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Back to homepageLegislators pass bill to regulate BB guns
Aug. 22, 2012 By Katy Grimes “They’ll have to pry my BB gun from my cold, dead arms,” one commenter wrote on the legislative web page for AB 2333. The bill, by Assemblyman Jose Solorio, D-Anaheim, will require parents to
Read MoreAttack on corporations fails in Assembly
Aug. 22, 2012 By Katy Grimes It’s rare that a bad bill fails to pass one or the other houses in the California Legislature. However, Tuesday a bill failed which would have required private sector, publicly traded corporations to file
Read MoreWhy isn’t California a tax haven?
Aug. 22, 2012 By John Seiler The Obama campaign is running an ad attacking tax havens, including Switzerland, Luxembourg, the Cayman Islands and Ireland, for taking Mitt Romney’s money. Although I’m not a Romney fan, I don’t care where he puts
Read MoreNew Wells Fargo report bullish on state economy
Aug. 22, 2012 By Joseph Perkins A new report by Wells Fargo Securities Economics Group declares that “California’s economic recovery has gained considerable momentum over the past year.” It cites the decline in the state’s jobless rate, increase in sales
Read MoreState muscles grocers over plastic bags
Aug. 21, 2012 Katy Grimes: The plastic bag activists are at it again, and they are nothing, if not persistent. With the eleventh bill regulating plastic bags in less than 10 years, grocery stores don’t have a chance in California. Passed
Read MoreBrown’s ‘Denier’ website forced to remove fallacious chart
Aug. 21, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi Science is on nobody’s side in the contentious debate about “global warming.” That is because you can find data on either side of the argument to prove or disprove whatever you want, just as
Read MoreGov. Brown’s press secretary slams Peggy Noonan
Aug. 20, 2012 By John Seiler Writing in the Wall Street Journal, Peggy Noonan criticized our fair state. That brought an Aug. 19 reply from Gil Duran, Gov. Jerry Brown’s press secretary. But it’s Duran who’s inaccurate. He wrote: “Peggy
Read MoreA new way to combat global warming in Calif.
Aug. 20, 2012 By John Seiler Gov. Jerry Brown now insists that those who question global warming — excuse me, “climate change” — are in “denial.” Well, what’s he doing? Here’s something new he can do to combat global warming
Read MoreProp 39 and AB 1500: A taxing alliance
August 20, 2012 By Katy Grimes The passage of AB 1500 by the Assembly last week demonstrates the gargantuan disconnect California Democrats have with elementary economics, as well as the economics of education. AB 1500 would raise taxes on businesses and
Read MoreMoody’s warns of mass Calif. municipal bankruptcies
Aug. 18, 2012 By Chriss Street The klaxon horn went off Friday evening for California municipal bondholders when Moody’s Investors Services issued a report stating that the plummeting financial condition of many California counties, cities, school districts and other government
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