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Back to homepageCalif. retiree health care time bomb is ticking
Aug. 3, 2012 By Dave Roberts When discussing California’s exorbitant benefits for state government employees that are threatening to bankrupt the state, much of the focus has been on pensions. And rightly so, with estimates of the unfunded pension liability
Read MoreState Cuts Lead to Judicial Triage
July 31, 2012 By Dave Roberts “A sense of confidence in the courts is essential to maintain the fabric of ordered liberty for a free people. And three things could destroy that confidence and do incalculable damage to society: that
Read MoreStudies predict AB 32 will crash Calif. economy
July 17, 2012 By Dave Roberts Two new studies are predicting economic devastation in California as the myriad regulations and costs resulting from AB 32, the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, take effect in the next eight years. The hit
Read MoreCrime jumps as prisoners flood into county jails
July 13, 2012 By Dave Roberts California’s experiment in incarcerating tens of thousands of criminals in local jails or their homes rather than in state prisons is 10 months old, so the verdict is not yet in on whether it’s
Read MoreLawsuit may slow high-speed rail
July 11, 2012 By Dave Roberts With legislative passage last week of $4.7 billion in bonds for the California High-Speed Rail Authority. And with conductor Jerry Brown yelling “all aboard.” It seems like this expensive train to nowhere has left
Read MoreLeftists assault corporate free speech
July 3, 2012 By Dave Roberts SAN FRANCISCO — The left, which has championed the media and legislative crusade against bullying, is itself engaged in the bullying of one of the few groups you’re still allowed to demonize in this
Read MoreDemocrats pluck low-hanging car dealers
June 29, 2012 By Dave Roberts For California’s Democratic legislators to take on used car salesmen is to grab the lowest of low-hanging fruit. The American people’s low opinion of the ethics and honesty of car salesmen is exceeded only
Read MoreMau-Mauing the Oakland Flak Catchers
June 22, 2012 By Dave Roberts “God bless them for their spontaneity. It’s independent … it’s young, it’s spontaneous, and it’s focused. And it’s going to be effective.” — Nancy Pelosi The Oakland Museum is currently featuring “The 1968
Read MoreVoters douse most tax-increase fires
June 15, 2012 By Dave Roberts When you take on the firefighters’ union, it helps to have an asbestos hide. Kris Hunt, executive director for the Contra Costa Taxpayers Association, has waged a number of political battles over the years,
Read MoreWinner Emken launches pointless campaign
June 6, 2012 By John Seiler When I fired up the Drudge Report this morning, the first ad on the top was for Elizabeth Emken. The screen capture is at right. Her campaign obviously had this ready to go after
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