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Back to homepage75 new CA laws signed by Gov. Brown
Sept. 22, 2012 By Katy Grimes Gov. Jerry Brown was busy last week, signing some of the 700 bills on his desk into law. He also made a few vetoes–eight to be exact. Just what California needs–more laws. 75 new
Read MoreBeware Prop. 31: a wolf in sheep’s clothing
Sept. 22, 2012 By Katy Grimes With all of the focus on the November ballot initiatives to raise taxes, Proposition 31 seems to have quietly avoided heavy scrutiny in the main stream media thus far. But this initiative is a
Read MoreSacramento redevelopment alive and thriving
Sept. 19, 2012 Katy Grimes: All cities go through ebbs and flows of building, development, and restoration of historical buildings. Some cities are much better at general planning, and decisions of restoration and renovation. Saccramento is not one of those.
Read MoreCalifornia burns as politicians fiddle
Sept. 18, 2012 By Katy Grimes The most recent culmination of the insane end of the California Leguslature’s two-year session will probably live in infamy when tales of California’s demise are told in the future. Still reeling from the madness,
Read MoreDown the rabbit hole on cap and trade
Sept. 14, 2012 By Katy Grimes The clean, green fairy tale is really a nightmare in California, and all sense has gone down the rabbit hole. Nonsensical is the best word for what is occuring in California with cap and
Read MoreBicycle nuts driving local traffic issues
Sept. 14, 2012 Katy Grimes: Most of us recognize that California government is out-of-control. The state Legislature has just passed another 700 new bills, many of which add new regulations, restrictions on individual liberties, and “fees” on taxpayers and business.
Read MoreSteyer defends Prop. 39 to raise taxes on business
Sept. 13, 2012 By Katy Grimes Most of us would think that wealthy people would be more interested in sponsoring ballot initiatives to cut taxes, not to increase them. But of the three tax-increase ballot initiatives on the November ballot
Read MoreBrown, Dem Leg ignore aftermath
Sept. 10, 2012 By Katy Grimes What could anyone say to California’s Democratic lawmakers to make them stop destroying the state? Faced with 700 new bills of potential laws and regulations on his desk, Gov. Jerry Brown can be part
Read MoreEditorial cheerleads for Jerry Brown
Sept. 9, 2012 Katy Grimes: Two editorials in the Sacramento Bee caught my eye on Sunday. One column identified how news media outlets have knowingly become cheerleaders for the Democratic Party; the other proved that. Columnist Kathleen Parker observed that major news media
Read MoreA tax in sheep’s clothing
Sept. 6, 2012 By Katy Grimes A standard of the Republican Party platform is “no new taxes and less regulation.” But last week, at the very end of the two-year legislative session, the Legislature was faced with a bill containing a $2.3
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