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July 16, 2012 By Steven Greenhut SACRAMENTO — We all would laugh at a man who, sinking in millions of dollars in house payments, car loans and credit card bills, decided to fix his cash-flow problem by looking for nickels,
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 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
Read MoreDemocrats 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 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
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