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Back to homepageAuditor: California $127 billion in the red
March 29, 2013 By John Seiler It’s official: California is broke. According to a new report by state Auditor Elaine Howle: “unrestricted net assets totaled a negative $127.2 billion. Restricted net assets are dedicated for specified uses and are not available
Read MoreBond betrayal: Did college district dupe OC Tax on PLA?
March 29, 2013 By John Hrabe When Orange County voters approved $698 million in new borrowing for the Coast Community College District last fall, they received reassurances from the county’s preeminent taxpayer organization that the measure took a responsible approach
Read MoreObamacare to raise CA costs, shutter Anaheim hospital
March 27, 2013 By John Seiler Many people, including yours truly, have warned that Obamacare would lead to higher costs and worse medical care. That’s now happening like a heart attack. A new estimate by the Society of Actuaries pegs
Read MoreCA voter rolls: Reps take bigger hit than Dems
March 26, 2013 By John Seiler Californians still are shunning political parties more than in the past. But Republicans are losing registered voters faster than Democrats. According to the new report by Secretary of State Debra Bowen: “The percentage of
Read MoreSo, why do we need Republicans?
March 26, 2013 By John Seiler Republicans now are searching for a new path for their party. They’re realizing they can’t win with their current policies. They’re trying to be a new, “hip,” “with it,” pro-middle class party. So here’s
Read MoreCA now suffers nation’s worst unemployment
March 25, 2013 By John Seiler Probably for the first time since it became a state in 1850, California now suffers the nation’s worst unemployment rate, at 9.8 percent in January. It’s tied with Rhode Island for that number, although
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Girls imitating Arnold
March 16, 2013 By John Seiler The following is a humorous video of girls imitating Arnold Schwarzenegger. Any one of them also would have made a much better governor than him.
Read MoreOne way TX is worse than CA
March 15, 2013 By John Seiler On CalWatchDog.com, we’ve often compared California unfavorably to Texas on taxes, regulations and general business climate. But fairness dictates we should show where California is better than Texas. One area is the abuse of
Read MoreDe Leon clueless on why people can’t retire
March 14, 2013 By John Seiler A story in Roll Call magazine, which reports on the U.S. Congress, inadvertently explains why Democrats don’t get what’s going on in California. It reports: “Kevin de León, a California state senator, likes to
Read MoreDemocrats also need to rethink policies
March 13, 2013 By John Seiler Since their drubbing in last November’s election, Republicans have been taking a lot of criticism about their polices, especially for California. We’ve done a good bit of it on our site. But Democrats also
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