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Vaccine bill injects drama into Capitol hearing
April 18, 2012 By Katy Grimes Debate over a vaccine bill injected drama into a hearing of the Assembly Health Committee in the California Legislature Tuesday. Legislators ignored parental concerns. And the Capitol sergeants brutalized parents holding infants. What should have
Read MoreU.S. creating mostly low-wage jobs
April 17, 2012 By John Seiler A couple of days ago I wrote an article, “Why pensions are going broke.” It showed how the massive federal and state debts are weighing down the economy, which has not grown in 13
Read MoreVaccination bill gouges parental rights
April 17, 2012 By Katy Grimes Discussion about the proper role of the Legislature and state government is never more important than when individual liberties and parental rights are under siege. Anytime the Legislature inserts itself into health care issues,
Read More‘World-class’ Sacramento deal dead
April 15, 2012 By Katy Grimes Ding, dong, the arena deal is dead. The free market won. Despite the failure of 13 years of efforts to build a publicly funded new sports arena in Sacramento, the-arena project-which-wouldn’t-die may have finally croaked–thanks to Mayor
Read More‘Funding scheme’ or help for small business?
April 11, 2012 By Katy Grimes Does California need another small business loan guarantee program specifically for clean energy companies and agricultural businesses? California State Controller John Chiang and San Francisco Sen. Leland Yee think so. But some are questioning
Read MoreWill Calif. end double taxation of businesses?
April 10, 2012 By Katy Grimes For more than 100 years, California was known as a great manufacturing state. It could be again if a new bill passes. For decades, businesses clamored to come to the Golden State, and entrepreneurs
Read MoreLegislative swooning over CA coastal guru
April 9, 2012 By Katy Grimes In the California Assembly and Senate Monday, one would have thought that Franklin Delano Roosevelt had just died and was being eulogized. But the ghost of FDR was not present. Instead, Peter Douglas of the
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