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Back to homepageBusiness closings bring huge losses
Nov. 28, 2012 By Katy Grimes When a business closes it’s doors forever, the impacts are far-reaching. The announcement of the upcoming closure of the Campbell’s Soup plant in Sacramento will have regional and statewide impact. Econ. 101 I may
Read MoreLax CPUC oversight lets PG&E gouge ratepayers
Editor’s note: This is Part 1 of two. Part 2 is here. Nov. 26, 2012 By Katy Grimes As the price of natural gas has fallen to a decade low, utility ratepayers wouldn’t know it. Utility costs continue to explode.
Read MoreReality show hides California reality
Nov. 23, 2012 By Joseph Perkins My wife turned me on to a new reality show, “Start-Ups: Silicon Valley.” It airs on Bravo, between installments of the cable network’s “Real Housewives” franchise, which chronicles the lives of too-well-to-do ladies in places
Read MoreSecrecy pollutes first CA cap and trade auction
Nov. 20 2012 By Katy Grimes Ignoring a lawsuit filed by the California Chamber of Commerce, the California Air Resources Board went ahead with its first auction of greenhouse gas allowances last Wednesday, Nov. 14. The results of the auction were
Read MoreMcClintock: Election will bring pain to CA
Nov. 19, 2012 By Katy Grimes Abraham Lincoln said that if the voters get their backsides too close to the fire, they’ll just have to sit on the blisters for a while. After the Nov. 6 election, Californians have some
Read MoreCalChamber Sues to halt Cap and Trade Auction
Nov. 13, 2012 Katy Grimes: Hear Ye! Hear Ye! The California Chamber of Commerce filed a lawsuit today to halt and “invalidate” the California Air Resources Board’s cap and trade auction scheduled for tomorrow. The Chamber is arguing that the California Air Resources Board
Read More‘Polluter class’ facing more tax increases
Nov. 12, 2012 By Katy Grimes Now that Gov. Jerry Brown’s wishes have all come true with the passage of Proposition 30 and hefty tax increases, taxpayers and business owners are hoping that he has a heart and puts an
Read MoreSupermajority supercharges power of unions, Dems
Nov. 8, 2012 By Katy Grimes Now that the Democratic Party in California has won a supermajority in both houses of the Legislature, what does it mean for the state of the state’s politics? Democrat view Steve Maviglio, a seasoned
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Citizen candidate challenging Dickinson
Nov. 5, 2012 Katy Grimes: In a perfect world, the most qualified and sincere candidate would always win. But California is far from the perfect world, which might explain a great deal about the state’s diseased political class. There are
Read MoreHow many tax increases will ‘fix’ California?
Nov. 5, 2012 By Katy Grimes There are 230 bond, tax and fee increase proposals on the 2012 ballot in California. Gov. Jerry Brown’s Proposition 30 tax increase measure is the least of voters’ problems this election. There are 100 school bond
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