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Back to homepageFeds To Erode CA's Green-Power Edge
NOV. 8, 2010 By WAYNE LUSVARDI California’s often-myopic embrace of “green power” may soon come back to hurt the state. The Obama-administration-controlled Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is considering a new rule that may stifle any economic recovery in California
Read MoreGerrymandering Muted CA Tea Party
NOV. 4, 2010 By WAYNE LUSVARDI The Tea Party movement couldn’t overcome the mathematics of political gerrymandering on Election Day Nov. 2 in California. All that the some 240 groups of the Tea Party movement in California had to show
Read MoreExpect More Population Flight
NOV. 2, 2010 By WAYNE LUSVARDI Given the predictably one-sided recent election results in California, a new trend may be soon emerging called “red flight” to describe the rapid mass out-migration of residents from cities and counties that are insolvent
Read MoreEven Many GOP Voters Oppose Prop. 23
NOV. 1, 2010 By WAYNE LUSVARDI The California Field Poll, reportedly one of the most accurate public opinion polls in the U.S., indicates that about one third or more of Republicans are tending to vote in favor of Green Power
Read MoreWill Pensions Cause People To Flee?
Steven Greenhut: Here is a good analysis in the LA Business Journal from CalWatchdog contributor Wayne Lusvardi: A new trend may be soon emerging called “red flight” to describe the rapid mass out-migration of residents from cities and counties that
Read MoreCA Unemployment System Is Broke
OCT. 29, 2010 By WAYNE LUSVARDI U.S. House minority leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, quipped in June of this year that the only way to solve the chronic national unemployment fund deficit in each state is to pass a bill called
Read MoreProp. 23 Foe Profits From 'Dirty Coal'
OCT. 28, 2010 By WAYNE LUSVARDI NO on 23 backer and Democrat Tom Steyer’s Farallon Capital Management Company holds stock in “dirty coal,” nuclear, and oil and gas companies, and in a Chinese solar panel supply company that potentially would rob jobs from
Read MoreFERC Denied Brown's Green Tax Hike
OCT. 25, 2010 By WAYNE LUSVARDI Back on July 15, in a story mainly reported in only trade journals and Web sites, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) denied Attorney General Jerry Brown’s appeal to put the cost of renewable
Read MoreState Pension Meltdown Coming
OCT. 21, 2010 By WAYNE LUSVARDI The independent Milken Institute has just released a report “Addressing California’s Pension Shortfalls” that has an alarming finding: assuming no corrections are made, the combined liability of the three major state pension funds (Cal-PERS,
Read MoreBoxer's Bailout Outsources Jobs
OCT. 20, 2010 By WAYNE LUSVARDI U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer has accused her opponent, Carly Fiorina, former CEO of Hewlett Packard, of outsourcing jobs. But by voting for HR1586, the State Bail Out Bill, it is apparently Barbara Boxer who
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