Tag "Arnold Schwarzenegger"
Back to homepageCalifornia’s fate rests on more than this election
October 31, 2012 By Katy Grimes As California voters prepare to square off with several tax increase measures on next Tuesday’s ballot, the fate of California balances on a precarious cliff. But it’s not just the tax increases which could
Read MoreObama’s green jobs went up in smoke
Oct. 30, 2012 Katy Grimes: The phony green jobs that I have been writing about for several years are just another inconvenient truth in this administration. The U.S. Labor Department’s Inspector General just released a report on Friday revealing that President
Read MoreGo Tigers!
Oct. 24, 2012 Sorry, California, but I’m rooting for the Detroit Tigers in the World Series. They’re my home team. I still can recite the opening lineup of the 1968 World Series Champion Tigers, the greatest team ever. Nothing against
Read MoreCap and Trade manipulation leads to WCI Inc.
Oct. 23, 2012 By Warren Duffy Cap and Trade is coming — good and hard. So far, numerous pleas to Gov. Jerry Brown, California Air Resources Director Mary Nichols and the California Legislature to delay the start of the first
Read MoreCalifornia bullet train joke
Oct. 9, 2012 By John Seiler At the initial journey of the 200-mph California bullet train, Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Gov. Jerry Brown are sitting in a luxury car, sipping Napa Valley chardonnay.
Read MoreCalif. govt. killing small businesses
Oct. 9, 2012 By Katy Grimes It is no secret that small businesses are losing ground in California. Every neighborhood throughout the state has stores with shuttered windows and doors. Every neighborhood can point to lost jobs and disappearing small
Read MoreGreen chemistry regulations poison California jobs
Oct. 8, 2012 By John Hrabe Four years ago Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law California’s controversial Green Chemistry regulations: AB 1879 by Assemblyman Mike Feuer, D-Los Angeles, and SB 509 by Senator Joe Simitian, D-Palo Alto. He proclaimed that the state was adopting “the
Read MoreClean air farce is now just a tax
Oct. 4, 2012 By Katy Grimes After several years of complying with the goals of AB 32, California’s business community is really worried. With the California Air Resources Board on the verge of launching a cap-and-trade program, California’s economy sits
Read MoreArnold digs up more sleaze
Oct. 3, 2012 By John Seiler As if he hadn’t inflicted enough sleaze on the public consciousness during his long public career, ex-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger just published another autobiography. I’m not reading it. If you want to know about Arnold,
Read More12,744 new laws signed by Brown
Oct. 2, 2012 Katy Grimes: Whenever someone tells me what a lousy governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was, I remind then that at least he was a pretty good goalie. Schwarzenegger vetoed nearly 2,000 bills. It’s too bad he didn’t veto a
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