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May 26, 2012 By Steven Greenhut Democrats and Republicans in the California Legislature have once again broadcast this troubling fact: they are far more concerned about the ever-expanding demands of a relatively small group of public sector union members than
Read MoreGrowing CA’s education welfare system
May 25, 2012 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO — Democratic Assembly Speaker John Perez, D-Los Angeles, has been pushing unusually hard to get a tax bill passed, but it’s not looking good. There is no getting around the fact that AB 1500,
Read MoreProp 29 shaping up to be fiscal disaster
May 25, 2012 By Katy Grimes What do stem cell research and cancer research have in common? In California, both health causes serve as money making mechanisms for bureaucrats. Stem cell research In 2004, California voters passed the stem cell
Read MoreHow many ways can voters say ‘no’ to tax hikes?
May 23, 2012 By Katy Grimes The California city which has been trying to force a new professional sports arena on its tapped-out taxpayers is now asking for a sales-tax increase. But even more egregious than the tax increase push
Read MoreAssembly catfight over guns
May 22, 2012 By Katy Grimes Retribution in politics isn’t unusual. Every year we witness members of the Legislature receiving punishment from party leadership, often followed by banishment to a tiny office and committee assignments taken away. That’s the prerogative
Read MoreScott Baugh’s Continuing Hypocrisy
May 21, 2012 By Steven Greenhut If you wonder why the GOP is having such hard times, one need only look at the goings-on in Orange County, where Republican Party Chairman Scott Baugh is pulling out all the stops to
Read MoreJerry Brown a dishonest bore
May 21, 2012 By Steven Greenhut Gov. Jerry Brown’s “Moonbeam” shtick has long passed its expiration date, taking about as long to go from “cute” to “annoying” as it did for Arnold Schwarzenegger’s “Terminator” references. On Monday, in announcing that
Read MoreAre the police taking over CA?
May 18, 2012 By Katy Grimes Legislators have just involved themselves in professional sports. A bill was passed in the Assembly Thursday requiring all owners of all professional stadiums and sports arenas to post signs displaying the text message number and
Read MoreLegislature attacks California property rights
May 18, 2012 By Katy Grimes A bill was passed by the Assembly Thursday which would allow a newly created, protected class of individuals to legally hide ownership of property by claiming a public safety classification. By hiding their ownership
Read MoreAssembly hearings expose Brown budget gaps
May 17, 2012 By Katy Grimes Like a woman with a shopping addiction, California politicians are going to bankrupt the Golden State. California has a $16 billion deficit, a $4.6 billion budget spending increase since January, a credit rating which
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