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Back to homepageGreen Tech Guru's Apostasy
JAN. 25, 2011 By WAYNE LUSVARDI A Green Tech Martin Luther may have emerged in California, but the state is unlikely to convert to his brand of economic religion. On Oct. 31, 1517, the Catholic monk Martin Luther posted his
Read MoreCalifornia Should Declare Bankruptcy
John Seiler: If you’ve been reading CalWatchDog.com, you know I’ve written in favor of the state declaring bankruptcy. As I wrote back in April: There are couple of things to note here. First, for a family of four, $7,220 is
Read MoreState Ed Officials Fear Looming Ed Cuts
JAN. 20, 2011 By KATY GRIMES During Tuesday’s hearing to discuss education cuts in the light of tough budget times, Assembly members failed to analyze the cost of compensation and benefits of teachers and administrators in California’s higher education system,
Read MoreA Name Change!
Anthony Pignataro: One of my jobs around here is to monitor the CalWatchdog Twitter feed (we’re @CalWatchdog, if you’d like to follow us). Most people we follow — journalists, political consultants, legislators and the like — will send out a
Read MoreJerry Brown's Game of Chicken
DEC. 20, 2010 We’re about to witness a new twist on Sacramento’s annual high-stakes budget game. Many Capitol observers believe that incoming Gov. Jerry Brown and his fellow Democrats, who no longer need GOP budget support thanks to the Nov.
Read MoreCA Budget filled With 'Luxury' Items
To Plug State Deficit Stop Giving Poodles Luxury Gifts DEC. 14, 2010 By WAYNE LUSVARDI Charles Dickens’s satiric novel “A Bleak House” is perhaps more appropriate than his famous story “A Christmas Carol” for describing the bleak Christmas that California faces in 2010, and
Read MoreState Voters Don't Want Tax Hikes
DEC. 8, 2010 Rebuttal to Dan Walters By WAYNE LUSVARDI Sacramento Bee columnist Dan Walters is calling for a $20 billion tax increase to permanently plug the structural budget deficit in California on the grounds that it would have virtually
Read MoreCapital Gains Or Deporting Granny?
Steven Greenhut: Today’s quotation of the day goes to to California Republican Party Chairman Ron Nehring, who discusses an Arizona-like anti-illegal-immigration initiative being circulated for the 2012 ballot. Said Nehring: “Nobody cares what we think their capital gains tax rate
Read MoreGreen Bust Coming To Brown CA?
NOV. 24, 2010 By WAYNE LUSVARDI A developer of transmission lines for green energy is quoted in a November 17 article in the New York Times: “When wind guys talk to each other they say, ‘Damn, what are we going
Read MoreCARB To Regulate False Statements
Katy Grimes: The California Air Resources Board is unhappy with detractors and people who make “false statements.” In an email message sent out on Friday (forwarded to me by a friend in the environmental business), CARB officials, perhaps emboldened by
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