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Back to homepageWill Gov. Brown kill self-driving cars as threat to bullet train?
Sept. 13 By Chris Reed Gov. Jerry Brown gave another hallucinatory endorsement to the bullet-train project in a weekend interview on CNN, depicting the plan as necessary for California’s future. But the growing, glowing reports about the incredible promise offered by
Read MoreHow federal ‘stimulus’ didn’t help California’s economy
Sept. 13, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi How has the stimulus program of President Obama affected California? Have things gotten better? We can see the answer for the whole state by looking in detail at how stimulus money was spent in
Read MoreBicycle zealots run over common sense with new laws
Sept. 12, 2012 By Katy Grimes If bicycling extremists had their way, California would fall out of love with the auto. Bicycle zealots have been aggressively pushing the state to reduce dependence on cars and greatly enhance the use of bikes and
Read More‘Cool roads’ AB 296 threatens Southern California’s groundwater
Sept. 10, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi More scientific evidence is mounting against California Assembly Bill 296, which would fund pilot projects to eventually mandate Cal-Trans paint roads a lighter color to reduce the so-called “urban heat island effect.” A new study
Read MoreAB 296 could make Gov. Brown a global warming ‘denier’
Aug. 31, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi A piece of legislation may end up putting Gov. Jerry Brown on the global warming “denier” hot seat. It’s AB 296, the Cool Pavements Research and Implementation Act, sponsored by Assembly Member Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley. That is because if
Read MoreGov. Brown, Democrats push lumber tax
Aug. 28, 2012 By Dave Roberts When is a tax not a tax? When it’s called a fee by Gov. Jerry Brown and fellow Democrats. But the $30 million that has been proposed to be sucked out of Californians’ wallets
Read MoreRare court victory for home builders
Aug. 22, 2012 By Joseph Perkins It has taken the better part of two decades, but the California Supreme Court has finally reined in so-called “construction defect” lawsuits, the threat of which has had a damping effect on development of
Read MoreBrown’s ‘Denier’ website forced to remove fallacious chart
Aug. 21, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi Science is on nobody’s side in the contentious debate about “global warming.” That is because you can find data on either side of the argument to prove or disprove whatever you want, just as
Read MoreA new way to combat global warming in Calif.
Aug. 20, 2012 By John Seiler Gov. Jerry Brown now insists that those who question global warming — excuse me, “climate change” — are in “denial.” Well, what’s he doing? Here’s something new he can do to combat global warming
Read MoreBad weather: I want my tax money back!
Aug. 17, 2012 By John Seiler The only reason anyone in his right mind lives in California and pays massive high taxes is for the great weather. But the weather has been terrible. I live half a mile from the
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