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Back to homepageProp. 30 would make budget roller coaster more scary
Nov. 2, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi You probably have seen the photograph of the Casino Pier Roller Coaster on the New Jersey shore inundated by the ocean and in shambles from the impact of Hurricane Sandy. In Sacramento, Calif. on
Read MoreProp. 30 and Prop. 38 tax-and-spenders dogfight
Nov. 2, 2012 By Dave Roberts When the Assembly Budget Committee held an informational hearing in September on Proposition 30, it featured a classic liberal-conservative debate. Trudy Schafer of the League of Women Voters argued that taxes need to be
Read MoreField’s upbeat Prop. 30 poll at odds with insiders’ assumptions
Nov. 1, 2012 By Chris Reed Has the fog that’s settled over national polling because of the gap between Nate Silver’s 538 blog and the Gallup/Rasmussen numbers arrived in California? Maybe. On Proposition 30, we’re seeing plenty of “precriminations,” as
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Tax agency gets special treatment
Nov. 1, 2012 Katy Grimes: Californians already know that the thousands of laws and regulations passed every year by the Legislature rarely apply to government. Now we have more evidence of this. The Board of Equalization, the huge state agency
Read MoreGovt. gasbags silent on gas tax boon
Nov. 1, 2012 By Katy Grimes While nearly every politician in America publicly decries the high cost of gasoline and fuel costs, most are also strangely silent about the soaring gas tax revenues that states are currently enjoying. Californians always
Read MoreRevolt stirs against ‘regulation without representation’
Nov. 1, 2012 By Warren Duffy America’s forefathers rebelled in 1776 against “taxation without representation.” Who now is willing to step up and stop “regulation without representation”? On November 14, 2012, eight days after the election, the California Air Resources Board
Read MoreDo they really want to combat global warming?
Commentary Oct. 31, 2012 By John Seiler Nowadays, almost anything that happens is blamed on “global warming.” Or its more recent euphemism, “climate change.” On his blog, Al Gore just wrote: “For many, Hurricane Sandy may prove to be a
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California’s fate rests on more than this election
October 31, 2012 By Katy Grimes As California voters prepare to square off with several tax increase measures on next Tuesday’s ballot, the fate of California balances on a precarious cliff. But it’s not just the tax increases which could
Read MoreGov. Brown campaigns for rich public-employee unions
Commentary Oct. 31, 2012 By Mark Cabaniss If you have the stomach, listen to Jesuit seminary dropout (1957) Gov. Jerry Brown out on the campaign trail recently, selling his newest tax hike, Proposition 30: “I like to quote from St.
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Gov. Brown calls CBS reporter ‘thug’
Oct. 30, 2012 Katy Grimes: UPDATE: Since I wrote about Gov. Jerry Brown’s awkward confrontational moment with a Los Angeles reporter last week, I expected to see the story all over the news. When a governor behaves badly in public,
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