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Govt. gasbags silent on gas tax boon

Nov. 1, 2012 By Katy Grimes While nearly every politician in America publicly decries the high cost of gasoline and fuel costs, most are also strangely silent about the soaring gas tax revenues that states are currently enjoying. Californians always

California’s fate rests on more than this election

CalWatchdog Staff October 31, 2012

October 31, 2012 By Katy Grimes As California voters prepare to square off with several tax increase measures on next Tuesday’s ballot, the fate of California balances on a precarious cliff. But it’s not just the tax increases which could

Reform for California only a vote away

Katy Grimes October 30, 2012

Oct. 30, 2012 By Katy Grimes Anyone who still has the hope of reforming California knows that it must begin with the political system. Far too many politicians in California are so heavily influenced by big money that constituents seem

New small biz survey supposedly supports tax increases

CalWatchdog Staff October 26, 2012

Oct. 26, 2012 By Katy Grimes A new survey of 500 small businesses claims that a majority of small business owners want high income earners to be taxed more. This is difficult to believe, and amazing timing with the election

Barking up the wrong tree for Prop. 30

CalWatchdog Staff October 26, 2012

Oct. 26, 2012 Katy Grimes: As Gov. Jerry Brown and his little dog Sutter criss-cross California campaigning at public schools for passage of his tax increases, students should quiz Brown on his math. University professors and instructors have made the

Abuse of the disabled in state care detailed at hearing

CalWatchdog Staff October 24, 2012

Oct. 24, 2012 By Katy Grimes The most vulnerable people in California are caught in a bureaucratic nightmare with the state’s Department of Developmental Services. A Joint Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review and Human Services held yet another hearing

California Coastal Commission keeps grabbing land

CalWatchdog Staff October 23, 2012

Oct. 23, 2012 By Katy Grimes What do you get when you have a powerful state commission of 11 unremarkable people, which produces nothing, but regularly takes money and property from taxpaying citizens, while currying favors with others? I just

The day after the election

Katy Grimes October 23, 2012

Oct. 22, 2012 By Katy Grimes With the 2012 election in full swing, everyone’s focus seems to be on the candidates and ballot initiatives. We are inundated with ludicrous, often irrelevant political advertising. But what happens after the election? What

CARB tightens regs, partners with cops

CalWatchdog Staff October 19, 2012

Oct. 19, 2012 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO — The monthly meeting of the California Air Resources Board on Thursday was nothing more than a mutual admiration society and big tax-and-spend club. After board members shared esteem for one another and

Global warming is baaaack

CalWatchdog Staff October 18, 2012

Oct. 18, 2012 By Katy Grimes First there was “global warming.” Then it became “climate change” when warm temperatures cooled. But in California, the California Environmental Protection Agency is promoting global warming again. “State releases plan to deal with extreme