’ new ranking, three of the eight “most miserable” cities in the United States are in California: Modesto (No. 5 worst), Vallejo (No. 6) and Stockton (No. 8). Cities were graded on such
Read MoreFreer home sales market draws Californians to Texas
Feb. 21, 2013 By Wayne Lusvardi What draws working and middle class Californians to states like Texas is mostly a freer home sales market, which brings lower prices. A zero state income tax rate and lower business tax rates that
Read MoreRepublican lawmaker touts bill pushed by labor bullies
Feb. 21, 2013 By Chris Reed You don’t have to be a union hater to be amazed at all the different ways labor decides to make its Sacramento puppets jump through hoops. The latest example is legislation that would require
Read MoreHigh-speed rail enthusiasts dream of national system
Feb. 20, 2013 By John Seiler High-speed rail enthusiasts don’t just want it for California. They want the whole country covered by high-speed rail tracks. An alert CalWatchDog.com reader tipped me off to this from the Plan Your City Web
Read MoreMore fracking would increase CA tax revenue
Feb. 19, 2013 By Wayne Lusvardi Is California the only state that does not have an oil and gas tax? This is what some politicians and advocates want you to believe and the mainstream media fail to fact check. But
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