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Back to homepageEdSource look at superintendent turnover ignores union elephant
Dec. 8, 2012 By Chris Reed There are none so blind as those who will not see. EdSource does a 1,500-word analysis of a new study showing far higher turnover of superintendents in large school districts than smaller ones in
Read MoreRecord numbers for govt. employment is no joke
Dec. 7, 2012 By Katy Grimes Did you hear the one about the government hiring record numbers of new employees while the country teeters on the brink of financial disaster? Actually, it’s no joke. Call the government if you need
Read MoreRight-to-work is a real economic stimulus
Dec. 7, 2012 By Katy Grimes In Michigan, game-changing right to work legislation was just passed. The change will make it legal for employers to pay workers who choose not to be union members, and would make paying union dues voluntary. Currently, Michigan
Read MorePRI Study: California public-sector compensation soaring
Analysis Dec. 7, 2012 By John Seiler A new study by the Pacific Research Institute shows that compensation for the public sector in California is soaring far above that of the private sector. PRI is CalWatchDog.com’s parent think tank. For
Read MoreHigh-speed rail in bed with unions
Dec. 7, 2012 By Katy Grimes There have been warnings since Proposition 1A was passed in 2008 that the rail authority would award construction contracts to union contractors, providing a bidding advantage to companies that agree to sign a Project
Read MorePost-pension reform law, let the public employee gaming begin
Dec. 5, 2012 By Chris Reed This Orange County Register story about top executives at the giant Metropolitan Water District of Southern California figuring out a way to game Gov. Jerry Brown’s pension reform by joining a union is only
Read MoreBail Calif. out the Detroit way
Dec. 5, 2012 By Katy Grimes California overwhelmingly just voted to re-elect President Barack Obama. Shouldn’t the state get a little somethin-somethin in return? Especially because California is teetering on the verge of becoming a giant Detroit. With three cities already
Read MoreCEQA reforms blow political smog over state
Dec. 5, 2012 By Katy Grimes In the wee hours of the night, at the end of the last legislative session, language was added into a bill to push forward reforms to California’s 40-year old environmental policy, the California Environmental
Read MoreStudy: California worst-run state
Dec. 1, 2012 By John Seiler 247 Wall Street once again ranked California as the worst-run state in the (increasingly Soviet) Union. That’s depressingly bad, considering we’re even worse than Illinois, New York, New Jersey and other high-tax, high-regulation, anti-jobs,
Read MoreGovernment: Inefficient and inhumane
Nov. 30, 2012 By Steven Greenhut Advocates for bigger government — just about everyone these days — seem to believe that government is the most efficient and humane provider of public services. It’s such a bizarre way of viewing the
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