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Back to homepageScandalous State Parks dept needs privatization
July 16, 2012 Katy Grimes: While the State Parks and Recreation department, under agency Director Ruth Coleman’s leadership, has been soliciting private donations to keep state parks open, top agency employees were bilking the state for vacation pay buyouts. Is it
Read More‘Eureka!’ California stinks!
July 16, 2012 By Katy Grimes I write this with a heavy heart, under duress, and with a longing for what once was, in my home state… “The land of milk and honey” has curdled and soured. “The Golden State”
Read MoreRecord social engineering bills by state
July 10, 2012 By Katy Grimes California’s historic decline is not just limited to bad economic policy; California politicians have been meddling in people’s bedrooms, churches, women’s wombs, classrooms, kitchens, autos, bank accounts, and in the courtroom. Social engineering Is
Read MoreBring on the Browndoggle!
July 9, 2012 By John Seiler I’m enjoying the fight over the California High-Speed Rail boondoggle. It’s also called the Browndoggle because it’s Gov. Jerry Brown’s attempt to surpass the public-works projects, such as the California State Water Project and
Read MoreHigh-speed gravy train approved in Assembly and Senate
July 6, 2012 By Katy Grimes UPDATE: 4:45 p.m. SACRAMENTO — The Senate barely eked out passage of the high-speed rail bill, after a very close vote, 21-16. The vote approves the sale of $4.7 billion in bonds to begin building
Read MoreLawmakers’ latest fib about small biz insurance
July 6, 2012 By Katy Grimes As the Legislature crammed to clear their plates this week so they could take their summer break, one atrocity after another oozed from the committees in the form of legislation. One of the worst
Read MoreHigh-speed rail push leading to Nov slaughter?
July 5, 2012 By Katy Grimes Commentary This week could mark the last big, well-orchestrated push for high-speed rail. Think of it as a drug being mainlined directly into the state’s largest vein. High-speed rail is not about the train,
Read MoreWho cares if it’s ‘Made in U.S.A’?
July 4, 2012 By Katy Grimes ‘Made in America’ still stands for something with America’s consumers, but doesn’t appear to be as important for some politicians. Tuesday I wrote about Maglite flashlight founder Anthony Maglica, who has manufactured the heavy-duty
Read MoreProducts ‘Made in America’ at odds with CA
July 3, 2012 By Katy Grimes When Anthony Maglica founded his machine shop in 1955 as a one-man operation, he never dreamed of the success he would have, nor would he ever imagine that the state in which he lived
Read MoreJerry Brown: An Enlightened Despot?
July 2, 2012 By Katy Grimes It is becoming rather difficult to distinguish California as part of a Representative Republic, when the Democratic party is able to hold budget “negotiations” without any Republican input, and the Governor attempts to manipulate
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