Waste, Fraud, and Abuse

Obama’s Thanksgiving turkey: 3,145 new regulations

As if the California Legislature passing nearly 1,000 new bills a year were not enough. President Obama’s White House just released 3,415 new regulations, making 330 millions Americans into turkeys just before Thanksgiving. The Daily Caller reported: While Americans are focused

Good news: State Senate cuts staff 4%

John Seiler November 25, 2014

The good news keeps washing into California like a tubular wave. Due to budget problems, the California Senate cut its budget 4 percent. The Times reported: After years of turning down cost-of-living increases for its budget, the state Senate on

Cartoon: Manson Family values

John Seiler November 24, 2014

Will MWD try — again — to sabotage client seeking new water supplies?

Chris Reed November 17, 2014

I’ve been a journalist in Socal since 1990, and I’ve never seen a story about government behavior as strange as the ones about the giant Metropolitan Water District of Southern California trying to sabotage its biggest client’s efforts to broaden

Berkeley imposes soda tax

John Seiler November 7, 2014

Berkeley has done all Californians a favor by voting for a demonstration of how taxes drive away business. Its citizens just passed Measure D, a soda tax amounting to 12 cents on a can of Coke or other sugary beverage. The

One year later, glitches still plague Covered CA

Joseph Perkins November 3, 2014

“Here we go again with the same nightmare as a year ago. [I’m] truly fed up with Covered California’s technical incompetency.” So complained Igal Koiman, a health insurance broker, in remarks published this week in the Sacramento Business Journal.

Dem trick-or-treat

John Seiler October 30, 2014

Stormwater tax drowns voters

Wayne Lusvardi October 21, 2014

California is embarking on a program of capturing storm water from flood control channels for urban landscaping at high costs. And stormwater capture projects won’t require voter approval under Proposition 218, the Right to Vote on Taxes Act, because courts have

Cartoon: LAPD records

John Seiler October 20, 2014

CA Supreme Court decision not full victory for high-speed rail

Kathy Hamilton October 17, 2014

On Wednesday, the California Supreme Court declined to review of an appellate Court decision regarding the project. The case commonly is referred to as “Tos/Fukuda/Kings County” after the county and two residents who sued to stop the project. This meant the July 31 ruling