Waste, Fraud, and Abuse

CalTRANS workers watching soccer on taxpayer time

Normally, I would cheer government workers wasting my tax dollars by goofing off. I wish IRS, Franchise Tax Board, numerous bureaucrats and others would spend all their working time — yes, even when earning pay, perks and pensions at my

Is pro-business faction emerging among CA Dem lawmakers?

Chris Reed July 7, 2014

For years, both the California Air Resources Board and the California Democratic Party have peddled the absurd fiction that there is no economic downside to AB 32 forcing the entire state to shift to cleaner but much costlier forms of

Are you ready for another Revolution?

John Seiler July 4, 2014

Here’s some good news for Independence Day: Americans are losing confidence in all branches of government, perhaps a portent of another revolt against tyranny, this time toppling “our” government rather than that of George III. Of course, it’s not “our”

De Leon hammers away at key idiocy of CA bullet-train plan

Chris Reed June 28, 2014

Over the years, in conversations with friends unfamiliar with California politics and with people I’ve met while traveling or at events or doing talk radio, I’m often asked about the state’s bullet-train project. When folks hear that the cost is

Feds bring immigration confusion to CA

James Poulos June 26, 2014

Will they or won’t they? After forming quick — some say stealthy — plans to hand California some 300 undocumented immigrants detained in Texas, the federal government has reversed that decision, only to leave open the prospect of changing it back yet again.

No more warrantless cop cell phone snooping

John Seiler June 25, 2014

Recently in Southern California, some cops stopped some friends of mine in a parking lot for no reason. There was no arrest. But the cops did search their cell phone call logs. hen let them go. Now the U.S. Supreme

Report: Global warming data bogus

John Seiler June 23, 2014

Can we repeal AB 32 now? Both Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who signed AB 32 (shown in the nearby picture), and Gov. Jerry Brown, who is implementing it, said global warming science was “certain.” But now there’s more evidence the temperatures

Auditor blasts illegal sterilization of inmates

John Seiler June 19, 2014

It’s hard to think of anything more dehumanizing that illegally sterilizing someone. It takes away their right to reproduce. But that’s what happened in California prisons from 2005 to 2013. An audit released today by the California Auditor looked into

Californians on Medi-Cal

John Seiler June 16, 2014

Cap-and-trade share not close to $ bullet train needs

Chris Reed June 13, 2014

Gov. Jerry Brown has managed to secure a steady source of funding — cap-and-trade fees related to AB 32 — for his $68 billion bullet-train project. It appears that he did so by winning teacher unions’ support with a simply