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Democrats kill pension reform bills
June 21, 2012 By Katy Grimes Antics today in the California Senate hit an all time low when Democrats blocked attempts to bring public pension reform bills SB 1176 and Senate Constitutional Amendment 18 to the Senate Floor for a
Read MoreDer Feuer gets rebuked by Senate
Steven Greenhut: Assemblyman Mike Feuer, D-Los Angeles, has gone from friend of open government to champion of governmental secrecy. Not long ago, he argued correctly that opening children’s court to the public and media was the best way to ensure
Read MoreState lawmakers announce budget deal… again
June 21, 2012 Katy Grimes: UPDATE: Assembly and Senate leaders announced this morning that they have reached a deal on the budget and will vote on it Tuesday. I thought that legislators already approved a budget last Friday, June 15, California’s
Read MoreState seeking to grab private pensions
June 21, 2012 By Katy Grimes Because California is doing such a bang-up job of managing the state employee pension systems, some lawmakers are pushing to create and manage another retirement program–for the private sector. According to Sen. Kevin de
Read MoreAssembly committee kills bond misuse bill
June 20, 2012 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO — California’s bond debt is on steroids, but it’s the taxpaying residents who will be responsible for the financial meltdown. California politicians are well known for their budget fund shifts, “borrowing” from agencies and
Read MoreTequila shots for an ‘honest budget’
June 18, 2012 By Katy Grimes As Legislative leaders worked so diligently to pass the sham budget last week, their motive was obvious—they wanted to be paid. Even when they miserably fail at the only aspect of the job they
Read MoreVoters douse most tax-increase fires
June 15, 2012 By Dave Roberts When you take on the firefighters’ union, it helps to have an asbestos hide. Kris Hunt, executive director for the Contra Costa Taxpayers Association, has waged a number of political battles over the years,
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It’s a Three Stooges Budget
June 15, 2012 By Katy Grimes With California’s entire $91 billion budget being decided and voted on today, we can honestly and unequivocally say that California Democrats own the budget, lock, stock and smoking barrel. But this year, budget talks have
Read MoreCalifornia’s budget hell-week
June 14, 2012 By Katy Grimes With the big constitutional budget vote tomorrow in the Legislature, the usual budget games have not let anyone down this year. Only this time, far fewer lawmakers have a hand in the process. And,
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