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Back to homepageOccupy Squatters Don’t Know Squat
Katy Grimes: Four days ago, more than 300 Occupy protestors were arrested after breaking into Oakland’s City Hall. Demonstrators burned a U.S. flag, threw rocks and bottles at police, and tore down fencing at the convention center, and then tried
Read MoreScience: Time to Freeze AB 32
JAN. 31, 2012 By CHRISS STREET California’s wildly expensive AB 32, Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, is supposed to prevent man-made global warming. AB 32 took effect Jan. 1 — just in time for it to suffer another devastating scientific
Read MoreCARB versus the Carburetor
JAN. 31, 2012 By KATY GRIMES The carburetor is losing the battle in California. Instead of acknowledging that auto designers and manufacturers are continually refining the internal combustion engine for efficiency, global warming activists want to scrap the engine. In
Read MoreCARB, Nichols Ignore Global COOLING
John Seiler: In California, everything is upside down. On Friday, the California Air Resources Board clicked its jackboots and ordered one in seven Calfornia cars to be “ultra clean” by 2025. That means “battery electric, hydrogen fuel cell and plug-in
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Hollywood-Style Rail Pander
Katy Grimes: In the OMG category, I caught a 30 second commercial tonight on a local Sacramento television channel that asked, “Wanna go to the Grammys? Get your creative juices flowing and create a 30 second commercial about the excitement
Read MoreSMUD’s Creative Rate Increase Lingo
Katy Grimes: The Sacramento Municipal Utility District is changing some of its rate terminology in order to charge higher rates. The utility company claims that it really is “an effort to better define for customers what they are paying for and
Read MoreBig Savings With Part-Time Leg.
Katy Grimes: Limiting the Legislature to only 95 days each year and $18,000 per year salaries would save the state tens of millions of dollars per year, according to a new report by the state’s Legislative Analyst’s Office. Currently the
Read MoreSacramento’s Sinking Economy
Katy Grimes: How far does Sacramento have to fall before its citizens show some inkling of caring? A new Brookings Institution study shows just how far out of touch Sacramento is economically, with the rest of the country and major
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