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Back to homepageCapitol Protest: Joke Is On Taxpayer
Katy Grimes: It is amazing that a once-successful education system now churns out victims, instead of well-educated young people ready for employment. Today’s college students aren’t well-educated in the classic sense, nor do they appear to be all that excited
Read MoreStudents Protest Ed Entitlement Cuts
MAR. 5, 2012 By KATY GRIMES Middle-aged, greying 1960s radicals, pimply faced kids, teachers, throngs of SEIU members, angry Occupy protestors, and union members of all kinds descended upon the state Capitol Monday. They demanded, “Wall Street and the wealthy
Read MoreCalifornia Remedy For Eco-Guilt
MAR. 5, 2012 While the Legislature has cavalierly passed global warming laws and companion legislation, they’ve done so without a clue about how the California Air Resources Board would actually achieve carbon emission reductions. It truly is a “if you
Read More‘Fem Dems’ Seeking Applicants
Katy Grimes: The “Fem Dems“ of Sacramento, a feminist political organization, are sponsoring the “2012 Fem Dems Candidate Boot Camp this weekend in Sacramento, for like minded candidates running or thinking of running for office.” The boot camp will teach candidates the “ins
Read MoreCARB ‘Rogue Agency’ Snubs Legislators
MAR. 1, 2012 By KATY GRIMES A Wednesday hearing in the Legislature to discuss pending state cap-and-trade auction revenues produced very few answers. But it did prove that no one in the state has a handle on the implementation of
Read MoreAssemblyman Calls CARB Out
Katy Grimes: UPDATED: 3/1/2012 Assemblyman Brian Jones crisply expressed his frustration today at an Assembly Budget Committee hearing, when he called-out Mary Nichols for not attending the hearing. Nichols is the California Air Resources Board Director. “CARB is a rogue agency,”
Read MoreGovernance by Boondoggle
FEB. 29, 2012 The road to California’s financial recovery will be long and arduous. But a first good step is putting an end to taxpayer-financed boondoggles. We know from the collapse of the Soviet Union and other failed regimes around
Read MoreBroke State Budget Hits Dead End
FEB. 29, 2012 By KATY GRIMES In in an effort to avoid a cash-flow problem, State Treasurer Bill Lockyer appeared on Bloomberg news last week talking about the sale of $1 billion in state revenue anticipation notes to Barclay’s and
Read MoreMilitary Base Closures Could Hit Economy
FEB. 28, 2012 By KATY GRIMES California’s economy is in the tank. That is old news. While there doesn’t seem to be relief on the horizon, there is now talk about military base closures. And as with any large employer
Read MoreCA Is The Worst Run State!
Katy Grimes: California might have to-die-for weather, but everything else is the Pits. A recent study was done to find the best and worst run states…and the winner is… Wyoming! The loser is… California. For the second year, 24/7 Wall
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