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Back to homepageObamacare could provide California big financial safety net
March 9, 2013 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO — Californa’s desire to be the first state to do everything has never been more evident now that Obamacare has been signed into law. And California lawmakers haven’t let any grass grow under
Read MoreState bureaucrats get surprise smack down at hearing
March 7, 2013 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO — It has never been more apparent that unelected state bureaucrats are also unaccountable to the Legislature. I attend legislative committee hearings every week, and despite the questions from lawmakers, the bureaucrats obfuscate,
Read MoreRand Paul’s liberty loving filibuster
March 7, 2013 By Katy Grimes If you love liberty, you were probably among the millions of Americans watching U.S. Senator Rand Paul yesterday on the floor of the U.S. Senate, and are cheering today. Kentucky Sen. Paul dedicated 13 hours
Read MoreInside state government ineptitude
March 6, 2013 By Katy Grimes The State of California has a serious backlog of new business filings, so says Secretary of State Debra Bowen. “Secretary of State Debra Bowen is concerned about the backlog, said spokeswoman Shannan Velayas, and intends to
Read MoreRedevelopment fallout: Lawmakers impose big new taxes
March 5, 2013 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO — SB 391 is the California Stamp Act. The original Stamp Act was imposed in 1765 and helped spark the American Revolution against British tyranny. According to History.org, “The new tax was imposed
Read MoreNew CA GOP seeks to stop Dem ‘recipe for disaster’
March 5, 2013 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO — The 11th Commandment, according to the gospel of former President Ronald Reagan, is an unwritten rule in the Republican Party discouraging public attacks on other Republicans, particularly GOP candidates. “Thou shalt not speak
Read MoreKarl Rove: CA GOP must ‘Get back in the game and fight’
March 3, 2013 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO — “Losing has one great benefit to it,” Karl Rove, told a large luncheon California Republican Party spring convention in Sacramento yesterday. “It gives you the chance to start fresh to look everything
Read MoreWinning over Latinos: Focus on benefits, not features
March 2, 2013 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO — Ask any women what she wants in a purse design, and she’ll tell you it needs to be able to organize her entire life. The bag must be able to carry everything,
Read MoreCA GOP Convention: DeVore lays out stark CA vs. TX contrast
Mar. 2, 2013 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO — Former Assemblyman Chuck DeVore, R-Irvine, left the Golden State for Texas in 2011 after he termed out. DeVore returned to his former state Friday night to speak at the dinner banquet of the
Read MoreHouse Whip McCarthy visits Sacto Press Club
March 1, 2013 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO — U.S. House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, a Republican from the 22nd District, visited the Sacramento Press Club today and shared his insight into the future of the California Republican Party. McCarthy started
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