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Katy Grimes: While one group is pushing to expand and increase wine and liquor tastings in public places, people are getting pulled over in DUI checkpoints on a Friday evening. Yesterday, the Assembly voted to pass a bill extending tasting
Read MoreState: a sea of cluelessness
AUGUST 13, 2010 Earlier this week I beat up on the California High Speed Rail Authority for failing to provide a coherent number of the number of contractors working for it. While this is indeed a stunning example of a
Read MoreJerry Brown: State will take 'problem' gamblers' winnings
Steven Greenhut: An astute reader sent along a new press release from Attorney General Jerry Brown announcing a program to “help” gamblers. Problem gamblers sign up for an exclusion list (voluntarily for now). If they go to a casino, here’s
Read MoreDo tax hikes fix budgets?
JULY 21, 2010 By JOHN SEILER The U.S. and California economies continue to struggle to push up from the Great Recession. Even as revenues at all levels of government have been hit hard, businesses and citizens complain that, even if
Read MoreLame Jerry ad vs. Meg
By John Seiler: Jerry needs a new campaign team. I was reading this article on LewRockwell.com’s great libertarian Web site. The articles there usually have ads with a libertarian or conservative theme, such as against Obama (which it does as
Read MoreDubious suit for more ed cash
JULY 19, 2010 By JOHN SEILER On July 12, a coalition of school activist groups sued the state of California, alleging low state funding and low-performance in the state’s public schools. It cited the California Constitution’s guarantee of a decent
Read MoreDoes John Chiang have a Boss?
JULY 12, 2010 By KATY GRIMES Who is California state Controller John Chiang’s boss? The answer is surprisingly elusive. Right now, it appears that Chiang doesn’t even answer to the governor or the executive branch, much less the state’s judiciary.
Read MoreOT bill could hurt farm workers
JULY 7, 2010 By KATY GRIMES Agriculture workers aren’t the only employees exempted from the state’s overtime laws, however, SB1121, authored by Sen. Dean Florez, D-Shafter, would remove the overtime exemption for agricultural employees only. “SB 1121 would change the
Read MoreDMV workers speak out
JUNE 17, 2010 By ANTHONY PIGNATARO For reasons that shouldn’t surprise anyone, employees of the California Department of Motor Vehicles have a lot to say. In May, when DMV officials began circulating a “Two Minute DMV Employee Survey,” 4,547 staffers
Read MoreSen. Boxer vs. Latinos
John Seiler: Suppose an American auto company in Detroit opened a new plant in Canada. Would anybody gripe that the company was “killing American jobs”? No. And if someone did, he would be laughed at mightily. Everybody knows that the
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