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Back to homepageCA leaders still attacking businesses, jobs
March 11, 2013 By Katy Grimes While I am an eternal optimist, it is impossible to ignore that California is bleeding jobs. I am also a realist. Unfortunately for the Golden State, California’s leaders and lawmakers continue to ignore the
Read MoreEco-phony Arnold tools around in gas-guzzling Mercedes SLS AMG
March 11, 2013 By John Seiler According to the Daily Mail: “He has been seen enjoying a number of dates with a mystery blonde in recent weeks but on Thursday Arnold Schwarzenegger was indulging in his first love — his
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AB 32: Now — now!!! — L.A. Times warns it imperils economy
March 5, 2013 By Chris Reed Seven years ago the California Legislature passed AB 32, the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, a landmark law forcing California to shift to cleaner-but-costlier forms of energy by 2020 to reduce the emission
Read MoreArnold still haunting GOP conventions
March 4, 2013 By John Seiler The ghost haunting this past weekend’s California Republican Convention in Sacramento was the steroid-bloated, hulking apparition of ex-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Just eight years ago, in 2005, Arnold was the toast of the GOP. He
Read MoreSkelton: GOP would win if it became just like Dems
Feb. 19, 2013 By John Seiler L.A. Times columnist George Skelton continues to amuse as he keeps telling Republicans they could win again if they just became like Democrats. After all, Democrats are winners, aren’t they? As the psychologists say,
Read MoreCrazifornia: Will it be Gov. Brownout?
Feb. 13, 2013 By Laer Pearce On Jan. 31, the strained California electricity grid marked the one year anniversary of the shutting down of Unit 3 at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. The reactor was taken off-line when pinhole
Read MoreDemocrats now see downside of CEQA
Feb. 11, 2013 By Steven Greenhut SACRAMENTO — Although many of California’s legislative Democrats are eager to “test drive” the new two-thirds majorities their caucuses hold in the Assembly and Senate — i.e., pushing the limits of their power to
Read MoreCARB honcho Mary Nichols makes power grab
Feb. 5, 2013 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO — What do the California Air Resources Board, the Transit Authority, the Highway Patrol, the Department of Transportation, the Department of Motor Vehicles and the Bar Pilots have in common? More than you
Read MoreTree ring studies confirm global COOLING, cast doubt on AB 32
Jan. 31, 2013 By Chriss Street Global cooling? New studies of tree rings show that it’s happening. Yet California remains governed by AB 32, whose official title is the “Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006.” It’s seven years later. Gov.
Read MoreOn fracking, will Govs. Brown and Cuomo heed Ed Rendell?
Jan. 21, 2013 By Chris Reed With the op-ed in last week’s Wall Street Journal about California’s enormous potential for a fracking-driven energy boom, it’s beginning to look like how Gov. Jerry Brown deals with the issue will be a
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